Film Festivals and Events Worldwide
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2010
August 6-29
Independent Film Month Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 10-15
Rhode Island International Film Festival (Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
August 12-17
Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (Jecheon City, South Korea)
August 12-17
New York City International Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
August 13-15
Capitolfest, Classic Film Festival (Rome, New York, USA)
August 13-15
The Feel Good Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
August 13-16
Atlanta Horror Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 13-20
TORONTO AFTER DARK: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action & Cult Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
August 16
NAFA Show-Fest International (Sydney, Australia)
August 19-22
Peachtree Village International Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 20-22
Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival (DocuFest Atlanta) (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 20-28
ACEFEST 2010 (New York City, New York, USA)
August 21
Silicon Valley Film Festival (Silicon Valley, California, USA)
August 25-29
Albuquerque Film Festival (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)
August 26-29
Landlocked Film Festival (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)
August 27-29
Animation Attack! (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 27-29
Atlanta Underground Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 27-September 5
Strasbourg International Film Festival (Strasbourg, France)
August 28-29
Flim Fest (Kingston, Massachusetts, USA)
August 29
Angeleno Short Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
August 31 – September 12
Cinefantasy – Brazil Fantastic Film Festival (São Paulo, Brazil)
September 3-5
Oklahoma Horror Film Festival (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)
September 3-6
Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, Colorado, USA)
September 9-12
Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival (Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA)
September 9-14
DMZ International Documentary Festival (Bucheon, South Korea)
September 9-19
Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
September 15-19
Çanakkale Troia Film Festival (Çanakkale, Turkey)
September 15-19
Pyrenees International Short film Festival (Berga, Barcelona, Spain)
September 15-26
Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival (Glen Ellen, California, USA)
September 16-25
Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
September 17-19
Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
September 17-19
Black Earth Film Festival (Galesburg, Illinois, USA)
September 17-23
26th Annual Boston Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
September 18-25
Naperville Independent Film Festival (Naperville, Illinois, USA)
September 22-29
Great Lakes International Film Festival (Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)
September 22-October 2
trinidad+tobago film festival (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)
September 23-26
Williamsburg International Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
September 23-26
Friars Club Comedy Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
September 24-26
Coney Island Film Festival (Brooklyn, New York, USA)
September 24-26
The Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Palm Springs, California, USA)
September 24-October 2
Edmonton International Film Festival (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
September 24-26
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Birmingham, Alabama, USA)
September 28 – October 2
Vancouver Film & TV Forum (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
September 29-October 3
San Diego Film Festival (San Diego, California, USA)
September 29-October 3
The Clearwater Film Festival (Clearwater, Florida, USA)
September 29-October 3
Woodstock Film Festival (Woodstock, New York, USA)
September 30 – October 2
Canberra Short Film Festival (Canberra, Australia)
September 30 – October 3
Chicago International Reel Shorts Film Fest (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
September 30 – October 15
Vancouver International Film Festival (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
October 1-5
Scottsdale International Film Festival (Scottsdale, Arizona, USA)
October 1-6
Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning (St. Petersburg, Russia)
October 3-9
Filmshift Festival and Screenplay Contest (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
October 5-9
Artivist Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
October 6-9
Blue Water Film Festival (Port Huron, Michigan, USA)
October 7-10
Eugene International Film Festival (Eugene, Oregon, USA)
October 7-9
Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
October 7-11
Hamptons International Film Festival (East Hampton, New York, USA)
October 7-17
Mill Valley Film Festival (San Rafael, California, USA)
October 7-17
Chicago International Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
October 10-18
FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival (Orlando, Florida, USA)
October 11-17
Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
October 11-17
Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes (Saint-Tropez, France)
October 14-17
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
October 14-19
Bel Air Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
October 14-23
Heartland Film Festival (Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
October 14-24
Philadelphia Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
October 15-17
Big Bear Horror Film Festival (Big Bear Lake, CA, USA)
October 15-17
Downbeach Film Festival (Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA)
October 15-24
Williamstown Film Festival (Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA)
October 15-28
San Francisco Documentary Festival (San Francisco, California, USA)
October 14-17
FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia TwentyTen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
October 15-17
Moving Image Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
October 15-17
Telluride Horror Show (Telluride, Colorado)
October 15-23
International Christian Film Festival In South Africa (Cape Town, South Africa)
October 16
ZedFest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition (North Hollywood, California, USA)
October 19-23
Terror Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
October 22-25
