27th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
Date: April 15 – 26, 2026
Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Deadline: December 18th, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
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23rd IndieLisboa International Film Festival
Date: April 30 – May 10, 2026
Place: Lisboa, Portugal
Deadline: December 19th, 2025 (Short Films)
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 12 – 30 USD
Category: Short Films
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41st Guadalajara International Film Festival
Date: April 17 – 25, 2026
Place: Guadalajara, Mexico
Deadline: December 19th, 2025 (Feature Films)
Entry Fee: $ 22 for Feature Films
Category: Fiction Feature Films
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14th Seattle Asian American Film Festival
Date: May 22 – 24, 2026
Place: Seattle, USA
Deadline: December 20th, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 20 – 32 USD | Features $ 30 – 50 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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9th Porto Femme International Film Festival
Date: April 20 – 26, 2026
Place: Batalha, Portugal
Deadline: December 20th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 9 – 16 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films (made by women and non-binary filmmakers)
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50th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Date: April 1 – 12, 2026
Place: Hong Kong
Deadline: December 31st, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 60 – 80 USD | Features $ 70 – 80 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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25th International Festival of Animated Films ANIFILM
Date: May 5 – 10, 2026
Place: Liberec, Czech Republic
Deadline: December 31st, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Animated Films
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29th Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival
Date: April 20 – 25, 2025
Place: Norway
Deadline: January 1st, 2026
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
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50th Cleveland International Film Festival
Date: April 9 – 18, 2026
Place: Cleveland, USA
Deadline: January 2nd, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 50 – 100 USD | Features $ 70 – 125 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
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7th Queer East Film Festival
Date: April 22 – May 17, 2026
Place: London, UK
Deadline: January 4th, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 7 – 14 USD | Features $ 14 – 28 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films (LGBTQAI+ Themes)
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24th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Date: April 23 – 26, 2026
Place: Los Angeles, United States
Deadline: January 4th, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 40 – 55 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (From or about South Asia)
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43rd Miami Film Festival
Date: April 9 – 19, 2026
Place: Miami, USA
Deadline: January 5th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 60 – 110 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
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28th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Date: March 3 – 15, 2026
Place: Thessaloniki, Greece
Deadline: January 5th, 2026 (Immersive Projects )
Entry Fee: Immersive Projects – FREE
Category: Immersive Projects
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52nd Seattle International Film Festival
Date: May 7 – 17, 2026 
Place: Seattle, USA
Deadline: January 8th, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 60 – 100 USD | $ 75 – 125 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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33rd Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Date: April 23 – May 3, 2026 
Place: Toronto, Canada
Deadline: January 8th, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 35 – 70 CAD | $ 70 – 165 CAD
Category: Short and Feature Documentary Films
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Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival
Date: May 22 – 31, 2026 
Place: Toronto, Canada
Deadline: January 11th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 8 – 19 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films (LGBTQIA+)
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29th Brussels Short Film Festival
Date: April 23 – May 2, 2026
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Deadline: January 15th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 8 – 20 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
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43rd Busan International Short Film Festival
Date: April 23 – 28, 2026
Place: Busan, South Korea
Deadline: January 15th, 2026
Entry Fee: Locals $ 9 – 13 Euros | Inter. $ 11 – 15 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
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33rd Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
Date: May 5 – 10, 2026
Place: Stuttgart, Germany
Deadline: January 15th, 2026 (Feature Animated Films)
Entry Fee: Features $ 10 Euros
Category: Feature Animated Films
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Leiden Shorts International Film Festival
Date: May 28 – June 2, 2026
Place: Leiden, Netherlands
Deadline: January 16th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 11 – 25 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
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72nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Date: April 28 – May 3, 2026
Place: Oberhausen, Germany
Deadline: January 19th, 2026
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short Films (under 35 minutes)
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19th ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival
Date: July 4 – 12, 2026
Place: Poznan, Poland
Deadline: January 19th, 2026
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Animated Films
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44th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Date: April 3 – 18, 2026
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Deadline: January 19th, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 18 – 24 USD | Features $ 36 – 48 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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35th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
Date: March 25 – April 1, 2026
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Deadline: January 25th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 12 – 30 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films
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16th Beijing International Film Festival
Date: April 2026
Place: Beijing, China
Deadline: January 25th, 2026
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
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28th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Date: May 25 – June 10, 2026
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Deadline: January 31st, 2026 (Short Films)
Entry Fee: $ 30 – 50 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 25 minutes)
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23rd Vienna Shorts International Short Film Festival
Date: May 26 – 31, 2026
Place: Vienna, Austria
Deadline: January 31st, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 16 – 34 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
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42nd Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
Date: June 2 – 7, 2026
Place: Hamburg, Germany
Deadline: January 31st, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 9 – 12 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
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66th Krakow Film Festival
Date: May 31 – June 7, 2026
Place: Krakow, Poland
Deadline: January 31st, 2026
Entry Fee: Short $ 15 Euros | Features $ 30 Euros
Category: Short (Any genre) and Feature Documentary Films
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19th Fest Anča International Animation Festival
Date: June 30 – July 5, 2026
Place: Žilina, Slovakia
Deadline: January 31st, 2026
Entry Fee: FREE until November 30, 2025 then $ 6 – 12 USD
Category: Animated Short Films
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19th BELDOCS International Documentary Film Festival
Date: May 20 – 26, 2026
Place: Belgrade, Serbia
Deadline: February 1st, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 25 – 35 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentary Films
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25th Transilvania International Film Festival
Date: June 12 – 21, 2026
Place: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Deadline: February 1st, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 30 – 50 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Feature Films (over 60 minutes)
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36th World Festival of Animated Film, AnimaFest Zagreb
Date: June 8 – 13, 2026
Place: Zagreb, Croatia
Deadline: February 1st, 2025 (Animated Short Films)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Animated Short and Feature Films
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22nd FEST – New Directors/New Films Festival
Date: June 20 – 28, 2026
Place: Espinho, Portugal
Deadline: February 2nd, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 12 – 24 USD | Features $ 18 – 36 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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25th Tribeca Festival
Date: June 3 – 14, 2026
Place: New York, USA
Deadline: February 4th, 2025 (Short Films)
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 50 – 80 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films
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32nd ShortFest – Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
Date: June 23 – 29, 2026
Place: Palm Spring, USA
Deadline: February 7th, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 45 – 70 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 40 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

