49 years

Sundance

sundance.org/festival

The largest U.S. independent film festival.

Event Dates: 21 — 31 January 2027

20 years

Ad Hoc: Inconvenient Films

nepatoguskinas.lt

International Human Rights Film Festival.

Event Dates: 7 — 18 October 2020

8 years

International Halicarnassus Film Festival

hffestival.com

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 21 September 2024

68 years

Zinebi

zinebi.com

International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao.

Event Dates: 8 — 15 November 2024

37 years

Hamburg International Queer Film Festival

lsf-hamburg.de

International festival of queer films in Hamburg.

Event Dates: 13 — 18 October 2026

36 years

Cottbus Film Festival

filmfestivalcottbus.de

Festival of East European Cinema.

Event Dates: 3 — 8 November 2026

71 years

Seminci

seminci.com/en/home

Valladolid International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 23 October 2025 — 31 October 2026

21 years

Vancouver Women in Film Festival

womeninfilm.ca

International Women's Film Festival in Vancouver.

Event Dates: 8 — 12 March 2023

24 years

Asiana International Short Film Festival

aisff.org

International Short Film Festival in South Korea.

Event Dates: 14 — 19 October 2021

45 years

up-and-coming Film Festival Hannover

up-and-coming.de

International festival for young film-makers.

Event Dates: 18 — 23 November 2025

19 years

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival

sebastopolfilmfestival.org

Documentary film fest in Sebastopol.

Event Dates: 15 — 18 April 2026

16 years

Green Fest

greenfest.rs

International Green culture Film Festival.

Event Dates: 21 — 25 November 2022

15 years

Dubrovnik Film Festival

duff.kinematografi.org

Film festival for the children and the youth of the Mediterranean countries.

Event Dates: 15 — 18 October 2026

13 years

Cinemistica

cinemistica.com

Festival of transcendental cinema.

Event Dates: 7 — 23 November 2024

24 years

Hyperfest

hyperionfilmfestival.ro

International Student Film Festival.

Event Dates: 4 — 11 November 2019

10 years

Territory of tomorrow

территория-завтра.рф

IX International Ecological TV Festival "Territory of Tomorrow"

Event Dates: 2 — 5 September 2026

13 years

Mirror Mountain Film Festival

mirrormountainfilmfest.com

Experience original films from the world's most unique creative minds.

Event Dates: 5 — 7 September 2025

48 years

3 CONTINENTS

3continents.com

Film Festival for filmmakers from Africa, Black and Latin America and Asia.

Event Dates: 20 — 28 November 2026

24 years

Wild & Scenic Film Festival

wildandscenicfilmfestival.org

Festival of Environmental and Adventure films.

Event Dates: 16 — 22 February 2027

27 years

Scinema

scinemafestival.riaus.tv

Festival of Science Film.

Event Dates: 9 — 17 August 2025

19 years

Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife

janeladecinema.com.br

International Short Film Festival in Brazil.

Event Dates: 3 — 12 November 2017

46 years

Munich International Festival of Film School

filmschoolfest-munich.de

International festival of film school.

Event Dates: 13 — 20 November 2026

23 years

Luchezarniy Angel

luchangela.ru

International Charity Film Festival.

Event Dates: 31 October — 6 November 2026

5 years

Time to remember

aveproduction.tilda.ws/filmfest#top

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 15 — 20 August 2024

3 years

III Yoshkar-Ola Film Festival "I Kratkaya"

yofest.ru

Short film festival

Event Dates: 27 — 31 August 2026

58 years

Entre Vues

festival-entrevues.com

International Film Festival in Belfort.

Event Dates: 16 — 22 November 2026

6 years

Cyber Film Festival

cyberfilmfestival.com

International film festival about cyber security.

Event Dates: 12 October 2022

2 years

Film and Tourism Festival "Istok: Tourism in Focus"

istokfestival.tilda.ws

National Festival of Film and Tourism "Istok: Tourism in Focus"

Event Dates: 23 — 27 August 2025

6 years

Питчинги Фест

pitchingi.ru/fest

Young Filmmakers Festival, you will get maximum audience feedback

Event Dates: 7 August 2021

25 years

Festival Film Dokumenter

ffd.or.id/en

International documentary film festival.

Event Dates: 20 — 27 November 2026