15th Luxembourg City Film Festival
Date: March 6 – 16, 2025
Place: Luxemburg
Deadline: November 23rd, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 30 Euros
Category: Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

CPH:DOX – Copenhagen International Documentary Festival
Date: March 19 – 30, 2025
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Deadline: November 25th, 2024
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 20 Euros | Features $ 40 Euros
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

45th FANTASPORTO Porto International Film Festival
Date: February 28 – March 9, 2025
Place: Porto, Portugal
Deadline: November 30th, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

3rd Niigata International Animation Film Festival
Date: March 15 – 20, 2025
Place: Niigata, Japan
Deadline: November 30th, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Date: March 6 – 16, 2025
Place: Thessaloniki, Greece
Deadline: November 30th, 2024 (Documentaries)
Entry Fee: $ 25 – 35 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

37th FilmFest Dresden
Date: April 8 – 13, 2025
Place: Dresden, Germany
Deadline: December 1st, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 6 Euros
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

ZAGREBDOX International Documentary Film Festival
Date: March 30 – April 6, 2025
Place: Zagreb, Croatia
Deadline: December 2nd, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 14 – 33 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

20th Osaka Asian Film Festival
Date: March 14 – 23, 2025
Place: Osaka, Japan
Deadline: December 2nd, 2024 (Feature Films)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films (Asian Films)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Date: February 4 – 15, 2025
Place: Santa Barbara, United States
Deadline: December 4th, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 50 – 125 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

True/False Film Festival
Date: February 27 – March 2, 2025
Place: Columbia, United States
Deadline: December 4th, 2024
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 30 – 60 USD | Features $ 50 – 95 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

21st DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival
Date: March 26 – April 3, 2025
Place: Leuven, Belgium
Deadline: December 6th, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 34 – 100 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

30th It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival
Date: April 3 – 13, 2025
Place: Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Deadline: December 6th, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

43rd Bergamo Film Meeting
Date: March 8 – 16, 2025
Place: Bergamo, Italy
Deadline: December 6th, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 6 USD
Category: Feature Films (Fictions and Documentaries)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

64th Cartagena International Film Festival
Date: April 1 – 6, 2025
Place: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Deadline: December 8th, 2024
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 30 USD | Features $ 60 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

43rd CAAMFest
Date: May 7 – 11, 2025
Place: San Francisco, California
Deadline: December 9th, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 35 – 40 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

34th Florida Film Festival
Date: April 11 – 20, 2025
Place: Orlando, USA
Deadline: December 11, 2024
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 30 – 90 USD | Features $ 50 – 100 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

68th San Francisco International Film Festival
Date: April 17 – 27, 2025
Place: San Francisco, USA
Deadline: December 12th, 2024 (Mid-Length and Feature Films)
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 35 – 50 | Mid & Features $ 35 – 90
Category: Mid-Length & Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

39th Fribourg International Film Festival
Date: March 21 – 30, 2025
Place: Fribourg, Switzerland
Deadline: December 12th, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

15th Open City Documentary Festival
Date: May 6 – 11, 2025
Place: London, UK
Deadline: December 13th, 2024
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 25 USD | Features $ 34 USD
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

56th Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon
Date: April 4 – 13, 2025
Place: Nyon, Switzerland
Deadline: December 13th, 2024
Entry Fee: CHF 30 until November 4, 2024 | Then CHF 40 until Deadline
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

New York International Children’s Film Festival
Date: March 2 – 16, 2025
Place: New York, USA
Deadline: December 15th, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 40 – 110 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films (Youth Oriented)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

8th Nepal International Film Festival
Date: March 20 – 24, 2025
Place: Kathmandu, Nepal
Deadline: December 15th, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE for Nepalese filmmakers | $ 15 – 30 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

20th DisOrient Asian American Film Festival
Date: March 6 – 9, 2025
Place: Eugene, USA
Deadline: December 15th, 2024
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 15 – 25 USD | Features $ 20 – 40 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