Hollywood Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
October 29-31
VIEW Fest (Turin, Italy)
October 29-31
Super Shorts International Film Festival 2010 (London, England, UK)
October 29-November 3
International North South Media Forum (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
October 29 – November 4
Istanbul International 1001 Documentary Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey)
October 30
British Horror Film Festival (Poole, UK)
October 30-31
Horror UK´s 28 Hours Later (Farham, UK)
October 30-November 6
Kerry Film Festival (County Kerry, Ireland)
October 31-November 5
International Filmfestival Landau – La.Meko (Landau, Germany)
November 3-9
Chilereality Documentary Film Festival (Chillán, región del Bío-Bío, Chile)
November 3-9
Cine//B Film Festival (Santiago, Chile)
November 4-6
24fps International Short Film Festival (Abilene, Texas, USA)
November 4-7
Naples International Film Festival (Naples, Florida, USA)
November 4-7
Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville, Virginia, USA)
November 4-11
River’s Edge Film Festival (Paducah, Kentucky, USA)
November 4-13
Reeling 2010: The 29th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
November 4-14
Brisbane International Film Festival (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
November 5
Shockfest Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
November 6-7
MockFilmFest (Hollywood, California, USA)
November 9-18
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark)
November 11-21
Costa Rica International Film Festival (Manuel Antonio and Montezuma, Costa Rica)
November 12-14
LA Film Weekend (Beverly Hills, California, USA)
November 12-21
CINESONIKA: The First International Film and Video Festival of Innovative Sound Design (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
November 13-21
25th Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
November 15-December 6
Zero Film Festival (Los Angeles, California & New York, New York, USA)
November 19-21
Breast Fest Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
November 20-24
11th Sleepwalkers Student and Short Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia)
November 25-28
Dawn Breakers International Film Festival (San Diego, California, USA)
November 26-27
WILDsound Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
December 1-5
Whistler Film Festival (Whistler, Canada)
December 3-6
Anchorage International Film Festival (Anchorage, Alaska, USA)
December 4-7
Newport International Film Festival – Wales (Poole, UK)
2010 – Festivals that have already occurred
January 5-18
Palm Springs International Film Festival (Palm Springs, California, USA)
January 14-17
Festivus Film Festival (Denver, Colorado USA)
January 15-17
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival (Nevada City, California, USA)
January 15-18
British Shorts Lichtspielklub Kurtzfilmfestival (Berlin, Germany)
January 16-17
15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival (Palm Bay, Florida, USA)
January 18-24
Tromsø International Film Festival (Tromsø, Norway)
January 21-28
Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
January 21-31
Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
January 28
Indiana Players Short Film Festival (Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA)
January 29-31
GlobalFest FilmFest (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
January 29-February 6
Clermont-Ferrand Short-Film Festival (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
January 28-February 4
Spokane International Film Festival (Spokane, Washington, USA)
February 4-7
Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
February 4-14
Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Santa Barbara, California, USA)
February 5-15
Boston Science Fiction Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
February 11-21
Berlin International Directors Lounge Festival (Berlin, Germany)
February 14-21
Southern California Business Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
February 20-27
San Joaquin International Film Festival (Stockton, California, USA)
February 21
Tropfest Film Festival (Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra/Adelaide/Perth/Brisbane/Hobart/Surfer’s Paradise, Australia)
February 23-March 6
Cinequest Film Festival (San Jose, California, USA)
February 25-28
Amelia Island Film Festival (Amelia Island, Florida, USA)
February 25-28
True/False Film Festival (Columbia, Missouri, USA)
February 25-March 6
Riga International Fantasy Film Festival (Riga, Latvia)
February 26-March 4
The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (New York, New York, USA)
March 1-7
Culver City Film Festival (Culver City, California, USA)
March 2-6
Fargo Film Festival (Fargo, North Dakota, USA)
March 4
South Australian Screen Awards (Adelaide, Australia)
March 5-13
Byron Bay International Film Festival (Byron Bay, Australia)
March 6-14
Omaha Film Festival (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
March 11-16
Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival (Trondheim, Norway)
March 11-17
Athens International Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival (Athens, Greece)
March 12-20
SXSW (Austin, Texas, USA)
March 13
University of Toronto Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
March 13
Warrambeen Film Festival (Shelford, Australia)
March 17-21
Go Short – International Short Film Festival (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
March 18-21
Gasparilla International Film Festival (Tampa, Florida, USA)
March 18-21
Green Lifestyle Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
March 18-28
KinoRurik – Russian Film Festival in Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden)
March 22
White Square Festival (Moscow, Russia)
March 24-27
Reynolda Film Festival (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)
March 24-April 1
Boston Underground Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
March 26 – May 9
Italian Film Festival USA (St. Louis/Detroit/Cleveland/Milwaukee/Kansas City/Minneapolis/Denver/Boulder/Chicago USA)
March 27-April 4
Riga International Children’s Film Festival (Riga, Latvia)
March 31
1st Draft Film Festival (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
April 2-4
Faux Film Festival (Portland, Oregon, USA)
April 8-10
Phoenix Film Festival (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
April 7-11
Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival (Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
April 8-11
Charleston International Film Festival (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)
April 8-11
Tallahassee Film Festival (Tallahassee, Florida, USA)
April 8-12
Ashland Independent Film Festival (Ashland, Oregon, USA)
