Film festival submission deadlines

Upcoming film festival submission deadlines, fees and eligibility, with official links. Updated regularly and checked against official sources.

Open for submissions (114)

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (36th, 2027)Sydney (Bondi Beach), AustraliaDeadline: 14 October 2026Open for submissionsDocudays UA 2027 – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (24th)Kyiv, UkraineDeadline: 14 October 2026Open for submissionsGöteborg Film Festival – 50th editionGothenburg, SwedenDeadline: 15 October 2026Open for submissionsFICA – Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (33rd)Vesoul, FranceDeadline: 15 October 2026Open for submissionsPunto de Vista 2027 – International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra (21st)Pamplona, SpainDeadline: 15 October 2026Open for submissionsREGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2027 (31st)Saguenay, CanadaDeadline: 15 October 2026Open for submissionsSofia International Film Festival 2027 (31st)Sofia, BulgariaDeadline: 15 October 2026Open for submissionsAnimatex Animation Festival 2027 (7th) – CairoCairo, EgyptDeadline: 15 October 2026Open for submissionsMONO NO AWARE XX 2026 (Expanded Cinema)New York, United StatesDeadline: 15 October 2026Open for submissionsGuadalajara International Film Festival (FICG)Guadalajara, MexicoDeadline: 16 October 2026Open for submissionsALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin (next edition)Berlin, GermanyDeadline: 16 October 2026Open for submissionsTromsø International Film Festival 2027 – Films from the NorthTromsø, NorwayDeadline: 16 October 2026Open for submissionsInternational Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA) 2027 – 45thMontréal, CanadaDeadline: 19 October 2026Open for submissionsAshland Independent Film Festival 2027 (AIFF)Ashland, Oregon, United StatesDeadline: 19 October 2026Open for submissionsFESPACO – Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou (30th, 2027)Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoDeadline: 20 October 2026Open for submissionsLuxembourg City Film Festival 2027 (17th)Luxembourg, LuxembourgDeadline: 20 October 2026Open for submissionsARANYAK Jharkhand Forest Film Festival 2026Ranchi, IndiaDeadline: 20 October 2026Open for submissionsQUANTUM Film Festival 2027 (Science Gallery Bengaluru)Bengaluru, IndiaDeadline: 20 October 2026Open for submissionsBerlinale – Berlin International Film FestivalBerlin, GermanyDeadline: 21 October 2026Open for submissionsTribeca FestivalNew York, United StatesDeadline: 21 October 2026Open for submissionsToronto Arab Film FestivalToronto, CanadaDeadline: 22 October 2026Open for submissionsMar del Plata IFF (41st) – VS TECH Cine Inmersivo open callMar del Plata, ArgentinaDeadline: 23 October 2026Open for submissionsGlasgow Film Festival 2027 (GFF27)Glasgow, United KingdomDeadline: 25 October 2026Open for submissionsGlasgow Short Film Festival 2027 (20th)Glasgow, UKDeadline: 27 October 2026Open for submissionsManchester Film Festival 2027 (MFF27, 12th)Manchester, United KingdomDeadline: 27 October 2026Open for submissionsHot Docs Canadian International Documentary FestivalToronto, CanadaDeadline: 29 October 2026Open for submissionsSanta Barbara International Film Festival 2027Santa Barbara, United StatesDeadline: 30 October 2026Open for submissionsFICCI 66 – Cartagena International Film FestivalCartagena de Indias, ColombiaDeadline: 31 October 2026Open for submissionsMpumalanga International Film Festival (MIFF) 2027Mbombela, South AfricaDeadline: 31 October 2026Open for submissionsZagrebDox 2027 (23rd)Zagreb, CroatiaDeadline: 31 October 2026Open for submissionsAl Ard Film Festival 2027 (23rd) – documentary festival about Palestine & the Arab worldCagliari, ItalyDeadline: 31 October 2026Open for submissionsKurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2027 (43rd) + Mo&Friese (29th)Hamburg, GermanyDeadline: 31 October 2026Open for submissionsInternationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg 2027 (33rd) – Regensburg Short Film WeekRegensburg, GermanyDeadline: 31 October 2026Open for submissionsCurtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival 2027 (35th)Vila do Conde, PortugalDeadline: 31 October 2026Open for submissionsFilmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2027 (48th)Saarbrücken, GermanyDeadline: 