ongoing selections

• (July 23^rd - August 2^nd, 2026)

  Durban International Film Festival

  deadline: February 27th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (June 3^rd - 14^th, 2026)

  Sydney Film Festival

  deadline: February 27^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (April 16^th - 23^rd, 2026)

  Moscow International Film Festival

  deadline: February 28th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (May 25th - 30th, 2026)

  Sicilia Queer Filmfest

  deadline: February 28th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (April 24^th - May 2^nd, 2026)

  Far East Film Festival

  deadline: March 1st, 2026

  entry form: Online Regulations

• (June 4^th - 9^th, 2026)

  Milano Film Fest

  deadline: March 1st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (May 28th - June 3rd, 2026)

  Zlin Film Festival

  deadline: March 1st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (June 17^th - 26^th, 2026)

  Raindance Film Festival

  deadline: March 2^nd, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (April 16^th - 21^st, 2026)

  Lovers Film Festival

  deadline: March 6^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (June 21st - 27th, 2026)

  Annecy International Animation Film Festival

  deadline: March 15th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (July 27th - August 2nd 2026)

  Ariano International Film Festival

  deadline: March 7th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (May 29^th - June 7^th, 2026)

  Brooklyn Film Festival

  deadline: March 13^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 7^th - 12^th, 2026)

  FIDMarseille

  deadline: March 15^th, 2026

  entry form: Online submission

• (June 27th - July 4th, 2026)

  Ischia Film Festival

  deadline: March 15th 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (June 26^th - July 7^th, 2026)

  Taipei Film Festival

  deadline: March 13^th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (July 7^th - 12^th, 2026)

  The Galway Film Fleadh

  deadline: March 13^th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (May 12^rd - 23^rd, 2026)

  Festival de Cannes

  deadline: * Official Selection: March 13th, 2026
  * Quinzaine: March 13th, 2026
  * Semaine: March 15th, 2025

  entry form: Online Submission (Festival)
  Online Submission (Quinzaine)
  Online Submission (Semaine)

• (May 27^th - 30^th, 2026)

  Cartoons on the Bay

  deadline: March 16^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (June 5th - 15th, 2026)

  Biografilm Festival

  deadline: March 18th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (August 24th - 30th, 2026)

  OFF - Odense International Film Festival

  deadline: March 18th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 18th - 26, 2026)

  Faito Doc Festival

  deadline: March 27th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (June 3rd - 7th, 2026)

  Cinemambiente - Environmental Film Festival

  deadline: March 28th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 28th - September 6th, 2026)

  Euganea Film Festival

  deadline: March 29th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (July 3^rd - 11^th, 2026)

  Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  deadline: March 31st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (August 7th - 12th, 2026)

  La Guarimba International Film Festival

  deadline: March 31st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com

• (June 12^th - 21^st, 2026)

  Shanghai International Film Festival

  deadline: March 31^st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (July 8th - 12th, 2026)

  SalinaDocFest

  deadline: April 3rd, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (October 19th - 21st, 2026)

  BosiFest

  deadline: April 4th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (June 13^th - 20^th, 2026)

  Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema - Pesaro

  deadline: April 6^th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (May 28th - June 7th, 2026)

  Docfest - San Francisco Documentary Festival

  deadline: April 11^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (June 3rd - 8th, 2026)

  Adriatic Film Festival

  deadline: April 13rd, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (May 25th - 30th, 2026)

  Cinema d'iDEA

  deadline: April 15th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 3th - 5th, 2026)

  Terre da Film Festival

  deadline: April 16th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 13^th - 19^th, 2026)

  Edinburgh International Film Festival

  deadline: April 17th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 3rd - 8th, 2026)

  SorsiCorti

  deadline: April 17th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com

• (July 1^st - 5^th, 2026)

  TerraLenta Film Fest

  deadline: April 18th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 9^th - 19^th, 2026)

  Jerusalem International Film Festival

  deadline: April 19^th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (August 5^th - 15^th, 2026)

  Locarno Film Festival

  deadline: April 23^rd, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (June 11th - July 19th, 2026)

  ICFF Italian Contemporary Film Festival

  deadline: April 24th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (September 10th - 16th, 2026)

  DMZ International Documentary Film Festival

  deadline: April 29th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (July 9th – 14th, 2026)

