German Films: Festival Guides

Approaching festival deadlines

achtung berlin - new berlin film award !!! 2021 edition postponed from 14-21 April to 7-12 September 2021 !!!
AFI Docs Film Festival, Silver Spring from 17 June 2020 till 21 June 2020
AFI Fest, Los Angeles from 15 October 2020 till 22 October 2020
AFM - American Film Market !!! transformed in online-edition !!!
animago AWARD & CONFERENCE next edition postponed to autumn 2021
Annecy International Animation Film Festival from 14 June 2021 till 19 June 2021
Around the World in 14 Films from 26 November 2020 till 05 December 2020
Aspen Shortsfest from 06 April 2021 till 11 April 2021
Baden-Baden Festival of TV Films from 23 November 2020 till 27 November 2020
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage !!! 2021 edition postponed to 8-28 March (online) !!!
Banff World Media Festival !!! CANCELLED FOR 2020 !!!
Berlin International Film Festival !!! 1-5 March 2021 (industry platforms, online), theatrical screenings for the general audience 9-20 June 2021 !!!
BFI London Film Festival from 07 October 2020 till 18 October 2020
Biberach Film Festival from 27 October 2020 till 01 November 2020
Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival from 08 November 2019 till 15 November 2019
Braunschweig Film Festival !!! 2020 Online Edition from 2-8 November !!!
Buenos Aires International Film Festival (BAFICI) !!! CANCELLED FOR 2020 !!!
Bundesfestival junger Film from 10 June 2021 till 13 June 2021
Busan International Film Festival from 21 October 2020 till 30 October 2020
Cairo International Film Festival from 20 November 2019 till 29 November 2019
Cambridge Film Festival - AMPLIFY! Film Festival from 06 November 2020 till 22 November 2020
Cannes Film Festival !!! Cancelled, Marché du Film online !!!
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival from 13 November 2020 till 22 November 2020
Chicago International Film Festival from 13 October 2021 till 24 October 2021
CineLatino !!! 2020 edition postponed from 22-29 April to 15-22 July !!!
Cinéma du Réel International Documentary Film Festival, Paris from 13 March 2020 till 22 March 2020
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival from 29 January 2021 till 06 February 2021
Cleveland International Film Festival from 07 April 2021 till 20 April 2021
Cork Film Festival from 05 November 2020 till 15 November 2020
CPH PIX, Copenhagen from 05 November 2020 till 15 November 2020
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen from 18 March 2020 till 05 April 2020
Creteil Women's International Film Festival !!! CANCELLED FOR 2020 !!!
Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival from 10 July 2021 till 18 July 2021
DocAviv – Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival !!! POSTPONED TO 3-12 SEPTEMBER !!!
Doclisboa International Film Festival, Lisbon from 17 October 2020 till 27 October 2020
DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film from 25 October 2021 till 31 October 2021
DOK.fest - Munich International Documentary Film Festival from 05 May 2021 till 23 May 2021
dokumentART films & future - European Film Festival from 15 October 2019 till 20 October 2019
Duisburg Documentary Film Festival from 02 November 2020 till 08 November 2020
Durban International Film Festival postponed & transformed (online), new dates: 10–20 September 2020
Edimotion - Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst from 23 October 2020 till 26 October 2020
Edinburgh International Film Festival from 23 June 2021 till 04 July 2021
Emden/Norderney International Film Festival !!! 2021 edition postponed from 9-16 June to 6-13 October !!!
Encounters Film Festival Bristol from 18 September 2021 till 26 September 2021
EnergaCAMERIMAGE, Toruń from 14 November 2020 till 21 November 2020
European Film Festival Palic !!! postponed to August 2020 !!!
exground filmfest from 12 November 2021 till 21 November 2021
Fantasy Film Festival, Berlin/Hamburg/Cologne/Frankfurt/Nuremberg/Munich/Stuttgart from 27 August 2020 till 27 September 2020
Festival dei Popoli, Firenze from 15 November 2020 till 22 November 2020
Festival of German Films Ludwigshafen !!! 2020 edition transformed to online event (26 August - 13 September) !!!
