Festival Agenda
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| 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival | 08.04.2025–19.04.2026 | Hong Kong |
03.11.2025
Early Deadline Shorts
03.11.2025 Early Deadline Feature 31.12.2025 Regular Deadline Features 31.12.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 45th Istanbul International Film Festival | 09.04.2025–20.04.2026 | Istanbul |
11.01.2026
Regular Deadline Features
11.01.2026 Regular Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 8th Brussels International Film Festival BRIFF | 20.06.2025–28.08.2025 | Brussels |
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| 33rd Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival | 12.07.2025–20.07.2025 | Vila do Conde |
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| 29th LA Shorts International Film Festival | 16.07.2025–28.07.2025 | Los Angeles | ||
| 55th Giffoni Film Festival | 17.07.2025–26.07.2025 | Giffoni Valle Piana | ||
| 46th Durban International Film Festival | 17.07.2025–27.07.2025 | Durban |
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| 66e Ciné-Rencontres Festival de Cinéma | 19.07.2025–26.07.2025 | Prades | ||
| 28. Cinehill Film Festival | 22.07.2025–27.07.2025 | Motovun / Gorski Kotar | ||
| 28th Guanajuato International Film Festival | 25.07.2025–03.08.2025 | Guanajuato |
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| 24th Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival Prizren | 01.08.2025–09.08.2025 | Prizren |
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| 56e Festival du Film des Diablerets | 02.08.2025–09.08.2025 | Les Diablerets | ||
| 29th Rhode Island International Film Festival | 05.08.2025–10.08.2025 | Providence, Rhode Island | ||
| 78° Locarno Film Festival | 06.08.2025–16.08.2025 | Locarno |
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| 74th Melbourne International Film Festival | 07.08.2025–24.08.2025 | Melbourne |
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| 35ème Semaine de la critique | 08.08.2025–15.08.2025 | Locarno |
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| 78th Edinburgh International Film Festival | 14.08.2025–20.08.2025 | Edinburgh | ||
| 31st Sarajevo Film Festival | 15.08.2025–22.08.2025 | Sarajevo | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 24th Concorto Film Festival | 16.08.2025–23.08.2025 | Pontenure | ||
| 37e Etats généraux du film documentaire Lussas | 17.08.2025–23.08.2025 | Lussas | ||
| 21° Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine (SANFIC) | 17.08.2025–24.08.2025 | Santiago de Chile |
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| 36th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival | 21.08.2025–31.08.2025 | Sao Paulo | ||
| 36th Espoo Ciné International Film Festival | 22.08.2025–31.08.2025 | Espoo |
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| 18e Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême | 25.08.2025–30.08.2025 | Angoulême | ||
| 40th Odense International Film Festival | 26.08.2025–01.09.2025 | Odense |
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| 22° Giornate degli Autori | 27.08.2025–06.09.2025 | Venice |
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| 82° Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - La Biennale di Venezia | 27.08.2025–06.09.2025 | Venice |
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| 40. Settimana Internazionale della Critica Venezia | 27.08.2025–06.09.2025 | Venice |
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| 52nd Telluride Film Festival | 29.08.2025–01.09.2025 | Telluride |
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| Fantoche 23. Internationales Festival für Animationsfilm Baden | 02.09.2025–07.09.2025 | Baden |
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| 50th Toronto International Film Festival | 04.09.2025–14.09.2025 | Toronto |
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| 48th Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF) | 08.09.2025–14.09.2025 | Drama |
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| 15e Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec | 10.09.2025–14.09.2025 | Québec | ||
| 17th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival | 11.09.2025–17.09.2025 | Gyeonggi-do | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 21e Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie Bienne | 17.09.2025–21.09.2025 | Bienne | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 30th Busan International Film Festival | 17.09.2025–26.09.2025 | Busan |
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| 73. San Sebastián International Film Festival | 19.09.2025–27.09.2025 | San Sebastian |
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| Queer Lisboa 29 International Queer Film Festival | 19.09.2025–27.09.2025 | Lisbon | ||
| 34e Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine | 20.09.2025–26.09.2025 | Biarritz | ||
| 23rd Tirana International Film Festival | 21.09.2025–27.09.2025 | Tirana | ||
| 18e Festival international du film de Femmes Salé | 22.09.2025–27.09.2025 | Salé | ||
| 15th Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF | 22.09.2025–28.09.2025 | Bucharest | ||
| 21st 25 FPS International Experimental Films & Video Festival | 23.09.2025–27.09.2025 | Zagreb | ||
| 49th Ottawa International Animation Festival | 24.09.2025–28.09.2025 | Ottawa |
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| 31st Encounters Film Festival | 24.09.2025–28.09.2025 | Bristol |
