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

20 years

THESS

tisff.eu

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 1 — 15 October 2025

23 years

Animateka

animateka.si

International Animation Film Festival.

Event Dates: 1 — 7 December 2025

19 years

East&West Festival

east-west-festival.ru

Кинофестиваль стран Европы и Азии.

Event Dates: 3 — 9 October 2025

29 years

Independent Days

independentdays-filmfest.com

International low and no-budget film festival.

Event Dates: 15 — 19 April 2026

16 years

Green Fest

greenfest.rs

International Green culture Film Festival.

Event Dates: 21 — 25 November 2022

30 years

Belo Horizonte’s Documentary and Ethnographic Film Festival

forumdoc.org.br

International Documentary and Ethnographic Film Festival.

Event Dates: 20 — 30 November 2025

15 years

Dubrovnik Film Festival

duff.kinematografi.org

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

Event Dates: 16 — 19 October 2025

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

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

3 years

The Far Eastern Film Award (National Cinematography Award for High Achievements in Cinematography and for Contribution to the Development of the Film Industry of the Russian Far East)

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Professional award for films created in the Far Eastern in Russia.

Event Dates: 1 — 30 September 2025

36 years

Melbourne Queer Film Festival

mqff.com.au

International film festival in Melbourne.

Event Dates: 13 — 23 November 2025

24 years

Wild & Scenic Film Festival

wildandscenicfilmfestival.org

Festival of Environmental and Adventure films.

Event Dates: 19 — 28 February 2026

46 years

Munich International Festival of Film School

filmschoolfest-munich.de

International festival of film school.

Event Dates: 14 — 22 November 2025