Festivals & Markets
We cannot name check all festivals, but this list provides a guide to the most recognised film festivals and markets.
Key festivals include:
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
Rotterdam Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Venice International Film Festival
Below is a selection of some of the world’s main festivals:
AFI Fest. Los Angeles International Film Festival
Anima Mundi International Animation Festival
Ann Arbor USA
Austin Film Festival
Bermuda International Film Festival
Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films
British Independent Film Awards
Cape Town World Cinema Festival
Cartagena International Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
CINANIMA – The International Animated Film Festival of Espinho
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Creteil International Women Directors Film Festival
Drama Short Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Fantasporto Film Festival
Festival International du Film d’Animation
Florida Film Festival
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Hot Docs
Images Toronto
Krakow Film Festival
Lisbon Lesbian and Gay Festival
Locarno International Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Mix Brasil Film and Video Festival of Sexual Diversity
Molodist International Film Festival
Monaco International Film Festival
Montréal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media
Montreal World Film Festival
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
Palm Springs
Premier Plans
Pusan International Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
Rhode Island International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Seagate Foyle Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Shanghai International Film Festival
Sitges International Film Festival
Split International Festival of New Film
St. Louis International Film Festival
Stuttgart International Animated Film Festival
SXSW South By Southwest
Sydney International Film Festival
The Times BFI London Film Festival
Transmediale
Tribeca Film Festival
Tricky Women – International Animation Festival
Valladolid International Film Festival
WorldFest – Houston International Film and Video Festival
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films
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