INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PROFILES

United States
Start: 12 Mar 2023
End: 12 Mar 2023
Submission Deadlines:

Adelaide Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 18 Oct 2023
End: 29 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early Bird 1/5/2023, Regular 29/5/2023, Last Chance 5/6/2023

AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs)

• Documentary

United States
Start: 02 Nov 2022
End: 06 Nov 2022
Submission Deadlines:
Early 2/3/22; Official 20/4/22; Final 15/6/22

Annecy International Animation Film Festival

• Animation

France
Start: 11 Jun 2023
End: 17 Jun 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Shorts, TV films, graduation films, commissioned films 15/02/2023; Features 15/03/2023; VR 6/04/2023

Aspen Shortsfest

• Shorts

United States
Start: 10 Apr 2023
End: 15 Apr 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early bird 16/08/2022, Regular 5/10/2022, Late 28/11/2022

Berlin International Film Festival

• All genres

Germany
Start: 15 Feb 2024
End: 25 May 2024
Submission Deadlines:
TBA. Was Nov in 2023

BFI London Film Festival

• All genres

United Kingdom
Start: 04 Oct 2023
End: 15 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
International shorts 2/06/2023

Brisbane International Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 26 Oct 2023
End: 05 Nov 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 30/04/2023, regular 14/06/2023

Busan International Film Festival

• All genres

Korea
Start: 04 Oct 2023
End: 13 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Shorts 21/06/2023, features 19/07/2023

Cannes Film Festival

• All genres

France
Start: 16 May 2023
End: 27 May 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Cannes Official features 21/03/2023, student films 15/02/2023, shorts 17/03/2023. Cannes Critics Week - 18/03/2023. Cannes Directors Fortnight Shorts and Medium length films 12/03/2023, Features 24/03/2023

CinefestOZ

• All genres

Australia
Start: 29 Aug 2023
End: 03 Sep 2023
Submission Deadlines:
1/06/2023

Cinema Du Reel

• Documentary

France
Start: 24 Mar 2023
End: 02 Apr 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Films completed after 15/1/2022 and by 1/8/22 deadline is 30/09/22; Films completed after 1/08/2022 deadline is 1/11/22.

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

• Shorts

France
Start: 27 Jan 2023
End: 04 Feb 2023
Submission Deadlines:
3/7/2022 for films completed in 2021 (after 1 Oct); 3/10/2022 for films completed in 2022

Cork International Film Festival

• All genres

Republic of Ireland
Start: 09 Nov 2023
End: 19 Nov 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early bird 10/03/2023, Regular 19/05/2023, Late 14/07/2023

Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

• All genres

France
Start: 24 Mar 2023
End: 02 Apr 2023
Submission Deadlines:
15/11/2022

DOK Leipzig

• Documentary, Animation

Germany
Start: 08 Oct 2023
End: 15 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Films 15/06/2023; XR works 29 June 2023

Frameline - San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 15 Jun 2023
End: 25 Jun 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early 4/12/2022; Regular 22/01/2023; Late 12/02/2023; Extended 1/03/2023

Goteborg Film Festival

• All genres

Sweden
Start: 27 Jan 2023
End: 05 Feb 2023
Submission Deadlines:
6/10/2022

Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival

• Documentary

China
Start: 01 Dec 2023
End: 01 Dec 2023
Submission Deadlines:
31/08/2023

Hamburg International Short Film Festival

• Shorts

Germany
Start: 06 Jun 2023
End: 11 Jun 2023
Submission Deadlines:
14/02/2023

Hof International Film Festival

• All genres

Germany
Start: 24 Oct 2023
End: 29 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Was late August in 2022

Hong Kong International Film Festival

• All genres

China
Start: 30 Mar 2023
End: 10 Apr 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early 15/11/2022, Regular 31/12/2022

Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival

• Documentary

Canada
Start: 27 Apr 2023
End: 07 May 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early 19/10/2022, Regular 16/11/2022, Late 14/12/2022; Extended 5/02/2023

ImagineNATIVE

• All genres

Canada
Start: 18 Oct 2022
End: 23 Oct 2022
Submission Deadlines:
18/05/2022

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

• Documentary

Netherlands
Start: 08 Nov 2023
End: 19 Nov 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early film deadline 13/04/2023; 2nd film deadline 1/06/2023; Immersive deadline 27/06/2023; Final film deadline 13/07/2023

International Festival for Young People of Gijon

• All genres

Spain
Start: 11 Nov 2022
End: 19 Nov 2022
Submission Deadlines:
Shorts and medium length 17/9/2022. Features 10/9/22

International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

• Features

Germany
Start: 16 Nov 2023
End: 26 Nov 2023
Submission Deadlines:
30/06/2023

International Film Festival Rotterdam

• All genres

Netherlands
Start: 25 Jan 2023
End: 05 Feb 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Features 4/10/22; Short and mid-length completed before 1 July - 23/08/22; Completed after 1 July - 20/09/22; VR /Immersive works - 20/09/22

International Rome Film Festival

• All genres

ITALY
Start: 18 Oct 2023
End: 29 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
TBA. Was August in 2022