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| 9th PYIFF Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival | 24.09.2025–30.09.2025 | Jinzhong | ||
| 48. LUCAS Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans | 25.09.2025–02.10.2025 | Frankfurt | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 33. Filmfest Hamburg | 25.09.2025–04.10.2025 | Hamburg | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 21. Zurich Film Festival | 25.09.2025–05.10.2025 | Zurich |
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| 22nd Reykjavik International Film Festival | 25.09.2025–05.10.2025 | Reykjavik |
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| 18e Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival | 26.09.2025–05.10.2025 | Strasbourg | ||
| 17th Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival (SESIFF) | 26.09.2025–08.10.2025 | Seoul | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 63rd New York Film Festival | 26.09.2025–13.10.2025 | New York |
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| 30. Schlingel - Internationales Filmfestival für Kinder und junges Publikum | 27.09.2025–04.10.2025 |
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| 48th Portland International Film Festival | 01.10.2025–05.10.2025 | Portland |
16.08.2025
Regular Deadline Features
16.08.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 30.08.2025 Late Deadline Features 30.08.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 31st Athens International Film Festival | 01.10.2025–12.10.2025 | Athens | ||
| 44th Vancouver International Film Festival | 02.10.2025–12.10.2025 | Vancouver | ||
| 27th Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival | 02.10.2025–12.10.2025 | Rio de Janeiro | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 40e Festival international du film francophone Namur | 03.10.2025–10.10.2025 | Namur |
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| 20th Anim’est International Animation Film Festival | 03.10.2025–12.10.2025 | Bucharest |
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| 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival | 03.10.2025–13.10.2025 | Hampton | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 13th Indie Cork Film Festival | 05.10.2025–12.10.2025 | Cork | ||
| 41st International Film Festival Haifa | 05.10.2025–14.10.2025 | Haifa | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 69th BFI London Film Festival | 08.10.2025–19.10.2025 | London |
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| 54e Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal | 08.10.2025–19.10.2025 | Montreal |
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| 19th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival | 09.10.2025–16.10.2025 | Yamagata City |
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| 58. International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia | 09.10.2025–19.10.2025 | Sitges | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 52nd Film Fest Gent | 09.10.2025–19.10.2025 | Ghent |
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| 20th Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México Docs MX | 09.10.2025–19.10.2025 | Mexico City | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 18th Heart of Gold International Film Festival | 10.10.2025–12.10.2025 | Gympie | ||
| 20th Sapporo Short Fest | 10.10.2025–13.10.2025 | Sapporo |
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| 41st Warsaw International Film Festival | 10.10.2025–19.10.2025 | Warsaw |
31.07.2025
Late Deadline Features
31.07.2025 Late Deadline Shorts |
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| 20th Show Me Shorts Film Festival | 10.10.2025–30.10.2025 | Auckland |
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| 15th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus | 11.10.2025–17.10.2025 | Limassol |
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| 25th Kaohsiung Film Festival | 11.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Kaohsiung | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 39th Cinekid Festival | 11.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Amsterdam |
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| 32° Festival international de cine de Valdivia (Ficvaldivia) | 13.10.2025–19.10.2025 | Valdivia | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 16e Festival international du film La Roche-sur-Yon | 13.10.2025–19.10.2025 | La Roche-sur-Yon |
31.07.2025
Regular Deadline Features
31.07.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 61st Chicago International Film Festival | 15.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Chicago |
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| 23. Alice nella Città Film Festival | 15.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Rome |
12.08.2025
Regular Deadline Features
15.08.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts |
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| 20. Rome Film Fest | 15.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Rome |
31.07.2025
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| 23° doclisboa Festival internacional de cinema | 16.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Lisbon |
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| 12th Riga International Film Festival | 16.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Riga |
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| 9th Transmutacion – Festival de cine Contemporaneo | 16.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Mexico City |
