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Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival
September 2 – 7, 2025
July 1, 2025: Regular Deadline
July 15, 2025: Late Deadline
The Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival is consistently recognized as one o...
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During the Mifa press conference this evening at the CNC, Director of Mifa Véronique Encrenaz outlined some highlights of the upcoming edition, which will be held from 10th to 13th June 2025.
Covering an area of over 10,000m², the Mifa will be offering editorialized days from this anniversary edition onwards. With 200 events programmed, 200 stands in the ever-larger Exhibition Area, an XR&Games area that returns to the heart of the Mifa and therefore closer t...
We are pleased to announce the 41st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) will take place from February 4 through February 15, 2026. SBIFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and educational organization dedicated to discovering and showcasing the best in independent and international cinema. Recently, the festival celebrated its 40th year with multiple sold out events and screenings throughout the fest. SBIFF has become one of the leading film festivals in the United States &nda...
SERET London 2025
8–15 May
Meet Our Special Guests
This year’s SERET London brings you not only the best of Israeli cinema—but also the incredible people behind it. Join us for exclusive Q&A sessions with the actors, directors, and crea...
We are delighted to announce the 28th UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival), which was founded in 1998 by Stanford educator and film critic Jasmina Bojic in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The 28th UNAFF will be held from October 16th to 26th in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco, and at Stanford University with the theme MESSAGES FOR THE FUTURE. It continues our devotion to human r...
“Our lineup reflects our two main focuses this year: international and independent voices”; 73% of the Festival’s 245 films are currently without US distribution and feature titles from 74 countries/regions around the globe communicating in 63 different languages
SIFF announced today the lineup of films screening at the 51st Seattle International Film Festival, to be held May 15-25 at venues across the Seattle area and followed by a week of select encore scr...
Winning Feature to Receive Worldwide Distribution Contract
Hawk Hill Pictures Presents: Mtn Craft Film Festival at the Parkway Theater will take place May 2-3, 2025 in McKees Rocks. This inaugural celebration of independent filmmaking will feature a full lineup of action, comedy, drama, thriller, and documentary films—culminating in a presentation of the Grand Prize award.
“Our goal is to provide a real, tangible next step for filmmakers,” said ...
MIFFest Assembles Its Strongest Line-Up of Ambassadors Yet, Bront Palarae Returns, Joined by Siti Saleha and Daiyan Trisha
Sets a Purposeful Vision for the Future of Regional Cinema with ASEAN On Screen Launch, Hong Leong Bank Multi-Year Partnership, and Landmark Collaboration with European Film Festival for its 25th Anniversary
The Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) has unveiled key highlights for its highly anticipated 8th edition, taking place from 19-27 July 2...
First screening events across the country will take place in San Francisco, Boston, Wichita, and Birmingham
When We Arrive As Flowers, Resist: The Resistance Revival Chorus, Loving Town
San Francisco IndieFest’s social justice-focused touring film festival Resistance of Vision announced the film lineup for the debut screenings in Boston, Wichita, Birmingham (which also includes a virtual component), and San Francisco next month (May 1-3, 31). In additi...
Now in its 14th year, the South Asian Film Festival of Montréal runs from April 25 to May 10 both in cinema and online, this is the only South Asian film festival in Quebec. Truly unique, it is the ultimate cinematic journey, offering over 50 eye-opening, thought-provoking, humanity-filled films people would likely never have a chance to see elsewhere, many films are Canadian premieres. Film enthusiasts can expect world-class films about the lives of South Asians everywhere in a m...
The call for entries for the 20th edition of DocsMX – the Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival – is now open. We are looking for powerful, moving, and thought-provoking stories from all over the world to be part of this special edition.
If you are a documentary filmmaker and your film is ready to meet its audience, submit it now. One month left before the call closes.
This year, we celebrate 20 editions of stories that matter. Will yours be one of them?
T...
24 April/2 May 2025 - Udine, Italy, Teatro Nuovo and Visionario: Two opening titles: Chinese comedy Green Wave and South Korean horror Dark Nuns.
2025 Golden Mulberry Awards to Tsui Hark and Sylvia Chang.
Chinese comedy Green Wave and South Korean horror Dark Nuns will officially be opening the 27th edition of the Far East Film Festival on Thursday 24 April. The international spotlight will then remain on the Teatro Nuovo and the Visionario until Friday 2 May when animated love story...
A man.
A woman.
A deserted beach.
A turbulent sky.
Intoxicating music.
A 3-month-old idea.
A 3-week shoot.
A 20-second scene.
Eternity lasts but a moment in the end.
It was 60 years ago. In 1965, two damaged beings played by Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant met, charmed each other, resisted, and finally twirled under Claude Lelouch's incandescent camera. The Palme d'or in Cannes in 1966, the two Oscars in Hollywood in 1967 and the dozens of awards ar...
This year's visual is by illustrator Alex Besikian
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Get ready for an exciting Marché edition, herewith a first glimpse into the Marché, courtesy MdF
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The countdown is on! In just ...
President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Frémaux announced the Official Selection of the 78th Festival de Cannes at a press conference on April 10, 2025.
Discover the films that will be shown on the Croisette from May 13 to 24, 2025.
Opening Film
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Big Bad Idea’s Outsiders Film Festival gets big, good audience
Had it been a regular theatre, they would have put up a sign saying House Full. But Veda Black Box in Aram Nagar II, Versova, is not a cinema, and is designed for more intimate gatherings, like plays and workshops, so no such sign greeted me when I arrived at the venue of the Outsiders’ one-day film festival, some 2 hours after it had started. That happened because I had another appointment in the morning/forenoon, and...
The very first edition of the global festival of film and artificial intelligence, the WORLD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FILM FESTIVAL, connected to the WORLD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CANNES FESTIVAL (same organizers but different objectives, here at the WAIFF the focus is enterly on films where AI is used as a tool) took place in Nice last Friday and Saturday 11-12.04. Very well organised by producer Sarah Lelouch and David Defendi, CEO Genario, artistic director Julien Raout and festival director J...
THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995
I take this opportunity to extend our warmest wishes for a successful year on the festival circuit. We are working hard on a new version of our platform to better serve our community. Filmfestivals.com was established in 1995 before google existed, turned into a social network in 2006 with a blog platform welcoming festivals and film professionnals with some 120 000 articles ...
The Italian call for the 14th Biennale College – Cinema remains open for another ten days, through April 14th 2025, on the website www.labiennale.org. This is the higher education workshop launched by La Biennale in 2012, addressed to emerging filmmakers to develop and produce microbudget feature films over the course of one year.
Registration for the Biennale College Cinema – Italia is open to teams consisting of directors and producers, both of whom must be Italian natio...
The Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes is thrilled to announce the launch of the Village Innovation, a brand-new venue dedicated to cutting-edge technology and innovation in the film industry. Set to debut at the 2025 market edition in Cannes from 13 to 24 May, this pioneering space will serve as the epicenter for industry professionals looking to explore the future of filmmaking.
As the new home for key innovation-driven initiatives at the Marché...
ATX TV Festival, the leading TV festival for both industry and fans will be happening May 29-June 1 in Austin. Today ATX TV Festival announced additional programming for its upcoming celebration of all things TV, including:
Seth Meyers will make his ATX TV Festival debut for the Festival’s Opening Night Marquee panel, where he will give an inside look at his work on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Andor creator/executive producer Tony Gilroy and writer Beau Will...
Open City Documentary Festival is excited to announce the full programme for its 15th edition, taking place in person from 6th to 11th May. The festival welcomes returning and new audiences to venues Barbican, Bertha DocHouse, Close-Up Film Centre, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tate Modern and Rich Mix, where the Festival Hub will be based. Open City Documentary Festival 2025 will celebrate the art of non-fiction with 101 films and 4 Expanded Realities projects, from 21 different countries. ...
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