October 5-12, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – New Current in Contemporary Cinema
Antalya is a world city attracting 16 million tourists annually. 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival will have national and international competitions and the Antalya Film Forum will host new Turkish projects.
Location
Antalya
Turkey
Director
Ahmet Boyacıoğlu
Artistic Director
Deniz Yavuz
Year of creation
1963
February 29-March 7, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Asian films
Bengaluru International Film Festival is organised by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy for the Government of Karnataka. BIFFes hosts competitive sections for Asian, Indian and Kannada cinema. Along with the exchange of diverse cultural milieus, BIFFES also focused on enhancing the knowledge and understanding of the film form, medium and exploring the historical milestones and features / trends in contemporary filmmaking.
October 2-11, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – First and second films
Busan IFF has grown into Asia’s largest and the world’s most dynamic film festival. The festival presents a vision for Asian cinema as well as discovers and supports new Asian talented directors and films.
TBC
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – First and Second European Film
Established in 2001 on the initiative of Pedro Almodóvar, Cinedays celebrates the European cinematography, with numerous international guests from the region and Europe attending the event.
June 20-29, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – New Directors’ Film
September 19-26, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Horror, Fantasy, Sci-fi and Action film
Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the US, specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world. The festival is dedicated to championing challenging and thought-provoking cinema, celebrating new voices and new stories from around the world and supporting new filmmakers. We work with various other festivals, archives, cinematheques and individuals to spotlight lesser-known film regions, luminaries and more in an ongoing effort to expand the general knowledge and appreciation of cinema. We are committed to supporting film in its most provocative, ground-breaking and underseen forms, and giving the audience a chance to find new favorites and future genre classics.
Location
Austin, Texas
USA
Festival Director
Lisa Dreyer
Director of Programming
Annick Mahnert
Year of creation
2005
January 26-February 1, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – First films
Global Film Festival (FCG), Santo Domingo, presents the best international films to enrich the country’s cinematographic culture, it uses films to promote and encourage discussion about social issues, politics, and economics.
November 15-23, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Films for young people
Gijon International Film Festival reflects the diversity of European cinema, paying special attention to the work of upcoming talents and peripheral countries, without forgetting the newest films by recognised masters.
December 13-20, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Films from Asia, from Africa and from Latin America
The festival organised by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy aims at presenting the best of World Cinema and a competition section exclusively for films from Asian, African and Latin American countries.
2024 dates TBA
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Films produced in Europe, Central-Asia, Asia
Eurasia International Film Festival is a festival bridge between East and West. It aims to support the development of the Kazakhstan cinema art and industry, to raise the interest of the audience to the cinema art and to promote international cooperation.
June 15-21, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – First Feature Film
Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star is India’s leading film festival. It is an immersive and comprehensive program that celebrates the diverse cinematic voices of our country through an international annual platform that instills pride in audiences and unites the film fraternity.
August 19-25, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Young directors’ films
December 4-11, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Innovation in Moving Images
Since 2011, under the guidance and inspiration of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, Kolkata IFF has reached a new level in terms of profile, publicity and reach. KIFF has become a flagship event of the Government of West Bengal now and grew into a larger and more inclusive celebration of cinema, which is not just grand in scale, but also accessible to the common mass.
March 14-23, 2025
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Spanish-speaking films
Malaga Festival was founded in 1998, and in each of its editions, it has sought to achieve a series of objectives, among which favouring the dissemination and promotion of Spanish cinema, becoming a national and international reference in the field of cinema, and contributing to the development of Malaga as an open and cultural city.
October 26 – November 3, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Young Directors’ Film
Kyiv IFF Molodist – is the oldest Ukrainian international film festival. The focus of the festival is to support and promote emerging filmmakers.
October 24 – November 3, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Mediterranean films
Mostra de Valencia – Cinema del Mediterrani is a gathering both for expert and enthusiast cinema lovers. It is a space where the public and creators meet to enjoy a programme showing high quality titles that are not usually found in commercial circuits. The Mostra’s programme is specific to a geographic and cultural space as a way of defining our identity from the Mediterranean basin.
2024 dates TBA
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Police and Mystery Films
One of the few and oldest events worldwide dedicated to the Noir genre in films, literature, TV series, games and journalism.
October 16-27, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Progressive Cinema – Visions for the World of Tomorrow
The Rome Film Fest is one of European most prestigious event for contemporary International cinema. It also features public encounters (Close Encounters), masterclasses, retrospectives and special events. The RFF is partner of the MIA.
Location
Rome
Italy
President
Gian Luca Farinelli
Artistic Director
Paola Malanga
Year of creation
2006
October 3-13, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – Fantasy Film
SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is the n.1 fantasy film festival in the world. Born in 1968, today the Festival is an essential rendezvous for movie lovers and audiences eager to come into contact with new tendencies and technologies applied to film and the audiovisual world.
June 5-16, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – New Directions in Film
The Sydney Film Festival has been bringing the best new films to audiences in Australia since 1954. As well as features, documentaries and shorts from over 55 countries, SFF presents three competitive strands.
March 13-31, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – First and second feature film
Sofia International Film Festival is a FIAPF accredited film event with specialised competition for first and second feature films among other international and national sections.
November 22 – December 30, 2024
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – New Directors’ Film
Torino Film Festival is committed to linguistic renewal showcasing new tendencies and new directors. It obtained enormous success thanks to the original way in combining art films, retrospective and experimental works.
June 13-22, 2025
Competitive Specialised Film Festival – First and second feature film
Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) is the biggest film festival in Romania. Founded in 2002, in Cluj-Napoca, it has grown rapidly to become one of the most spectacular film related events in the region.
Listapad - Minsk International Film Festival
November 6-13
Competitive Specialized Film Festival – Films produced in Baltic and Central-Asian countries, Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
June 9-18, 2023
Competitive Specialized Film Festival – First and second feature film
Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) is the biggest film festival in Romania. Founded in 2002, in Cluj-Napoca, it has grown rapidly to become one of the most spectacular film related events in the region.
