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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.

FESTIVALCOUNTRYGENRESUBMISSION 
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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