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| Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival 2025 | 16.10.2025–28.10.2025 | Vienna |
31.07.2025
Late Deadline Features
31.07.2025 Late Deadline Shorts |
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| 49a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo | 16.10.2025–30.10.2025 | Sao Paulo |
31.07.2025
Regular Deadline Features
31.07.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts |
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| 47e CINEMED Festival international du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier | 17.10.2025–25.10.2025 | Montpellier |
23.08.2025
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| 51st Filmets Badalona Film Festival | 17.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Badalona | ||
| 35th "Message to Man" International Film Festival St. Petersburg | 17.10.2025–26.10.2025 | St. Petersburg | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 44th Uppsala International Short Film Festival | 20.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Uppsala |
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| 59. Internationale Filmtage Hof | 21.10.2025–26.10.2025 | Hof |
08.08.2025
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08.08.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts |
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| 25. Edimotion - Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst | 24.10.2025–27.10.2025 | Köln | ||
| 27th Bucheon International Animation Festival | 24.10.2025–28.10.2025 | Bucheon |
31.07.2025
Regular Deadline Features
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| 70. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid | 24.10.2025–01.11.2025 | Valladolid |
04.08.2025
Regular Deadline Features
04.08.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts |
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| 29th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival | 24.10.2025–02.11.2025 | Jihlava |
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| 27th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival | 24.10.2025–04.11.2025 | Belo Horizonte | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 54th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival | 25.10.2025–02.11.2025 | Kiev |
01.08.2025
Late Deadline Features
01.08.2025 Late Deadline Shorts |
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| 68. DOK Leipzig - Internationales Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm | 27.10.2025–02.11.2025 | Leipzig |
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| 38th Tokyo International Film Festival | 27.10.2025–05.11.2025 | Tokyo | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 42. Französische Filmtage Tübingen | 29.10.2025–05.11.2025 | Tübingen/Stuttgart |
15.08.2025
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15.08.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival | 30.10.2025–09.11.2025 | Thessaloniki |
16.08.2025
Special Deadline
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| 31e Geneva International Film Festival GIFF | 31.10.2025–09.11.2025 | Genève |
31.07.2025
Regular Deadline Features
31.07.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 20.08.2025 Swiss Series 02.09.2025 Special Deadline |
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| 66° Festival dei Popoli | 01.11.2025–09.11.2025 | Florence |
31.07.2025
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31.07.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 40° Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata | 01.11.2025–11.11.2025 | Mar del Plata |
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| 49. Duisburger Filmwoche | 03.11.2025–09.11.2025 | Duisburg | ||
| 41. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin | 04.11.2025–09.11.2025 | Berlin |
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| 29. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur | 04.11.2025–09.11.2025 | Winterthur |
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| 21e Festival Augenblick | 04.11.2025–21.11.2025 | Strasbourg | ||
| 15th Aesthetica Short Film Festival ASFF | 05.11.2025–09.11.2025 | York | ||
| 36th Stockholm International Film Festival | 05.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Stockholm |
15.08.2025
Late Deadline Features
15.08.2025 Late Deadline Shorts 15.09.2025 Special Deadlines (see Remarks below) Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 70th Cork Film Festival | 06.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Cork |
30.07.2025
Late Deadline Shorts
30.07.2025 Late Deadline Features |
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| 42nd Chicago International Children's Film Festival | 06.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Chicago | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 54th Alcine Festival de Cine | 06.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Madrid | ||
| 74. Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg | 06.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Mannheim-Heidelberg | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2025 | 06.11.2025–23.11.2025 | Taipei |
31.07.2025
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| 39th Leeds International Film Festival | 06.11.2025–23.11.2025 | Leeds |
31.07.2025
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31.07.2025 Late Deadline Features |
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| 22° Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo | 07.11.2025–15.11.2025 | Seville |
03.09.2025
Regular Deadline Features
03.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 49th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival | 07.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Espinho |
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| 29th PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival | 07.11.2025–23.11.2025 | Tallinn |
18.08.2025
Late Deadline Features
25.08.2025 Special Deadlines (see Remarks below) Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 39. Internationales Filmfestival Braunschweig | 10.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Braunschweig |
25.07.2025
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| 22nd Zagreb Film Festival | 10.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Zagreb |
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| 40e Festival Européen du Film court | 11.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Brest |
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| 46e Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne | 11.11.2025–16.11.2025 | Villeurbanne | ||
| PÖFF Shorts Festival 2025 | 11.11.2025–19.11.2025 | Tallinn |
01.08.2025
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08.08.2025 Late Deadline Shorts |
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| 47th Cairo International Film Festival | 12.11.2025–21.11.2025 | Cairo |
01.08.2025
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| DOC NYC 2025 | 12.11.2025–30.11.2025 | New York |
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| 38th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam | 13.11.2025–23.11.2025 | Amsterdam |
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| 45e Festival International du Film d'Amiens | 14.11.2025–22.11.2025 | Amiens | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition | |
| 63° Festival internacional de Cine de Gijon | 14.11.2025–22.11.2025 | Gijon |
23.08.2025
Special Deadlines (see Remarks below)
08.09.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 08.09.2025 Regular Deadline Features 15.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 24th Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Almeria | 14.11.2025–23.11.2025 | Almeria |
14.08.2025
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| 38. exground filmfest Wiesbaden | 14.11.2025–23.11.2025 | Wiesbaden | ||
| 38. Castellinaria Festival internazionale del cinema giovane Bellinzona | 15.11.2025–22.11.2025 | Bellinzona |
15.08.2025
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15.08.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 15.09.2025 Late Deadline Features 15.09.2025 Late Deadline Shorts |
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| 33rd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage | 15.11.2025–22.11.2025 | Torun | ||
| 40e Entrevues Belfort - Festival international du film | 17.11.2025–23.11.2025 | Belfort |
31.07.2025
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| 42. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest | 18.11.2025–23.11.2025 | Kassel | ||
| 39e Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie | 18.11.2025–23.11.2025 | Moncton |
01.08.2025
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| 29° FIDOCS Festival Internacional Documentales Santiago de Chile | 19.11.2025–26.11.2025 | Santiago de Chile | ||
| 12° Porto Post Doc Film & Media Festival | 20.11.2025–29.11.2025 | Porto |
31.07.2025
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31.07.2025 Late Deadline Shorts |
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| 28e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal | 20.11.2025–30.11.2025 | Montreal |
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| 67 ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film | 21.11.2025–28.11.2025 | Bilbao |
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| 43° Torino Film Festival | 21.11.2025–29.11.2025 | Torino |
02.08.2025
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02.08.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 06.09.2025 Late Deadline Features 06.09.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 38th Foyle Film Festival | 21.11.2025–30.11.2025 | Foyle |
11.08.2025
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08.09.2025 Extended Deadline |
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| 22nd Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival GZDOC | 26.11.2025–28.11.2025 | Guangzhou |
31.08.2025
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| 47e Poitiers Film Festival | 28.11.2025–05.12.2025 | Poitiers | ||
| 31st Leuven International Short Film Festival | 28.11.2025–06.12.2025 | Leuven |
15.08.2025
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| 28th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People | 29.11.2025–06.12.2025 | Athens |
31.07.2025
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31.07.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts |
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| 34th International Euroshorts Film Festival | 01.12.2025–07.12.2025 | Warsaw |
10.09.2025
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| 22nd International Animated Film Festival Animateka | 01.12.2025–07.12.2025 | Ljubljana |
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| 43e Festival Tous Courts | 02.12.2025–06.12.2025 | Aix-en-provence | ||
| 23rd Bogota Short Film Festival | 02.12.2025–09.12.2025 | Bogota |
06.08.2025