28th Provincetown International Film Festival
Date: June 10 – 14, 2026
Place: Provincetown, USA
Deadline: February 13th, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 45 – 95 USD | Features $ 65 – 105 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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21st Doc Edge Festival
Date: June 24 – August 22, 2026
Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Deadline: February 15, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 30 – 60 USD | Features $ 50 – 80 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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49th Norwegian Short Film Festival
Date: June 10 – 14, 2026
Place: Oslo, Norway
Deadline: February 15, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 21 – 31 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 35 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

44th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Date: April 3 – 18, 2026
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Deadline: February 16th, 2026
Entry Fee: Features $ 36 – 48 USD
Category: Feature Films
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20th Dallas International Film Festival
Date: April 23 – 30, 2026
Place: Dallas, USA
Deadline: February 17th, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 50 – 80 USD | Features $ 75 – 125 (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
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33rd Sheffield DocFest
Date: June 10 – 15, 2026
Place: Sheffield, UK
Deadline: February 20th, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 30 – 45 Euros | Features $ 40 – 55 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentary Films
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15th CHILEMONOS International Animation Festival
Date: May 26 – 28, 2026
Place: Santiago, Chile
Deadline: February 27th, 2026
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short Animated Films (under 30 minutes)
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73rd Sydney Film Festival
Date: June 3 – 14, 2026
Place: Sydney, Australia
Deadline: February 27th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 64 USD
Category: Feature Films (over 40 minutes)
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29th Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Date: July 8 – 19, 2026
Place: Perth, Australia
Deadline: February 28th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 27 – 40 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
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28th UK Asian Film Festival
Date: May 1 – 10, 2026
Place: London, UK
Deadline: February 28th, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 14 – 28 USD | Features $ 28 – 55 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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34th Raindance Film Festival
Date: June 17 – 26, 2026
Place: London, UK
Deadline: March 2nd, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 48 – 84 USD | Features $ 81 – 128 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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28th Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
Date: May 20 – 30, 2026
Place: Barcelona, Spain
Deadline: March 8th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 12 – 22 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
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38th Galway Film Fleadh
Date: July 7 – 12, 2026
Place: Galway, Ireland
Deadline: March 13th, 2026 (Feature Films)
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 30 – 42 USD | Features $ 36 – 60 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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15th Big Eyes, Big Minds, Singapore Inter. Children’s Film Festival
Date: May 24 – June 6, 2026
Place: Singapore
Deadline: March 15th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 35 – 45 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
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36th World Festival of Animated Film, AnimaFest Zagreb
Date: June 8 – 13, 2026
Place: Zagreb, Croatia
Deadline: March 15th, 2025 (Animated Feature Films)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Animated Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

22nd Biografilm Festival
Date: June 5 – 15, 2026
Place: Bologna, Italy
Deadline: March 18th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 40 – 80 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Feture Documentary Films (Over 50 minutes)
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28th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Date: May 25 – June 10, 2026
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Deadline: March 31st, 2026 (Branded Shorts)
Entry Fee: $ 102 – 203 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Branded Short Films (under 25 minutes)
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Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Date: July 21 – 26, 2026
Place: Indianapolis, USA
Deadline: April 5th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 20 – 95 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 40 minutes)
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38th Galway Film Fleadh
Date: July 7 – 12, 2026
Place: Galway, Ireland
Deadline: April 10, 2026 (Short Films)
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 30 – 42 USD
Category: Short Films
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30th Fantasia International Film Festival
Date: July 16 – August 2, 2026
Place: Montreal, Canada
Deadline: April 15th, 2026
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 59 – 88 USD | Features $ 66 – 103 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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34th Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival
Date: July 17 – 26, 2026
Place: Vila do Conde, Portugal
Deadline: April 30th, 2026
Entry Fee: $ 24 – 36 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 60 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry