17 years

MakeDox

makedox.mk

International Creative Documentary Film Festival.

Event Dates: 21 — 28 August 2025

26 years

Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival

realitybytes.niu.edu

International Independent Student Short Film Festival.

Event Dates: 15 — 16 April 2025

12 years

Moscow Jewish Film Festival

mjff.ru

International film festival dedicated to Jewish culture.

Event Dates: 28 May — 6 June 2023

19 years

Puerto Rico Film Festival

prfilmfest.com

International Christian Short Film Festival.

Event Dates: 24 — 28 September 2025

10 years

Saint-Petersburg International Film Festival (SPIFF)

spiffestival.com

International Film Festival of short fiction films and animation.

Event Dates: 26 — 28 August 2022

17 years

Prescott Film Festival

prescottfilmfestival.com

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 16 — 20 July 2025

13 years

Culver City Film Festival

culvercityfilmfestival.com

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 3 — 9 December 2025

6 years

Lowestoft Film Festival

lowestoftfilmfestival.co.uk

Set in Britain's most easterly town, celebrating independent film!

Event Dates: 20 — 27 October 2023

21 years

Golden Aphrodite

cyprusfilmfestival.org

Cyprus International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 6 — 10 November 2024

36 years

Curta Cinema

curtacinema.com.br

International Short Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro.

Event Dates: 23 — 30 April 2025

80 years

Edinburgh International Film Festival

edfilmfest.org.uk

International Film Festival in Edinburgh.

Event Dates: 14 — 20 August 2025

9 years

Assurdo Film Festival

assurdofilmfestival.com

International Festival for short films.

Event Dates: 26 March 2025

10 years

Barcelona International Short Film and Video Festival

BarcelonaShortFilm.com

BSF is an international, juried short film festival, created in 2017.

Event Dates: 12 — 13 November 2023

55 years

Huesca Film Festival

huesca-filmfestival.com

Short Film Festival in Huesca.

Event Dates: 7 — 15 June 2024

12 years

NEZ

niffmovieawards.org

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 28 — 30 March 2025

45 years

Uruguay International Film Festival

cinemateca.org.uy

International Film Festival

Event Dates: 13 — 24 April 2022

17 years

Dating Russia

svidaniesrossiey.ru

International Tourism Film Festival.

Event Dates: 11 — 15 March 2025

13 years

Eight Women

8womenfest.ru

International Women's Film Festival.

Event Dates: 2 — 11 March 2024

10 years

Sochi Film Festival

sochifilmfestival.top

International Film Festival in Sochi.

Event Dates: 20 — 22 February 2026

22 years

Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival

projectchicago.com

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 7 — 8 November 2025

18 years

IndieFEST Film Awards

theindiefest.com

International Independent Film Festival.

Event Dates: 29 April 2025

22 years

Fantastic Fest

fantasticfest.com

International Festival dedicated fantastic films.

Event Dates: 18 — 25 September 2025

23 years

Skip City International D-Cinema Festival

skipcity-dcf.jp

International festival of digital cinema.

Event Dates: 13 — 21 July 2024

46 years

Hawaii International Film Festival

hiff.org

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 16 — 30 October 2025

67 years

Annecy International Animation Film Festival

annecy.org

International Animation Film Festival in Annecy.

Event Dates: 9 — 15 June 2024

19 years

Dock of the Bay

dockofthebay.es

International music documentary film festival.

Event Dates: 3 — 8 June 2024

53 years

Ekotopfilm - Envirofilm

ekotopfilm.sk

International Festival of Sustainable Development Films.

Event Dates: 22 — 26 May 2023

19 years

Ischia Film Festival

ischiafilmfestival.it

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 28 June — 5 July 2025

26 years

San Diego Film Festival

sdfilmfest.com

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 15 — 19 October 2025

23 years

Brive Film Festival

festivalcinemabrive.fr

European medium-length film festival.

Event Dates: 7 — 12 April 2025