Festival Premiers Plans / The European First Films Festival, Angers from 22 January 2021 till 31 January 2021
Film Festival Cologne from 01 October 2020 till 08 October 2020
FILMART - Hong Kong International Film & TV Market from 27 August 2020 till 29 August 2020
Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival !!! 2021 edition postponed from 13-18 April to 13-18 July 2021 !!!
Filmfest München - Munich International Film Festival from 24 June 2021 till 03 July 2021
FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema from 03 November 2020 till 08 November 2020
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Prize 17-24 January 2021 (online)
Filmfestival Turkey/Germany !!! 2020 edition postponed (regular dates 20-29 March), new dates in Sept./Oct. to be announced !!!
FILMKUNSTFEST Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from 31 August 2021 till 05 September 2021
Filmschoolfest Munich from 15 November 2020 till 21 November 2020
FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos Mainz from 05 November 2020 till 14 November 2020
FIPADOC International Documentary Festival from 18 January 2021 till 24 January 2021
Five Lakes Film Festival - International Festival of Central-European Films August 2021 (exact dates to be confirmed)
Freiburg Film Forum - Ethnology (Africa, America, Asia, Oceania) from 28 May 2019 till 02 June 2019
French Film Festival Tübingen/Stuttgart from 28 October 2020 till 04 November 2020
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham !!! CANCELLED FOR 2020 !!!
Geneva International Film Festival from 01 November 2019 till 10 November 2019
Gent Film Fest from 13 October 2020 till 24 October 2020
Giffoni Film Festival !!! postponed & partly transformed (online) !!!
Gijon International Film Festival Online
goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Wiesbaden from 20 April 2021 till 26 April 2021
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival from 01 November 2020 till 08 November 2020
Golden Sparrow - German Children's Film and Media Festival (Cinema, TV, Online), Gera/Erfurt from 06 June 2021 till 12 June 2021
Göteborg Film Festival from 29 January 2021 till 08 February 2021
Grenzland Filmtage Selb from 08 April 2021 till 11 April 2021
Guadalajara International Film Festival !!! POSTPONED !!!
Guanajuato International Film Festival from 18 September 2020 till 27 September 2020
Haifa International Film Festival from 03 October 2020 till 12 October 2020
Hamburg International Film Festival from 24 September 2020 till 03 October 2020
Hamburg International Queer Film Festival from 20 October 2020 till 25 October 2020
Hamburg International Short Film Festival from 01 June 2021 till 07 June 2021
Hamptons International Film Festival from 07 October 2021 till 13 October 2021
Hanover up-and-coming Film Festival - International Competition for Young Film Video & Multimedia Artists from 21 November 2019 till 24 November 2019
Haugesund - The Norwegian International Film Festival from 14 August 2020 till 21 August 2020
Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema from 06 December 2018 till 16 December 2018
Heartland International Film Festival from 07 October 2021 till 17 October 2021
Hiroshima International Animation Film Festival !!! transformed !!!
Hof International Film Festival from 26 October 2021 till 31 October 2021
Hong Kong International Film Festival from 18 August 2020 till 31 August 2020
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto !!! postponed due to COVID-19-Pandemic !!!
Huesca Film Festival from 11 June 2021 till 19 June 2021
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam from 18 November 2020 till 29 November 2020
IFFMH - International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg from 12 November 2020 till 22 November 2020
Independent Days - International Film Festival Karlsruhe from 22 September 2021 till 26 September 2021
IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival, Lisbon from 25 August 2020 till 05 September 2020
interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festival !!! 2020 edition online only from 10 Nov. - 13 Dec. !!!
International Film Festival & Awards Macao from 03 December 2020 till 08 December 2020
International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Countries “Pacific Meridian”, Vladivostok from 12 September 2020 till 18 September 2020
International Film Festival of India, Goa from 20 November 2019 till 28 November 2019
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen from 01 May 2021 till 10 May 2021
International Women's Film Festival Dortmund | Cologne from 20 April 2021 till 25 April 2021
Istanbul International Film Festival !!! transformed (online) !!!