27th Riverrun International Film Festival
Date: April 11 – 19, 2025
Place: Winston-Salem, United States
Deadline: December 15th, 2024
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 40 – 60 USD | Features $ 50 – 75 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

23rd Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Date: May 6 – 10, 2025
Place: Los Angeles, United States
Deadline: December 15th, 2024
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 40 – 55 USD
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

23rd Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) – Work-in-Progress
Date: March 17 – 19, 2025
Place: Hong Kong
Deadline: December 16th, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Feature Films Projects
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

26th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
Date: April 1 – 13, 2025
Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Deadline: December 19th, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

22nd IndieLisboa International Film Festival
Date: May 1 – 11, 2025
Place: Lisboa, Portugal
Deadline: December 20th, 2024 (Short Films)
Entry Fee: $ 12 – 28 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Date: March 6 – 16, 2025
Place: Thessaloniki, Greece
Deadline: December 20th, 2024 (Immersive Projects)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Immersive Projects
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

8th Porto Femme International Film Festival
Date: April 8 – 13, 2025
Place: Batalha, Portugal
Deadline: December 20th, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 8 – 14 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

26th CINELEBU Lebu International Film Festival
Date: April 1 – 6, 2025
Place: Lebu, Chile
Deadline: December 20th, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

24th DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Date: May 1 – 11, 2025
Place: Vancouver, Canada
Deadline: December 20th, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 35 – 70 USD
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

JEONJU Cinema Project – Next Edition (Film Fund)
Date: –
Place: Jeonju, South Korea
Deadline: December 20th, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Feature Film Project
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

3rd Mint Chinese Film Festival
Date: February 21 – 23, 2025
Place: Keswick, UK
Deadline: December 25th, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 33 – 53 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Chinese Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

24th International Festival of Animated Films ANIFILM
Date: May 6 – 11, 2025
Place: Liberec, Czech Republic
Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

49th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Date: April 10 – 21, 2025
Place: Hong Kong
Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 50 – 80 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

18th Asian Film Awards
Date: TBA, 2025
Place: Hong Kong
Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 80 – 150 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Feature Films (over 60 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

18th Seoul International Senior Film Festival
Date: May 26 – 30, 2025
Place: Seoul, South Korea
Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Entry Fee: $ 3.32 USD
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

41st Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Date: May 1 – 8, 2025
Place: Los Angeles, USA
Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Entry Fee: Short – $ 25 – 35 | Features $ 35 – 45 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

42nd Miami Film Festival
Date: April 4 – 13, 2025
Place: Miami, USA
Deadline: January 1st, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 55 – 100 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

26th Jeonju International Film Festival
Date: April 30 – May 9, 2025
Place: Jeonju, South Korea
Deadline: January 2nd, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Korean Shorts and Feature Films (both Korean and Non-Korean)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

49th Cleveland International Film Festival
Date: March 27 – April 5, 2025
Place: Cleveland, USA
Deadline: January 3rd, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 60 – 170 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

6th Queer East Film Festival
Date: April 23 – May 24, 2025
Place: London, UK
Deadline: January 5th, 2025
Entry Fee: Short $ 5 – 10 USD | Features $ 10 – 20 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films (LGBTQIA)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

42nd Busan International Short Film Festival
Date: April 24 – 29, 2025
Place: Busan, Korea
Deadline: January 6th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 9 – 15 Euros
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

22nd Donostia-San Sebastián Human Rights Film Festival
Date: April 4 – 11, 2025
Place: Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Deadline: January 8, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

51st Seattle International Film Festival
Date: May 15 – 25, 2025
Place: Seattle, USA
Deadline: January 9th, 2025
Entry Fee: Short $ 50 – 90 USD | Features $ 70 – 100 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

32nd Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Date: April 24 – May 4, 2025
Place: Toronto, Canada
Deadline: January 9th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 35 – 165 CAD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

Leiden Shorts International Film Festival
Date: May 29 – June 1, 2025
Place: Leiden, Netherlands
Deadline: January 10th, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 13 – 24 USD | Students $ 10 – 19 USD
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

