2 years

BIUFF

biuff.com

Berlin International Underground Film Festival

Event Dates: 12 — 14 March 2026

18 years

Los Angeles Reel Film Festival

lareelfilmfest.com

International film festival for independent filmmakers and writers.

Event Dates: 16 — 17 May 2026

42 years

Hamburg International Short Film Festival

shortfilm.com

One of the two major short film festivals in Germany.

Event Dates: 2 — 7 June 2026

75 years

Melbourne International Film Festival

miff.com.au

International Film Festival in Melbourne.

Event Dates: 6 — 23 August 2026

19 years

Thin Line Film Fest

thinline.us

International Documentary Film Festival.

Event Dates: 18 — 22 March 2026

35 years

Artifact Small Format Film Festival

100dollarfilmfestival.org

Low-budget Independent Film Festival.

Event Dates: 2 — 4 April 2026

23 years

True/False Film Festival

truefalse.org

International documentary film festival in Columbia, Missouri.

Event Dates: 5 — 8 March 2026

29 years

Brooklyn International Film Festival

brooklynfilmfestival.org

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 31 May — 9 June 2024

22 years

Dieciminuti Film Festival

dieciminutifilmfestival.wordpress.com

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 25 March — 30 April 2024

45 years

IMAGE IN CABESTANY

imageincabestany.org

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 21 — 24 March 2024

20 years

ETHNOCINECA

ethnocineca.at

Ethnographic and Documentary Filmfest Vienna.

Event Dates: 16 — 23 May 2024

17 years

China International New Media Shorts Festival

csff.com.cn

International New Media and Short Film Festival.

Event Dates: 29 March — 1 April 2024

19 years

River Film Festival

riverfilmfestival.org/en

international festival of shorts in Padova.

Event Dates: 3 — 20 June 2026

18 years

Human Fest

humansfest.com/en

The International Film and Human Rights Festival of Valencia

Event Dates: 9 — 21 February 2021

31 years

DocsBarcelona

docsbarcelona.com/en

International Documentary Film Festival.

Event Dates: 7 — 17 May 2026

9 years

Porto Femme - International Film Festival

portofemme.com/en

Porto Femme is a women's film festival.

Event Dates: 20 — 26 April 2026

9 years

Hero

geroyfilm.ru

International film festival for children and youth.

Event Dates: 18 — 22 May 2026

32 years

Palm Springs International ShortFest

psfilmfest.org

International Short Film Festival in Palm Springs.

Event Dates: 23 — 29 June 2026

17 years

Hill Country Film Festival

hillcountryff.com

International Film Festival in Texas.

Event Dates: 30 May — 2 June 2024

24 years

Manlleu Short Film Festival

manlleufilmfestival.com

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 11 — 16 July 2023

31 years

2ANNAS

2annas.lv

Riga International Short Film Festival.

Event Dates: 10 — 16 April 2026

16 years

Duhok International Film Festival

duhokiff.com

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 9 — 16 December 2025

20 years

Sheffield Adventure Film Festival

shaff.co.uk

International Adventure film festival.

Event Dates: 20 — 22 March 2026

17 years

The festival Days of ethnographic film

def.si

International Ethnographic Film Festival.

Event Dates: 23 — 26 March 2023

26 years

The Ivy Film Festival

ivyfilmfestival.org/index.html

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 13 — 19 April 2026

23 years

SouthSide Film Festival

southsidefilmfestival.com

Independent Film Festival.

Event Dates: 10 — 13 June 2026

2 years

Ergiir

ergiir.tilda.ws

Фестиваль документального кино

Event Dates: 28 — 30 November 2025

50 years

Hong Kong International Film Festival

hkiff.org.hk

International Film Festival in Hong Kong.

Event Dates: 1 — 12 April 2026

61 years

Academia Film Olomouc

afo.cz

International Festival of Science Documentary Films.

Event Dates: 28 April — 3 May 2026

4 years

Cinema-Chance

crki-moscow.ru/festivali/i-mezhdunarodnyy-...

All-Russian film festival.

Event Dates: 26 October 2024 — 22 November 2025