January
IndieX Film Fest
Dance Camera West Film Festival
http://www.dancecamerawest.org/
Los Angeles CineFest
NewFilmmakers LA (NFMLA)
https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/
Titan International Film Festival
https://www.titanfilmfestival.com/
Festival takes place every two months. Registration is always open.
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
February
Berlin International Film Festival
Austin Revolution Film Festival
March
Cleveland International Film Festival
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
Phoenix Film Festival
Maryland International Film Festival
SXSW
Miami Film Festival
Oxford Film Festival
Omaha Film Festival
TIFF Writers’ Studio
ByDesign Festival
Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF)
Oaxaca FilmFest
American Documentary and Animation Film Festival and Film Fund
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF)
April
Art Film Events
Aspen Shortsfest
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
Ashlandfilm
RiverRun International Film Festival
NFFTY (National Film Festival for Talented Youth)
Capital City Film Festival
Julien Dubuque International
Sarasota Film Festival (SFF)
Florida Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Hot Docs Festival
May
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
www.mammothlakesfilmfestival.com
Golden Door International Film Festival
www.Goldendoorfilmfestival.org
New Hampshire Film Festival
Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
Cannes Film Festival
June
Oak Cliff Film Festival
Brooklyn Film Festival
Bentonville Film Festival
Palm Springs International ShortFest
PalmSpringsInternationalShortFest
deadCenter Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
Sydney Film Festival
Sheffield Docfest
International New York Film Festival
July
Karloy Vary International Film Festival
Fantasia Film Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film
Stony Brook Film Festival
August
Locarno Film Festival
HollyShorts Screenplay Film Festival
Hollyshortsscreenplaycontest
September
Great Oak Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
36th Edmonton International Film Festival
Camden International Film Festival
Coney Island Film Festival
Tallgrass Film Festival
FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
DC Shorts Film Festival
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Zurich International Film Festival
www.zurichinternationalfilmfestival.com
Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival
October
Indie Film
Bendfilm
Portland Film Festival
Heartland International Film Festival
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
San Jose International Short Film Festival
SENE Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
Indie Memphis Film Festival
BendFilm Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Tacoma Film Festival
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival
Washington West International Film Festival
FilmQuest
Diff
BFI London Film Festival
November
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
New Orleans Film Festival
www.Neworleansfilmfestival.org
Sundance film
The Other Israel Film Festival
The Rutgers Jew Jersey Jewish Film Festival