SUBMISSION EVENT FESTIVAL WEBSITE LOCATION PERIOD PERIOD 1001 Documentary Film END OF Festival www.1001belgesel.net Turkey MID-MAY SEPTEMBER Aarhus Filmfestival www.aarhusfilmfestival.dk Denmark MID-SEPTEMBER Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival http://festival.aljazeera.net Qatar MID-JANUARY END OF APRIL Antenna Sydney http://www.antennafestival.org/ Australia (Sydney) END OF APRIL MID-OCTOBER Astra Film Festival www.astrafilm.ro Romania END OF APRIL MID-OCTOBER Beeld voor Beeld Festival on Holland Culture and Representation www.beeldvoorbeeld.nl (Amsterdam) MID-JANUARY MAY-JUNE Serbia & Beldocs www.beldocs.rs Montenegro EARLY MARCH EARLY MAY END OF Berlin Film Festival www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html Germany OCTOBER MID-FEBRUARY Big Sky Documentary Film END OF Festival www.bigskyfilmfest.org USA EARLY JANUARY FEBRUARY Birds Eye View www.birds-eye-view.co.uk UK MID-NOVEMBER EARLY MARCH END OF Corsica doc http://www.corsicadoc.com/ Corsica OCTOBER MID-NOVEMBER END OF Courtisane http://www.courtisane.be Belgium DECEMBER END OF MARCH EARLY CPH:Dox www.cphdox.dk/ Denmark MAY TO AUGUST NOVEMBER END OF Doc'Ouest www.filmsenbretagne.com France MID-MAY SEPTEMBER DocAviv International Documentary Film Festival www.docaviv.co.il Israel EARLY JANUARY EARLY MAY DOCLISBOA - Lisbon International Documentary END OF Film Festival www.doclisboa.org Portugal MID-JUNE OCTOBER DocPoint Helsinki EARLY END OF Documentary Film Festival www.docpoint.info Finland NOVEMBER JANUARY END OF EARLY DocsBarcelona www.docsbarcelona.com Spain JANUARY DECEMBER DOCSDF, International Documentary Film Festival of EARLY Mexico City www.docsdf.com Mexico NOVEMBER END OF APRIL Docudays - Beirut International Documentary Festival www.docudays.com Lebanon END OF JUNE MID-DECEMBER END OF Documenta Madrid www.documentamadrid.com Spain DECEMBER EARLY MAY Documentary Edge Festival www.documentaryedge.org.nz New Zealand LATE FEBRUARY END OF APRIL Documentary Film Festival Slovenia www.cd-cc.si Slovenia END OF MARCH Docville www.docville.be Belgium EARLY MARCH END OF MAY DOKU.ARTS International END OF Festival for Films on Art www.doku-arts.com Germany EARLY JUNE SEPTEMBER Dokufest - Kosovo www.dokufest.com Kosovo EARLY APRIL EARLY JULY Poland and DokumentArt www.dokumentart.org Germany EARLY JULY MID-NOVEMBER Dox-Box http://www.dox-box.org Syria NA NA DOXA Documentary Film and Video festival www.doxafestival.ca Canada MID-DECEMBER EARLY/MID-MAY EARLY/MID- Duisburger Film festival www.duisburger-filmwoche.de Germany MID-JUNE NOVEMBER EBS International Documentary Festival www.eidf.org Korea END OF MAY MID-AUGUST END OF END OF JANUARY/EARLY JUNE/EARLY Edinburgh www.edfilmfest.org.uk/ Scotland FEBRUARY JULY Encounters SA Doc Fest www.encounters.co.za South Africa END OF MAY MID-JUNE EARLY FID Marseille www.fidmarseille.org France FEBRUARY EARLY JULY END OF OCTOBER/EARLY FIGRA www.figra.fr France NOVEMBER END OF MARCH Flahertiana International Documentary Film Festival www.flahertiana.perm.ru Russia EARLY JUNE MID-OCTOBER Full Frame Festival www.fullframefest.org USA MID-OCTOBER MID-APRIL END OF Goteburg International Film EARLY JANUARY/EARLY Festival www.giff.se/ Sweden FEBRUARY FEBRUARY Guangzhou International END OF EARLY Documentary Film Festival www.gzdoc.com China SEPTEMBER DECEMBER Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival www.hsdfi.org USA MAY MID-OCTOBER END OF APRIL/EARLY HotDocs www.hotdocs.ca Canada MID-JANUARY MAY EARLY IDFA www.idfa.nl Netherlands SEPTEMBER