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160 festivals, funds, labs and film bodies

Festivals and funds

India, South Asia and Asia first, then the rest of the world. Open one to see every way in.

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India

National festivals, regional favourites and the state film bodies that fund films.

Festivals · 13

    IFFI

    International Film Festival of India

    Goa, India

    1 way in
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    IFFK

    International Film Festival of Kerala

    Thiruvananthapuram, India

    1 way in
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    MA

    MAMI

    Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival

    Mumbai, India

    1 way in
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    DIFF

    Dharamshala International Film Festival

    Dharamshala, India

    1 way in
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    BIFFes

    Bengaluru International Film Festival

    Bengaluru, India

    Dates coming soon
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    CI

    CIFF

    Chennai International Film Festival

    Chennai, India

    Dates coming soon
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    KIFF

    Kolkata International Film Festival

    Kolkata, India

    Dates coming soon
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    MI

    MIFF

    Mumbai International Film Festival (documentary, short and animation)

    Mumbai, India

    Dates coming soon
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    PI

    PIFF

    Pune International Film Festival

    Pune, India

    Dates coming soon
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    Habitat

    Habitat Film Festival

    New Delhi, India

    Dates coming soon
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    IDSFFK

    International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala

    Thiruvananthapuram, India

    Dates coming soon
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    Jagran

    Jagran Film Festival

    New Delhi, India

    Dates coming soon
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    Kashish

    Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival

    Mumbai, India

    Dates coming soon
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Funds · 2

    NI

    NFDC India

    National Film Development Corporation of India

    Mumbai, India

    Dates coming soon
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    PS

    PSBT

    Public Service Broadcasting Trust

    New Delhi, India

    Dates coming soon
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Markets and forums · 2

    NF

    NFDC

    NFDC WAVES Film Bazaar

    New Delhi, India

    3 ways in
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    Docedge

    Docedge Kolkata: Asian Forum for Documentary

    Kolkata, India

    Dates coming soon
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Film bodies and state corporations · 7

    CA

    Chalachitra Academy

    Kerala State Chalachitra Academy

    Thiruvananthapuram, India

    Dates coming soon
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    KSFDC

    Kerala State Film Development Corporation

    Thiruvananthapuram, India

    Dates coming soon
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    ESG

    Entertainment Society of Goa

    Panaji, India

    Dates coming soon
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    FB

    Film Bandhu UP

    Film Bandhu Uttar Pradesh

    Lucknow, India

    Dates coming soon
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    FC

    Film City Mumbai

    Maharashtra Film, Stage and Cultural Development Corporation

    Mumbai, India

    Dates coming soon
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    Gujarat Film Policy

    Gujarat Tourism Film Policy

    Gandhinagar, India

    Dates coming soon
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    IDPA

    Indian Documentary Producers' Association

    Mumbai, India

    Dates coming soon
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Abroad, for our films · 5

    IFFLA

    Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    IFFM

    Indian Film Festival of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    Dates coming soon
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    IFFS

    Indian Film Festival Stuttgart

    Stuttgart, Germany

    Dates coming soon
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    LI

    LIFF

    London Indian Film Festival

    London, United Kingdom

    Dates coming soon
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    NY

    NYIFF

    New York Indian Film Festival

    New York, United States

    Dates coming soon
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South Asia

Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan, and South Asian festivals abroad.

Festivals · 4

    DIFF Dhaka

    Dhaka International Film Festival

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

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    FS

    FSA

    Film Southasia

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    Dates coming soon
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    KIMFF

    Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival

    Kathmandu, Nepal

    Dates coming soon
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    LICFF

    Lahore International Children's Film Festival

    Lahore, Pakistan

    Dates coming soon
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Abroad, for our films · 2

    SA

    SAIFF

    South Asian International Film Festival

    New York, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    TA

    Tasveer

    Tasveer South Asian Film Festival

    Seattle, United States

    Dates coming soon
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Asia

East and Southeast Asia: Busan, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and the labs around them.