28th Brussels Short Film Festival
Date: April 23 – May 3, 2025
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Deadline: January 13th, 2025 (School Short Films)
Entry Fee: $ 7 – 12 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival
Date: May 23 – 31, 2025
Place: Toronto, Canada
Deadline: January 13th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 8 – 19 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

32nd Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
Date: May 6 – 11, 2025
Place: Stuttgart, Germany
Deadline: January 15, 2025 (Feature Animated Films)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Feature Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

24th Tribeca Festival
Date: June 4 – 15, 2025
Place: New York, USA
Deadline: January 15th, 2025 (Feature Films Deadline)
Entry Fee: $ 40 – 110 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

43rd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Date: April 8 – 20, 2025
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Deadline: January 19th, 2025 (Deadline for Short Films)
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 9.2 Euros | Features $ 23 Euros
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

18th Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival
Date: May 21 – 27, 2025
Place: Belgrade, Serbia
Deadline: January 20th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 25 – 35 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

51st Seattle International Film Festival
Date: May 15 – 25, 2025
Place: Seattle, USA
Deadline: January 23, 2025 (Young Filmmakers)
Entry Fee: $ 30 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

15th Beijing International Film Festival
Date: April 2024
Place: Beijing, China
Deadline: January 25th, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

20th Doc Edge Festival
Date: June 18– July 31, 2025
Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Deadline: January 26th, 2025
Entry Fee: Short Docs $ 30 – 60 | Feature Docs $ 50 – 80 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries | XR Projects
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

18th ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival
Date: June 28 – July 6, 2025
Place: Poznan, Poland
Deadline: January 27th, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

28th Brussels Short Film Festival
Date: April 23 – May 3, 2025
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Deadline: January 31st, 2025 (International short films)
Entry Fee: $ 10 – 25 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

22nd Vienna Shorts International Short Film Festival
Date: May 27 – June 1, 2025
Place: Vienna, Austria
Deadline: January 31st, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 13 – 28 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

27th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Date: May 26 – June 23, 2025
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Deadline: January 31st, 2025 (Short Films)
Entry Fee: $ 3,000 – 5,000 JPY (Depending on the deadline) | Free for Cinematic Tokyo Competition
Category: Short Films (Under 25 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

41st Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
Date: June 3 – 8, 2025
Place: Hamburg, Germany
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 7 – 10 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (Under 30 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

65th Krakow Film Festival
Date: May 25 – June 1, 2025
Place: Krakow, Poland
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Entry Fee: Short Films $ 15 Euros | Feature Films $ 30 Euros
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

18th Fest Anča International Animation Festival
Date: June 24 – 29, 2025
Place: Žilina, Slovakia
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 6 – 12 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

46th Durban International Film Festival
Date: July 17 – 27, 2025
Place: Durban, South Africa
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 7 – 12 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 60 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

40th Guadalajara International Film Festival
Date: June 6 – 14, 2025
Place: Guadalajara, Mexico
Deadline: January 31, 2025 (Animated Short Films)
Entry Fee: FREE until November 22, 2024 | Then 10 USD for Shorts and 20 USD for Feature Films
Category: Animated Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

34th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
Date: April 16 – 23, 2025
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 7.57 USD
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

31st ShortFest – Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
Date: June 24 – 30, 2025
Place: Palm Spring, USA
Deadline: February 1st, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 50 – 70 USD | Students $ 45 – 65 USD
Category: Short Films (under 40 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

25th Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival
Date: May 27 – June 1, 2025
Place: Frankfurt, Germany
Deadline: February 1st, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

24th Transilvania International Film Festival
Date: June 13 – 22, 2025
Place: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Deadline: February 1st, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 20 – 40 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

35th World Festival of Animated Film, AnimaFest Zagreb
Date: June 2 – 7, 2025
Place: Zagreb, Croatia
Deadline: February 1st, 2025 (Short Films)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

8th Malaysia International Film Festival
Date: July 19 – 27, 2025
Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Deadline: February 2nd, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Feature Films (under 60 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