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| 20th International Short Film Festival ZUBROFFKA | 03.12.2025–07.12.2025 | Bialystok |
07.09.2025
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| 31st Kolkata Film Festival | 03.12.2025–10.12.2025 | Kolkata |
31.08.2025
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| 24th Watch Docs Human Rights Int. Film Festival Warsaw | 05.12.2025–14.12.2025 | Warsaw |
01.08.2025
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| 17e Les Arcs Film Festival | 13.12.2025–20.12.2025 | Les Arcs |
16.08.2025
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| 17th International Short Film Festival - Wiz-Art | 15.12.2025–19.12.2025 | Lviv |
01.08.2025
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19.08.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 37th Palm Springs International Film Festival | 02.01.2026–13.01.2026 | Palm Springs |
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| 37 Trieste Film Festival | 16.01.2026–24.01.2026 | Trieste |
30.09.2025
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30.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts |
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| 35th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival | 16.01.2026–25.01.2026 | Bondi Beach |
11.09.2025
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09.10.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 38e Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers | 17.01.2026–25.01.2026 | Angers |
29.09.2025
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29.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 31.10.2025 Late Deadline Features 31.10.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 47. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken | 19.01.2026–25.01.2026 | Saarbrücken |
31.10.2025
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| 61. Solothurner Filmtage | 21.01.2026–28.01.2026 | Solothurn |
19.09.2025
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| 42nd Sundance Film Festival | 22.01.2026–01.02.2026 | Park City |
28.07.2025
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04.08.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 29.08.2025 Regular Deadline Features 01.09.2025 Late Deadline Short 22.09.2025 Late Deadline Feature |
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| FIPADOC Festival International de Documentaires audiovisuels 2026 | 23.01.2026–31.01.2026 | Biarritz |
13.10.2025
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| 49. Göteborg International Film Festival | 23.01.2026–01.02.2026 | Göteborg |
23.10.2025
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| 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam | 29.01.2026–08.02.2026 | Rotterdam |
01.09.2025
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01.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 07.09.2025 Special Deadlines (see Remarks below) 17.09.2025 Late Deadline Features 17.09.2025 Late Deadline Shorts |
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| 43e Festival International du Premier Film d'Annonay | 30.01.2026–02.02.2026 | Annonay |
15.11.2025
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| 48th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | 30.01.2026–07.02.2026 | Clermont-Ferrand |
25.09.2025
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| 12. Woche der Kritik / Berlin Critics' Week | 11.02.2026–19.02.2026 | Berlin |
25.10.2025
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| 76. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin | 12.02.2026–22.02.2026 | Berlin |
04.11.2025
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| 56. Internationales Forum des Jungen Films | 12.02.2026–22.02.2026 | Berlin |
04.11.2025
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| 23. Berlinale Talents | 13.02.2026–18.02.2026 | Berlin |
04.09.2025
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| 45th Anima - The Brussels Animation Film Festival | 20.02.2026–01.03.2026 | Brussels |
03.10.2025
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| 20th Pragueshorts Film Festival | 25.02.2026–01.03.2026 | Prague |
15.09.2025
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| 22nd Glasgow Film Festival | 25.02.2026–08.03.2026 | Glasgow |
25.10.2025
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| 56th Tampere Film Festival | 04.03.2026–08.03.2026 | Tampere |
31.08.2025
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30.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 01.11.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2026 (TAAF) | 06.03.2026–09.03.2026 | Tokyo |
31.10.2025
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| SXSW South By Southwest Film Festival 2026 | 06.03.2026–14.03.2026 | Austin |
27.08.2025
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27.08.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 17.09.2025 Regular Deadline Features 17.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 02.10.2025 Late Deadline Features 02.10.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 28th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival | 06.03.2026–16.03.2026 | Thessaloniki |
14.09.2025
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14.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 30.11.2025 Late Deadline Features 30.11.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 23rd CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival | 11.03.2026–22.03.2026 | Copenhagen |
01.09.2025
