festivals - Filmitalia

highlights

Festival de Cannes
78^th Festival International du Film
Cannes (Francia) - May 13^rd - 24^th, 2025
Festival del Cinema Italiano - Japan
25^th Edition
Tokyo, Osaka - May 1^st - 11^th, 2025
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
24^th Edition
New York - May 29^th - June 5^th, 2025
Cinema Italia - Israel
12th Edition
Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Herzliya, Holon, Sderot, Rosh Pina - May 4th - 20th 2025
Hot Docs
32nd Canadian International Documentary Festival
Toronto, Canada - April 24^th - May 4^th, 2025
Cinema Made in Italy - Stockholm
6th Edition
Cinema Bio & Bistro Capitol, Stoccolma - May 12th - 13th, 2025

ongoing selections

(August 6^th - 16^th, 2025)
Locarno Film Festival
deadline: April 24^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(July 31st - August 31st, 2025)
New Zealand International Film Festival
deadline: April 24th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(July 6th - 12th, 2025)
Ortigia Film Festival
deadline: April 24th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(July 4th - 6th, 2025)
Terre da Film Festival
deadline: April 26th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(June 24th - 29th, 2025)
BCT - Festival Nazionale del Cinema e della Televisione
deadline: April 30th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 11th - 17th, 2025)
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
deadline: April 30th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 1st - 5th, 2025)
International Tour Film Festival
deadline: April 30th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(August 29th - 31st, 2025)
Laterale Film Festival
deadline: April 30th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(August 22nd - 31st, 2025)
Lessinia Film Festival
deadline: April 30th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(June 11th - 14th, 2025)
NaNo Film Festival
deadline: April 30^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(July 15th - 20th, 2024)
SiciliAmbiente
deadline: April 30th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(May 20th - 26th, 2025)
Cinema d'iDEA
deadline: May 1st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(June 27th - July 20th, 2025)
ICFF Italian Contemporary Film Festival
deadline: May 4th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(July 18th - 23rd, 2025)
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
deadline: May 5th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 26^th - October 13^th, 2025)
New York Film Festival
deadline: May 5^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 4^th - 14^th, 2025)
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival
deadline: May 9^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(July 9th - 12th, 2025)
Bracciano International Film Exhibition
deadline: May 10th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(July 17^th - 26^th, 2025)
Giffoni Film Festival
deadline: May 10^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 1st - 31st, 2025)
San Diego Italian Film Festival
deadline: May 11th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(June 22nd - 29th, 2025)
Social World Film Festival
deadline: May 12th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 3^rd - 13^th, 2025)
Hamptons International Film Festival
deadline: May 15^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(August 17^th - 23^rd, 2025)
Imaginaria
deadline: May 15th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(August 5th - 10th, 2025)
Molise Cinema
deadline: May 18th, 2025
entry form: Iscrizione Online
(July 22nd - 24th, 2025)
Periphery of Empire Short Film Festival
deadline: May 19th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 20th - 30th, 2025)
Sondrio Festival
deadline: May 16th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 4^th - 9^th, 2025)
Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festival
deadline: May 28^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 3rd - 12th, 2025)
Sedicicorto - International Short Film Festival
deadline: May 25th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 18^th - 28^th, 2025)
Calgary International Film Festival
deadline: May 29^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com
(September 24^th - 28^th, 2025)
Encounters Film Festival
deadline: May 29th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 10^th - 27^th, 2025)
Queer Lisboa
deadline: May 30th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(August 4th - 9th, 2025)
Reggio Calabria Film Fest
deadline: May 30th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 2^nd - 12^th, 2025)
Vancouver International Film Festival
deadline: May 30^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(July 2nd, 2025)
Globi d'Oro
deadline: May 31st, 2025 (Feature films release)
May 30th, 2025 (Documentaries)
May 10th, 2025 (Shorts)
entry form: Online Regulations
(July 2nd - 13th, 2025)
Orizzonti HUB - Italia Cuba
(September 26th - October 8th, 2025)
PerSo – Perugia Social Film Festival
deadline: May 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com
(October 3rd - 10th, 2025)
Un Festival c'est trop court!
deadline: May 30th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 11th - 14th, 2025)
Visioni dal Mondo
deadline: May 31st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 22^nd - 26^th, 2025)
AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival
deadline: May 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com
(October 16th - 26th, 2025)
DocLisboa
deadline: May 31st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 8^th - 19^th, 2025)
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
deadline: May 31^st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(August 26th - 31st, 2025)
Nòt Film Fest
deadline: May 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(August 25th - 31st, 2025)
Oslo Pix
deadline: May 31st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 9th - 14th, 2025)
Salento International Film Festival
deadline: May 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 20^th - 26^th, 2025)
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
deadline: May 31^st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 24th - October 4th, 2025)
Odesa International Film Festival
deadline: June 1st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(July 24th – 27th, 2025)
Dolomiti Film Festival
deadline: June 7th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 25^th - October 4^th, 2025)
Hamburg International Film Festival
deadline: June 8^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(July 28th - 31st, 2025)
