Festival Country URL Qualifies for Aesthetica Short Film Festival UK https://www.asff.co.uk/ B(B); Bi AFI Docs Film Festival USA www.afi.com/afidocs B(A); Bi AFI Fest USA www.afi.com/afifest Bi; O Alcine – Festival De Cine De Alcalá Spain www.alcine.org O De Henares Angers Premiers Plans France www.premiersplans.org B(A) Anim’est – International Romania www.animest.ro O Animation Film Festival Anima Mundi Brazil www.animamundi.com.br O Anima, The Brussels Animation Belgium www.animafestival.be O Film Festival Animafest Zagreb – World Festival Croatia www.animafest.hr O of Animated Film Animator International Animated Poland www.animator-festival.com O Film Festival Animayo Spain www.animayo.com O Ann Arbor Film Festival Romania www.aafilmfest.org O Annecy International Animation France www.annecy.org O Film Festival Aspen Shortsfest USA www.aspenfilm.org B(B); Bi; O Athens International Film and USA www.athensfest.org O Video Festival Atlanta Film Festival USA www.atlantafilmfestival.com O Austin Film Festival USA www.austinfilmfestival.com O Banff Film Festival Canada https://www.banff-uk.com/ Genre Belfast Film Festival UK https://belfastfilmfestival.org/ B(B) Berlin International Film Festival Germany www.berlinale.de B(A); Bi; O Bermuda International Film Bermuda www.biff.bm O Festival Bechdel Test Fest UK http://bechdeltestfest.com/ Bi Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival UK https://www.bfmaf.org/ Genre BFI Flare (London LGBTQ+ Film UK www.bfi.org.uk/flare B(B); Bi Festival) https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/futu BFI Future Film Festival UK Bi refilmfestival/Online/ BFI London Film Festival Oct UK www.bfi.org.uk/lff B(A); Bi Defunct (see BFM (Black Film Makers) Film https://www.filmfestivals.com/ UK Genre Festival festival/bfm_international_film _festival_0) Bilbao International Documentary Portugal www.zinebi.com B(B); Bi and Short Film Festival (Zinebi) Bilbao International Festival of Spain www.zinebi.eus O Documentary and Short Film Bogotá Short Film Festival – Colombia www.bogoshorts.com O Bogoshorts https://www.boltonfilmfestival. Bolton International Film Festival UK Emerging com/ Boston SciFi festival USA https://www.bostonscifi.com/ Genre
Qualifications: B(A) – BAFTA A List; B(B) – BAFTA B List; Bi – BIFA; Emerging – high quality newer festival; Genre – significant genre festival; O - Oscars Festival Country URL Qualifies for Brest European Short Film Festival France www.filmcourt.fr B(B); Bi https://www.britishurbanfilmfe British Urban Film Festival UK Bi stival.co.uk/ Bronzelens Film Festival USA www.bronzelens.com O Brussels Short Film Festival Belgium www.bsff.be O Bucheon International Animation South Korea www.biaf.or.kr O Festival Busan International Short Film South Korea www.bisff.org O Festival Calgary International Film Festival Canada www.calgaryfilm.com O www.cambridgefilmfestival.org. Cambridge Film Festival UK B(B); Bi uk Cannes International Film Festival France www.festival-cannes.org B(A); Bi; O Cartagena International Film Columbia www.ficcifestival.com O Festival César Awards (Académie Des Arts France www.academie-cinema.org O Et Techniques Du Cinéma) Chicago International Children’s USA www.festival.facets.org O Film Festival Chicago International Film Festival USA www.chicagofilmfestival.com B(A); Bi; O Chilemonos International Chile www.chilemonos.com O Animation Festival Cinanima International Animated Portugal www.cinanima.pt O Film Festival Cinequest Film Festival USA www.cinequest.org O Clermont-Ferrand International France www.clermont-filmfest.com B(A); Bi; O Short Film Festival Cleveland International Film USA www.clevelandfilm.org O Festival Cork International Film Festival Ireland www.corkfilmfest.org B(A); Bi; O CPH: DOX Denmark https://cphdox.dk/en/ B(A) Curtacinema - Rio de Janeiro Brazil www.curtacinema.com.br B(B) International Short Film Festival Deaffest UK https://deaffest.co.uk/ DOK Leipzig (International Leipzig https://www.dokleipzig.de/en/ Documentary and Animated Film Germany B(A) home Festival) DokuFest (International Documentary and Short Film Kosovo https://dokufest.com/2019/ B(B) Festival) Dubai International Film Festival U.A.E. www.dubaifilmfest.com O http://www.eastendfilmfestival East End Film Festival UK Bi .com/ Edinburgh International Film UK www.edfilmfest.org.uk B(A); Bi Festival Edmonton International Film Canada www.edmontonfilmfest.com O Festival Encounters Short Film and UK www.encounters-festival.org.uk B(B); Bi; O Animation Festival
