film festival calendar

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Cannes Film Festival, Venice, Toronto

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

Festivals taking place online or as hybrid events due to Covid-19 are noted. If not specified, the festival is currently set as a physical event. 

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.

Previous events

Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden - January 29-February 8, online

International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands – February 1-7, online

SCAD aTVfest, US - February 4-6, online

Sundance Film Festival, US - January 28-February 3, hybrid event

Glasgow Film Festival, UK - February 24-March 7, online

Berlin International Film Festival, Germany - March 1-5, online

Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland - March 3-14, online

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece - March 4-14, online

Miami Film Festival, US - March 4-15, hybrid event

New York International Children’s Film Festival, US - March 4-15, online

Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum, Hong Kong – March 15-17

Filmart, Hong Kong – March 15-18

Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria – March 11-21

Diagonale, Austria – March 16-21

SXSW, US – March 16-20 - online

Belmont World Film, US - March 16-May 10, online

Sofia Meetings, Bulgaria – March 17-21

Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania - March 18-April 1

Borderlines Film Festival, UK - March 26-April 11, online

Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong – April 1-12

Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey – April 1-June 29, online

Seattle Film Festival, US – April 8-18, online

MIPTV, France – April 12-15, online

Sun Valley Film Festival, US - April 14-18, online

SpyFlix, US - April 18-May 9, online

Stockholm Film Festival Junior, Sweden - April 19-24, hybrid event

CPH:DOX, Denmark – April 21-May 2, online

Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea - April 29-May 8

Hot Docs, Canada – April 29-May 9

Indy Film Fest, US - April 29-May 19, online

True/False Film Fest, US - May 5-9, hybrid event

Cheltenham International Film Festival, UK – May 25-June 5, online

Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Canada – May 27-June 6, online

Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, Ukraine - May 29-June 6, hybrid event

Krakow Film Festival, Poland – May 30-June 6, hybrid event

Mountainfilm, US - May 28-31 - in-person event; May 31-June 6, online

Nippon Connection Film Festival, Germany - June 1-6, online

International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands – June 2-6 (50th anniversary celebration)

The Many Sides of Pride Film Festival, US - June 3-6, hybrid event 

Ramsgate International Film and Television Festival, UK - June 3-6, online

Malaga Film Festival, Spain – June 4-13

Berlin International Film Festival Summer Special, Germany - June 9-20, in-person

Tribeca Film Festival, US – June 9-20

FIPADOC, International Documentary Festival, France - June 12-17, in-person

Annecy International Animation Festival, France – June 14-19

Provincetown Film Festival, US - June 16-25, hybrid event

Monte Carlo Television Festival, Monaco – June 18-22

Pre-Cannes Screenings, France - June 21-25, online

Far East Film Festival, Italy - June 24-July 2, in-person

Munich International Film Festival, Germany - June 24-July 3

Brussels International Film Festival, Belgium – June 24-July 4

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece - June 24-July 4, hybrid event

Oak Cliff Film Festival, US - June 24-27, in-person

Docaviv, Israel – July 1-10

Monaco Streaming Festival, Monaco - July 3-6, hybrid event

Cannes Film Festival, France - July 6-17, in-person

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea - July 8-18, hybrid event 

Indy Shorts International Film Festival, US - July 20-25, hybrid event

Comic-Con, US – July 22-25

Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania – July 23-August 1

Sundance Film Festival London, UK - July 29-August 1

Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland – August 4-14

Fantasia International Film Festival, Canada – August 5-20

Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia – August 5-22

Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina - August 13-20

Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK – August 18-25

New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland - August 12-22, in-person; August 12-29, online

Sydney Film Festival, Australia - August 18-29

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic – August 20-28

PriFest, Kosovo - August 24-29

CinemaCon, US – August 26-30

Series Mania, France – August 26-September 2, in-person

IndieLisboa, Portugal – August 21-September 6, in-person

Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel - August 24-September 9

Venice International Film Festival, Italy – September 1-11

Telluride Film Festival, US - September 2-6

Deauville American Film Festival, France - September 3-12

Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia - September 9-16, hybrid event

Toronto International Film Festival, Canada - September 10-18, in-person

Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland – September 16-26, in-person

San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain - September 17-25

Haifa International Film Festival, Israel - September 19-28, hybrid event

Finnish Film Affair, Finland - September 22-24, hybrid event

Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland – September 23-October 3

Dinard Festival of British Film, France - September 29-October 3, hybrid event

Nashville Film Festival, US - September 30-October 6, hybrid event

CineEurope, Spain – October 4-7

BFI London Film Festival, UK - October 6-17, in-person

Hamptons International Film Festival, US - October 7-13, in-person

Mile High Horror Film Festival, US - October 7-10, online

Canneseries, France – October 8-13, hybrid event

Production Finance Market, UK - October 12-13, online

Busan International Film Festival, South Korea - October 6-15

Heartland International Film Festival, US - October 7-17, hybrid event

Indigo Moon Film Festival, US - October 8-10, in-person; October 9-15, online

MIPCOM, France – October 14-17

Film Fest Gent, Belgium – October 12-23

Tallgrass Film Festival, US - October 20-24, hybrid event

Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montreal, Canada - October 6-17, in-person; October 6-31, online

Africa In Motion Film Festival, UK - October 15-31, online

Newport Beach Film Festival, US - October 21-28, in-person

Ji.hlava International Documentary Festival, Czech Republic - October 26-31, in-person

Raindance Film Festival, UK – October 27-November 6

Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan - October 30-November 8

AFM – American Film Market, US – November 1-5, online

Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece - November 4-14, hybrid event

Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland - November 5-14, in-person

American Film Festival, Poland - November 9-14, in-person

European Film Forum SCANORAMA, Lithuania - November 4-21, hybrid event

London Korean Film Festival, UK - November 4-19, in-person

Cork International Film Festival, Ireland - November 5-21, hybrid event

Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden - November 10-21

DOC NYC, US - November 10-18, hybrid event

Norwich Film Festival, UK - November 12-21, hybrid event

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia - November 12-28, hybrid event

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands - November 17-28, in-person

Cambridge Film Festival, UK - November 18-25, in-person

Bali International Film Festival (Balinale), Indonesia - November 18-21, in-person

French Film Festival, UK - November 3-December 10

Made In Prague Festival, UK - November 7-December 10, in-person

Ventana Sur, Argentina - November 29-December 3, hybrid event

Red Sea Film Festival, Saudi Arabia - December 6-15, in-person

Les Arcs Film Festival, France - December 11-18, hybrid event