It’s All True – International Documentary Film Festival, São Paulo from 26 March 2020 till 05 April 2020
Jerusalem International Film Festival !!! CANCELLED The plan to postpone the festival to the end of August has been canceled following a surge of COVID-19 cases in Israel. The festival might hold a winter edition, if the health situation permitted !!!
Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Brandenburg from 06 September 2020 till 15 September 2020
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival from 27 October 2020 till 01 November 2020
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival !!! cancelled for 2020 !!!
Kassel Documentary and Video Film Festival from 17 November 2020 till 22 November 2020
Kerala International Film Festival from 12 February 2021 till 19 February 2021
KFFK - Short Film Festival Cologne from 18 November 2020 till 22 November 2020
Kolkata International Film Festival from 08 November 2019 till 15 November 2019
Krakow Film Festival from 31 May 2020 till 07 June 2020
Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist from 22 August 2020 till 30 August 2020
La Rochelle International Film Festival from 28 June 2019 till 07 July 2019
Landshut Short Film Festival !!! 2021 edition postponed to 28 April - 3 May (theatrical) and 28 April - 9 May (online) !!! !!!
LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International from 27 April 2021 till 02 May 2021
Locarno Film Festival (online)
LUCAS - Frankfurt International Festival for Young Filmlovers from 30 September 2021 till 07 October 2021
Lünen Film Festival !!! 2020 edition cancelled !!!
Mar del Plata International Film Festival from 10 November 2018 till 17 November 2018
Marrakech International Film Festival from 30 November 2018 till 08 December 2018
Marseille International Film Festival from 07 July 2020 till 13 July 2020
Melbourne International Film Festival !!! transformed (online) !!!
Miami International Film Festival from 05 March 2021 till 14 March 2021
Mill Valley Film Festival from 08 October 2020 till 18 October 2020
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Warsaw from 08 May 2020 till 17 May 2020
Minsk International Film Festival Listapad from 02 November 2018 till 09 November 2018
MIP-TV, Cannes !!! CANCELLED FOR 2020 !!!
MIPCOM, Cannes from 12 October 2020 till 15 October 2020
Monte Carlo Television Festival from 19 June 2020 till 23 June 2020
Montreal Festival of New Cinema from 07 October 2020 till 18 October 2020
Montreal World Film Festival from 23 August 2018 till 03 September 2018
Moscow International Film Festival from 01 October 2020 till 08 October 2020
Münster Film Festival from 22 September 2021 till 26 September 2021
NATPE - National Association of Television Program Executives (TV Fair), Las Vegas from 30 June 2020 till 03 July 2020
NaturVision Filmfestival from 14 July 2021 till 18 July 2021
Neiße Film Festival from 18 May 2021 till 23 May 2021
New York Film Festival from 17 September 2020 till 11 October 2020
New York New Directors/New Films from 09 December 2020 till 20 December 2020
Nordic Film Days Lübeck from 03 November 2020 till 08 November 2020
Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival from 02 October 2019 till 09 October 2019
Nyon International Documentary Film Festival - Visions du Reel - Online
Odesa International Film Festival !!! postponed, transformed (online) !!!
Oldenburg International Film Festival from 15 September 2021 till 19 September 2021
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt from 12 August 2021 till 16 August 2021
Osnabrück European Media Art Festival from 21 April 2021 till 25 April 2021
Osnabrück Independent Film Festival from 20 October 2021 till 24 October 2021
Palm Springs International Film Festival from 25 February 2021 till 08 March 2021
Palm Springs International ShortFest from 22 June 2021 till 28 June 2021
Philadelphia Film Festival from 22 October 2020 till 01 November 2020
Porto International Film Festival (Fantasporto) from 25 February 2020 till 08 March 2020
Prix Europa from 18 October 2020 till 23 October 2020
Raindance Film Festival London from 28 October 2020 till 07 November 2020
Regensburg International Short Film Week !!! 2021 edition postponed from 17-24 March to 23-30 May 2021 !!!