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01.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 25.11.2025 Late Deadline Features 25.11.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 30. REGARD - Festival international du court métrage | 18.03.2026–22.03.2026 | Saguenay |
15.09.2025
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| 19th Glasgow Short Film Festival | 18.03.2026–22.03.2026 | Glasgow |
29.10.2025
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| 25th Monstra Lisboa Animated Film Festival | 19.03.2026–29.03.2026 | Lisbon |
20.10.2025
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| Kaboom Animation Festival 2026 | 20.03.2026–29.03.2026 | Utrecht / Amsterdam |
01.10.2025
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| 48e Cinéma du Réel Festival international de films documentaires Paris | 21.03.2026–28.03.2026 | Paris |
30.09.2025
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30.09.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 15.11.2025 Regular Deadline Features 15.11.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 30.11.2025 Late Deadline Features 30.11.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival | 24.03.2026–29.03.2026 | Ann Arbor |
31.07.2025
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31.07.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 31.08.2025 Regular Deadline Features 31.08.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 30.09.2025 Late Deadline Features 30.09.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 27° Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente BAFICI | 31.03.2026–12.04.2026 | Buenos Aires |
19.12.2025
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| 18th Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen | 01.04.2026–05.04.2026 | Nijmegen |
20.09.2025
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22.11.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 20.12.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 55th New Directors New Films Festival New York | 01.04.2026–12.04.2026 | New York |
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| 29th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival | 02.04.2026–05.04.2026 | Durham |
15.11.2025
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| 57. Visions du Réel - Festival international de cinéma Nyon | 03.04.2026–12.04.2026 | Nyon |
25.10.2025
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04.11.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 04.11.2025 Early Deadline Features 13.12.2025 Regular Deadline Features 13.12.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 35th Aspen Shortsfest | 07.04.2026–11.04.2026 | Aspen |
04.08.2025
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22.09.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 15.11.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 38.International Short Film Festival Dresden | 07.04.2026–12.04.2026 | Dresden |
01.12.2025
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| 36th International Short Film Festival Rio de Janeiro | 14.04.2026–21.04.2026 | Rio de Janeiro |
31.01.2026
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| 69th San Francisco International Film Festival | 15.04.2026–25.04.2026 | San Francisco |
26.09.2025
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26.09.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 14.11.2025 Regular Deadline Features 14.11.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 12.12.2025 Late Deadline Features Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 23e Festival du cinéma de Brive | 20.04.2026–25.04.2026 | Brive |
20.02.2026
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| 55th International Student Film Festival | 22.04.2026–26.04.2026 | Potsdam-Babelsberg |
08.01.2026
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| 29th Brussels Short Film Festival | 22.04.2026–02.05.2026 | Brussels |
02.12.2025
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13.01.2026 Regular Deadline Shorts 31.01.2026 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 43rd Busan International Short Film Festival | 23.04.2026–28.04.2026 | Busan |
06.11.2025
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| 33rd Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto | 23.04.2026–03.05.2026 | Toronto |
31.10.2025
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31.10.2025 Early Deadline Features 12.12.2025 Regular Deadline Features 12.12.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 09.01.2026 Late Deadline Features Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 23rd Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz | 28.04.2026–03.05.2026 | Linz |
06.01.2026
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| 72. Internationale Kurzfilmtage | 28.04.2026–03.05.2026 | Oberhausen |
05.10.2025
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26.01.2026 Regular Deadline Shorts 24.02.2026 Special Deadlines (see Remarks below) Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 23rd IndieLisboa International Film Festival | 30.04.2026–10.05.2026 | Lisbon |
31.08.2025
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31.08.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 19.11.2025 Regular Deadline Features 19.11.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 20.12.2025 Late Deadline Features 20.12.2025 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| Documenta Madrid 26 | 05.05.2026–10.05.2026 | Madrid |
25.02.2026
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| 17th International Festival of Animated Films ANIFILM Liberec | 05.05.2026–10.05.2026 | Liberec |
