Film festivals by nation and category. 74 listed, each linking to the festival's own official site.
A BAFTA-qualifying short-film festival held across venues in the historic city of York, paired with an industry masterclass programme.
The American Film Institute's festival in Hollywood, presenting international and awards-season premieres to Los Angeles audiences.
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
The world's foremost festival dedicated to animation, paired with the Mifa market for animation professionals.
A festival focused on the craft of screenwriting, pairing screenings with a well-known writers' conference.
Northern Ireland's largest film festival, with a programme spanning Irish and international features, documentaries and archive events.
Known as the Berlinale, one of the largest publicly attended festivals in the world, awarding the Golden Bear and pairing premieres with a large public audience.
The United Kingdom's largest public film event, run by the British Film Institute across central London venues. Programmes features, documentaries, shorts and restored classics from around the world.
The largest festival in Asia, a leading showcase for new Asian cinema with a substantial industry and project market.
The oldest accredited competitive feature festival in the Arab world and Africa, held annually in the Egyptian capital.
The most prominent festival on the international calendar, awarding the Palme d'Or. Largely invitation-led, with a parallel industry market (the Marche du Film).
The oldest film festival in Latin America, held in the Caribbean port city of Cartagena de Indias with a focus on Ibero-American film.
The oldest competitive film festival in North America, awarding the Gold Hugo for best feature.
An international documentary festival based at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, focused on creative and observational non-fiction film.
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
The most important short-film festival in the world, paired with a dedicated short-film market that draws programmers and buyers internationally.
Ireland's oldest film festival, presenting international features and a competitive short-film programme in the city of Cork.
Copenhagen's international documentary festival, one of the largest in the world, known for pairing feature documentaries with an industry and financing forum.
The largest documentary festival in the United States, held each November in Greenwich Village, New York.
Ireland's largest public film event, presenting Irish and international features, documentaries and retrospectives across Dublin cinemas.
The largest film festival in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on African cinema and a market for filmmakers from the continent.
One of the longest continuously running film festivals in the world, staged in the Scottish capital alongside the city's wider August festival season.
A festival on Egypt's Red Sea coast that pairs Arab and international cinema with an industry platform for regional filmmakers.
A leading UK festival for short film and animation, and a qualifying event for the BAFTA and Academy Award short-film categories.
The largest genre film festival in the United States, focused on horror, fantasy, science-fiction and action cinema.
The largest African film festival, held every two years in Burkina Faso and long the most important gathering for cinema from across the continent.
A six-day festival in the west of Ireland known as a launchpad for new Irish film, paired with the Galway Film Fair industry market.
An audience-focused festival based at the Glasgow Film Theatre, known for its strand of special-event screenings staged in unusual locations around the city.
The festival attached to the Golden Horse Awards, among the most prestigious honours in Chinese-language cinema.
The largest film festival in the Nordic countries, with a strong focus on new Scandinavian cinema alongside an international programme.
The most important festival in Mexico and a key meeting point for Ibero-American cinema, combining screenings with a co-production market.
One of Asia's oldest and most established festivals, a long-standing platform for Chinese-language and wider Asian cinema.
The largest documentary festival in North America, pairing a public programme with a market and pitch forum for non-fiction filmmakers.
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The largest documentary festival in the world, known as IDFA, pairing a public programme with a major market and co-production forum for non-fiction film.
One of the oldest and largest film festivals in Asia, a state-run event held annually in Goa with an international competition.
A South Korean festival with a focus on independent, experimental and digital cinema, held each spring in the city of Jeonju.
The leading film festival in Israel, presenting international and Israeli cinema at the Jerusalem Cinematheque each summer.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The leading festival in Central and Eastern Europe, an accredited competitive festival long known for championing films from the region.
One of the oldest festivals in Europe dedicated to documentary, short and animated film, and a qualifying event for the Academy Awards.
The largest film festival in England outside London, with strands spanning international cinema, genre film and a competitive short-film programme.
A festival known for adventurous programming and its open-air screenings in the Piazza Grande, awarding the Golden Leopard.
India's leading film festival for world and independent cinema, organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image.
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
The only accredited competitive feature festival in Latin America, held each spring in the Argentine coastal city of Mar del Plata.
A high-profile international festival in Morocco, known for its tributes and for bringing world cinema to audiences in Marrakech.
One of the oldest film festivals in the southern hemisphere, with a broad international programme and a strong documentary strand.
The oldest film festival in Canada, focused on independent, auteur and new-media cinema in Montreal.
A leading showcase for new Mexican cinema, especially short film and documentary, held in the colonial city of Morelia.
A highly selective, non-competitive festival run by Film at Lincoln Center, presenting a tightly curated main slate of international cinema.
A touring festival that brings a curated international programme to cities and towns across New Zealand each winter.
Palm Springs International Film Festival
A large audience festival known for its focus on international and foreign-language features and its high-profile awards gala.
The United Kingdom's leading independent film festival, championing first-time and self-funded filmmakers alongside an established short film competition.
A large, well-funded festival in the historic district of Jeddah, focused on cinema from the Arab world, Asia and Africa.
A festival focused on independent, experimental and first- and second-time filmmakers, with the Tiger Competition at its centre.
San Sebastián International Film Festival
The leading festival in the Spanish-speaking world, awarding the Golden Shell and serving as an early stop in the autumn season.
One of the largest festivals in Latin America, known as the Mostra, presenting a broad international programme across São Paulo.
The leading festival in South-East Europe, founded during the siege of Sarajevo and now the main showcase for cinema from the region.
The only accredited competitive feature festival in mainland China, awarding the Golden Goblet and drawing large public audiences.
One of the leading documentary festivals in the world, combining screenings with a marketplace and an industry programme for non-fiction filmmakers.
One of the largest and most heavily attended film festivals in the United States, screening several hundred films over more than three weeks.
The largest and longest-running film event in Singapore, with a focus on Southeast Asian and international independent cinema.
The world's leading festival for fantasy and horror cinema, held in the Catalan coastal town of Sitges.
A festival by and for emerging filmmakers, founded as an alternative showcase for first features made on low budgets.
The largest independent film festival in the United States, run by the Sundance Institute and a long-standing launchpad for independent features and documentaries.
The film and television strand of South by Southwest, known for genre premieres and a programme that sits alongside the music and technology conferences.
One of the world's longest-running film festivals, presenting an official competition and a broad international programme across Sydney.
The largest festival in Northern Europe and one of the few accredited competitive festivals in the Baltic region, known locally as PÖFF.
One of the oldest and most respected short-film festivals in Europe, with an international competition held each March in Finland.
A small, highly curated festival that keeps its line-up secret until it opens, with a reputation for launching awards-season contenders.
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
The most important film festival in Greece and the Balkans, presenting international and Greek features alongside a documentary festival in spring.
One of the largest public festivals in the world, whose People's Choice Award is closely watched as an early awards-season signal.
One of the largest festivals in Asia and accredited as a competitive festival, pairing international premieres with a focus on Japanese cinema.
Transilvania International Film Festival
The first international feature-film festival in Romania, known as TIFF, held each June in the Transylvanian city of Cluj-Napoca.
Founded in Lower Manhattan after 11 September 2001, a festival pairing independent features and documentaries with talks and immersive work.
The oldest film festival in the world, part of the Venice Biennale, awarding the Golden Lion. A traditional launchpad for the autumn awards season.
One of the largest festivals in North America by attendance, with a strong focus on Canadian film and East Asian cinema.
A relatively young but fast-growing festival that spotlights debut and second features alongside international awards-season premieres.