festivals - Filmitalia

highlights

Festival de Cannes
78^th Festival International du Film
Cannes (Francia) - May 13^rd - 24^th, 2025
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
24^th Edition
New York - May 29^th - June 5^th, 2025
Cinema Made in Italy - Copenhagen
8th Edition
Grand Teatret, Copenaghen - June 15th - 18th, 2025

ongoing selections

(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
(October 9th - 12th, 2025)
Fabriano Film Fest
deadline: June 15th, 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
(November 3rd - 8th, 2025)
Magma - Mostra di cinema breve
deadline: June 15th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(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
(December 2^nd - 6^th, 2025)
Festival Tous Courts
deadline: June 20^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
(January 2^nd - 13^th, 2026)
Palm Springs International Film Festival
deadline: June 27^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(August 22^nd - 29^th, 2025)
Villammare Festival Film&Friends
deadline: June 28^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(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 16th - 24th, 2025)
El Gouna Film Festival
deadline: June 30th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 24^th - November 2^nd, 2025)
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
deadline: June 30^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 6^th - 16^th, 2025)
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
deadline: June 30th, 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
(August 29^th - September 1^st, 2025)
Telluride Film Festival
deadline: July 1^st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 17^th - 26^th, 2025)
Busan International Film Festival
deadline: July 2nd, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 31^st - November 9^th, 2025)
Denver Film Festival
deadline: July 3^rd, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 22nd - 29th, 2025)
Icaro International Film Festival
deadline: July 6th, 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 27^th - November 5^th, 2025)
Tokyo International Film Festival
deadline: July 7^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 13^th - 23^rd, 2025)
IDFA - Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
deadline: July 10^th, 2025
entry form: Online submission
(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
(September 24th - 29th, 2025)
Pingyao International Film Festival
deadline: July 15th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 25th - October 5th, 2025)
Reykjavík International Film Festival
deadline: July 14th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 22^nd - 30^th, 2025)
Tokyo FilmEx
deadline: July 15th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 6^th - 16^th, 2025)
St. Louis International Film Festival
deadline: July 16th, 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
(October 30^th - November 9^th, 2025)
International Thessaloniki Film Festival
deadline: July 18th, 2025
entry form: On-line Submission
(October 16th - 23rd, 2025)
Newport Beach Film Festival
deadline: July 18th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 17th - 23rd, 2025)
Belfort Entrevues International Film Festival
deadline: July 20th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 10^th - 16^th, 2025)
Braunschweig International Film Festival
deadline: July 24^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(September 29th - October 2nd, 2025)
Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival
deadline: July 30th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 20th - 25th, 2025)
Festival del Cinema di Castel Volturno
deadline: July 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 28^th - December 6^th, 2025)
Marrakech International Film Festival
deadline: July 31st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 6th - 16h, 2025)
Medfilm Festival
deadline: July 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 5th - 9th, 2025)
Montecatini International Short Film Festival - Filmvideo
deadline: July 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 16^th - 30^th, 2025)
Mostra Internacional de Cinema
deadline: July 31st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 21^st - 28^th, 2025)
RIFF - Roma Independent Film Festival
deadline: July 31^st, 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
(November 12^th - 21^st, 2025)
Cairo International Film Festival
deadline: August 1st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(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
(November 27^th - December 7^th, 2025)
Singapore International Film Festival
deadline: August 1st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 24^th - November 1^st, 2025)
Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival
deadline: August 4^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(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
(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
(October 16^th - 26^th, 2025)
Philadelphia Film Festival
deadline: August 13^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(December 4^th - 14^th, 2025)
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
deadline: August 15^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(September 4th - 14th, 2025)
i-Fest International Film Festival
deadline: August 15th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(December 4th - 13th, 2025)
Red Sea International Film Festival
deadline: August 17th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(October 28th - November 2nd, 2025)
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
deadline: August 16th, 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 7^th - 23^rd, 2025)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
deadline: August 24th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 27th - December 5th, 2025)
Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles
deadline: August 31st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 20^th - 28^th, 2025)
International Film Festival of India
deadline: August 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 8th – 16th, 2025)
Matera Film Festival
deadline: August 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(October 27th - November 2nd, 2025)
Mente Locale - Visioni sul territorio
deadline: August 31st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(December 5^th - 14^th, 2025)
Anchorage International Film Festival
deadline: September 1^st, 2025
entry form: Submission on FilmFreeway.com
(October 21^st - 25^th, 2025)
Fano International Film Festival
deadline: September 1^st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(November 8^th - 15^th, 2025)
Linea d'Ombra
deadline: September 1st, 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
(January 17^th, 2026)
EFA - European Film Awards
deadline: September 15th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(December 5th - 10th, 2025)
River to River
deadline: September 15th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 5^th - 16^th, 2025)
Stockholm International Film Festival
deadline: September 15^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(November 6th – 9th, 2025)
Premio Fausto Rossano
deadline: September 16th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(January 29^th - February 8^th, 2026)
IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam
deadline: September 17^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(January 22^nd - February 1^st, 2026)
Sundance Film Festival
deadline: September 1^st, 2025 (Shorts)
September 22^nd, 2025 (Features)
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(Jaunary 30^th - February 7^th, 2026)
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
deadline: September 25^th, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(January 16^st - 24^th, 2026)
Trieste Film Festival
deadline: September 30^st, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(December 6th - 14th, 2025)
Corto Dorico
deadline: October 3rd, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com for Corto Dorico
(January 21^st - 28^th, 2026)
Solothurn Film Festival
deadline: October 3^rd, 2025
entry form: Online Submission
(February 19^th - 25^th, 2026)
Slamdance Film Festival
deadline: October 13th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(January 23^rd - February 1^st, 2026)
Göteborg Film Festival
deadline: October 14^th, 2025
entry form: Online submission
(November 24th - 29th, 2025)
International Sport Film Festival
deadline: Octoher 27th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(March 10^th - 22^nd, 2026)
Cinequest Film & VR Festival
deadline: October 31^st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(February 19^th - March 1^st, 2026)
Dublin International Film Festival
deadline: November 10th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(December 13th - 15th, 2025)
First Hermetic International Film Festival
deadline: November 15th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(February 20^th – March 1^st, 2026)
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
deadline: December 1^st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(March 4^th - 8^th, 2026)
Tampere Film Festival
deadline: December 1^st, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com
(February 5^st - 15^th, 2026)
San Francisco Independent Film Festival
deadline: December 13^th, 2025
entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

