26 years

Anchorage International Film Festival

anchoragefilmfestival.org

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 5 — 14 December 2025

11 years

McGuffin Film Fest

fest.mcguffin.ru

International Youth Film Festival

Event Dates: 28 — 30 August 2025

25 years

ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival

zebrapoetryfilm.org

An international poetry film festival in Münster.

Event Dates: 12 — 15 October 2023

Nederlands film festival

filmfestival.nl

Nederlands film festival

Event Dates: 22 — 26 September 2023

7 years

Silver SCAD Film Festival

silverscad.com

International film festival in Moscow and Sevastopol.

Event Dates: 1 — 2 July 2025

14 years

Klamath Independent Film Festival

klamathfilm.org/festival

Klamath Independent Film Festival is the premier Oregon-centric film festival.

Event Dates: 12 — 14 September 2025

Western Gates

westerngate.tilda.ws

International film festival.

Event Dates: 4 — 6 July 2025

2 years

Black Sea Bora Film Festival

bsbfestival.ru

The International Youth Film Festival in the hero city of Novorossiysk.

Event Dates: 9 — 12 October 2025

25 years

Breaking Down Barriers

kinofest.org

International Film Festival on the topic of disability.

Event Dates: 7 — 9 November 2025

39 years

Foyle Film Festival

foylefilmfestival.org

International Film Festival in Northern Ireland.

Event Dates: 15 — 24 November 2024

16 years

Gender Reel

genderreel.com

International LGBT Film Festival.

Event Dates: 10 — 12 October 2019

13 years

LAMPA

lampa.film

International festival of short films, social video and advertising

Event Dates: 3 — 6 October 2024

20 years

ANIMART FESTIVAL

animartfestival.eu

Only for student animation and experimental movies.

Event Dates: 14 — 16 July 2022

2 years

Outdoor Film Festival

wsffest.com/directors

Крупнейший российский фестиваль короткого метра

Event Dates: 2 July — 31 October 2025

16 years

SunChild International Environmental Festival

sunchild.fpwc.org

International environmental film festival.

Event Dates: 25 — 27 October 2019

14 years

Flathead Lake International Cinemafest

flicpolson.com

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 13 — 15 February 2026

14 years

Arouca Film Festival

aroucafilmfestival.com

Portuguese International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 9 — 18 September 2025

35 years

Filmfest Hamburg

filmfesthamburg.de/en

Festival of futures and documentaries in Hamburg.

Event Dates: 25 September — 4 October 2025

24 years

BOGOTÁ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

bogoshorts.com

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 2 — 9 December 2025

15 years

American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund

americandocumentaryfilmfestival.com

International Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs.

Event Dates: 21 — 25 March 2024

28 years

24 fps Film Festival

24fpsfest.com

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 1 — 2 November 2024

20 years

Rockport Film Festival

rockportfilmfest.com

International festival of independent cinema.

Event Dates: 30 October — 2 November 2025

14 years

Yakutsk International Film Festival

filmfestykt.ru

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 28 June — 3 July 2024

26 years

Lancaster International Short Film Festival

lancastershortfilmfest.com

Lancaster International Short Film Festival.

Event Dates: 2 — 4 December 2021

Kaohsiung Film Festival

kff.tw/TW

International Shot Flm Competition.

Event Dates: 10 — 26 October 2025

29 years

DepicT!

depict.org

Watershed's super-short filmmaking competition.

Event Dates: 27 September — 1 October 2023

21 years

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 

bigskyfilmfest.org

Documentary Film Festival in Missoula.

Event Dates: 13 — 22 February 2026

17 years

Derby Film Festival

derbyfilmfestival.co.uk

International Film Festival exploring identity through cinema.

Event Dates: 8 — 11 November 2024

27 years

Off‐Courts Trouville

off-courts.com

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 6 — 12 September 2025

19 years

The Lobol Fest

lobofest.com.br

International Film Festival

Event Dates: 27 July — 31 October 2021