  BCT - Festival Nazionale del Cinema e della Televisione

  deadline: April 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 3rd - 7th, 2026)

  Contemporanea Film Festival

  deadline: April 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (May 27th – 31st, 2026)

  Felice Film Festival

  deadline: April 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 27th - August 3rd, 2026)

  International Imago Film Festival

  deadline: April 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 7th - 11th, 2026)

  International Tour Film Festival

  deadline: April 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 27th - 29th, 2026)

  Laterale Film Festival

  deadline: April 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 21st - 30th, 2026)

  Lessinia Film Festival

  deadline: April 30th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (September 24th - October 4th, 2026)

  PerSo – Perugia Social Film Festival

  deadline: April 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com

• (July 13th - 18th, 2026)

  SiciliAmbiente

  deadline: April 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 24th - 30th, 2026)

  Oslo Pix

  deadline: May 1st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (October 10th – 16th, 2026)

  International Short Film Festival of Cyprus

  deadline: May 2nd, 2026

  entry form: Iscrizione su Filmfreeway.com

• (September 25^th - October 12^th, 2026)

  New York Film Festival

  deadline: May 4^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (June 21st - 28th, 2026)

  Social World Film Festival

  deadline: May 8th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 21^st - 26^th, 2026)

  Cinehill Motovun Film Festival

  deadline: May 10^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 17^th - 25^th, 2026)

  Giffoni Film Festival

  deadline: May 11^st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 2^nd - 12^th, 2026)

  Hamptons International Film Festival

  deadline: May 14^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 7^th - 18^th, 2026)

  Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

  deadline: May 14^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (June 10th – 14th, 2026)

  Aegean Film Festival

  deadline: May 15th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 23^rd - 29^th, 2026)

  Imaginaria

  deadline: May 15th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 14^th - 18^th, 2026)

  Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival

  deadline: May 15^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 27th - September 4th, 2026)

  Odesa International Film Festival

  deadline: May 15th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (August 6th - 9th, 2026)

  Molise Cinema

  deadline: May 17th, 2026

  entry form: Iscrizione Online

• (September 23^rd - 27^th, 2026)

  Encounters Film Festival

  deadline: May 18th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 27th - 30th, 2026)

  Calabria Movie – International Short Film Festival

  deadline: May 22nd, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 10^th - 15^th, 2026)

  Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festival

  deadline: May 29^th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (October 2nd - 9th, 2026)

  Un Festival c'est trop court!

  deadline: May 29th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (September 23rd - 26th, 2026)

  NaNo Film Festival

  deadline: May 30^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (September 22nd - 26th, 2026)

  Reggio Calabria Film Fest

  deadline: May 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 21^st - 25^th, 2026)

  AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival

  deadline: May 31st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com

• (August 28th - 30th, 2026)

  Bracciano International Film Exhibition

  deadline: May 31st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 25th - 30th, 2026)

  Nòt Film Fest

  deadline: May 31st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (September 18^th - 26^th, 2026)

  Queer Lisboa

  deadline: May 31st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (October 2nd - 11th, 2026)

  Sedicicorto - International Short Film Festival

  deadline: May 31st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 19^th - 25^th, 2026)

  Uppsala International Short Film Festival

  deadline: May 31^st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 24th - 26th, 2026)

  Pop Corn Festival del Corto

  deadline: June 2nd, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (September 24^th - October 4^th, 2026)

  Calgary International Film Festival

  deadline: June 4^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com

• (October 1^st - 11^th, 2026)

  Vancouver International Film Festival

  deadline: June 5^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 30th – August 2nd, 2026)

  Dolomiti Film Festival

  deadline: June 7th, 2025

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 6th - 10th, 2026)

  ValdarnoCinema Film Festival

  deadline: June 14th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 22nd - 25th, 2026)

  Fabriano Film Fest

  deadline: June 15th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 4^th - 9^th, 2026)

  Flickers - Rhode Island International Film Festival

  deadline: June 15th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com

• (September 18^th - 26^th, 2026)

  Donostia - San Sebastián International Film Festival

  deadline: June 16^th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (September 2^nd - 12^th, 2026)

