Below is a list of Film Festivals that take place globally. Visit the film festivals sites for their accreditation dates.
If you run an Australian based Film Festival and wish to include it in the below list, please reach out to AFCA via our contact page here.
For further Australian Film Festival dates, visit ArtsHub.
Australian Film Festivals
January
Flickerfest, NSW (tours Australia after initial event), 17-26 January 2025
Peninsula Film Festival, Victoria, 17-19 January 2025
February
Antenna Documentary Film Festival, NSW, 7-16 February 2025
Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival, NSW, 13-27 February 2025
Europa! Europa!, NSW, February 2025
WA Made Film Festival, Western Australia, 21 February – 2 March 2025
March
Australian International Documentary Conference, Victoria, 2-5 March 2025
June
Sydney Film Festival 2025, NSW, TBA
July
Revelation Film Festival, Western Australia, 2-13 July 2025
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2025, Victoria, TBA
August
Melbourne International Film Festival 2025, Victoria, 7-24 August 2025
October
Byron Bay International Film Festival 2025, NSW, TBA
Adelaide Film Festival 2025, South Australia, TBA
International Film Festivals
January
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2025, USA, 2-13 January 2025
Tromsø International Film Festival 2025, Norway, 13-19 January 2025
Trieste Film Festival 2025, Italy, 16-24 January 2025
Sundance Film Festival 2025, USA, 23 January – 2 February 2025
FIPADOC International Documentary Film Festival 2025, France, 24 January – 1 February 2025
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025, The Netherlands, 30 January – 9 February 2025
Göteborg Film Festival 2025, Sweden, 24 January – 2 February 2025
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2025, France, 31 January – 9 February 2025
February
DocPoint Helsinki 2025, Finland, 4-9 February 2025
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2025, USA, 4-15 February 2025
Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2025, USA, 4-17 February 2025
Victoria Film Festival 2025, Canada, 7-16 February 2025
Available Light Film Festival 2025, Canada, 7-16 February 2025
Berlin International Film Festival 2025, Germany, 13-23 February 2025
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2025, USA, 14-23 February 2025
FESPACO 2025, Burkina Faso, 22 February – 1 March 2025
Punto de Vista 2025, Spain, 24 February – 1 March 2025
Glasgow Film Festival 2025, Scotland, 26 February – 9 March 2025
True/False Film Fest 2025, USA, 27 February – 2 March 2025
March
IDFF Artdocfest / Riga 2025, Latvia, 1-8 March 2025
Tempo Documentary Festival 2025, Sweden, 3-9 March 2025
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival 2025, Norway, TBA
Tampere Film Festival 2025, Finland, 5-9 March 2025
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2025, Greece, 6-16 March 2025
SXSW 2025, USA, 7-15 March 2025
Manchester Film Festival 2025, UK, 7-16 March 2025
Vilnius International Film Festival 2025, Lithuania, 7-23 March 2025
BUFF Malmö Film Festival 2025, Sweden, 15-21 March 2025
Visegrad Film Forum 2025, Slovakia, 19-22 March 2025
One World Festival 2025, Czech Republic, 12-20 March 2025
International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) 2025, Canada, 13-23 March 2025
Sofia International Film Festival 2025, Bulgaria, 13-31 March 2025
Fribourg International Film Festival 2025, Switzerland, 21-30 March 2025
CPH:DOX 2025, Denmark, 19-30 March 2025
Regard – Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2025, Canada, 19-23 March 2025
Boston Underground Film Festival 2025, USA, 19-23 March 2025
Cinéma du réel 2025, France, 21-30 March 2025
Kaboom Animation Festival 2025, The Netherlands, 21-30 March 2025
Ann Arbor Film Festival 2025, USA, 25-30 March 2025
Cleveland International Film Festival 2025, USA, 26 March – 5 April 2025
Annapolis Film Festival 2025, USA, 27-30 March 2025
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2025, Hong Kong, 27 March – 7 April 2025April
Film & Folklore Festival 2025, Trinidad & Tobago, 1-7 April 2025
Visions du Réel 2025, Switzerland, 4-13 April 2025
Vues sur mer 2025, Canada, 10-13 April 2025
Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) 2025, Vietnam, TBA
Milwaukee Film Festival 2025, USA, 24 April – 8 May 2025
Sunny Bunny 2025, Ukraine, TBA
goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film 2025, Germany, 23-29 April 2025
Brussels Short Film Festival 2025, Belgium, 23 April – 3 May 2025
Independent Film Festival Boston 2025, USA, 23-30 April 2025
Hot Docs 2025, Canada, 24 April – 4 May 2025
Atlanta Film Festival 2025, USA, 24 April – 4 May 2025
Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews 2025, USA, 25-27 April 2025
May
IndieLisboa 2025, Portugal, 1-11 May 2025
DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2025, Canada, 1-11 May 2025
Open City Documentary Film Festival 2025, UK, 6-11 May 2025
Jeonju International Film Festival 2025, South Korea, TBA
DOK.fest München 2025, Germany, 7-25 May 2025
Docs Barcelona 2025, Spain, 12-16 May 2025
Taiwan Documentary Film Festival 2025, Taiwan, TBA
Cannes Film Festival 2025, France, 13-24 May 2025
Beldocs Internatinoal Documentary Festival 2025, Serbia, 21-27 May 2025
Krakow Film Festival 2025, Poland, 25 May – 1 June 2025
Documenta Madrid 2025, Spain, TBA
Vienna Shorts 2025, Austria, 27 May – 1 June 2025