highlights

78th Festival International du Film

24th Edition

8th Edition

ongoing selections

(July 24th – 27th, 2025)

(September 25th - October 4th, 2025)

(July 28th - 31st, 2025)

(October 9th - 12th, 2025)

(August 5th - 10th, 2025)

(July 27th - August 3rd, 2025)

(November 3rd - 8th, 2025)

(October 7th - 11th, 2025)

(September 19th - 27th, 2025)

(December 2nd - 6th, 2025)

(August 27th - September 6th, 2025)

(October 4th - 11th, 2025)

(October 15th - 19th, 2025)

(August 8th - 10th, 2025)

(September 21st - 27th, 2025)

(January 2nd - 13th, 2026)

(August 22nd - 29th, 2025)

(October 15th - 26th, 2025)

(November 6th - 16th, 2025)

(October 16th - 24th, 2025)

(October 24th - November 2nd, 2025)

(November 6th - 16th, 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)

(August 29th - September 1st, 2025)

(September 17th - 26th, 2025)

(October 31st - November 9th, 2025)

(November 22nd - 29th, 2025)

(November 3rd - 10th, 2025)

(October 27th - November 5th, 2025)

(November 13th - 23rd, 2025)

(November 6th - 16th, 2025)

(September 20th - 28th, 2025)

(September 24th - 29th, 2025)

(September 25th - October 5th, 2025)

(November 22nd - 30th, 2025)

(November 6th - 16th, 2025)

(October 9th - 19th, 2025)

(October 30th - November 9th, 2025)

(October 16th - 23rd, 2025)

(November 17th - 23rd, 2025)

(November 10th - 16th, 2025)

(September 29th - October 2nd, 2025)

(October 20th - 25th, 2025)

(November 28th - December 6th, 2025)

(November 6th - 16h, 2025)

(November 5th - 9th, 2025)

(October 16th - 30th, 2025)

(November 21st - 28th, 2025)

(November 6th - 23rd, 2025)

(October 16th - 28st, 2025)

(October 10th - 19th, 2025)

(October 25th - November 2nd, 2025)

(October 21st - 26th, 2025)

(October 24th - November 1st, 2025)

(September 26th - October 7th, 2025)

(October 15th - 26th, 2025)

(October 16th - 26th, 2025)

(December 4th - 14th, 2025)

(September 4th - 14th, 2025)

(December 4th - 13th, 2025)

(October 28th - November 2nd, 2025)

(October 17th - 25th, 2025)

(November 7th - 23rd, 2025)

78^th Festival International du Film

24^th Edition

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

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

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

(December 2^nd - 6^th, 2025)

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

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

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

(January 2^nd - 13^th, 2026)

(August 22^nd - 29^th, 2025)

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

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

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

(November 6^th - 16^th, 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)

(August 29^th - September 1^st, 2025)

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

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

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

(October 27^th - November 5^th, 2025)

(November 13^th - 23^rd, 2025)

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

(November 22^nd - 30^th, 2025)

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

(October 30^th - November 9^th, 2025)

(November 10^th - 16^th, 2025)

(November 28^th - December 6^th, 2025)

(October 16^th - 30^th, 2025)

(November 21^st - 28^th, 2025)

(November 6^th - 23^rd, 2025)

(October 16^th - 28^st, 2025)

(October 10^th - 19^th, 2025)

(October 24^th - November 1^st, 2025)

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

(October 16^th - 26^th, 2025)

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

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

(November 7^th - 23^rd, 2025)