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

• Shorts

Germany
Start: 26 Apr 2023
End: 01 May 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early bird 1/10/2022, regular 1/02/2023

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

• All genres

Czech Republic
Start: 30 Jun 2023
End: 08 Jul 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early 30/11/2022; Standard 28/02/2023; Late 31/03/2023

Locarno International Film Festival

• All genres

Switzerland
Start: 02 Aug 2023
End: 12 Aug 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early 22/02/2023; Regular 19/04/2023; Late 3/05/2023

Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival

• Documentary

United States
Start: 03 Dec 2022
End: 04 Dec 2022
Submission Deadlines:

Melbourne International Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 03 Aug 2023
End: 20 Aug 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Nov round 30/11/22, Final round 14/02/2023

NewFest: New York's LGBT Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 12 Oct 2023
End: 24 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 16/03/2023; Regular 24/05/2023; Late 19/06/2023; Extended 20/07/2023

Ottawa International Animation Festival

• Animation

Canada
Start: 20 Sep 2023
End: 24 Sep 2023
Submission Deadlines:
TBA. Was 31 May in 2022

San Sebastian International Film Festival

• All genres

Spain
Start: 22 Sep 2023
End: 30 Sep 2023
Submission Deadlines:
General 19/06/2023

Sao Paulo International Film Festival

• All genres

Brazil
Start: 20 Oct 2022
End: 02 Nov 2022
Submission Deadlines:
22/7/2022

Sheffield DocFest

• Documentary

United Kingdom
Start: 14 Jun 2023
End: 19 Jun 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early until 2/12/22; Standard until 10/02/23; Late until 3/03/23

Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival

• Features, animation, shorts - fantasy, horror

Spain
Start: 05 Oct 2023
End: 15 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
TBA. Was 15 July in 2022

South by Southwest Film &TV Festival (SXSW)

• All genres

United States
Start: 10 Mar 2023
End: 19 Mar 2023
Submission Deadlines:
First deadline 13/09/2022. Second deadline 4/10/2022. Final deadline 18/10/2022

Stockholm International Film Festival

• All genres

Sweden
Start: 08 Nov 2023
End: 19 Nov 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early 25/03/2023; Regular 8/07/2023; Late 15/08/2023

Stuttgart International Animation Festival

• Animation

Germany
Start: 25 Apr 2023
End: 30 Apr 2023
Submission Deadlines:
1/12/2022

Sundance Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 19 Jan 2023
End: 29 Jan 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Features Early 12/8/22, Official 2/9/22, Late 26/9/22; Shorts Early 1/8/22, Official 19/8/22, Late 5/9/22; New Frontier Early 5/8/22, Official 22/8/22, Late 9/9/22; Episodic Early 8/8/22, Official 26/8/22, Late 12/9/22.

Tampere International Short Film Festival

• Shorts

Finland
Start: 08 Mar 2023
End: 12 Mar 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 31/08/2022, Regular 31/10/2022, Final 1/12/2022

Telluride Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 02 Sep 2022
End: 05 Sep 2022
Submission Deadlines:
1/07/2022

The Sydney Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 07 Jun 2023
End: 18 Jun 2023
Submission Deadlines:

Tokyo International Film Festival

• Features

Japan
Start: 23 Oct 2023
End: 01 Nov 2023
Submission Deadlines:
TBA. Was July in 2022

Torino (Turin) Film Festival

• All genres

Italy
Start: 24 Nov 2023
End: 02 Dec 2023
Submission Deadlines:
15/09/2023

Toronto International Film Festival

• Features, shorts

Canada
Start: 07 Sep 2023
End: 17 Sep 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early-bird 31/03/2023; Standard 12/05/2023

Tribeca Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 07 Jun 2023
End: 18 Jun 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Open Sep and Oct 2022. Features early deadline 26/10/2022, Official 7/12/2022, Extended 18/01/2022. Shorts Early 30/11/2022, Official 11/01/2023, Extended 22/02/2023. Immersive Early 26/20/2022, Official 7/12/2022, Extended 18/01/2023

Uppsala International Short Film Festival

• Shorts

Sweden
Start: 23 Oct 2023
End: 29 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Early 31/01/2023; Regular 30/04/2023; Late 31/05/2023

Valladolid International Film Festival

• All genres

Spain
Start: 21 Oct 2023
End: 28 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Was July in 2022

Venice International Film Festival

• All genres

Italy
Start: 30 Aug 2023
End: 09 Sep 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Vr 29/05/2023; Shorts 01/06/2023; Features 15/06/2023

Visions du Reel - International Documentary Film Festival Nyon

• Documentary

Switzerland
Start: 21 Apr 2023
End: 30 Apr 2023
Submission Deadlines:
7/11/2022 for films finished by Oct 22; 22/12/2022 for films finished after Oct 22.

Warsaw Film Festival

• All genres

Poland
Start: 06 Oct 2023
End: 15 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
Regular 15/07/2023; Late 31/07/2023

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

• Documentary

Japan
Start: 05 Oct 2023
End: 12 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
First Deadline 15/12/2022 for works completed by 31/10/22. Second deadline 15/04/2023 for works completed after 1/11/2022. New Asian Currents 15/05/2023