Festivals · 23

    BIFF

    Busan International Film Festival

    Busan, South Korea

    5 ways in
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    SI

    SIFF

    Shanghai International Film Festival

    Shanghai, China

    Dates coming soon
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    TI

    Tokyo IFF

    Tokyo International Film Festival

    Tokyo, Japan

    Dates coming soon
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    KF

    KFF

    Kaohsiung Film Festival

    Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Dates coming soon
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    SA

    SSFF & Asia

    Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

    Tokyo, Japan

    Dates coming soon
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    BI

    BIFAN

    Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

    Bucheon, South Korea

    Dates coming soon
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    BJIFF

    Beijing International Film Festival

    Beijing, China

    Dates coming soon
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    DD

    DMZ Docs

    DMZ International Documentary Film Festival

    Goyang, South Korea

    Dates coming soon
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    FI

    FILMeX

    Tokyo FILMeX

    Tokyo, Japan

    Dates coming soon
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    FI

    FIRST

    FIRST International Film Festival Xining

    Xining, China

    Dates coming soon
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    GH

    Golden Horse

    Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

    Taipei, Taiwan

    Dates coming soon
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    HKIFF

    Hong Kong International Film Festival

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Dates coming soon
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    JAFF

    Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    Dates coming soon
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    JI

    JIFF

    Jeonju International Film Festival

    Jeonju, South Korea

    Dates coming soon
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    SG

    SGIFF

    Singapore International Film Festival

    Singapore, Singapore

    Dates coming soon
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    YI

    YIDFF

    Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

    Yamagata, Japan

    Dates coming soon
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    Cinemalaya

    Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival

    Manila, Philippines

    Dates coming soon
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    EIDF

    EBS International Documentary Festival

    Seoul, South Korea

    Dates coming soon
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    FFF

    Freedom Film Festival

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Dates coming soon
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    MI

    Minikino

    Minikino Film Week

    Bali, Indonesia

    Dates coming soon
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    OA

    OAFF

    Osaka Asian Film Festival

    Osaka, Japan

    Dates coming soon
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    QC

    QCinema

    QCinema International Film Festival

    Quezon City, Philippines

    Dates coming soon
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    TI

    TIDF

    Taiwan International Documentary Festival

    Taipei, Taiwan

    Dates coming soon
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Funds · 1

    PU

    Purin

    Purin Pictures

    Bangkok, Thailand

    1 way in
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Labs and residencies · 2

    SE

    SEAFIC

    Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab

    Bangkok, Thailand

    1 way in
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    TT

    Talents Tokyo

    Talents Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    Dates coming soon
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Markets and forums · 2

    HA

    HAF

    Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 way in
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    TD

    Tokyo Docs

    Tokyo Docs

    Tokyo, Japan

    Dates coming soon
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Film bodies and state corporations · 2

    KO

    KOFIC

    Korean Film Council

    Busan, South Korea

    Dates coming soon
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    FDCP

    Film Development Council of the Philippines

    Manila, Philippines

    Dates coming soon
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Middle East & North Africa

Red Sea, Doha, Cairo, El Gouna, Marrakech and Arab funds.

    RS

    Red Sea

    Red Sea Film Foundation

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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    DF

    DFI

    Doha Film Institute

    Doha, Qatar

    2 ways in
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    AFAC

    Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

    Beirut, Lebanon

    1 way in
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    CIFF Cairo

    Cairo International Film Festival

    Cairo, Egypt

    Dates coming soon
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    El Gouna

    El Gouna Film Festival

    El Gouna, Egypt

    Dates coming soon
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    FI

    FIFM

    Marrakech International Film Festival

    Marrakech, Morocco

    Dates coming soon
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    Istanbul FF

    Istanbul Film Festival

    Istanbul, Türkiye

    Dates coming soon
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Africa

Durban, FESPACO, Encounters and the labs building African cinema.

