film festival calendar

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Cannes Film Festival, Venice, Toronto

SEE HERE FOR THE 2021 CALENDAR.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption worldwide to the regular festival calendar.

To help keep track of the changing schedule, Screen kept this page updated with the latest film festival and market dates, postponements and cancellations. 

The events that are still set to run in some capacity are listed first, while those that were cancelled or ran online earlier in the year are further below.

To submit details of a change to your festival dates/status, please contact us here with the name, dates, and website for the event, and if it is running online, physically, or both.

2020 festivals calendar - latest

Events that were cancelled, ran online, or physically

AFCI Week - cancelled

AFM - America Film Market - ran online, November 9-13

AFI Fest - ran online, October 15-22

Amman International Film Festival - ran online, August 23-31

Annecy Animation Festival - ran online, June 15-20

Antalya Film Festival - ran physically, October 3-10

Asian Contents & Film Market - ran online, October 26-28

BANFF World Media Festival - cancelled

Bergen International Film Festival - ran physically, October 7-18

BFI Flare - ran online, March 20-30

BFI London Film Festival - ran physically and online, October 7-18

BIFAN - ran physically, July 9-16

Busan International Film Festival - ran physically, October 21-30

Brussels International Film Festival - ran physically, September 3-13

Cairo International Film Festival - ran physically, December 2-10

Camden International Film Festival - ran physically, October 1-12

Cannes Critics’ Week, Directors’ Fortnight, ACID - cancelled

Canneseries - ran physically and online, October 9-14

Cartagena International Film Festival - ran physically, March 11-16, cancelled midway through

Cheltenham International Film Festival - ran online, June 8-14

Chicago International Film Festival - ran physically, October 14-25

CinemaCon - cancelled

CineEurope - ran online, June 17-18

Comic-Con - cancelled

CONNeXT - cancelled

Cork International Film Festival - ran online, November 4-15

CPH:DOX - ran online, March 18 - April 5

Diagonale - canclled

Dinard Film Festival - cancelled

Docaviv - ran online, September 3-12

DOK Leipzig - ran online, October 26-November 1

Edinburgh International Film Festival - cancelled

Edinburgh TV festival - ran online, August 26-28

El Gouna Film Festival - ran physically, October 23-31

European Film Forum SCANORAMA - ran online, November 4-15

Fajr International Film Festival - cancelled

Fantasia International Film Festival - ran online, August 20-September 2

FICCI Frames - ran online, July 7-11

Film Fest Ghent - ran physically and online, October 13-24

Film Festival Cologne - ran physically, October 1-8

Filmart - ran online, August 26-29

Frameline - ran online, September 17-27

Frames Of Representation - ran online, November 27-December 13

Frontières Co-production Market - ran online, July 23-26

Guadalajara Film Festival - November 20-27

Haifa International Film Festival - ran physically, October 1-10

Hamburg Film Festival - ran physically, September 24-October 3

Hamptons International Film Festival - ran physically, October 8-12

Helsinki Film Festival - ran physically, September 17-27

Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum - ran online, August 26-28

Hong Kong International Film Festival - cancelled

Hot Docs - ran online, May 28-June 24

IndieLisboa - ran physically, August 25-September 5

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam - ran physically and online, November 16-December 6

International Film Festival and Awards Macao - ran online, December 3-8

Inside Out - ran online, October 1-11

Istanbul Film Festival National Competition - ran online, April 10-21

Istanbul Film Festival, excluding National Competition - ran online, October 9-20

Jeonju International Film Festival - ran physically and online, May 28-September 20

Jerusalem International Film Festival - ran online, December 10-20

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival - ran physically and online, October 27-November 1

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - cancelled (Karlovy Vary 54 1/2 to run online, November 18-21)

Key West Film Festival - ran physically, November 18-22

Krakow Film Festival - ran online, May 31-June 7

LA Screenings Independents - ran online, May 12-21

Leeds International Film Festival - ran online, November 3-30

Locarno Film Festival - ran online and physically, August 5-15

London Korean Film Festival - ran online and physically, October 29-November 12

Malaga Film Festival - ran physically, August 21-30

Malaysia International Film Festival - postponed to January 2, 2021

Manchester Animation Festival - ran online, November 15-30

Melbourne Film Festival - cancelled (MIFF 68 1/2 ran online, August 6-23)

MIPCOM Online+ - ran online, October 12-16

MIPTV - ran online, March 28 - April 2

Monte-Carlo TV Festival - cancelled

Moscow International Film Festival - ran physically, October 1-8

Mumbai Film Festival - cancelled

Munich Film Festival - cancelled

New Horizons Film Festival - ran online, November 5-15

New York Film Festival - ran online, September 17-October 11

New Zealand International Film Festival - ran physically, July 24-August 2

NewFest LGBTQ Festival - ran online, October 16-27

Norwich Film Festival - ran online, November 2-29

Panama Film Festival - ran online, May 22-26

Pingyao International Film Festival - ran physically, October 10-19

Produced By - cancelled

Qumra Film Festival - cancelled

Raindance Film Festival - online, October 28-November 7

Red Sea International Film Festival - cancelled

Reykjavik Film Festival - ran physically, September 24-October 4

San Sebastian Film Festival - ran physically, September 18-26

Sarajevo Film Festival - ran online, August 14-21

Seattle Film Festival - cancelled

Series Mania - ran online, April 20 - May 29

Shanghai International Film Festival - ran online and physically, July 25-August 2

Sofia Film Festival Summer - ran online and physically, June 24-July 19

Sofia Film Festival Autumn - ran physically, September 24-October 15

Sofia Meetings: Works in Progress - ran online, May 27-31; pitchings, events - ran online, July 3-8

Sundance London - ran online, August 7-9

SXSW - cancelled (virtual collection ran online, April 27-May 6)

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - ran physically and online, November 13-29

Telluride Film Festival - cancelled

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - ran online, May 19-28

Thessaloniki International Film Festival - ran online, November 5-15

TIFFCOM - November 4-6

Tokyo International Film Festival - ran physically, October 31-November 9

Toronto International Film Festival - ran physically, September 10-20

Transilvania International Film Festival - ran physically, July 31-August 9

Tribeca Film Festival - cancelled

Vancouver International Film Festival - ran online, September 24-October 7

Venice Film Festival - ran physically, September 2-12

Vilnius Film Festival - ran online, March 19-April 2

ZagrebDox - ran physically, October 4-11

Zurich Film Festival - ran physically, September 24-October 4