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Is there a database of film festivals on the internet?

9 years, 5 months ago - Matt Kerins

I'd love to see if there are any databases on film festivals around on the internet.

Thanks.

Matt.

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9 years, 5 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

Withoutabox and similar services probably cover a good chunk

9 years, 5 months ago - Paul Campion

http://www.melies.org/the-festivals if you're looking for sci-fi, fantasy and horror.

9 years, 5 months ago - Nicholas Vince

A friend of mine recommended the iFilmfest app for iPhone. It's free and claims to list 300 festivals. I only downloaded it the other day so haven't had a chance to check it properly, but he swears by it.

9 years, 5 months ago - Paul Campion

And this for horror film festivals:
http://www.biglistofhorrorfilmfestivals.com/

9 years, 5 months ago - Nicholas Vince

Paul, you star. Thank you! That just made my life easier as I'm going to be submitting my short horror film next month onwards.

9 years, 5 months ago - Paul Campion

@Nicholas Vince Glad it was useful!

9 years, 5 months ago - Gemma Sanz de la Serna

There are many of them (although I don't think any of them is complete). The British Council has a fairly comprehensive one: http://film.britishcouncil.org/festivals-directory

9 years, 5 months ago - Christina Tynkevych

There isn't one database for all festivals unfortunately. I use these 3 services: filmfestivallife (my favourite one, has pretty much all the main major festivals both European and American), withoutabox (mostly American festivals), filmfreeway (has some big ones but it is mostly a platform for lower rank festivals). Other big additional platforms: reelport (mostly European festivals), shortfilmdepot, clickforfestivals.

9 years, 4 months ago - Chris Bogle

BAFTA have a list of their accredited festivals on the site. http://guru.bafta.org/opportunities/short-festivals

9 years, 4 months ago - Sheila Marshall

PBS (US public broadcaster) maintains a list of its own:

http://www.pbs.org/pov/filmmakers/resources/film-festivals.php