DCP Maker provides you with insights to anticipate the 2025 film festival season. Explore the dates of the world’s major film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, Venice, Locarno, Hot Docs, IDFA, and many more.
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| Film Festival | Dates | Location | Entry deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2-13 January 2025 | USA | |
| Tromsø International Film Festival | 13-19 January 2025 | Norway | |
| Trieste Film Festival | 16-24 January 2025 | Italy | |
| Sundance Film Festival | 23 Jan – 23 Feb 2025 | USA | |
| International Film Festival Rotterdam | 30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025 | The Netherlands | |
| Göteborg Film Festival | 24 Jan – 2 Feb 2025 | Sweden | |
| Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | 31 Jan – 9 Feb | France | |
| February | |||
| DocPoint Helsinki | 4 – 9 Feb 2025 | Finland | |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 4 – 15 Feb 2025 | USA | 4 Dec 2024 |
| Pan African Film & Arts Festival | 4 -1 17 Feb 2025 | USA | |
| Victoria Film Festival | 7-16 Feb 2025 | Canada | 27 Dec 2024 |
| Available Light Film Festival | 7-16 Feb 2025 | Canada | |
| Berlin International Film Festival | 13 – 23 Feb 2025 | Germany | 13 Nov 2024 |
| Big Sky Documentary Film Festival | 14-23 Feb 2025 | USA | |
| FESPACO | 22 Feb – 1 Mar 2025 | Burkina Faso | 30 Sep 2024 |
| Punto de Vista | 24 Feb – 1 Mar 2025 | Spain | |
| Glasgow Film Festival | 26 Feb – 9 Mar 2025 | Scotland | |
| True/False Film Fest | 27 Feb – 2 Mar 2025 | USA | |
| March | |||
| IDFF Artdocfest | 1-8 Mar 2025 | Latvia | 15 Dec 2024 |
| Tempo Documentary Festival | 3-9 Mar 2025 | Sweden | |
| HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival | TBA | Norway | |
| Tampere Film Festival | 5-9 Mar 2025 | Finland | 1 Dec 2024 |
| Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival | 6-16 Mar 2025 | Greece | |
| SXSW | 7-15 Mar 2025 | USA | 29 Nov 2024 |
| Manchester Film Festival | 7-16 Mar 2025 | UK | 3 Dec 2024 |
| Vilnius International Film Festival | 7-23 Mar2025 | Lithuania | 14 Oct 2024 |
| BUFF Malmö Film Festival | 15-21 Mar2025 | Sweden | |
| Visegrad Film Forum | 19-22 Mar 2025 | Slovakia | |
| One World Festival | 12-20 Mar 2025 | Czech Republic | |
| International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) | 13-23 Mar 2025 | Canada | 18 Nov 2024 |
| Sofia International Film Festival | 13-31 Mar 2025 | Bulgaria | 1 Dec 2024 |
| Fribourg International Film Festival | 21-30 Mar 2025 | Switzerland | |
| CPH:DOX | 19-30 Mar 2025 | Denmark | |
| Regard – Saguenay International Short Film Festival | 19-23 Mar 2025 | Canada | |
| Boston Underground Film Festival | 19-23 Mar 2025 | USA | 5 Jan 2025 |
| Cinéma du réel | 21-30 Mar 2025 | France | |
| Kaboom Animation Festival | 21-30 Mar 2025 | The Netherlands | |
| Ann Arbor Film Festival | 25-30 Mar 2025 | USA | 14 Oct 2024 |
| Cleveland International Film Festival | 26 Mar – 5 Apr 2025 | USA | 20 Dec 2024 |
| Annapolis Film Festival | 27-30 Mar 2025 | USA | 15 Dec 2024 |
| Hong Kong International Film Festival | 27 Mar – 7 Apr 2025 | Hong Kong | 31 Dec 2024 |
| April | |||
| Film & Folklore Festival | 1-7 April 2025 | Trinidad & Tobago | 7 January 2025 |
| Visions du Réel | 4-13 April 2025 | Switzerland | 13 Dec 2024 |
| Vues sur mer | 10-13 April 2025 | Canada | |
| Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) | TBA | Vietnam | |
| Milwaukee Film Festival | 24 Apr– 8 May 2025 | USA | 31 January 2025 |
| goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film | 23-29 Apr 2025 | Germany | 10 Feb 2025 |
| Brussels Short Film Festival | 23 Apr – 3 May 2025 | Belgium | 31 January 2025 |
| Independent Film Festival Boston | 23-30 Apr 2025 | USA | 30 Dec 2024 |
| Hot Docs | 24 April – 4 May 2025 | Canada | |
| Atlanta Film Festival | 24 April – 4 May 2025 | USA | |
| Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews | 25-27 April 2025 | USA | |
| May | |||
| IndieLisboa | 1-11 May 2025 | Portugal | |
| DOXA Documentary Film Festival | 1-11 May 2025 | Canada | |
| Open City Documentary Film Festival | 6-11 May 2025 | UK | |
| Jeonju International Film Festival | TBA | South Korea | |
| DOK.fest München | 7-25 May 2025 | Germany | |
| Docs Barcelona | 12-16 May 2025 | Spain | |
| Taiwan Documentary Film Festival | TBA | Taiwan | |
| Cannes Film Festival | 13-24 May 2025 | France | |
| Beldocs Internatinoal Documentary Festival | 21-27 May 2025 | Serbia | |
| Krakow Film Festival | 25 May – 1 June 2025 | Poland | |
| Documenta Madrid | TBA | Spain | |
| Vienna Shorts | 27 May – 1 June 2025 | Austria | |
| Leiden Shorts | 30 May – 3 June 2025 | The Netherlands | |
| Bali International Film Festival | TBA | Indonesia | |
| San Diego French Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Hamburg Short Film Festival | 3-8 June 2025 | Germany | |
| International Film Festival Innsbruck | 4-9 June 2025 | Austria | |
| Tribeca Film Festival | 4-15 June 2025 | USA | |
| Sydney Film Festival | TBA | Australia | |
| Annecy International Animation Film Festival | 8-14 June 2025 | France | |
| Norwegian Short Film Festival | 11-15 June 2025 | Norway | |
| Provincetown International Film Festival | 11-15 June 2025 | USA | |