Leiden Shorts 2025, The Netherlands, 30 May – 3 June 2025
June
Bali International Film Festival 2025, Indonesia, TBA
San Diego French Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Hamburg Short Film Festival 2025, Germany, 3-8 June 2025
International Film Festival Innsbruck 2025, Austria, 4-9 June 2025
Tribeca Film Festival 2025, USA, 4-15 June 2025
Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025, France, 8-14 June 2025
Norwegian Short Film Festival 2025, Norway, 11-15 June 2025
Provincetown International Film Festival 2025, USA, 11-15 June 2025
Sheffield Docfest 2025, UK, 18-23 June 2025
Champs Elysées Film Festival 2025, France, 17-24 June 2025
Doc Edge 2025, New Zealand, TBA
Ouray International Film Festival 2025, USA, 19-22 June 2025
Oak Cliff Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
FID Marseille 2025, France, TBA
Brussels International Film Festival 2025, Belgium, 20-28 June 2025
International Film Festival Cologne 2025, Germany, TBA
FIDADOC 2025, Morocco, TBA
July
Dokufest 2025, Kosovo, 1-9 August 2025
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025, Czech Republic, 4-12 July 2025
Amman International Film Festival 2025, Jordan, TBA
Golden Apricot – Yerevan International Film Festival 2025, Armenia, TBA
Maine International Film Festival 2025, USA, 11-20 July 2025
IceDocs 2025, Iceland, TBA
Durban International Film Festival 2025, South Africa, 17-27 July 2025
Jerusalem Film Festival 2025, Israel/Palestine, 17-27 July 2025
Fantasia International Film Festival 2025, Canada, 17 July – 3 August 2025
Ariano International Film Festival 2025, Italy, TBA
Cobb International Film Festival 2025, USA, 31 July – 3 August 2025
August
Locarno Film Festival 2025, Switzerland, 6-16 August 2025
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025, Scotland, TBA
Sarajevo Film Festival 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina, TBA
Norwegian International Film Festival 2025, Norway, 16-22 August 2025
Oslo Pix Film Festival 2025, Norway, TBA
Venice International Film Festival 2025, Italy, 27 August – 6 September 2025
Telluride Film Festival 2025, USA, 28 August – 1 September 2025
September
Toronto International Film Festival 2025, Canada, 4-14 September 2025
Nordisk Panorama 2025, Sweden, 18-23 September 2025
Boston Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Nashville Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Fantastic Fest 2025, USA, TBA
San Sebastian International Film Festival 2025, Spain, TBA
Tirana Film Festival 2025, Albania, 21-27 September 2025
Filmfest Hamburg 2025, Germany, TBA
Reykjavik International Film Festival 2025, Iceland, 25 September – 5 October 2025
Zurich International Film Festival 2025, Austria, 25 September – 5 October 2025
Novi Sad Film Festival 2025, Serbia, TBA
New York Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival 2025, Norway, TBA
DMZ International Documentary Festival 2025, South Korea, TBA
Docs by the Sea 2025, Indonesia, TBA
October
Vancouver International Film Festival 2025, Canada, 2-12 October 2025
Altered Images Fest 2025, UK, 3-4 October 2025
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2025, Japan, 9-16 October 2025
Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) 2025, Mexico, TBA
Busan International Film Festival 2025, South Korea, TBA
Mill Valley Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
New York Greek Film Expo 2025, USA, TBA
FIDBA 2025, Argentina, TBA
Planet in Focus 2025, Canada, TBA
NatureTrack Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Film Fest Gent 2025, Belgium, TBA
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2025, Canada, TBA
DocsMX 2025, Mexico, TBA
San Diego International Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Bergen International Film Festival 2025, Norway, TBA
Newport Beach Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Doclisboa 2025, Portugal, TBA
Philadelphia Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Black Bear Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2025, Czech Republic, TBA
BFI London Film Festival 2025, UK, TBA
Jakarta Film Week 2025, Indonesia, TBA
Vermont International Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
DOK Leipzig 2025, Germany, 27 October – 2 November 2025
November
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Festival dei Popoli 2025, Italy, TBA
Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2025, Argentina, TBA
Tucson Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Coronado Island Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Indie Memphis Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Zagreb Film Festival 2025, Croatia, TBA
Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2025, Germany, TBA
Cinemania 2025, Canada, TBA
Stockholm International Film Festival 2025, Sweden, TBA
PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025, Estonia, TBA
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2025, The Netherlands, TBA
DOC NYC 2025, USA, TBA
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) 2025, Canada, TBA
Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2025, Indonesia, TBA
Scottsdale International Film Festival 2025, USA, TBA
Norwich Film Festival 2025, UK, TBA
Cairo International Film Festival 2025, Egypt, TBA
Marrakech International Film Festival 2025, Morocco, TBA
December
Red Sea Film Festival 2025, KSA, TBA
Nuevas Miradas 2025, Cuba, TBA