Qualifications: B(A) – BAFTA A List; B(B) – BAFTA B List; Bi – BIFA; Emerging – high quality newer festival; Genre – significant genre festival; O - Oscars Festival Country URL Qualifies for https://fantasiafestival.com/en Fantasia Canada Genre / Fantastic Fest USA https://fantasticfest.com/ Genre Flatpack Festival UK https://flatpackfestival.org.uk/ B(B) Flanders International Film Belgium https://www.filmfestival.be/en Bi Festival Flickerfest International Short Film Australia www.flickerfest.com.au B(B); O Festival Florida Film Festival USA www.floridafilmfestival.com O Foyle Film Festival Ireland www.foylefilmfestival.org B(A); Bi; O Frameline Film Festival USA https://www.frameline.org/ B(A) Frightfest UK https://www.frightfest.co.uk/ Genre Galway Film Fleadh Ireland www.galwayfilmfleadh.com O www.deutscher- German Short Film Award Germany O kurzfilmpreis.de Gijon International Film Festival Spain www.gijonfilmfestival.com O https://glasgowfilm.org/glasgo Glasgow Short Film Festival UK B(B); Bi w Go Short International Short Film Netherlands www.goshort.nl B(B); O Festival Nijmegen Gothenburg International Film https://goteborgfilmfestival.se/ Sweden Bi Festival en/ Guanajuato International Film www.guanajuatofilmfestival.co Mexico O Festival m Hamburg International Short Film Germany http://festival.shortfilm.com B(B); Bi Festival Hamptons International Film USA http://hamptonsfilmfest.org/ B(B); ) Festival Heartland Film Festival USA www.heartlandfilm.org O Hiroshima International Japan www.hiroanim.org O Animation Festival Hollyshorts Film Festival USA www.hollyshorts.com O Hot Docs Festival (Canadian International Documentary Canada www.hotdocs.ca B(A); Bi Festival) Huesca International Film Festival Spain www.huesca-filmfestival.com O IDFA (International Documentary Netherlands www.idfa.nl B(A) Film Festival Amsterdam) IFFR (International Film Festival Netherlands https://iffr.com/en B(A); Bi Rotterdam) In the Palace International Short Bulgaria www.inthepalace.com O Film Festival https://heartlandfilm.org/indys Indy Shorts USA O horts/ Interfilm International Short Film Germany www.interfilm.de O Festival Berlin https://www.irisprize.org/festiv Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival UK B(A); Bi al/ Jerusalem Film Festival Israel www.jff.org.il O
Qualifications: B(A) – BAFTA A List; B(B) – BAFTA B List; Bi – BIFA; Emerging – high quality newer festival; Genre – significant genre festival; O - Oscars Festival Country URL Qualifies for https://www.krakowfilmfestival Krakow Short Film Festival Poland B(B); O .pl/ LA Shorts International Short Film USA www.lashortsfest.com B(B); Bi; O Festival Lebu International Film Festival Chile www.cinelebu.cl Leeds International Film Festival UK www.leedsfilm.com B(A); Bi; O Leipzig International Festival for Germany www.dok-leipzig.de O Documentary and Animated Film Leuven International Short Film Belgium www.kortfilmfestival.be B(B); O Festival Locarno International Film Festival Switzerland www.pardo.ch B(A); O Loco London Comedy Film Festival UK http://locofilmfestival.com/ B(B) London International UK www.lidf.co.uk B(B); Bi Documentary Festival London Short Film Festival UK http://shortfilms.org.uk B(B); Bi Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film USA www.festival.vconline.org O Festival Lund International Fantastic Film Sweden http://www.fff.se/ Genre Festival Melbourne International Film Australia http://miff.com.au B(A); Bi; O Festival Molodist International Film Ukraine https://molodist.com/ B(A) Festival Montreal Festival du Nouveau Canada www.nouveaucinema.ca O Cinema Morelia International Film Festival Mexico www.moreliafilmfest.com O Nashville Film Festival USA www.nashvillefilmfestival.org O Neuchâtel International Fantastic Switzerland https://www.nifff.ch/fr/ Genre Film Festival www.neworleansfilmfestival.or New Orleans Film Festival USA O g New York International Film https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2 USA Bi Festival 019/ New York International Children’s USA www.nyicff.org O Film Festival Pan- Nordisk Panorama Film Festival www.nordiskpanorama.com O Scandinavian Norwegian Short Film Festival Norway www.kortfilmfestivalen.no O https://www.norwichfilmfestiv Norwich Film Festival UK B(B); Bi al.co.uk Oberhausen International Short Germany www.kurzfilmtage.de B(B); Bi; O Film Festival Odense International Film Festival Denmark www.filmfestival.dk O Open City Documentary Festival UK https://opencitylondon.com/ B(A); Bi Oska Bright Film Festival UK https://oskabright.org/ B(B); Bi Ottawa International Animation Canada www.animationfestival.ca O Festival Outfest Los Angeles USA www.outfest.org O