| Sheffield Docfest | 18-23 June 2025 | UK | |
| Champs Elysées Film Festival | 17-24 June 2025 | France | |
| Doc Edge | TBA | New Zealand | |
| Ouray International Film Festival | 19-22 June 2025 | USA | |
| Oak Cliff Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| FID Marseille | TBA | France | |
| Brussels International Film Festival | 20-28 June 2025 | Belgium | |
| International Film Festival Cologne | TBA | International Film Festival Cologne | |
| FIDADOC | TBA | Morocco | |
| Dokufest | 1-9 August 2025 | Kosovo | |
| Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | 4-12 July 2025 | Czech Republic | |
| Amman International Film Festival | TBA | Jordan | |
| Golden Apricot – Yerevan International Film Festival | TBA | Armenia | |
| Melbourne Documentary Film Festival | TBA | Australia | |
| Maine International Film Festival | 11-20 July 2025 | USA | |
| IceDocs | TBA | Iceland | |
| Durban International Film Festival | 17-27 July 2025 | South Africa | |
| Jerusalem Film Festival | 17-27 July 2025 | Israel/Palestine | |
| Fantasia International Film Festival | 17 July – 3 August 2025 | Canada | |
| Ariano International Film Festival | TBA | Italy | |
| Cobb International Film Festival | 31 July – 3 August 2025 | USA | |
| August | |||
| Locarno Film Festival | 6-16 August 2025 | Switzerland | |
| Melbourne International Film Festival | 7-24 August 2025 | Australia | |
| Edinburgh International Film Festival | TBA | Scotland | |
| Sarajevo Film Festival | TBA | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Norwegian International Film Festival | 16-22 August 2025 | Norway | |
| Oslo Pix Film Festival | TBA | Norway, | |
| Venice International Film Festival | 27 August – 6 September 2025 | Italy | |
| Telluride Film Festival | 28 August – 1 September 2025 | USA | |
| September | |||
| Toronto International Film Festival | 4-14 September 2025 | Canada | |
| Nordisk Panorama | 18-23 September 2025 | Sweden | |
| Boston Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Nashville Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Fantastic Fest | TBA | USA | |
| San Sebastian International Film Festival | TBA | Spain | |
| Tirana Film Festival | 21-27 September 2025 | Albania | |
| Filmfest Hamburg | TBA | Germany | |
| Reykjavik International Film Festival | 25 September – 5 October 2025 | Iceland | |
| Zurich International Film Festival | 25 September – 5 October 2025 | Austria | |
| Novi Sad Film Festival | TBA | Serbia | |
| New York Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival | TBA | Norway | |
| DMZ International Documentary Festival | TBA | South Korea | |
| Docs by the Sea | TBA | Indonesia | |
| October | |||
| Vancouver International Film Festival | 2-12 October 2025 | Canada | |
| Altered Images Fest | 3-4 October 2025 | UK | |
| Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival | 9-16 October 2025 | Japan | |
| Morelia International Film Festival | TBA | Mexico | |
| Busan International Film Festival | TBA | South Korea | |
| Mill Valley Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| New York Greek Film Expo | TBA | USA | |
| FIDBA | TBA | Argentina | |
| Planet in Focus | TBA | Canada | |
| NatureTrack Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Film Fest Gent | TBA | Belgium | |
| Festival du Nouveau Cinéma | TBA | Canada | |
| DocsMX | TBA | Mexico | |
| San Diego International Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Bergen International Film Festival | TBA | Norway | |
| Newport Beach Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Doclisboa | TBA | Portugal | |
| Philadelphia Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Black Bear Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Byron Bay International Film Festival | TBA | Australia | |
| Adelaide Film Festival | TBA | Australia | |
| Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival | TBA | Czech Republic | |
| BFI London Film Festival | TBA | UK | |
| Jakarta Film Week | TBA | Indonesia | |
| Vermont International Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| DOK Leipzig | 27 October – 2 November 2025 | Germany | |
| Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Festival dei Popoli | TBA | Italy | |
| Mar del Plata International Film Festival | TBA | Argentina | |
| Tucson Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Coronado Island Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Indie Memphis Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Zagreb Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Lübeck Nordic Film Days | TBA | Germany | |
| Cinemania | TBA | Canada | |
| Stockholm International Film Festival | TBA | Sweden | |
| PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | TBA | Estonia | |
| International Documentary Festival Amsterdam | TBA | The Netherlands | |
| DOC NYC | TBA | USA | |
| Montreal International Documentary Festival | TBA | Canada | |
| Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival | TBA | Indonesia | |
| Scottsdale International Film Festival | TBA | USA | |
| Norwich Film Festival | TBA | UK | |
| Cairo International Film Festival | TBA | Egypt | |
| Marrakech International Film Festival | TBA | Morocco | |
| December | |||
| Red Sea Film Festival | TBA | KSA | |
| Nuevas Miradas | TBA | Cuba |