INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PROFILES

Adelaide Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 05 Apr 2019
End: 07 Apr 2019
Submission Deadlines:

AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs)

United States
Start: 19 Jun 2019
End: 23 Jun 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early 28/11/2018; Regular 25/01/2019; Late 8/3/2019

Annecy International Animated Film Festival

France
Start: 10 Jun 2019
End: 15 Jun 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Shorts, TV Films, Commissioned Films, Graduation Film 15/02/2019; Features 15/03/2019; VR 15/04/2019

Aspen Shortsfest

United States
Start: 02 Apr 2019
End: 07 Apr 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Regular 29/10/2018; Late 3/12/2018; Extended 21/12/2018

Berlin International Film Festival

• All genres

Germany
Start: 20 Feb 2020
End: 01 Mar 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2019 entry dates - features 31/10/2018, shorts 15/11/2018

BFI London Film Festival

• All genres

United Kingdom
Start: 02 Oct 2019
End: 13 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Shorts and features 14/06/2019

Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start:
End:
Submission Deadlines:
See festival website

Busan International Film Festival

• All genres

Korea
Start: 03 Oct 2019
End: 12 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Official selection features 31/07/2019; shorts 26/06/2019

Cannes Film Festival

• All genres

France
Start: 14 May 2019
End: 25 May 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Cannes Official - shorts 1/3/19, features 4/3/19. Directors Fortnight - shorts 15/3/19, features 29/3/19. Critics Week - shorts 11/3/19, features 11/3/19

CinefestOZ

• All genres

Australia
Start: 28 Aug 2019
End: 01 Sep 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Submissions open 01/02/2019

Cinema Du Reel

France
Start: 15 Mar 2019
End: 24 Mar 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Films completed after 1/9/18 deadline is 25/11/18

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

France
Start: 31 Jan 2020
End: 08 Feb 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2019 dates 9/7/2018 for films completed in 2017; 9/10/2018 for films completed in 2018.

Cork Film Festival

• All genres

Republic of Ireland
Start: 07 Nov 2019
End: 17 Nov 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Regular 28/04/2019; Late 30/06/2019

Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

• All genres

France
Start: 22 Mar 2019
End: 31 Mar 2019
Submission Deadlines:

DOK Leipzig

Germany
Start: 28 Oct 2019
End: 03 Nov 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Final deadline 7/7/2019

Edinburgh International Film Festival

• All genres

United Kingdom
Start: 19 Jun 2019
End: 30 Jun 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early bird 13/12/2018; Regular 17/01/2019; Late 07/02/2019

Frameline - San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 20 Jun 2019
End: 30 Jun 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early 10/12/2018; Regular 26/01/2019; Late 15/2/2019; Extended 28/2/2019

Goteborg Film Festival

• All genres

Sweden
Start: 24 Feb 2020
End: 03 Feb 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Usually end September

Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival

China
Start:
End:
Submission Deadlines:

Hamburg International Short Film Festival

Germany
Start: 04 Jun 2019
End: 10 Jun 2019
Submission Deadlines:

Hof International Film Festival

• All genres

Germany
Start: 22 Oct 2019
End: 27 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:

Hong Kong International Film Festival

• All genres

China
Start: 18 Mar 2019
End: 01 Apr 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Features and docs Early bird 12/1/22018; Regular 31/12/2018; Shorts Early Bird 12/11/2018; Regular 31/12/2018

Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival

Canada
Start: 25 Apr 2019
End: 05 May 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Regular 5/12/2018; Late 7/1/2019

International Animation Festival in Japan, Hiroshima

Japan
Start: 20 Aug 2020
End: 24 Aug 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2018 was 1/04/2018

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Netherlands
Start: 20 Nov 2019
End: 01 Dec 2019
Submission Deadlines:
1/05/2019 for docs completed between 1/8/18 and 20/4/2019. 1/8/2019 for docs completed after April 30 2019.

