Welcome to your comprehensive guide to the 2025 film festival season. Whether you are a filmmaker, industry professional, or a passionate cinephile, this is your resource for tracking the most important film events around the globe. We have compiled an extensive list of festivals, from major international gatherings to vital independent showcases, to help you plan your year.
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Explore the dates for world-renowned festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, and Venice, alongside a curated selection of events celebrating documentary, animation, short films, and more.
January 2025
- Palm Springs International Film Festival – USA (January 2-13, 2025)
- Tromsø International Film Festival – Norway (January 13-19, 2025)
- Trieste Film Festival – Italy (January 16-24, 2025)
- Sundance Film Festival – USA (January 23 – February 2, 2025)
- Göteborg Film Festival – Sweden (January 24 – February 2, 2025)
- FIPADOC International Documentary Film Festival – France (January 24 – February 1, 2025)
- International Film Festival Rotterdam – The Netherlands (January 30 – February 9, 2025)
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival – France (January 31 – February 9, 2025)
February 2025
- DocPoint Helsinki – Finland (February 4-9, 2025)
- Santa Barbara International Film Festival – USA (February 4-15, 2025)
- Pan African Film & Arts Festival – USA (February 4-17, 2025)
- Victoria Film Festival – Canada (February 7-16, 2025)
- Available Light Film Festival – Canada (February 7-16, 2025)
- Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) – Germany (February 13-23, 2025)
- Big Sky Documentary Film Festival – USA (February 14-23, 2025)
- FESPACO – Burkina Faso (February 22 – March 1, 2025)
- Punto de Vista – Spain (February 24 – March 1, 2025)
- Glasgow Film Festival – Scotland (February 26 – March 9, 2025)
- True/False Film Fest – USA (February 27 – March 2, 2025)
March 2025
- IDFF Artdocfest / Riga – Latvia (March 1-8, 2025)
- Tempo Documentary Festival – Sweden (March 3-9, 2025)
- Tampere Film Festival – Finland (March 5-9, 2025)
- Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival – Greece (March 6-16, 2025)
- SXSW (South by Southwest) – USA (March 7-15, 2025)
- Manchester Film Festival – UK (March 7-16, 2025)
- Vilnius International Film Festival – Lithuania (March 7-23, 2025)
- HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival – Norway (March 10-16, 2025)
- One World Festival – Czech Republic (March 12-20, 2025)
- International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) – Canada (March 13-23, 2025)
- Sofia International Film Festival – Bulgaria (March 13-31, 2025)
- BUFF Malmö Film Festival – Sweden (March 15-21, 2025)
- Visegrad Film Forum – Slovakia (March 19-22, 2025)
- Regard – Saguenay International Short Film Festival – Canada (March 19-23, 2025)
- Boston Underground Film Festival – USA (March 19-23, 2025)
- CPH:DOX – Denmark (March 19-30, 2025)
- Fribourg International Film Festival – Switzerland (March 21-30, 2025)
- Cinéma du réel – France (March 21-30, 2025)
- Kaboom Animation Festival – The Netherlands (March 21-30, 2025)
- Ann Arbor Film Festival – USA (March 25-30, 2025)
- Cleveland International Film Festival – USA (March 26 – April 5, 2025)
- Annapolis Film Festival – USA (March 27-30, 2025)
- Hong Kong International Film Festival – Hong Kong (March 27 – April 7, 2025)
April 2025
- Film & Folklore Festival – Trinidad & Tobago (April 1-7, 2025)
- Visions du Réel – Switzerland (April 4-13, 2025)
- Vues sur mer – Canada (April 10-13, 2025)
- Sunny Bunny – Ukraine (April 18-25, 2025)
- goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film – Germany (April 23-29, 2025)
- Brussels Short Film Festival – Belgium (April 23 – May 3, 2025)
- Independent Film Festival Boston – USA (April 23-30, 2025)
- Milwaukee Film Festival – USA (April 24 – May 8, 2025)
- Made Here Film Festival – USA (April 24-27, 2025)
- Hot Docs – Canada (April 24 – May 4, 2025)
- Atlanta Film Festival – USA (April 24 – May 4, 2025)
- Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews – USA (April 25-27, 2025)
- Novi Sad Film Festival – Serbia (April 25-27, 2025)
- Jeonju International Film Festival – South Korea (April 30 – May 9, 2025)
May 2025
- IndieLisboa – Portugal (May 1-11, 2025)
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival – Canada (May 1-11, 2025)
- Open City Documentary Film Festival – UK (May 6-11, 2025)
- Documenta Madrid – Spain (May 6-11, 2025)
- DOK.fest München – Germany (May 7-25, 2025)
- Docs Barcelona – Spain (May 12-16, 2025)
- Cannes Film Festival – France (May 13-24, 2025)
- Beldocs International Documentary Festival – Serbia (May 21-27, 2025)
- Krakow Film Festival – Poland (May 25 – June 1, 2025)
- Vienna Shorts – Austria (May 27 – June 1, 2025)
- Leiden Shorts – The Netherlands (May 30 – June 3, 2025)
June 2025
- Bali International Film Festival – Indonesia (June 1-7, 2025)
- Hamburg Short Film Festival – Germany (June 3-8, 2025)
- International Film Festival Innsbruck – Austria (June 4-9, 2025)
- Tribeca Film Festival – USA (June 4-15, 2025)
- Sydney Film Festival – Australia (June 4-15, 2025)
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival – France (June 8-14, 2025)
- Norwegian Short Film Festival – Norway (June 11-15, 2025)
- Provincetown International Film Festival – USA (June 11-15, 2025)
- FIDADOC – Morocco (June 13-18, 2025)
- Champs Elysées Film Festival – France (June 17-24, 2025)
- Sheffield DocFest – UK (June 18-23, 2025)
- Ouray International Film Festival – USA (June 19-22, 2025)
