Film festival

The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festival and most reputable media events held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978. With 230,000...

A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of film in one or more movie theater or screening venues. The films are usually of a recent date and, depending upon the focus of the individual festival, can include major international releases as well as those made...

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic. Because of its success in the past few years the Karlovy Vary festival has become one of the most significant film events in Central and...

The Tombstone Western Film Festival and Symposium founded in 2001 is held in July in Tombstone, Arizona, an historic western mining town (and later ghost town) in the USA celebrated in western film as the site of the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral between Wyatt...

Ebertfest - Roger Ebert's Film Festival, originally known as Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival but commonly referred to as Ebertfest, is a film festival held each April in Champaign, Illinois, United States, organized by the College of Communications at the...

The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), held annually in Seattle, Washington, is purported to be the largest film festival in the United States, and among the top film festivals in the world. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000...

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The festival begins the Thursday night after Labour Day (the first Monday in September, in Canada) and lasts for ten days. Between 300...

The Toronto International Teen Movie Festival (ITMF) was a Canadian film festival that showcased the works of talented youth from Canada and around the world. The festival was held twice - in 2001 and 2002. YoungCuts Inc. acquired the festival in late 2004 and held...

Cinemagic is an international children's film festival in Belfast, UK, and in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1988 that bills itself as the World Screen Festival for young people. The organisation is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. Cinemagic's...

The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan (the Republic of China) since 1962. The awards ceremony is usually held in November/December in Taipei, though the venue has been shifted around the island in...

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands at the end of January. It is one of the larger film festivals in Europe, arguably in the Big Five, alongside Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and...

The VCU French Film Festival, an annual festival created by Drs. Peter S. Kirkpatrick and Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1993, is the largest festival of French film in the United States. Since 1993, it has welcomed a delegation...

The Créteil International Women's Film Festival is an annual event in Créteil, Île-de-France, France founded by Jackie Buet in 1978 to showcase the directing talents of female filmmakers who, at the time, had difficulty getting their films adequately distributed. ...

The Biberach Independent Film Festival (B.I.F.F.) is a film festival that premiered in November 2004 in the southwestern German town of Biberach an der Riß, which is situated just south of Ulm. The festival is for a German audience and presents recent German and...

The Premiers Plans festival takes place in Angers every year in January. It is dedicated to Europe first films, and is meant to help new directors meet their audience.

The $100 Film Festival runs each March in Calgary. Created in 1992 by the Calgary Society of Independent Film Makers, the $100 film festival has always encouraged local film production. The festival showcases the work of local and regional independent artists...

The Tropfest short film festival is held in Sydney, Australia each year. Sydney hosts the live event which is then broadcast live via satellite to venues in Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Hobart, Melbourne and Adelaide. The festival's name is derived from the first year...

The Sydney Film Festival is a non-competitive film festival that began in 1954. The festival runs for two weeks each year in June and showcases Australia, international and alternative films. The original committee to organise the film festival in Sydney comprised...

Brussels International Festival of Contemporary Silent Film one of several film festivals staged in Belgium. The festival is annual and runs in June and takes place at the Cinema Aventure, Gallery of the Center, 1 Rue des Fripiers, 1000 Brussels. This Brussels'...

Cinéfest is an annual film festival in Sudbury, Ontario. It is the fourth largest film festival in Canada. First held in 1989, Cinéfest quickly became a popular destination for Canadian filmmakers. Unlike the larger film festivals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver,...

The Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier film festival in the Balkans. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, and brings international and local celebrities to Sarajevo every year. It is held in August and shows feature and short films. The...

The Istanbul International Film Festival is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts (IKSV), a non-profit organisation. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As...

La.Meko Filmfestival Landau is a film festival now held annually during November in the German town of Landau since 2001. The idea for the festival originally came from the students of the department of Media Studies and Communications Psychology at the Koblenz...

The Deauville American Film Festival is a yearly film festival devoted to American cinema, taking place since 1975 in Deauville, France. It was established by Lionel Chouchan and André Halimi.Although not competitive at its origin, the festival began to award prizes in...

The Melbourne International Film Festival, or MIFF, has been running since 1951. The 56th MIFF was held from 25 July–12 August 2007. The festival showcases a diverse array of films from across the world. Known as Australia's most critically acclaimed film festival,...

The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival began in 1982 and is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, a...

The Boston Asian American Independent Film Festival (BAAIFF) is a rising student-run film festival in the U.S. region of New England that showcases Asian American independent film. The first BAAIFF, "Silkscreens," was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

The Slamdance Film Festival takes place each year in Utah at the same time as the Sundance Film Festival, competing with Sundance to provide what its supporters consider a truer representation of independent film-making. It champions beginning directors with no or...

The Boulder Adventure Film Festival is an international film festival in Boulder, Colorado. This international forum for the best and most inspiring independent films of the year encompasses all aspects of adventure, from serious exploration to environmental heroism to...

The Ignite Film Festival is a Christian short film festival held annually in Sydney Town Hall. Film-makers were encouraged to make films based on parts of the bible that include water. Love Thy Neighbour - Directed by James Cogswell & Will Mitchell won the Anne...