Calabria Movie – International Short Film Festival
deadline: June 10th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(August 5^th - 10^th, 2025)
Flickers - Rhode Island International Film Festival
deadline: June 15th, 2025
entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com
(July 27th - August 3rd, 2025)
International Imago Film Festival
deadline: June 15th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 7th - 11th, 2025)
ValdarnoCinema Film Festival
deadline: June 15th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 19^th - 27^th, 2025)
Donostia - San Sebastián International Film Festival
deadline: June 17^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(August 27^th - September 6^th, 2025)
La Biennale di Venezia
deadline: * Biennale: June 13th, 2025
* Giornate degli Autori: June 16th, 2025
* Critics' Week: June 20th, 2025
entry form: La Biennale: online Submission
Critics' Week: online Submission
Giornate degli Autori: online Submission
(October 4th - 11th, 2025)
Visioni Corte Film Festival
deadline: June 20th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 15^th - 19^th, 2025)
Woodstock Film Festival
deadline: June 20^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(August 8th - 10th, 2025)
Noto International Film Festival
deadline: June 21st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 21^st - 27^th, 2025)
Tirana International Film Festival
deadline: June 21st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 15^th - 26^th, 2025)
Chicago International Film Festival
deadline: June 30^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 6^th - 16^th, 2025)
Cork International Film Festival
deadline: June 30th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 24^th - November 2^nd, 2025)
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
deadline: June 30^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 25th - October 5th, 2025)
Zurich Film Festival
deadline: June 30th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 9^th - 16^th, 2025)
Bahamas International Film Festival
deadline: July 1^st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 27^th - November 2^nd, 2025)
Dok Leipzig
deadline: July 1^st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 8^th - 19^th, 2025)
Film Fest Gent
deadline: July 1st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 17^th - 25^th, 2025)
Message to Man International Film Festival
deadline: July 1st, 2025
entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com
(September 20^th -22^nd, 2025)
Syracuse International Film Festival
deadline: July 1st, 2025
entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com
(October 31^st - November 9^th, 2025)
Denver Film Festival
deadline: July 3^rd, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 3^rd - 10^th, 2025)
Festival dei Popoli
deadline: July 7th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 15^th - 26^th, 2025)
Rome Film Fest
deadline: Festa: July 31st, 2025
Alice: August 12th, 2025
entry form: Festa: Online Submission
Alice: Submission at FilmFreeway.com
(September 25th - October 5th, 2025)
Reykjavík International Film Festival
deadline: July 14th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 6^th - 16^th, 2025)
Internationales Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg
deadline: July 15th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 20th - 28th, 2025)
Lucca Film Festival e Europa Cinema
deadline: July 15th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 6^th - 16^th, 2025)
St. Louis International Film Festival
deadline: July 16th, 2025
entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com
(October 28th - November 2nd, 2025)
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
deadline: August 16th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 16th - 23rd, 2025)
Newport Beach Film Festival
deadline: July 18th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 9th - 19th, 2025)
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
deadline: July 17th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 10^th - 16^th, 2025)
Braunschweig International Film Festival
deadline: July 24^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 17^th - 25^th, 2025)
Cinemed - Festival Cinema Mediterranéen Montpellier
deadline: August 21^st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 5th - 9th, 2025)
Montecatini International Short Film Festival - Filmvideo
deadline: July 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 6^th - 23^rd, 2025)
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
deadline: July 31st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 16^th - 28^st, 2025)
Viennale
deadline: July 31^st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 10^th - 19^th, 2025)
WFF - Warsaw Film Festival
deadline: July 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 25th - November 2nd, 2025)
Molodist - Kyiv International Film Festival
deadline: August 1st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 21st - 26th, 2025)
Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest
deadline: August 3rd, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 26th - October 7th, 2025)
Torino Underground Cinefest
deadline: August 7th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 11th - 13th, 2025)
Ceprano Film Festival
deadline: August 8th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 7^th - 23^rd, 2025)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
deadline: August 24th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 20^th - 28^th, 2025)
International Film Festival of India
deadline: August 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 21^st - 25^th, 2025)
Fano International Film Festival
deadline: September 1^st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 4th - 14th, 2025)
i-Fest International Film Festival
deadline: August 15th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 5th - 8th, 2025)
Sulmona International Film Festival
deadline: September 1st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 21^st - 29^th, 2025)
TFF - Torino Film Festival
deadline: September 6th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 22nd – 25th, 2025)
Ferrara Film Corto Festival Ambiente è Musica
deadline: September 14th, 2025
entry form: Submission on FilmFreeway.com
(November 5^th - 16^th, 2025)
Stockholm International Film Festival
deadline: September 15^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

highlights

78th Festival International du Film

25th Edition

24th Edition

12th Edition

32nd Canadian International Documentary Festival

6th Edition

ongoing selections

(August 6th - 16th, 2025)