31.12.2025
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| 33. Internationales Trickfilm-Festival | 05.05.2026–10.05.2026 | Stuttgart |
15.11.2025
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| 41. DOK.fest München | 06.05.2026–17.05.2026 | Munich |
03.02.2026
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| 23rd Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival | 08.05.2026–17.05.2026 | Warsaw |
06.01.2026
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| 15th Taiwan International Documentary Festival | 09.05.2026–18.05.2026 | Taipei |
05.12.2025
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| 79e Festival international du film de Cannes | 12.05.2026–23.05.2026 | Cannes |
03.02.2026
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| 58e édition - La Quinzaine des Cinéastes | 12.05.2026–23.05.2026 | Cannes |
14.03.2026
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| La Cinef 2026 | 12.05.2026–23.05.2026 | Cannes |
15.02.2026
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| Festival de Cannes Un certain regard 2026 | 12.05.2026–23.05.2026 | Cannes |
03.03.2026
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| 65e Semaine Internationale de la Critique Cannes | 13.05.2026–21.05.2026 | Cannes |
14.03.2026
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| Cannes ACID 2026 | 13.05.2026–22.05.2026 | Cannes |
31.01.2026
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| 28th Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival Tel Aviv | 21.05.2026–30.05.2026 | Tel Aviv |
06.12.2025
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06.12.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 23.01.2026 Regular Deadline Features 23.01.2026 Regular Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 66th Krakow Film Festival | 24.05.2026–31.05.2026 | Krakow |
30.11.2025
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30.11.2025 Early Deadline Features 31.01.2026 Regular Deadline Features 31.01.2026 Regular Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 23. VIS Vienna Shorts Festival | 26.05.2026–31.05.2026 | Vienna |
05.01.2026
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| 66th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth | 28.05.2026–03.06.2026 | Zlin |
01.03.2026
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| 36th World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest | 01.06.2026–06.06.2026 | Zagreb |
01.02.2026
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| 28. Mo&Friese Junges Kurzfilm Festival | 02.06.2026–07.06.2026 | Hamburg |
31.01.2026
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| 42. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg | 02.06.2026–07.06.2026 | Hamburg |
31.01.2026
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| 73rd Sydney Film Festival | 03.06.2026–14.06.2026 | Sydney |
28.02.2026
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| 25th Tribeca Film Festival New York | 03.06.2026–14.06.2026 | New York |
23.10.2025
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30.10.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 04.12.2025 Regular Deadline Features 18.12.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 15.01.2026 Late Deadline Features 05.02.2026 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 28th Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia Tokyo | 04.06.2026–15.06.2026 | Tokyo |
30.09.2025
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| 54° Huesca International Film Festival | 05.06.2026–13.06.2026 | Huesca |
16.02.2026
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| 49th Norwegian Short Film Festival | 10.06.2026–14.06.2026 | Grimstad |
15.02.2026
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| 28th Shanghai International Film Festival | 12.06.2026–21.06.2026 | Shanghai |
31.03.2026
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| Sheffield Doc/Fest 2026 | 17.06.2026–22.06.2026 | Sheffield |
29.11.2025
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29.11.2025 Early Deadline Shorts 07.02.2026 Regular Deadline Features 07.02.2026 Regular Deadline Shorts 28.02.2026 Late Deadline Features 28.02.2026 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 28th Taipei Film Festival | 19.06.2026–04.07.2026 | Taipei |
14.03.2026
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| 50e Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy | 21.06.2026–27.06.2026 | Annecy | Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 32nd Palm Springs International ShortFest | 23.06.2026–29.06.2026 | Palm Springs |
01.11.2025
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31.12.2025 Regular Deadline Shorts 07.02.2026 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 44. Filmfest München | 26.06.2026–05.07.2026 | Munich |
12.03.2026
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| 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | 03.07.2026–11.07.2026 | Karlovy Vary |
28.02.2026
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31.03.2026 Late Deadline Features Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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| 37e FID Festival international de cinéma Marseille | 07.07.2026–12.07.2026 | Marseille |
31.01.2026
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31.01.2026 Regular Deadline Shorts 15.03.2026 Late Deadline Features 15.03.2026 Late Deadline Shorts Info: Temporary deadlines for upcoming festival edition |
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