Qualifications: B(A) – BAFTA A List; B(B) – BAFTA B List; Bi – BIFA; Emerging – high quality newer festival; Genre – significant genre festival; O - Oscars Festival Country URL Qualifies for Palm Springs International USA www.psfilmfest.org B(B); Bi; O ShortFest PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Estonia http://shorts.poff.ee B(B) Festival) Raindance Film Festival UK www.raindance.co.uk B(B); Bi; O Reel Sisters of The Diaspora Film USA www.reelsisters.com O Festival Regard – Saguenay International Canada www.festivalregard.com O Film Festival Rhode Island International Film USA www.film-festival.org B(B); O Festival Rio De Janeiro International Short Brazil www.curtacinema.com.br O Film Festival Riverrun International Film USA www.riverrunfilm.com O Festival RSF Martha’s Vineyard African USA www.mvaaff.com O American Film Festival San Francisco International Film USA www.sffilm.org O Festival https://www.sansebastianfestiv San Sebastian Spain Bi al.com/in/ Santa Barbara International Film USA www.sbfilmfestival.org O Festival Bosnia and Sarajevo Film Festival www.sff.ba O Herzegovina Screamfest LA USA https://screamfestla.com/ Genre Seattle International Film Festival USA www.siff.net O Sheffield Doc/Fest UK www.sheffdocfest.com B(A); Bi Short Shorts Film Festival Japan www.shortshorts.org O Show Me Shorts Film Festival New Zealand www.showmeshorts.co.nz O Siggraph USA www.siggraph.org O Singapore International Film Singapore www.sgiff.com O Festival Sitges International Fantastic Film https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/e Spain O Festival of Catalonia ng Slamdance Film Festival USA www.slamdance.com B(A); Bi; O St. Kilda Film Festival Australia www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au O St. Louis International Film USA www.cinemastlouis.org O Festival https://filmfreeway.com/SOULF SOUL Film Festival UK Bi est Stockholm International Film http://www.stockholmfilmfesti Sweden Bi Festival val.se/sv Stuttgart Festival of Animated Germany www.itfs.de O Film https://www.sundance.org/fest Sundance Film Festival USA B(A); Bi; O ivals/sundance-film-festival/ SxSW (South by Southwest Film https://www.sxsw.com/festival USA B(A); Bi; O Festival) s/fil
Qualifications: B(A) – BAFTA A List; B(B) – BAFTA B List; Bi – BIFA; Emerging – high quality newer festival; Genre – significant genre festival; O - Oscars Festival Country URL Qualifies for Sydney Film Festival Australia http://sff.org.au B(A); O Tampere International Short Film Finland www.tamperefilmfestival.fi B(B); Bi; O Festival Telluride Film Festival USA www.telluridefilmfestival.org B(A); Bi The Pan African Film & Arts USA www.paff.org O Festival https://shortsightedcinema.co The Shortest Nights UK Bi m/ The Smalls UK https://thesmalls.com/ Bi Tirana International Film Festival Albania www.tiranafilmfest.com O Toronto After Dark Film Festival Canada https://torontoafterdark.com/ Genre Toronto International Film Festival Canada www.tiff.net B(A); Bi; O Tribeca Film Festival USA www.tribecafilm.com/festival B(A); Bi; O https://www.sciencefictionfesti Trieste Science+Fiction Italy Genre val.org/?lang=en http://ukjewishfilm.org/festival UK Jewish Film Festival UK /21st -uk-international-jewish- B(B); Bi filmfestival/ Underwire Festival UK www.underwirefestival.com B(B); Bi Uppsala International Short Film Sweden www.shortfilmfestival.com B(B); Bi; O Festival Urbanworld Film Festival USA www.urbanworld.org O Venice International Film Festival Italy www.labiennale.org/en/cinema B(A); Bi; O https://www.viennashorts.com Vienna Shorts Austria B(B) /nc VIS Vienna Shorts Festival Austria www.viennashorts.com O https://www.visionsdureel.ch/e Visions Du Réel Switzerland B(A) n Warsaw Film Festival Poland www.wff.pl O Winterthur International Short Switzerland http://www.kurzfilmtage.ch B(B); O Film Festival
Qualifications: B(A) – BAFTA A List; B(B) – BAFTA B List; Bi – BIFA; Emerging – high quality newer festival; Genre – significant genre festival; O - Oscars