    DIFF Durban

    Durban International Film Festival

    Durban, South Africa

    Dates coming soon
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    DFM

    Durban FilmMart Institute

    Durban, South Africa

    Dates coming soon
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    FESPACO

    FESPACO Pan-African Film and Television Festival

    Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

    Dates coming soon
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    Encounters

    Encounters South African International Documentary Festival

    Cape Town, South Africa

    Dates coming soon
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    RE

    Realness

    Realness Institute

    Nairobi, Kenya

    Dates coming soon
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    ZI

    ZIFF

    Zanzibar International Film Festival

    Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Dates coming soon
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Europe

Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam and the funds behind world cinema.

    Cannes

    Festival de Cannes

    Cannes, France

    4 ways in
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    IFFR

    International Film Festival Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, Netherlands

    4 ways in
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    VE

    Venice

    Venice International Film Festival (La Biennale di Venezia)

    Venice, Italy

    4 ways in
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    Berlinale

    Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)

    Berlin, Germany

    3 ways in
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    LO

    Locarno

    Locarno Film Festival

    Locarno, Switzerland

    2 ways in
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    IDFA

    International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 ways in
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    CNC

    CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde

    Paris, France

    1 way in
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    SØ

    Sørfond

    Sørfond: Norwegian South Film Fund

    Oslo, Norway

    1 way in
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    TF

    TFL

    Torino Film Lab

    Turin, Italy

    1 way in
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    KVIFF

    Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

    Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

    Dates coming soon
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    PÖ

    PÖFF

    Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

    Tallinn, Estonia

    Dates coming soon
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    SS

    San Sebastián

    San Sebastián International Film Festival

    San Sebastián, Spain

    Dates coming soon
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    WF

    WFF

    Warsaw Film Festival

    Warsaw, Poland

    Dates coming soon
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    Annecy

    Annecy International Animation Film Festival

    Annecy, France

    Dates coming soon
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    Clermont-Ferrand

    Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

    Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Dates coming soon
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    CPH:DOX

    CPH:DOX

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Dates coming soon
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    DO

    DocFest

    Sheffield DocFest

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Dates coming soon
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    DOK Leipzig

    DOK Leipzig

    Leipzig, Germany

    Dates coming soon
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    Krakow FF

    Krakow Film Festival

    Krakow, Poland

    Dates coming soon
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    TA

    Tampere

    Tampere Film Festival

    Tampere, Finland

    Dates coming soon
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    VS

    Vienna Shorts

    Vienna Shorts

    Vienna, Austria

    Dates coming soon
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    AS

    ASFF

    Aesthetica Short Film Festival

    York, United Kingdom

    Dates coming soon
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    BFI LFF

    BFI London Film Festival

    London, United Kingdom

    Dates coming soon
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    EIFF

    Edinburgh International Film Festival

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Dates coming soon
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    RA

    Raindance

    Raindance Film Festival

    London, United Kingdom

    Dates coming soon
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    Doc Society

    Doc Society

    London, United Kingdom

    Dates coming soon
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    EA

    EAVE

    EAVE: European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs

    Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Dates coming soon
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    Eurimages

    Eurimages

    Strasbourg, France

    Dates coming soon
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    Film Fund Luxembourg

    Film Fund Luxembourg

    Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Dates coming soon
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    Fondation Gan

    Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma

    Paris, France

    Dates coming soon
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    Göteborg

    Göteborg Film Festival

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    Dates coming soon
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    IB

    Ibermedia

    Programa Ibermedia

    Madrid, Spain

    Dates coming soon
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    La Fabrique

    Institut français: La Fabrique Cinéma

    Paris, France

    Dates coming soon
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    NF

    Netherlands Film Fund

    Netherlands Film Fund

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Dates coming soon
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    OB

    Oberhausen

    International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

    Oberhausen, Germany

    Dates coming soon
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    SF

    SFF

    Sarajevo Film Festival

    Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Dates coming soon
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    TT

    TIFF Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki International Film Festival

    Thessaloniki, Greece

    Dates coming soon
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    TF

    Torino FF

    Torino Film Festival

    Turin, Italy

    Dates coming soon
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    VD

    Visions du Réel

    Visions du Réel

    Nyon, Switzerland

    Dates coming soon
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    VS

    VSE

    visions sud est

    Bern, Switzerland

    Dates coming soon
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    ZF

    ZFF

    Zurich Film Festival

    Zurich, Switzerland

    Dates coming soon
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    ALCA

    ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Film Workout)

