INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
* Asterisk denotes FIAPF accredited film festivals
JANUARY
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/
Sundance International Film Festival
Park City, USA
Doc Point Documentary Film Festival
Helsinki, Finland
http://www.docpoint.info/euras
Star Screen Awards
Mumbai, India
http://www.starboxoffice.com/starscreenawards09/
FEBRUARY
Sydney China Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
http://www.sydneychinafilmfestival.org.au/
International Fajr Film Festival
Tehran, Iran
* Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin, Germany
Adelaide Film Festival
Adelaide, Australia
http://www.adelaidefilmfestival.org/
Academy Awards
Hollywood, USA
Subhanahongsa Awards
Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.thainationalfilm.com/
Japan Academy Awards
Tokyo, Japan
http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/
Idea Filmfare Awards
Mumbai, India
http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/
MARCH
Deauville Asian Film Festival
Deauville, France
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hong Kong
South by Southwest
Austin, USA
Asian Film Awards
Hong Kong
http://www.asianfilmawards.org/
Hong Kong Filmart
Hong Kong
Tehran International Animation Festival
Tehran, Iran
http://www.tehran-animafest.ir/
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
New York, USA
London International Documentary Festival
London, UK
Tibet Film Festival
UK
http://www.throughanexilelens.org/
APRIL
* Istanbul International Film Festival
Istanbul, Turkey
MIPDOC
Cannes, France
Singapore International Film Festival
Singapore
* Jeonju International Film Festival
Jeonju, Republic of Korea
http://www.jiff.or.kr/
Tribeca Film Festival
New York, USA
http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/
HOTDOCS Canadian International Documentary Festival
Toronto, Canada
Toronto Tibet Film Festival
Toronto, Canada
http://www.torontotibetfilmfestival.com/
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Durham, USA
Hawaii International Film Festival
Honolulu, USA
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Los Angeles, USA
http://www.vconline.org/festival/
OXDOX Documentary Festival
Oxford, UK
San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco, USA
http://www.sffs.org/sf-intl-film-festival.aspx
Video Festival Imperia
Imperia, Italy
http://www.videofestivalimperia.org/
MAY
* International Short Film Festival
Oberhausen Oberhausen, Germany
http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/
* Festival De Cannes
Cannes, France
http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en.html
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Vancouver, Canada
Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival
Seoul, Republic of Korea
http://www.sicaf.or.kr/2008/eng/index.jsp
Rainbow Film Festival
London, UK
http://www.rainbowfilmsociety.com/
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle, U.S.A
http://www.siff.net/index.aspx
* Krakow Film Festival
Rakow, Poland
http://www.kff.com.pl
Docfest Munchen
Munich, Germany
http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/
JUNE
* Sydney Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org
Seoul International Film Festival
Seoul, Republic of Korea
http://www.senef.net/senef_2008/
* Festroia International Film Festival
Setubal, Portugal
http://www.festroia.pt/Homepage
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Annecy, France
http://www.annecy.org/home/index.php?Page_ID=2
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
Cape Town, South Africa
Annecy International Animated Film Market
Annecy, France
http://www.annecy.org/home/index.php?Page_ID=2
International Prize for Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage
Turin, Italy
http://www.prixcmca.org/
* Shanghai International Film Festival
Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
http://www.siff.com/ARTICLEEN/
* Saint Petersburg ‘Message to Man’ International Film Festival
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
http://www.message-to-man.spb.ru/
Melbourne International Animation Festival
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.miaf.net/
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/
* Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow, Russian Federation
http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/eng/
Los Angeles Film Festival
Los Angeles, USA
http://www.lafilmfest.com/
* Cinema Jove International Film Festival
Valencia, Spain
http://www.cinemajovefilmfest.com/
International Indian Film Awards
Touring Internationally
Munich Film Festival
Munich, Germany
http://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/
JULY
* Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
http://www.kviff.com/en/
Jerusalem International Film Festival
Jerusalem, Israel
http://www.jff.org.il/
Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema
New Delhi, India
http://www.osians.com/
New Zealand International Film Festivals
Nationwide
http://www.enzedff.co.nz/
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
Puchon, Republic of Korea
http://www.pifan.com/
Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au/
Brisbane International Film Festival
Brisbane, Australia
http://www.biff.com.au/
* Bangkok International Film Festival
Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.bangkokfilm.org/
BRITDOC Festival
UK
PIA Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan
AUGUST
Lemesos International Documentary Festival
Lemesos, Cyprus
http://www.filmfestival.com.cy/festivals/docfest08/index.html
* International Film Festival Locarno
Locarno, Switzerland
http://www.pardo.ch/index.jsp
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Hiroshima, Japan
http://hiroanim.org/en/
Cinemanila International Film Festival
Manila, Philippines
http://www.cinemanila.org.ph/
* The Norwegian International Film Festival
Haugesund, Norway
http://www.filmfestivalen.no
* Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://www.sff.ba/
Lebanese Film Festival
Beirut, Lebanon
http://www.neabeyrouth.org/festival/
* Montreal World Film Festival
Montreal, Canada
http://www.ffm-montreal.org
AFI Awards Screenings
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.afi.org.au/home.asp
SEPTEMBER
* Venice International Film Festival