31 October 2026Open for submissionsAntenna Documentary Film Festival 2027 (15th)Sydney, AustraliaDeadline: 31 October 2026Open for submissionsCinéma du RéelParis, FranceDeadline: 1 November 2026Open for submissionsOne World International Human Rights Documentary Film FestivalPrague, Czech RepublicDeadline: 1 November 2026Open for submissionsMovies that Matter Festival 2027The Hague, NetherlandsDeadline: 1 November 2026Open for submissions2ANNAS Riga International Short Film Festival 2027 (31st)Riga, LatviaDeadline: 1 November 2026Open for submissionsBalinale – Bali International Film Festival 2027 (20th)Sanur, Bali, IndonesiaDeadline: 1 November 2026Open for submissionsVisions du RéelNyon, SwitzerlandDeadline: 2 November 2026Open for submissionsRiverRun International Film Festival 2027 (29th)Winston-Salem, United StatesDeadline: 2 November 2026Open for submissionsMiami Film Festival 2027 (44th)Miami, USADeadline: 2 November 2026Open for submissionsCPH:DOXCopenhagen, DenmarkDeadline: 3 November 2026Open for submissionsTampere Film FestivalTampere, FinlandDeadline: 3 November 2026Open for submissionsHong Kong International Film Festival (51st HKIFF)Hong Kong, ChinaDeadline: 3 November 2026Open for submissionsCPH:DOX – Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival 2027Copenhagen, DenmarkDeadline: 3 November 2026Open for submissionsOsaka Asian Film Festival 2027Osaka, JapanDeadline: 6 November 2026Open for submissionsFlorida Film Festival 2027 (36th)Orlando (Maitland), USADeadline: 6 November 2026Open for submissionsNordic Palestinian Film Festival (NPFF) – 4th edition 2027Stockholm, SwedenDeadline: 7 November 2026Open for submissionsBusan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) 2027Busan, South KoreaDeadline: 8 November 2026Open for submissionsFestival de Málaga 2027 (30th)Málaga, SpainDeadline: 8 November 2026Open for submissionsFestival International du Film Politique de Carcassonne 2027 (9th)Carcassonne, FranceDeadline: 10 November 2026Open for submissionsSan Francisco International Film Festival 2027 (70th)San Francisco, United StatesDeadline: 11 November 2026Open for submissionsTempo Documentary Festival 2027 – Swedish competitionsStockholm, SwedenDeadline: 13 November 2026Open for submissionsLASA2027 International Film Festival (Latin American Studies Association)Mexico City, MexicoDeadline: 14 November 2026Open for submissionsFull Frame Documentary Film FestivalDurham, North Carolina, United StatesDeadline: 15 November 2026Open for submissionsGo Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2027 (19th)Nijmegen, NetherlandsDeadline: 15 November 2026Open for submissionsITFS – Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2027Stuttgart, GermanyDeadline: 15 November 2026Open for submissionsEcozine Film Festival 2027 (20th), ZaragozaZaragoza, SpainDeadline: 15 November 2026Open for submissionsAnimal Nature Future Film Festival (ANFFF) 2027United KingdomDeadline: 15 November 2026Open for submissionsIndieLisboa 2027 (24th)Lisbon, PortugalDeadline: 18 November 2026Open for submissionsSheffield DocFestSheffield, United KingdomDeadline: 20 November 2026Open for submissionsI'm Migrant Film FestivalLondon, United KingdomDeadline: 20 November 2026Open for submissionsSan Diego Arab Film FestivalSan Diego, United StatesDeadline: 23 November 2026Open for submissionsDurban International Film Festival (DIFF) – 48th editionDurban, South AfricaDeadline: 23 November 2026Open for submissionsOpen City Documentary Festival 2027 (17th)London, United KingdomDeadline: 27 November 2026Open for submissionsThessaloniki International Documentary FestivalThessaloniki, GreeceDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsSaudi Film FestivalDhahran, Saudi ArabiaDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsKrakow Film FestivalKrakow, PolandDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsDana Film FestivalDubai, United Arab EmiratesDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsChicago Palestine Film Festival – 26th editionChicago, United StatesDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsDocsBarcelona 2027 (30th)Barcelona, SpainDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsÉ Tudo Verdade / It's All True 2027 (32nd)São Paulo, BrazilDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsFestival Cinéma d'Alès – Itinérances 2027 (45th)Alès, FranceDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsDiagonale ’27 – Festival of Austrian FilmGraz, AustriaDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsCinemAsia Film Festival 2027 – Open Call: Asian-Dutch Short FilmsAmsterdam, NetherlandsDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsShort Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2027 (SSFF & ASIA)Tokyo, JapanDeadline: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsTrue/False Film FestColumbia, Missouri, United StatesDeadline: 1 December 2026Open for submissionsFilmfest Dresden 2027 (39th) – International Short Film FestivalDresden, GermanyDeadline: 1 December 2026Open for submissionsFleurieu Film Festival 2027McLaren Vale, AustraliaDeadline: 1 December 2026Open for submissionsLAFF – Lisbon Arab Film Festival 2027 (3rd)Lisbon, PortugalDeadline: 1 December 2026Open for submissionsFribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) 2027 (41st)Fribourg, SwitzerlandDeadline: 3 December 2026Open for submissionsBrussels Short Film Festival 2027 (30th)Brussels, BelgiumDeadline: 3 December 2026Open for submissionsBergamo Film Meeting 2027 (45th)Bergamo, ItalyDeadline: 4 December 2026Open for submissionsLeiden Shorts 2027 (19th)Leiden, NetherlandsDeadline: 7 December 2026Open for submissionsDOK.fest München (42nd, 2027)Munich, GermanyDeadline: 13 December 2026Open for submissionsDOC LA – Los Angeles Documentary Film FestivalLos Angeles, United StatesDeadline: 14 December 2026Open for submissionsLuxor African Film FestivalLuxor, EgyptDeadline: 15 December 2026Open for submissionsachtung berlin FilmfestivalBerlin, GermanyDeadline: 15 December 2026Open for submissionsYamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2027Yamagata, JapanDeadline: 15 December 2026Open for submissionsSony Future Filmmaker Awards 2027Culver City, United StatesDeadline: 15 December 2026Open for submissionsSeattle International Film Festival (SIFF) 2027Seattle, United StatesDeadline: 17 December 2026Open for submissionsBAFICI 28 – Buenos Aires International Independent Film FestivalBuenos Aires, ArgentinaDeadline: 18 December 2026Open for submissionsFIFEM – Montreal International Children's Film Festival 2027 (30th)Montreal, CanadaDeadline: 18 December 2026Open for submissionsD'A – Festival de Cinema de Barcelona 2027 (17th)Barcelona, SpainDeadline: 18 December 2026Open for submissionsSXSW LondonLondon, United KingdomDeadline: 31 December 2026Open for submissionsSt Kilda Film Festival 2027 (Australia's Top Shorts)Melbourne (St Kilda), AustraliaDeadline: 31 December 2026Open for submissionsFestival Cinémas d'Afrique 2027 (21st), AngersAngers, FranceDeadline: 31 December 2026Open for submissionsPampaDocFest 6 – Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Colonia Santa Teresa 2027Colonia Santa Teresa, La Pampa, ArgentinaDeadline: 31 December 2026Open for submissionsVIENNA SHORTS 2027 (24th)Vienna, AustriaDeadline: 5 January 2027Open for submissionsL'Europe autour de l'Europe / Paris European Film Festival 2027 (22nd)Paris, FranceDeadline: 7 January 2027Open for submissionsCrossing Europe Film Festival Linz 2027Linz, AustriaDeadline: 8 January 2027Open for submissionsArab Film Festival at the Arab American National MuseumDearborn, Michigan, United StatesDeadline: 10 January 2027Open for submissionsTrento Film Festival 2027 (75th)Trento, ItalyDeadline: 10 January 2027Open for submissionsInternational Short Film Festival OberhausenOberhausen, GermanyDeadline: 18 January 2027Open for submissionsBeldocs International Documentary Film Festival 2027 (20th)Belgrade, SerbiaDeadline: 20 January 2027Open for submissionsFEST – New Directors | New Films Festival 2027 (23rd)Espinho, PortugalDeadline: 26 January 2027Open for submissionsCCCL Film Festival 2027 – Changing Climate, Changing Lives (7th)Bangkok, ThailandDeadline: 31 January 2027Open for submissionsBeirut Animation NightsBeirut, LebanonDeadline: 1 February 2027Open for submissionsFestival du cinéma de Brive 2027 – Rencontres internationales du moyen métrage (24th)Brive-la-Gaillarde, FranceDeadline: 11 February 2027Open for submissionsSydney Film Festival 2027Sydney, AustraliaDeadline: 26 February 2027Open for submissionsRevelation Perth International Film Festival 2027Perth, AustraliaDeadline: 28 February 2027Open for submissions

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