April 9-10
Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA)
April 9-11
FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood 10 (Hollywood, California, USA)
April 9-11
VAFI -International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin (Varaždin, Croatia)
April 12-18
Calgary Underground Film Festival (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
April 15-18
White Sands International Film Festival (Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA)
April 15-23
Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
April 15-18
L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
April 15-18
Wisconsin Film Festival (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)
April 16-17
Gleitsman Social Change Film Forum (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
April 16-22
FilmOut San Diego (San Diego, California, USA)
April 16-29
26th Chicago Latino Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
April 17-18
No Limits International Student Film Festival (Sheffield, England, UK)
April 21-May 1
The End of the Pier International Film Festival (Worthing, West Sussex, UK)
April 21-25br
British Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
April 21-28
Independent Film Festival of Boston (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
April 22-25
California Independent Film Festival (Orinda, California, USA)
April 22-25
TCM Classic Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
April 22-26
Palm Beach International Film Festival (Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
April 22-29
Newport Beach Film Festival (Newport Beach, California, USA)
April 23
The Food Film Festival (Portland, Oregon, USA)
April 23-25
Schaumburg-Lippe Film Festival (Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany)
April 29-May 2
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (Seattle, Washington, USA)
April 29-May 8
The London International Documentary Festival (London, UK)
April 29-May 10
Brussels Short Film Festival (Brussels, Belgium)
April 30-May 1
River Bend Film Festival (South Bend, Indiana, USA)
April 30-May 2
Texas Frightmare Weekend (Dallas, Texas, USA)
May 1-2
SkyFest (Asheville, North Carolina, USA)
May 5-10
360 | 365 George Eastman House Film Festival (Rochester, New York, USA)
May 6
Third Screen Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
May 7-9
Spirit Quest Film Festival (Erie, Pennsylvania USA)
May 7-16
In The Bin Short Film Festival (Gold Coast, Australia)
May 18-27
Kimera Film Festival (Campobasso, Italy)
May 25-June 1
Kiev International Film Festival (Kiev, Ukraine)
May 27-30
Dungog Film Festival (Dungog, New South Wales, Australia)
May 28-29
Calaveras International Film Festival (Murphys, California, USA)
May 28-30
DocMiami International Film Festival (Miami, Florida, USA)
May 28-30
Road Junky Travel Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
June 1-2
Out Twin Cities Film Festival (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
June 2-6
Little Rock Film Festival (Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)
June 2-6
Staten Island Film Festival (Staten Island, New York, USA)
June 4-6
Bangkok Indiefest (Bangkok, Thailand)
June 4-6
Lighthouse International Film Festival (Beach Haven, New Jersey, USA)
June 4-10
Aruba International Film Festival (Noord, Aruba)
June 2-14
Sydney Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
June 4-13
Phuket Film Festival (Phuket, Thailand)
June 9-13
deadCENTER Film Festival (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA)
June 9-13
Ibiza International Film Festival (Ibiza, Spain)
June 9-14
Biografilm Festival – International Celebration of Lives (Bologna, Italy)
June 11-13
Broad Humor Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
June 11-12
SPEAK UP! International Student Film Festival (Mississauga, Canada)
June 12
Underground Exposure Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
June 13-16
BANFF World Television Festival (Banff, Alberta, Canada)
June 16-20
Provincetown International Film Festival (Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA)
June 16-27
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
June 17-19
Bronx Independent Film Festival (Bronx, New York, USA)
June 17-20
Nantucket Film Festival (Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA)
June 23-27
Georgia Film Festival (Athens, Georgia, USA)
June 23-27
NYC Food Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
June 24-27
The Film Festival of Colorado (Denver, Colorado, USA)
June 25
Houston Film Commission’s Texas Filmmakers Showcase (Los Angeles, California, USA)
June 8-29
Another Hole in the Head: Three Weeks of New Horror/Grindhouse Cinema (San Francisco, California, USA)
June 28-July 4
Ventura Film Festival (Ventura, California, USA)
June 30
2010 Webfesto Student Film Festival (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
July 7-13
Eko International Film Festival (Lagos, Nigeria)
July 23-August 1
Expresion En Corto International Film Festival (San Miguel de Allende & Guanajuato Capital, Mexico)
July 30-August 1
Lights. Camera. Help. (Austin, Texas, USA)
July 31-August 7
Woods Hole Film Festival (Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA)
August 1
Vibewire Reelife Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
August 5-8
Slater Brothers Entertainment’s Hamilton International Film Festival (Hamilton, NY)
August 6-8
Atlanta Shortsfest (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 6-7
Hardacre Film Festival (Tipton, Iowa, USA)
August 6-14
KahBang Film Festival (Bangor, Maine, USA)
2011
January 13-16
Festivus Film Festival (Denver, Colorado, USA)
January 14-16
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival (Nevada City, California, USA)
January 20-30
Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
January 21-27
Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
January 31
Beneath the Earth (New York, New York, USA)
February 8-27
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
March 11-19
SXSW (Austin, Texas, USA)
March 16-20
Go Short – International Short Film Festival (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
March 22-27
Diagonale. Festival of Austrian Film (Graz, Austria)
March 31-April 8
A Night of Horror International Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
April 1-3
Faux Film Festival (Portland, Oregon, USA)
April 8-17
RiverRun International Film Festival (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)
May 5-14
Santa Cruz Film Festival (Santa Cruz, California, USA)
May 20-22
Accolade Competition (La Jolla, California, USA)
May 20-22
The Indie Fest (La Jolla, California, USA)
June 15-26
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)