List of film festivals
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A list of film festivals from around the world, organized by continent and country:
Africa
Asia
China
- Golden Horse Film Festival (Taipei)
- Hong Kong International Film Festival
- Shanghai International Film Festival
- Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival
India
Israel
Jakarta
Japan
- leading digital short film festival in the world
- Tokyo International Film Festival
- Yamagata International Documentary Festival
Korea
- Pusan International Film Festival (Busan)
- Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bucheon)
- Pyongyang Film Festival
Nepal
The Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
- Bangkok International Film Festival
- 2003 Bangkok International Film Festival reviewed by Nigel Watson
Europe
Austria
- Crossing Europe (Linz)
- Die Diagonale (Graz)
- Steirischer Herbst (Graz)
- Viennale (Vienna)
- Vienna Independent Shorts (Vienna)
Belgium
- Brussels International Festival of Contemporary Silent Film
- Flanders International Film Festival Ghent
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Czech Republic
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- Febiofest (Prague)
- One World Film Festival (Prague)
- Bollywood Film Festival (Prague)
- Summer Film School (Uherské Hradiště)
- International Festival of Animated Films (Třeboň)
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
- Cannes Film Festival (South-East France)
- Deauville American Film Festival (North-West France)
- Festival International de film documentaires "Cinéma du Réel" - documentary festival
- Festival International des Films de Femmes - feminist film festival in Créteil
- Premiers Plans (Angers, West France)
- International Animated Film Festival (Annecy, [1])
Germany
- Berlin Film Festival
- Biberach Independent Film Festival
- Feminale - feminist film festival in Cologne
- La.Meko Filmfestival Landau
- Film festival ContraVision
Greece
Hungary
- Balaton Film Festival
- Kecskemet Animation Film Festival http://www.kaff.hu/
- Budapest Short Film Festival http://gombolyag.uw.hu/
- International Festival of Young Filmmakers http://www.filmfestival-miskolc.hu/en/index.php
Italy
- accordi @ DISACCORDI Film Festival
- Venice Film Festival
- Taormina Film Festival
- festival internazionale cinema delle donne
Latvia
Netherlands
Norway
- Bergen International Film Festival
- Norwegian International Film Festival (Haugesund)
- Oslo International Film Festival
Poland
- The Cracow Film Festival
- Camerimage International Film Festival Of The Art Of Cinematography in Lodz
- Warsaw International Film Festival
Russia
Spain
- Seminci (Semana Internacional de Cine) in Valladolid
- Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
- Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival
- Istanbul International Film Festival
- Antalya Film Festival
- !f Istanbul AFM International Independent Film Festival
United Kingdom
- leading digital short film festival in the world
- CineMagic (Northern Ireland)
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
North and Central America
Canada
- Reel North Film Festival - Thompson, Manitoba [2]
- Toronto Classic Movie Festival
- Edmonton International Film Festival [3]
- Cinéfest
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Montreal International Film Festival
- Montreal World Film Festival
- Calgary International Film Festival
- Image & Nation Montreal International Queer Film Festival
- Vancouver International Film Festival [4]
- Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema [5]
United States
- A Flickering Image Festival - Hollywood
- American Indian Film Festival - San Francisco
- Anchorage Film Festival
- Ann Arbor Film Festival
- Asian Film Festival of Dallas
- B-Movie Film Festival
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival - New York
- Boston Asian-American Independent Film Festival
- Boulder Adventure Film Festival
- Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival
- Cinequest Film Festival - San Jose
- CineVegas Film Festival - Las Vegas
- Cleveland International Film Festival
- Durango Independent Film Festival
- Hawaii International Film Festival
- Heartland Film Festival - Indianapolis, Indiana
- Indianapolis International Film Festival
- International Festival of Horror
- International Student Film Festival - Hollywood
- Lake Placid Film Festival
- Native American Film and Video Festival - New York
- New York Film Festival
- New York Underground Film Festival
- Newport International Film Festival
- Nicktoons Film Festival (television series)
- Red Bank International Film Festival - Red Bank, New Jersey
- RiverRun International Film Festival - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
- Savannah Film Festival - Savannah, Georgia
- Seattle International Film Festival
- Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
- Slamdance Film Festival
- Sundance Film Festival
- Telluride Film Festival
- Tombstone Western Film Festival and Symposium (Western film)
- Tribeca Film Festival
- VCU French Film Festival
- WESTfest Short Film + Video Competition
- Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival
Oceania
Australia
- Adelaide Film Festival
- Brisbane International Film Festival
- Sydney Film Festival
- Melbourne International Film Festival
- Adelaide International Film Festival
- Tropfest short film festival
- FilmFantastic Gold Coast Film Festival [5]
- Festival of Perth
South America
Argentina
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival, class A.
- Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, highly regarded.