  La Biennale di Venezia

  deadline: * Biennale: June 4th, 2026
  * Giornate degli Autori: June 15th, 2026
  * Critics' Week: June 19th, 2026

  entry form: La Biennale: online Submission
  Critics' Week: online Submission
  Giornate degli Autori: online Submission
  

• (November 2nd - 8th, 2026)

  Montecatini International Short Film Festival - Filmvideo

  deadline: June 20th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (July 17th – 19th, 2026)

  Sicani Cinema Experience

  deadline: June 21st, 2026

  entry form: Iscrizione su Filmfreeway.com

• (September 21^st - 27^th, 2026)

  Tirana International Film Festival

  deadline: June 21st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 3th - 9th, 2026)

  Noto International Film Festival

  deadline: June 22nd, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (July 29th - 30th, 2026)

  Corto e Cultura Film Festival

  deadline: June 25th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 14^th - 25^th, 2026)

  Chicago International Film Festival

  deadline: June 30^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 5^th - 15^th, 2026)

  Internationales Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

  deadline: June 30th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (October 23^rd - November 1^st, 2026)

  Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

  deadline: June 30^th, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (September 24th - October 4th, 2026)

  Zurich Film Festival

  deadline: June 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 26^th - November 1^st, 2026)

  Dok Leipzig

  deadline: July 1^st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (October 8^th - 19^th, 2025)

  Film Fest Gent

  deadline: July 1st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (October 16^th - 24^th, 2026)

  Message to Man International Film Festival

  deadline: July 1st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com

• (October 22^nd - November 1^st, 2026)

  Denver Film Festival

  deadline: July 3^rd, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 12^th - 22^nd, 2026)

  IDFA - Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

  deadline: July 9^th, 2026

  entry form: Online submission

• (October 14^th - 18^th, 2026)

  Woodstock Film Festival

  deadline: July 12^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (September 26th - October 4th, 2026)

  Lucca Film Festival e Europa Cinema

  deadline: July 15th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 7th – 15th, 2026)

  Matera Film Festival

  deadline: July 15th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 8th - 18th, 2026)

  Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia

  deadline: July 16th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 15th - 22nd, 2026)

  Newport Beach Film Festival

  deadline: July 17th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 15^th - 18^th, 2026)

  Syracuse International Film Festival

  deadline: July 24th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com

• (September 10th - 13th, 2026)

  Ceprano Film Festival

  deadline: July 26th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 1st - 6th, 2026)

  Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival

  deadline: July 30th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (December 7^th - 14^th, 2026)

  Bahamas International Film Festival

  deadline: July 31^st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 12^th - 22^nd, 2026)

  Cork International Film Festival

  deadline: July 31st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 19th – 24th, 2026)

  Salento International Film Festival

  deadline: July 31st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 6^th - 22^nd, 2026)

  Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

  deadline: July 31st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (October 24th - November 1st, 2026)

  Molodist - Kyiv International Film Festival

  deadline: August 1st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 5sup>th - 15^th, 2026)

  St. Louis International Film Festival

  deadline: August 1st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at FilmFreeway.com

• (September 25th - October 4th, 2026)

  Torino Underground Cinefest

  deadline: August 4th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (August 28^th - 30^th, 2026)

  Ostia International Film Festival

  deadline: August 8th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 2nd – 7th, 2026)

  Trieste Science+Fiction Festival

  deadline: August 8th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 27^th - 31^st, 2026)

  Fano International Film Festival

  deadline: September 1^st, 2026

  entry form: Online Submission

• (December 4^th - 13^th, 2026)

  Anchorage International Film Festival

  deadline: September 1^st, 2026

  entry form: Submission on FilmFreeway.com

• (November 4th - 7th, 2026)

  Sulmona International Film Festival

  deadline: September 1st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (October 20th – 24th, 2026)

  Ferrara Film Corto Festival Ambiente è Musica

  deadline: September 5th, 2026

  entry form: Submission on FilmFreeway.com

• (November 11^th - 21^st, 2026)

  Stockholm International Film Festival

  deadline: September 15^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 1^st, 2026)

  Rieti e Sabina Film Festival

  deadline: October 15^th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 23rd - 28th, 2026)

  International Sport Film Festival

  deadline: Octoher 24th, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com

• (November 11^th - 14^th, 2026)

  Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie

  deadline: October 31st, 2026

  entry form: Submission at Filmfreeway.com