19 years

Native Spirit Festival

nativespiritfoundation.org

Indigenous Cinematic Arts

Event Dates: 10 — 12 October 2024

6 years

Tamil Nadu Film Festival

tamilnadufilmfestival.com

TNFF celebrates & proliferates independent Cinema in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Event Dates: 10 — 19 August 2024

15 years

Salón Internacional de La Luz

saloninternacionaldelaluz.com

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 12 — 17 May 2020

33 years

Kerry Film Festival

kerryfilmfestival.com

International short film festival.

Event Dates: 17 — 20 October 2024

17 years

Lahore International Children’s Film Festival

lahorechildrenfilm.com

International Children’s Film Festival.

Event Dates: 26 — 31 October 2020

21 years

Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival

grossmann.si

Fantastic film festival.

Event Dates: 2 — 6 July 2025

26 years

Crossroads Film Festival

crossroadsfilmfestival.com

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 17 September — 16 October 2021

23 years

Alicante Film Festival

festivaldealicante.com

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 25 May — 1 June 2024

La Plata International Independent Film Festival - FestiFreak

festifreak.com

International Independent Film Festival.

Event Dates: 21 September — 1 October 2023

15 years

Albany FilmFest

albanyfilmfest.org

Short Film Festival in Albany.

Event Dates: 10 — 13 October 2024

16 years

Golden Kuker

animationfest-bg.eu

International Animation Film Festival.

Event Dates: 7 — 11 May 2025

31 years

BEAST

beastfilm.pt

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 25 — 29 September 2024

44 years

Istanbul Film Festival

film.iksv.org/en

International Film Festival in Istanbul.

Event Dates: 17 — 28 April 2024

18 years

Cyber Sousa-Xiamen International Animation Festival

cybersousa.org/en/Default.aspx

International Animation Festival.

Event Dates: 30 June 2023

40 years

Guadalajara International Film Festival

ficg.mx

International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 6 — 14 June 2025

28 years

The Montreal International Documentary Festival

ridm.ca/en

International Documentary Festival.

Event Dates: 15 — 26 November 2024

8 years

Docu-MENTAL

documental.coolconnections.ru

Сompetitions of films on mental health

Event Dates: 8 — 11 October 2020

71 years

DOK Leipzig

dok-leipzig.de

International Leipzig festival for Documentary and animated film.

Event Dates: 28 October — 3 November 2024

40 years

Osnabrück Independent Film Festival

filmfest-osnabrueck.de

Festival of independent films in Osnabrück.

Event Dates: 7 — 12 October 2025

55 years

Montreal Festival of New Cinema

nouveaucinema.ca

Festival of New Cinema in Montreal.

Event Dates: 9 — 20 October 2024

21 years

Zurich Film Festival

zff.com/en/home

International Film Festival in Zurich.

Event Dates: 3 — 13 October 2024

17 years

New Zealand International Film Festival

nziff.co.nz

A non-competitive festival taking place across the country.

Event Dates: 19 July — 10 September 2023

25 years

Sopot Film Festival

sopotfilmfestival.pl/en

International Film Festival in Poland.

Event Dates: 22 — 30 June 2024

16 years

Underwire Festival

underwirefestival.com

Women's Short Film Festival in UK.

Event Dates: 8 — 13 March 2022

16 years

Anibar International Animation Festival

anibar.com

International Animation Film Festival.

Event Dates: 14 — 20 July 2025

21 years

Euganea Film Festival

euganeafilmfestival.it

International Film Festival in Italy.

Event Dates: 4 — 14 September 2025

33 years

Shanghai International Film Festival

siff.com

Shanghai International Film Festival.

Event Dates: 10 — 19 June 2025

28 years

CinemAmbiente

cinemambiente.it

International Environmental Film Festival.

Event Dates: 4 — 9 June 2024

14 years

Visioni Corte

visionicorte.it

International Festival of the Independent Short Film.

Event Dates: 16 — 23 September 2023

24 years

Animafest Cyprus

animafest.com.cy

International Animation Film Festival.

Event Dates: 24 August 2025