(July 31st - August 31st, 2025)

(July 6th - 12th, 2025)

(July 4th - 6th, 2025)

(June 24th - 29th, 2025)

(September 11th - 17th, 2025)

(October 1st - 5th, 2025)

(August 29th - 31st, 2025)

(August 22nd - 31st, 2025)

(June 11th - 14th, 2025)

(July 15th - 20th, 2024)

(May 20th - 26th, 2025)

(June 27th - July 20th, 2025)

(July 18th - 23rd, 2025)

(September 26th - October 13th, 2025)

(September 4th - 14th, 2025)

(July 9th - 12th, 2025)

(July 17th - 26th, 2025)

(October 1st - 31st, 2025)

(June 22nd - 29th, 2025)

(October 3rd - 13th, 2025)

(August 17th - 23rd, 2025)

(August 5th - 10th, 2025)

(July 22nd - 24th, 2025)

(November 20th - 30th, 2025)

(November 4th - 9th, 2025)

(October 3rd - 12th, 2025)

(September 18th - 28th, 2025)

(September 24th - 28th, 2025)

(September 10th - 27th, 2025)

(August 4th - 9th, 2025)

(October 2nd - 12th, 2025)

(July 2nd, 2025)

(July 2nd - 13th, 2025)

(September 26th - October 8th, 2025)

(October 3rd - 10th, 2025)

(September 11th - 14th, 2025)

(October 22nd - 26th, 2025)

(October 16th - 26th, 2025)

(October 8th - 19th, 2025)

(August 26th - 31st, 2025)

(August 25th - 31st, 2025)

(September 9th - 14th, 2025)

(October 20th - 26th, 2025)

(September 24th - October 4th, 2025)

(July 24th – 27th, 2025)

(September 25th - October 4th, 2025)

(July 28th - 31st, 2025)

(August 5th - 10th, 2025)

(July 27th - August 3rd, 2025)

(October 7th - 11th, 2025)

(September 19th - 27th, 2025)

(August 27th - September 6th, 2025)

(October 4th - 11th, 2025)

(October 15th - 19th, 2025)

(August 8th - 10th, 2025)

(September 21st - 27th, 2025)

(October 15th - 26th, 2025)

(November 6th - 16th, 2025)

(October 24th - November 2nd, 2025)

(September 25th - October 5th, 2025)

(November 9th - 16th, 2025)

(October 27th - November 2nd, 2025)

(October 8th - 19th, 2025)

(October 17th - 25th, 2025)

(September 20th -22nd, 2025)

(October 31st - November 9th, 2025)

(November 3rd - 10th, 2025)

78^th Festival International du Film

25^th Edition

24^th Edition

(August 6^th - 16^th, 2025)

(September 26^th - October 13^th, 2025)

(September 4^th - 14^th, 2025)

(July 17^th - 26^th, 2025)

(October 3^rd - 13^th, 2025)

(August 17^th - 23^rd, 2025)

(November 4^th - 9^th, 2025)

(September 18^th - 28^th, 2025)

(September 24^th - 28^th, 2025)

(September 10^th - 27^th, 2025)

(October 2^nd - 12^th, 2025)

(October 22^nd - 26^th, 2025)

(October 8^th - 19^th, 2025)

(October 20^th - 26^th, 2025)

(September 25^th - October 4^th, 2025)

(August 5^th - 10^th, 2025)

(September 19^th - 27^th, 2025)

(August 27^th - September 6^th, 2025)

(October 15^th - 19^th, 2025)

(September 21^st - 27^th, 2025)

(October 15^th - 26^th, 2025)

(November 6^th - 16^th, 2025)

(October 24^th - November 2^nd, 2025)

(November 9^th - 16^th, 2025)

(October 27^th - November 2^nd, 2025)

(October 8^th - 19^th, 2025)

(October 17^th - 25^th, 2025)

(September 20^th -22^nd, 2025)

(October 31^st - November 9^th, 2025)

(November 3^rd - 10^th, 2025)