12 years

VOID International Animation Film Festival

voidfilmfestival.com

International Animation Film Festival.

Event Dates: 25 February — 6 March 2021

13 years

"UNI-KORN"

uni-korn.ru/about

VI International Youth Festival of Short Films "Uni-KoRn"

Event Dates: 1 November — 1 December 2025

12 years

Scottish Queer International Film Festival

sqiff.org

International queer film festival in Glasgow.

Event Dates: 2 — 6 October 2019

49 years

The Poitiers Film Festival

poitiersfilmfestival.com/en

International Student Film Festival.

Event Dates: 28 November — 5 December 2025

32 years

Slamdance Film Festival

slamdance.com

International film festival of independent film run by filmmakers.

Event Dates: 19 — 25 February 2026

48 years

Cinemed

cinemed.tm.fr

Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film.

Event Dates: 17 — 25 October 2025

18 years

SeSIFF

sesiff.org

Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival.

Event Dates: 13 — 18 September 2023

21 years

Comedy Cluj International Film Festival

comedycluj.ro/?lang=en

International comedy film festival.

Event Dates: 11 — 20 October 2019

New Media Film Festival®

newmediafilmfestival.com

Honoring Stories Worth Telling. An innovative catalyst for story & technology.

Event Dates: 4 — 5 June 2025

48 years

International Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

clermont-filmfest.com

International Short Film Festival.

Event Dates: 30 January — 7 February 2026

21 years

FRICINE

fricine.com.br

International SocioEnvironmental Film Festival of Nova Friburgo.

Event Dates: 1 — 11 November 2023

21 years

Sardinia Film Festival

sardiniafilmfestival.it

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 27 November — 2 December 2023

19 years

Naples Human Rights Film Festival

cinenapolidiritti.it

International Human Rights Film Festival.

Event Dates: 11 — 21 November 2025

11 years

Eurasia.DOC

eurasia.film

CIS Countries Documentary Film Festival.

Event Dates: 29 September — 3 October 2025

32 years

Athens International Film Festival

en.aiff.gr

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 1 — 12 October 2025

49 years

Sundance

sundance.org/festival

The largest U.S. independent film festival.

Event Dates: 22 January — 1 February 2026

36 years

FANCINE

fancine.org

International Fantastic Film Festival.

Event Dates: 13 — 21 November 2024

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

39 years

Russia

rossia-doc.ru

Open Documentary Film Festival.

Event Dates: 1 — 6 October 2025

42 years

Warsaw Film Festival

wff.pl

The largest film festival in Poland and Eastern Europe.

Event Dates: 10 — 19 October 2025

68 years

Zinebi

zinebi.com

International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao.

Event Dates: 8 — 15 November 2024

36 years

Cottbus Film Festival

filmfestivalcottbus.de

Festival of East European Cinema.

Event Dates: 5 — 10 November 2025

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

22 years

ZagrebDox

zagrebdox.net

International documentary film festival.

Event Dates: 19 — 26 April 2026

14 years

Annapolis Film Festival

annapolisfilmfestival.net

Film festival in Annapolis.

Event Dates: 26 — 29 March 2026

26 years

Beverly Hills Film Festival

beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com

International Film Festival in Beverly Hills.

Event Dates: 19 — 26 April 2026

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: 9 — 12 April 2025