International Festival Profiles

Profiles of over 50 international film festivals. Read about the festivals and find out what Australian films have screened at these festivals over the last 10 years. Discover deadline and screening information, and links to each festival's official website to start entering your film.

You can sort by name, location, genre of films accepted and deadline month by clicking on the column headings below. Where the exact date is not given, the festival has yet to finalise precise deadline.

FESTIVAL	COUNTRY	GENRE	SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Annecy International Animated Film Festival	France	Animation	January
Aspen Shortsfest	United States	Shorts	August
Berlin International Film Festival	Germany	All	October
Cannes Film Festival	France	All	March
Cinema Du Reel	France	Documentary	November
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival	France	Shorts	July
Cork Film Festival	Ireland	All	July
Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival	France	All	October
Edinburgh International Film Festival	United Kingdom	All	March
Frameline - San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival	United States	All	February
Göteborg Film Festival	Sweden	All	September
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival	China	Documentary	September
Hamburg International Short Film Festival	Germany	Shorts	n/a
Hof International Film Festival	Germany	All	September
Hong Kong International Film Festival	China	All	December
Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival	Canada	Documentary	December
International Animation Festival in Japan, Hiroshima	Japan	Animation	April
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam	Netherlands	Documentary	May
International Festival for Young People of Gijon	Spain	All	August
International Film festival Mannheim-Heidelberg	Germany	Features	July
International Film Festival Rotterdam	Netherlands	All	September
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen	Germany	Shorts	January
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	Czech Republic	All	April
Leipzig International Festival of Documentary and Animation Films	Germany	Documentary, Animation	May
Locarno International Film Festival	Switzerland	All	June
London Film Festival	United Kingdom	All	July
Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival	United States	Documentary	May
Montreal World Film Festival	Canada	All	June
New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival	United States	All	February
Ottawa International Animation Festival	Canada	Animation	June
Pusan International Film Festival	Korea	All	June
San Sebastian International Film Festival	Spain	All	July
Sao Paulo International Film Festival	Brazil	All	August
Sheffield International Documentary Festival	United Kingdom	Documentary	June
Silverdocs	United States	Documentary	January
Singapore International Film Festival	Singapore	All	January
South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW)	United States	All	August
Stockholm International Film Festival	Sweden	All	September
Stuttgart International Animation Festival	Germany	Animation	January
Sundance Film Festival	United States	All	August
Tampere International Short Film Festival	Finland	Shorts	December
Telluride Film Festival	United States	All	July
Tokyo International Film Festival	Japan	Features	July
Torino (Turin) Film Festival	Italy	All	September
Toronto International Film Festival	Canada	Features	April
Tribeca Film Festival	United States	All	November
Uppsala International Short Film Festival	Sweden	Shorts	June
Valladolid International Film Festival	Spain	All	June
Venice International Film Festival	Italy	All	June
Visions du Reel - International Documentary Film Festival Nyon	Switzerland	Documentary	October
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival	Japan	Documentary	September

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