24th Tribeca Festival
Date: June 4 – 15, 2025
Place: New York, USA
Deadline: February 5th, 2025 (Short Films Deadline)
Entry Fee: $ 40 – 110 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

43rd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Date: April 8 – 20, 2025
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Deadline: February 10th, 2025 (Deadline for Feature Films)
Entry Fee: Features $ 23 Euros
Category: Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

73rd Melbourne International Film Festival
Date: August 7 – 24, 2025
Place: Melbourne, Australia
Deadline: February 13th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 60 – 110 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

27th Provincetown International Film Festival
Date: June 11 – 15, 2025
Place: Provincetown, MA, United States
Deadline: February 14th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 45 – 105 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

40th Guadalajara International Film Festival
Date: June 6 – 14, 2025
Place: Guadalajara, Mexico
Deadline: February 14th, 2025 (Feature Films)
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 10 USD | Features $ 20 USD
Category: Animated Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

48th Norwegian Short Film Festival
Date: June 11 – 15, 2025
Place: Oslo, Norway
Deadline: February 15th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 20 USD – 22 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Fictions (under 35 minutes) and Short documentaries (under 40 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

49th Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Date: June 8 – 14, 2025
Place: Annecy, France
Deadline: February 15th, 2025 (Short Films)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

27th UK Asian Film Festival
Date: May 1 – 11, 2025
Place: London, UK
Deadline: February 16th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 28 USD – 69 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films (from South Asia or connected to South Asia)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

21st FEST – New Directors/New Films Festival
Date: June 21 – 29, 2025
Place: Espinho, Portugal
Deadline: February 24th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 6 – 18 Euros (Depending on the deadline and category)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

78th Cannes Film Festival
Date: May 13 – 24, 2025
Place: Cannes, France
Deadline: February 25th, 2025 (Short Films – La Cinef)
Entry Fee: FREE for short films | Feature Films $ 50 – 300 Euros (Depending on the submission format)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

71st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Date: April 29 – May 4, 2025
Place: Oberhausen, Germany
Deadline: February 26, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

27th South African International Documentary Festival
Date: June 19 – 29, 2025
Place: Cape Town, South Africa
Deadline: February 24th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 25 USD
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

27th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Date: May 26 – June 23, 2025
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Deadline: February 28th, 2025 (Branded Shorts)
Entry Fee: $ 150 – 300 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Branded Shorts (Under 25 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

32nd Sheffield DocFest
Date: June 18 – 23, 2025
Place: Sheffield, UK
Deadline: February 28th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 29 – 55 Pounds (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

17th Austin Asian American Film Festival
Date: June 25 – 29, 2025
Place: Austin, United States
Deadline: February 28th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 20 – 60 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

14th CHILEMONOS International Animation Festival
Date: May 26 – 30, 2025
Place: Santiago, Chile
Deadline: January 28th, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

65th Zlín Film Festival
Date: May 29 – June 4, 2025
Place: Zlín, Czech Republic
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short Films (under 15 minutes | Suitable for kids)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

28th Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Date: July 2 – 13, 2025
Place: Perth, Australia
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 29 – 43 USD | Features $ 36 – 53 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

78th Cannes Film Festival
Date: May 13 – 24, 2025
Place: Cannes, France
Deadline: March 3rd, 2025 (Short Films)
Entry Fee: FREE for short films | Feature Films $ 50 – 300 Euros (Depending on the submission format)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

49th Frameline, San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Date: June 18 – 28, 2025
Place: San Francisco, USA
Deadline: March 5th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 35 – 85 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

37th Galway Film Fleadh
Date: July 8 – 13, 2025
Place: Galway, Ireland
Deadline: March 10, 2025 (Feature Films deadline)
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 29 – 40 USD | Features $ 34 – 57 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

78th Cannes Film Festival
Date: May 13 – 24, 2025
Place: Cannes, France
Deadline: March 14th, 2025 (Feature Films)
Entry Fee: Feature Films $ 50 – 300 Euros (Depending on the submission format)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

14th Big Eyes, Big Minds, Singapore International Children’s Film Festival
Date: May 24 – June 7, 2025
Place: Singapore
Deadline: March 15, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 15 – 45 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short Films (suitable for kids)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

35th World Festival of Animated Film, AnimaFest Zagreb
Date: June 2 – 7, 2025
Place: Zagreb, Croatia
Deadline: March 15, 2024 (Feaure Films)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

49th Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Date: June 8 – 14, 2025
Place: Annecy, France
Deadline: March 15th, 2025 (Feature Films)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Animated Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

16th KASHISH Pride Film Festival
Date: June 4 – 8, 2025
Place: Mumbai, India
Deadline: March 16, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 10 – 50 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

Odense International Film Festival
Date: August 25 – 31, 2025
Place: Odense, Denmark
Deadline: March 18, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 10 – 20 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 25 minutes)
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

21st Biografilm Festival
Date: June 6 – 16, 2025
Place: Bologna, Italy
Deadline: March 19, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 30 – 80 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

24th DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival
Date: August 1 – 9, 2025
Place: Prizren, Kosovo
Deadline: March 30, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 20 – 35 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
—–>Go to the Call For Entry

27th Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
Date: June 26 – July 6, 2025
Place: Barcelona, Spain
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 10 – 18 Euros (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
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59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Date: July 4 – 12, 2025
Place: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 50 – 90 Euros
Category: Feature Films (over 60 minutes)
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3rd Syncro Film Fest
Date: June 23 – 26, 2025
Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Deadline: April 1, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 10 – 25 USD
Category: Short Films (under 30 minutes)
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37th Galway Film Fleadh
Date: July 8 – 13, 2025
Place: Galway, Ireland
Deadline: April 11, 2025 (Short Films deadline)
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 29 – 40 USD | Features $ 34 – 57 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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19th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Date: October 9 – 16, 2025
Place: Yamagata, Japan
Deadline: April 15th, 2025 (International Competition)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
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29th Fantasia International Film Festival
Date: July 17 – August 3, 2025
Place: Montreal, Canada
Deadline: April 15th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 54 – 99 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
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24th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
Date: July 4 – 12, 2025
Place: Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Deadline: April 18, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Fantastic Films
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13th Film Festival Kitzbühel
Date: August 18 – 24, 2025
Place: Vienna, Austria
Deadline: April 25th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 39 – 112 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
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33rd Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival
Date: July 12 – 20, 2025
Place: Vila do Conde, Portugal
Deadline: April 30th, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 16 – 25 Euros
Category: Short Films (under 60 minutes)
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20th International Human Rights Film Festival in Albania
Date: September 15 – 20, 2025
Place: Tirana, Albania
Deadline: April 30th, 2025
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Films
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39th Edmonton International Film Festival
Date: September 25 – October 4, 2025
Place: Edmonton, Canada
Deadline: May 1st, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 25 – 50 USD | Features $ 40 – 65 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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19th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Date: October 9 – 16, 2025
Place: Yamagata, Japan
Deadline: May 15th, 2025 (New Asian Currents)
Entry Fee: FREE
Category: Short and Feature Documentaries
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19th MOTELX Lisbon International Horror Film Festival
Date: September 9 – 15, 2025
Place: Lisbon, Portugal
Deadline: May 31st, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 8 – 15 USD | Features $ 11 – 22 USD (Depending on the category and deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
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23rd Tirana International Film Festival
Date: September 21 – 27, 2025
Place: Tirana, Albania
Deadline: June 21, 2025
Entry Fee: Shorts $ 22 – 38 USD | Features $ 38 – 60 USD
Category: Short and Feature Films
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22nd Reykjavík International Film Festival
Date: September 25 – October 5, 2025
Place: Reykjavik, Iceland
Deadline: July 14, 2025
Entry Fee: $ 40 – 63 USD (Depending on the deadline)
Category: Short and Feature Films
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