    Bordeaux, France

    Dates coming soon
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    Ciclic

    Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire

    Château-Renault, France

    Dates coming soon
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    Cinéma du Réel

    Cinéma du Réel

    Paris, France

    Dates coming soon
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    Doclisboa

    Doclisboa

    Lisbon, Portugal

    Dates coming soon
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    FIDMarseille

    FIDMarseille

    Marseille, France

    Dates coming soon
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    FIFF

    Fribourg International Film Festival

    Fribourg, Switzerland

    Dates coming soon
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    Film Fest Gent

    Film Fest Gent

    Ghent, Belgium

    Dates coming soon
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    IndieLisboa

    IndieLisboa

    Lisbon, Portugal

    Dates coming soon
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    Interfilm

    Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival

    Berlin, Germany

    Dates coming soon
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    LA

    Les Arcs

    Les Arcs Film Festival

    Les Arcs, France

    Dates coming soon
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    MI

    MIDPOINT

    MIDPOINT Institute

    Prague, Czech Republic

    Dates coming soon
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The Americas

Sundance, TIFF, Tribeca, Hot Docs and Latin America's big markets.

    Hot Docs

    Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

    Toronto, Canada

    1 way in
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    SU

    Sundance

    Sundance Institute

    Park City, United States

    1 way in
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    TI

    TIFF

    Toronto International Film Festival

    Toronto, Canada

    1 way in
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    MD

    Mar del Plata

    Mar del Plata International Film Festival

    Mar del Plata, Argentina

    Dates coming soon
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    AFF

    Austin Film Festival

    Austin, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    AFI Fest

    AFI Fest

    Los Angeles, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    CIFF Chicago

    Chicago International Film Festival

    Chicago, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    FI

    FICG

    Guadalajara International Film Festival

    Guadalajara, Mexico

    Dates coming soon
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    FI

    FICM

    Morelia International Film Festival

    Morelia, Mexico

    Dates coming soon
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    FF

    Full Frame

    Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

    Durham, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    SH

    ShortFest

    Palm Springs International ShortFest

    Palm Springs, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    SL

    Slamdance

    Slamdance Film Festival

    Los Angeles, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    SX

    SXSW

    SXSW Film & TV Festival

    Austin, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    TR

    Tribeca

    Tribeca Festival

    New York, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    FICCI

    Cartagena International Film Festival

    Cartagena, Colombia

    Dates coming soon
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    FI

    Film Independent

    Film Independent

    Los Angeles, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    IT

    ITVS

    ITVS

    San Francisco, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    NY

    NYFF

    New York Film Festival

    New York, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    TE

    Telluride

    Telluride Film Festival

    Telluride, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    TG

    The Gotham

    The Gotham Film & Media Institute

    New York, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    VS

    Ventana Sur

    Ventana Sur

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Dates coming soon
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    VI

    VIFF

    Vancouver International Film Festival

    Vancouver, Canada

    Dates coming soon
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    Catapult

    Catapult Film Fund

    New York, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    Chicken & Egg

    Chicken & Egg Pictures

    New York, United States

    Dates coming soon
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    Fantasia

    Fantasia International Film Festival

    Montreal, Canada

    Dates coming soon
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    TF

    True/False

    True/False Film Fest

    Columbia, United States

    Dates coming soon
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Australia & Pacific

Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.

    MM

    MIFF Melbourne

    Melbourne International Film Festival

    Melbourne, Australia

    Dates coming soon
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    SS

    SFF Sydney

    Sydney Film Festival

    Sydney, Australia

    Dates coming soon
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    APSA

    Asia Pacific Screen Academy

    Brisbane, Australia

    Dates coming soon
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    AFF Adelaide

    Adelaide Film Festival

    Adelaide, Australia

    Dates coming soon
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