- FIDBA – Argentina (June 19-29, 2025)
- Brussels International Film Festival – Belgium (June 20-28, 2025)
- Doc Edge – New Zealand (June 25 – August 24, 2025)
- Oak Cliff Film Festival – USA (June 26-29, 2025)
July 2025
- Amman International Film Festival – Jordan (July 2-10, 2025)
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Czech Republic (July 4-12, 2025)
- FID Marseille – France (July 8-13, 2025)
- Maine International Film Festival – USA (July 11-20, 2025)
- Golden Apricot – Yerevan International Film Festival – Armenia (July 13-20, 2025)
- Durban International Film Festival – South Africa (July 17-27, 2025)
- Jerusalem Film Festival – Israel/Palestine (July 17-27, 2025)
- Fantasia International Film Festival – Canada (July 17 – August 3, 2025)
- IceDocs – Iceland (July 23-27, 2025)
- Ariano International Film Festival – Italy (July 28 – August 3, 2025)
- Cobb International Film Festival – USA (July 31 – August 3, 2025)
August 2025
- Dokufest – Kosovo (August 1-9, 2025)
- Membrana Film Festival – UK (August 3, 2025)
- Locarno Film Festival – Switzerland (August 6-16, 2025)
- Melbourne International Film Festival – Australia (August 7-24, 2025)
- Edinburgh International Film Festival – Scotland (August 14-20, 2025)
- Sarajevo Film Festival – Bosnia and Herzegovina (August 15-22, 2025)
- Norwegian International Film Festival – Norway (August 16-22, 2025)
- Oslo Pix Film Festival – Norway (August 25-31, 2025)
- Venice International Film Festival – Italy (August 27 – September 6, 2025)
- Telluride Film Festival – USA (August 28 – September 1, 2025)
September 2025
- Toronto International Film Festival – Canada (September 4-14, 2025)
- DMZ International Documentary Festival – South Korea (September 11-17, 2025)
- Busan International Film Festival – South Korea (September 17-26, 2025)
- Nordisk Panorama – Sweden (September 18-23, 2025)
- Boston Film Festival – USA (September 18-21, 2025)
- Nashville Film Festival – USA (September 18-24, 2025)
- San Sebastian International Film Festival – Spain (September 19-27, 2025)
- Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival – Norway (September 19-28, 2025)
- Tirana Film Festival – Albania (September 21-27, 2025)
- Filmfest Hamburg – Germany (September 25 – October 4, 2025)
- Reykjavik International Film Festival – Iceland (September 25 – October 5, 2025)
- Zurich International Film Festival – Austria (September 25 – October 5, 2025)
- New York Film Festival – USA (September 26 – October 13, 2025)
October 2025
- Vancouver International Film Festival – Canada (October 2-12, 2025)
- Mill Valley Film Festival – USA (October 2-12, 2025)
- Altered Images Fest – UK (October 3-4, 2025)
- International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival – Lithuania (October 7-26, 2025)
- BFI London Film Festival – UK (October 8-19, 2025)
- Film Fest Gent – Belgium (October 8-19, 2025)
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) – Canada (October 8-19, 2025)
- NatureTrack Film Festival – USA (October 9, 2025)
- Silicon Valley African Film Festival – USA (October 9-12, 2025)
- Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival – Japan (October 9-16, 2025)
- DocsMX – Mexico (October 9-19, 2025)
- Adelaide Film Festival – Australia (October 14-25, 2025)
- Bergen International Film Festival – Norway (October 15-23, 2025)
- Doclisboa – Portugal (October 16-26, 2025)
- Newport Beach Film Festival – USA (October 16-23, 2025)
- Black Bear Film Festival – USA (October 17-19, 2025)
- Byron Bay International Film Festival – Australia (October 17-26, 2025)
- Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) – Mexico (October 17-26, 2025)
- Philadelphia Film Festival – USA (October 17-27, 2025)
- Vermont International Film Festival – USA (October 17-26, 2025)
- Planet in Focus – Canada (October 21-26, 2025)
- Jakarta Film Week – Indonesia (October 22-26, 2025)
- Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival – Czech Republic (October 24 – November 2, 2025)
- DOK Leipzig – Germany (October 27 – November 2, 2025)
November 2025
- Festival dei Popoli – Italy (November 3-9, 2025)
- Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival – USA (November 3-9, 2025)
- Norwich Film Festival – UK (November 3-16, 2025)
- Lübeck Nordic Film Days – Germany (November 5-9, 2025)
- Coronado Island Film Festival – USA (November 5-9, 2025)
- Cinemania – Canada (November 5-16, 2025)
- Stockholm International Film Festival – Sweden (November 5-16, 2025)
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival – Argentina (November 6-16, 2025)
- PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Estonia (November 7-23, 2025)
- Tucson Film Festival – USA (November 7-9, 2025)
- Zagreb Film Festival – Croatia (November 10-16, 2025)
- Cairo International Film Festival – Egypt (November 12-21, 2025)
- International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) – The Netherlands (November 12-23, 2025)
- DOC NYC – USA (November 12-30, 2025)
- Doha Film Festival – Qatar (November 20-28, 2025)
- Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) – Canada (November 20-30, 2024)
- Marrakech International Film Festival – Morocco (November 28 – December 6, 2025)
December 2025
- Red Sea Film Festival – KSA (December 4-13, 2025)
- Anchorage International Film Festival – USA (December 5-14, 2025)
Note: The dates mentioned above are subject to change. This list includes festivals with confirmed dates as well as some with dates yet to be announced (TBA) based on their traditional scheduling. Always check with the official festival websites for the most current information.