Venice, Italy
http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/
* Eurasia International Film Festival
Almaty, Kazakhstan
http://www.eurasiaiff.kz/
Taiwan International Animation Festival
Taipei, Taiwan
http://tiaf.ctfa.org.tw/
Chungmuro International Film Festival
Seoul, Republic of Korea
http://eng.chiffs.kr/
Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul
Seoul, Republic of Korea
http://www.ex-is.org/
* Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto, Canada
http://www.tiff08.ca/default.aspx
* Lucas International Children’s Film Festival
Frankfurt, Germany
http://www.lucasfilmfestival.de/
Focus on Asia – Fukuoka International Film Festival
Fukuoka, Japan
http://www.focus-on-asia.com/e/index.html
Vladivostok International Film Festival
Vladivostok, Russian Federation
http://www.viff.vl.ru/
International Women’s Film Festival (Rehovot)
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.iwff.net/En/Index.asp?yid=2008
Pyongyang Film Festival
Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
http://www.pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com/
* Donostia San Sebastian International Film Festival
San Sebastian, Spain
http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2007/es3/portada.php
KROK International Animated Film Festival
St Petersburg – Moscow, Federation of Russia
http://www.animator.ru/krok/
EBS International Documentary Festival
Seoul, Republic of Korea
* Namur International French-Language Film Festival
Namur, Belgium
http://www.fiff.be/
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
Baden, Switzerland
OCTOBER
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver, Canada
http://www.viff.org/
* The Mostra of Valencia Cinema of Mediterrani
Valencia, Spain
http://www.mostravalencia.com/
* Warsaw International Film Festival
Warsaw, Poland
http://www.wff.pl/
* Bogota Film Festival
Bogota, Columbia
http://www.bogocine.com/
* Pusan International Film Festival
Pusan, Republic of Korea
http://www.piff.org/intro/default.asp?lang=eng
* Sitges, International Film Festival of Catalonia
Catalonia, Spain
http://www.cinemasitges.com/uk/
Ghent – Flanders International Film Festival
Ghent, Belgium
http://www.filmfestival.be/?lang=en
Middle East International Film Festival
Abu Dhabi, UAE
http://www.meiff.com/
Icon International Fantastic Film Festival
Tel Aviv, Israel
http://www.icon.org.il/promo07/eng/?page_id=12
Cinema Verite Iran International Documentary Festival
Tehran, Iran
http://www.irandocfest.ir/
* The Times BFI London Film Festival
London, UK
http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/lff/
* Vienna International Film Festival
Vienna, Austria
http://www.viennale.at/
* Kyiv International Film Festival
Molodist Kyiv, Ukraine
http://www.molodist.com/
* Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan
United Nations Association Film Festival
Stanford, USA
http://www.unaff.org/
* Sao Paulo International Film Festival
Sao Paulo, Brazil
http://www2.uol.com.br/mostra/31/
* AFI Festival (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles, USA
http://www.afi.com/
Ottowa International Animation Festival
Ottowa, Canada
International Liepzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Liepzig, Germany
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Yamagata City, Japan
NOVEMBER
AFI – Australian Film Awards
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.afi.org.au/home.asp
* Kolkata Film Festival
Kolkata, India
http://www.kff.in/
Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://sinemamalaysia.com.my/kliff.php
Tehran International Film Festival
Tehran, Iran
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Sheffield, UK
https://sheffdocfest.com/
American Film Market
Santa Monica, USA
http://www.ifta-online.org/afm/home.asp
* Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Mar del Plata, Argentina
http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com
Al-Kasaba International Film Festival
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories
http://www.alkasaba.org/fistival/index.html
Tehran International Short Film Festival
Tehran, Iran
http://www.shortfilmfest.ir/
* Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Tallinn, Estonia
http://2008.poff.ee/
* Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Thessaloniki, Greece
http://www.filmfestival.gr/
* Gijon International Film Festival
Gijon, Spain
http://www.gijonfilmfestival.com/
* Stockholm International Film Festival
Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/
* International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain
http://www.zinebi.com
* Torino Film Festival
Torino, Italy
http://www.torinofilmfest.org
* International Film Festival
India Goa, India
http://iffi.gov.in
Golden Horse Film Festival
Taipei, Taiwan
http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw
Plus Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography
Torun, Poland
http://www.pluscamerimage.pl
* Cairo International Film Festival
Cairo, Egypt
http://www.cairofilmfest.org
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Festival dei Popoli
Florence, Italy
http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/en
Asia Film Festival
Munich, Germany
Tribeca Film Festival Doha
Doha, Qatar
http://www.tribecafilm.com/tffdoha/
DECEMBER
Asian Festival of First Films
Singapore
http://www.asianfirstfilms.com
* Courmayeur Noir in Festival
Courmayeur, Italy
http://www.noirfest.com/movie.html
Jakarta International Film Festival
Jakarta, Indonesia
http://www.jiffest.org
European Film Awards
Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/
American Film Awards
Los Angeles, USA
http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards/
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival
Kathmandu, Nepal
http://www.himalassociation.org/kimff/
Dubai International Film Festival
Dubai, UAE
http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/
Cambofest Film and Video Festival
Siem Reap, Cambodia
http://www.cambofest.com/
* International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)
Kerala, India
http://iffk.keralafilm.com/
Nazareth International Film Festival
Nazareth, Israel
Marrakech International Film Festival
Marrakech, Morocco
http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
Guangzhou, China