Reykjavik International Film Festival from 24 September 2020 till 04 October 2020
RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival from 14 November 2019 till 24 November 2019
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival from 01 November 2018 till 11 November 2018
Rome Film Fest from 17 October 2019 till 27 October 2019
Rotterdam International Film Festival from 27 January 2021 till 07 February 2021
San Francisco International Film Festival Hybrid edition with in-person and online events
San Sebastian International Film Festival from 18 September 2020 till 26 September 2020
Santa Barbara International Film Festival from 31 March 2021 till 10 April 2021
Sao Paulo International Film Festival TRANSFORMED (online)
Sarajevo Film Festival from 14 August 2020 till 21 August 2020
Schlingel - International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience from 10 October 2020 till 17 October 2020
Seattle International Film Festival (Virtual) from 08 April 2021 till 18 April 2021
sehsüchte - International Student Film Festival from 21 April 2021 till 25 April 2021
Séries Mania !!! CANCELLED FOR 2020 !!!
Sevilla International Film Festival from 06 November 2020 till 14 November 2020
Shanghai International Film Festival from 11 June 2021 till 20 June 2021
Shanghai Television Festival from 10 June 2019 till 14 June 2019
Sheffield Doc/Fest !!!TRANSFORMED ONLINE AND PARTIALLY POSTPONED TO AUTUMN!!!
Shorts at Moonlight Frankfurt-Rhine-Main-Region !!! 2020/2021: special online winter edition from 29 November - 31 January !!!
Silbersalz Science & Media Festival from 14 October 2020 till 18 October 2020
Sitges International Film Festival from 04 October 2018 till 14 October 2018
Slamdance International Film Festival, Park City Online Edition
Sofia International Film Festival !!! POSTPONED !!!
SoundTrack_Cologne from 09 June 2021 till 12 June 2021
South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, Austin DIGITAL FESTIVAL
Stockholm International Film Festival from 11 November 2020 till 21 November 2020
Stuttgart Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media from 14 January 2021 till 17 January 2021
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film from 04 May 2021 till 09 May 2021
Sundance Film Festival, Park City from 28 January 2021 till 03 February 2021
SWR Doku Festival - German Documentary Award from 16 June 2021 till 19 June 2021
Sydney International Film Festival !!! transformed (online) !!!
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival from 08 November 2019 till 24 November 2019
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival from 13 November 2020 till 29 November 2020
Tampere Film Festival from 10 March 2021 till 14 March 2021
Telluride Film Festival from 02 September 2021 till 06 September 2021
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online)
Thessaloniki International Film Festival from 05 November 2020 till 15 November 2020
Tokyo International Film Festival from 31 October 2020 till 09 November 2020
Torino Film Festival from 22 November 2019 till 30 November 2019
Toronto International Film Festival from 09 September 2021 till 18 September 2021
Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca !!! postponed TBA !!!
Transit Filmfest !!! 2020 edition: festival screenings and discussion from 19-22 November, retrospective screenings from 7 October - 18 November, complemented with online screenings and discussions !!!
Tribeca Film Festival, New York from 09 June 2021 till 20 June 2021
Uppsala International Short Film Festival from 25 October 2021 till 31 October 2021
Valladolid International Film Festival from 29 October 2019 till 26 October 2019
Vancouver International Film Festival from 24 September 2020 till 09 October 2020
Venice International Film Festival from 02 September 2020 till 12 September 2020
Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival from 22 October 2020 till 04 November 2020
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival from 03 March 2021 till 14 March 2021
Warsaw International Film Festival from 09 October 2020 till 18 October 2020
Winterthur International Short Film Festival from 09 November 2021 till 14 November 2021
XPOSED International Queer Film Festival !!! 2020 edition postponed (regular dates 7-11 May), new dates to be announced !!!
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival every two years
ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival from 19 November 2020 till 22 November 2020
ZLIN - International Film Festival for Children and Youth from 04 September 2020 till 10 September 2020
Zurich Film Festival from 24 September 2020 till 04 October 2020