Film Festivals

The Best of the Fest's Top Film Festivals

Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute Park City, Utah USA January 22 to February 1, 2026 Slamdance Film Festival Los Angeles, Ca USA February 20 to 26, 2025 Rotterdam International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands January 29 to February 8, 2026 Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany February 12 to 22, 2026 European Film Market Berlin, Germany Held During The Berlin Film Festival February 11 to 18, 2026 (Gropius Bau) February 11 to 17, 2026 (Marriott) South by Southwest Film Festival Austin, Texas USA March 12 to 18, 2026 Boston International Film Festival Boston, Massachusetts USA April 9 to 14, 2026 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Los Angeles, Ca MApril 30 to May 78, 2026 Seattle International Film Festival Seattle, Washington USA May 7 to 17, 2026				CAAMFest San Francisco, CA May 7 to 11, 2025 The nation’s largest Asian and Asian American showcase for Music, Food, Film, and Digital Media. Presented By CAAM: Center For Asian American Media Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France May 12 to 23, 2026 Mendocino Film Festival Mendocino, Ca May 28 to 31, 2026 82nd Venice International Film Festival Venice, Italy August 27 to September 6, 2025 Telluride Film Festival Telluride, Colorado USA August 29 to September 1, 2025 Ottawa International Animation Festival Ottawa, Canada September 24 to 28, 2025 63rd New York Film Festival Lincoln Center New York, NY September 26 to October 12, 2025 Boston Asian American Film Festival Boston, Massachusetts USA October 16 to 26, 2025

Local Film Festivals


January	February	March
New York Jewish Film Festival The Jewish Museum New York City January 12 to 23, 2023	Black Maria Film Festival Tours the NY Tri State Area From February to September	Athena Film Festival Barnard College Campus New York City March 5 to 8, 2026 New York International Children's Film Festival New York City March 2 to 17, 2024 Explorers Club New York WILD Film Festival March 3 to 6, 2022 African Diaspora Film Festival Teachers College, Columbia University New York City March 29 to 31, 2024





April	May	June
New Directors / New Films Festival Lincoln Center New York City April 2 to 13, 2025 21st Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival SVA Theater New York City April 23 to 26, 2025	Rochester International Film Festival Rochester, New York The World's Oldest, Continuously Held Short Film Festival April 30 to May 2, 2026 Lower East Side Film Festival New York City May 1 to 5, 2025 * Coney Island Film Festival Brooklyn, NYC May 1 to 3, 2026 Margaret Mead Film Festival American Museum of Natural History New York City May 2 to 4, 2025 New York Indian Festival New York City Presented By The Indo - American Arts Council May 20 to 22, 2025 Columbia University Film Festival New York City May 9 to 13, 2024 The New York Portuguese Short Film Festival Lincoln Center Tribeca Film Center New York, NY May 24 and 25, 2023 New York Polish Film Festival Scandinavia House Theater New York City May 27 to June 1, 2025 The People’s Film Festival Facebook Harlem, NY May 30 to June 1, 2024	Brooklyn Film Festival New York City May 29 to June 7, 2026 Human Rights Watch Film Festival IFC Center Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center New York City May 20 to June 30, 2024 Niagara Canada International Film Festival Niagra Falls, Canada June 6 to 8, 2025 * Tribeca Film Festival Tribeca New York City June 4 to 15, 2025 * Nantucket Film Festival Nantucket, Massachusetts June 25 to 30, 2025 Rooftop Films Summer Series June - September Brooklyn, NYC





July	August	September
Queens Film Festival July 3 to 6, 2025 Tromadance Film Festival East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC July 14 to 16, 2023 * 24th New York Asian Film Festival * Subway Cinema News New York City July 11 to 27, 2025 Stony Brook Film Festival Stony Brook, New York July 17 to 26, 2025	* Asian American International Film Festival Submit Your Film Presented By Asion Cinevision New York City July 31 to August 10, 2025 Festival of Cinema NYC UA Midway Theater Forest Hills, Queens, NY August 1 to 10, 2025 Trenton Film Festival Mill Hill Playhouse Trenton, New Jersey August 10, 2024 Telluride Film Festival Telluride, Colorado August 29, to September 1, 2025	Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival Martha’s Vineyard Film Center September 2 to 7, 2025 * Harlem International Film Festival September 17 to 21, 2025 ***** The Niagara Falls International Film Festival Niagara Falls, NY Festival Will Return in 2025 SOHO International Film Festival Village East Cinemas New York, NY September 25 to October 3, 2025 Gotham Week Conference Organized By The The Gotham Film and Media Institute Brooklyn, NYC September 29 to October 3, 2025 63rd New York Film Festival Lincoln Center, NYC September 26 to October 13, 2025





October	November	December
New York Greek Film Expo October 2 to 12, 2025 * 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival October 3 to 13, 2025 Gold Coast International Film Festival Great Neck Long Island, NY September 22 to October 22, 2024 Chelsea Film Festival Chelsea, New York City October 15 to 19, 2025 Woodstock Film Festival Woodstock, New York October 15 to 19, 2025 New York Film Week October 29 to November 2, 2025	* Urbanworld Film Festival New York City November 5 to 9, 2025 The Queens World Film Festival Museum of the Moving Image and Kaufman Astoria Studios Queens, NY November 5 to 9, 2025 6th New York Baltic Film Festival Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue Between 37th and 38th November 6 to 17, 2024 Doc NYC: Documentary Film Festival New York City November 13 to Dewcember 1, 2025	Other Israel Film Festival New York City Decrmber 5 to 10, 2024 * New York City Horror Film Festival Cinepolis Cinemas Chelsea, NYC December 7 to 10, 2023