International Festival for Young People of Gijon

• All genres

Spain
Start: 19 Nov 2019
End: 26 Nov 2019
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised, usually early September

International Film festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

Germany
Start: 14 Nov 2019
End: 24 Nov 2019
Submission Deadlines:

International Film Festival Rotterdam

• All genres

Netherlands
Start: 22 Jan 2020
End: 02 Feb 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Usually around 1 Nov for features and 1 Oct for shorts

International Rome Film Festival

• All genres

ITALY
Start: 17 Oct 2019
End: 27 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
TBA. 2018 date was 3/08/2018

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

Germany
Start:
End:
Submission Deadlines:

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

• All genres

Czech Republic
Start: 28 Jun 2019
End: 06 Jul 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Late 31/03/2019

Locarno International Film Festival

• All genres

Switzerland
Start: 07 Aug 2019
End: 17 Aug 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early 25/03/2019; Regular 13/05/2019

Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival

United States
Start: 17 Oct 2019
End: 20 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
1/05/2019

Melbourne International Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 01 Aug 2019
End: 18 Aug 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early Bird 30/11/2018; Regular 1/02/2019; Late 29/03/2019

Montreal World Film Festival

• All genres

Canada
Start: 23 Aug 2018
End: 03 Sep 2018
Submission Deadlines:

NewFest: New York's LGBT Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 23 Oct 2019
End: 29 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early Bird 18/04/2019; Regular 07/06/2019; Late 01/07/2019; Extended 23/07/2019

Ottawa International Animation Festival

Canada
Start: 25 Sep 2019
End: 29 Sep 2019
Submission Deadlines:

San Sebastian International Film Festival

• All genres

Spain
Start: 20 Sep 2019
End: 28 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
General deadline 24/06/2019, other deadlines as per their website

Sao Paulo International Film Festival

• All genres

Brazil
Start: 17 Oct 2019
End: 30 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
19/07/2019

Sheffield Doc/Fest

United Kingdom
Start: 06 Jun 2019
End: 11 Jun 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early submissions for films completed before 30/11/18 is 15/10/18; For films completed after 30/11/18 it is 11/2/2019; Late deadline for films completed after 3-/11/2018 is 4/3/2019.

Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival

Spain
Start: 03 Oct 2019
End: 13 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
15/07/2019

South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW)

• All genres

United States
Start: 13 Mar 2020
End: 22 Mar 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Usually September

Stockholm International Film Festival

• All genres

Sweden
Start: 06 Nov 2019
End: 17 Nov 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early 31/03/2019; Regular 30/06/2019; Late 30/07/2019

Stuttgart International Animation Festival

Germany
Start: 30 Apr 2019
End: 05 May 2019
Submission Deadlines:

Sundance Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 23 Jan 2020
End: 02 Feb 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2019 25/08/2018

Sydney Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 05 Jun 2019
End: 16 Jun 2019
Submission Deadlines:
International productions 31/01/2019; Australian productions 28/02/2019; Dendy Awards for Aust shorts 28/02/2019; DAF Award for Best Doc 28/02/2019

Tampere International Short Film Festival

Finland
Start: 04 Mar 2020
End: 08 Mar 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Usually early December.

Telluride Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 28 Aug 2019
End: 02 Sep 2019
Submission Deadlines:

Tokyo International Film Festival

Japan
Start: 24 Oct 2019
End: 02 Nov 2019
Submission Deadlines:
From April 2019

Torino (Turin) Film Festival

• All genres

Italy
Start: 22 Nov 2019
End: 30 Nov 2019
Submission Deadlines:
6/09/2019

Toronto International Film Festival

Canada
Start: 05 Sep 2019
End: 15 Sep 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early 16/04/2019; Standard 31/05/2019; Late 14/06/2019.

Tribeca Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 24 Apr 2019
End: 05 May 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early 26/09/2018; Late 28/11/2018

Uppsala International Short Film Festival

Sweden
Start: 21 Oct 2019
End: 27 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Films 14/06/2019; VR 31/05/2019

Valladolid International Film Festival

• All genres

Spain
Start: 20 Oct 2018
End: 27 Oct 2018
Submission Deadlines:

Venice International Film Festival

• All genres

Italy
Start: 28 Aug 2019
End: 07 Sep 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Films until 14/06/2019. VR until 31/5/2019

Visions du Reel - International Documentary Film Festival Nyon

Switzerland
Start: 24 Apr 2020
End: 02 May 2020
Submission Deadlines:
TBA. 2019 dates 15 Oct for films finished by end Sep; 21 Dec for films finished by 15 March

Warsaw Film Festival

• All genres

Poland
Start: 11 Oct 2019
End: 20 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Regular submission 15/07/2019; Late submission 31/07/2019

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

Japan
Start: 10 Oct 2019
End: 17 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
15/04/2019 for works completed after 1/11/2018