Film Festivals

The Best of the Fest's Top Film Festivals

Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute Park City, Utah USA January 23 to February 2, 2025 Slamdance Film Festival Park City, Utah USA February 19 to 25, 2023 Rotterdam International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands January 30 to February 9, 2025 Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany February 13 to 23, 2025 European Film Market Berlin, Germany Held During The Berlin Film Festival February 13 to 19, 2025 South by Southwest Film Festival Austin, Texas USA March 7 to 15, 2025 Boston International Film Festival Boston, Massachusetts USA April 10 to 15, 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Los Angeles, Ca May 1 to 11, 2024 Seattle International Film Festival Seattle, Washington USA May 15 to 25, 2025				CAAMFest San Francisco, CA May 9 to 19, 2024 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 14 to 25, 2024 Mendocino Film Festival Mendocino, Ca May 29 to June 1, 2025 81st Venice International Film Festival Venice, Italy August 28 to September 7, 2024 Telluride Film Festival Telluride, Colorado USA August 30 to September 2, 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival Ottawa, Canada September 25 to 29, 2024 61st New York Film Festival Lincoln Center New York, NY September 27 to October 13, 2024 Boston Asian American Film Festival Boston, Massachusetts USA October 17 to 24, 2024

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 6 to 9, 2025 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 3 to 14, 2024, 2024 20th Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival SVA Theater New York City April 24 to 27, 2024 The Queens World Film Festival Museum of the Moving Image and Kaufman Astoria Studios Queens, NY April 16 to 28, 2024	Greenwich International Film Festival Greenwich, Connecticut April 30 to May 3, 2020 Lower East Side Film Festival New York City May 2 to 6, 2024 * Coney Island Film Festival Brooklyn, NYC May 2 to 4, 2025 Margaret Mead Film Festival American Museum of Natural History New York City May 9 to 12, 2024 New York Indian Festival New York City Presented By The Indo - American Arts Council May 11 to 14, 2024 Columbia University Film Festival New York City May 9 to 13, 2024 * Harlem International Film Festival May 16 to 19, 2024 The New York Portuguese Short Film Festival Lincoln Center Tribeca Film Center New York, NY May 24 and 25, 2023 The People’s Film Festival Facebook Harlem, NY May 30 to June 1 2024	Brooklyn Film Festival New York City May 30 to June 8, 2025 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 May 31 to June 2, 2024 * Tribeca Film Festival Tribeca New York City June 5 to 16, 2024 Rochester International Film Festival Rochester, New York The World's Oldest, Continuously Held Short Film Festival June 6 to 8, 2024 New York Polish Film Festival Scandinavia House Theater New York City May 30 to June 1, 2024 June 3 to 16, 2024 * Nantucket Film Festival Nantucket, Massachusetts June 25 to 30, 2025 Rooftop Films Summer Series June - September Brooklyn, NYC





July	August	September
Tromadance Film Festival East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC July 14 to 16, 2023 * 23rd New York Asian Film Festival * Subway Cinema News New York City July 12 to 28, 2024 Stony Brook Film Festival Stony Brook, New York July 18 to 27, 2024	* Asian American International Film Festival Submit Your Film Presented By Asion Cinevision New York City August 1 to 11, 2024 Festival of Cinema NYC UA Midway Theater Forest Hills, Queens, NY August 2 to 11, 2024 Trenton Film Festival Mill Hill Playhouse Trenton, New Jersey August 10, 2024 NBC Universal Short Film Festival This bicoastal festival hosts a series of events, including acclaimed filmmaker workshops, semi-finalist screenings in NYC and a red carpet awards finale at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles Telluride Film Festival Telluride, Colorado August 30, to September 2, 2024	Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival Martha’s Vineyard Film Center September 3 to 8, 2024 SOHO International Film Festival Village East Cinemas New York, NY September 5 to 12, 2024 ***** The Niagara Falls International Film Festival Niagara Falls, NY Festival Will Return in 2025 Gotham Week Conference Organized By The The Gotham Film and Media Institute Brooklyn, NYC September 30 to October 4, 2024 60th New York Film Festival Lincoln Center, NYC September 27 to October 13, 2024





October	November	December
New York Anime Festival at Comiccon Javits Center, NYC October 8 to 11, 2020 * 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival October 4 to 14, 2024 Gold Coast International Film Festival Great Neck Long Island, NY September 22 to October 22, 2024 Chelsea Film Festival Chelsea, New York City October 16 to 20, 2024 New York Film Week October 23 to 27, 2024 Woodstock Film Festival Woodstock, New York October 15 to 20, 2024	* Urbanworld Film Festival New York City November 6 to 10, 2024 Other Israel Film Festival New York City November 2 to 9, 2023 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	* New York City Horror Film Festival Cinepolis Cinemas Chelsea, NYC December 7 to 10, 2023 South Asian International Film Festival New York City December 28 to 31, 2022 African Film Festival Lincoln Center New York City December 14 to 16, 2023