LATE OCTOBER International Documentary EARLY Film Encounter www.muestradoc.com Columbia END OF JUNE NOVEMBER END OF International Documentary APRIL/END OF END OF Film Festival Jihlava www.dokument-festival.cz Czech Republic JUNE OCTOBER International Odense Film Festival www.filmfestival.dk Denmark EARLY APRIL END OF AUGUST END OF MARCH/EARLY It's All True www.itsalltrue.com.br Brazil MID-DECEMBER APRIL Jean Rouch International Film Festival www.comite-film-ethno.net France MID-APRIL NOVEMBER END OF JUNE/EARLY Karlovy Vary www.kviff.com/en/news/ Czech Republic END OF MARCH JULY Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Video Fest www.filmladen.de/dokfest Germany MID-JULY MID-NOVEMBER END OF OCTOBER/EARLY Leipzig DOKfestival www.dok-leipzig.de Germany MID-JULY NOVEMBER Les Etats Généraux du film Documentaire www.lussasdoc.com France MID-MAY MID-AUGUST Locarno www.pardo.ch/ Switzerland EARLY JUNE EARLY AUGUST LATE JUNE (SHORTS)/EARLY London www.bfi.org.uk/lff/ England JULY (FEATURE) MID-OCTOBER END OF London International EARLY MAY/EARLY Documentary festival www.lidf.co.uk UK FEBRUARY JUNE END OF Margaret Mead Film & Video NOVEMBER/EARLY Festival www.amnh.org/Mead USA MID-MAY DECEMBER Melbourne miff.com.au/ Australia EARLY MARCH EARLY AUGUST MID/LATE Moma - Directors Fortnight www.moma.org USA FEBRUARY END OF JUNE/EARLY Moscow moscowfilmfestival.ru/eng/ Russia EARLY APRIL JULY Mumbai International Film EARLY EARLY Festival www.miffindia.in India FEBRUARY FEBRUARY Munich International END OF Documentary Film Festival www.dokfest-muenchen.de Germany DECEMBER EARLY MAY NaturVision www.natur-vision.de Germany EARLY APRIL EARLY JULY Norwegian Documentary Film Festival www.dokfilm.no Norway MID-FEBRUARY END OF APRIL Nyon www.visionsdureel.ch/ Switzerland MID-MARCH END OF APRIL Open City Documentary Film Festival http://www.opencitylondon.com/ UK MID-FEBRUARY MID-JUNE Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Festival www.chaplin.ee Estonia EARLY MARCH MID-JULY Planete Doc Review www.docreview.pl/ Poland MID-FEBRUARY MID-MAY http://www.nwfilm. Portland International Film org/festivals/portland_international. Festival php USA EARLY AUGUST MID-NOVEMBER Punto de vista - Intl Documentary Film Festival of Navarra www.puntodevista.navarra.es Spain OCTOBER MID-FEBRUARY Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal www.ridm.qc.ca Canada END OF JUNE MID-NOVEMBER Rio International Film Festival www.festivaldorio.com.br/ Brazil END OF JUNE MID-OCTOBER END OF EARLY JANUARY/EARLY Rotterdam www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/ Netherlands SEPTEMBER FEBRUARY Sheffield Doc/Fest www.sheffdocfest.com/ England MID-FEBRUARY MID-JUNE Silverdocs www.silverdocs.com USA MID-FEBRUARY MID-JUNE EARLY END OF Sundance www.sundance.org/ USA SEPTEMBER JANUARY SXSW www.sxsw.com USA MID-NOVEMBER MID-MARCH END OF The Sebastopol Documentary MARCH/EARLY Film Festival www.sebastopolfilmfestival.org USA MID-SEPTEMBER APRIL Thessaloniki Documentary END OF Festiva www.filmfestival.gr Greece NOVEMBER MID-MARCH Tribeca www.tribecafilm.com/festival/ USA MID-SEPTEMBER END OF APRIL True/False truefalse.org/ USA EARLY OCTOBER EARLY MARCH Venice www.labiennale.org/en/cinema Italy END OF JUNE END OF AUGUST Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival www.yidff.jp Japan EARLY APRIL EARLY OCTOBER ZagrebDox Int. Festival of END OF Documentary Films www.zagrebdox.net Croatia MID-DECEMBER FEBRUARY ZIFF-Festival of the Dhow Countries www.ziff.or.tz Zanzibar END OF MARCH EARLY JULY