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  5. A short list of film festivals

Film Studies

This guide is an introduction to the resources for Film Studies at Dartmouth. If you are interested in Television, see the separate research guide for Television.
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Lists from Wikipedia

  • Filmfestivals.com
    • Link
    The film festivals portal inspiring & enabling creation.
  • List of film festivals from Wikipedia
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  • List of film festivals in North and Central America from Wikipedia
    • Link
  • List of Short Film Festivals from Wikipedia
    • Link
  • The Most Comprehensive List of Film Festivals on the Internet
    • Link
    New York Film Academy (NYFA) has compiled one of the most accurate and current film festival databases available. Many of these are annual events and entry deadlines are usually one or two months prior to festival exhibition dates. Most film festivals have entry fees or other requirements for submissions and, as such filmmakers should inquire about submission guidelines before sending unsolicited work.

Local film festival(s)

  • Brattleboro Film Festival
    • Link
    The Brattleboro Film Festival presents films from the USA and around the world that inform, challenge, entertain, and inspire, emphasizing viewpoints and characters often unseen in mainstream media.
  • Green Mountain Film Festival
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    This film festival's mission is to engage the community by presenting films with a
    diversity of voices and cultural perspectives.
  • New Hampshire Film Festival
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    The New Hampshire Film Festival takes place each fall the weekend after Columbus Day in Portsmouth, NH. Their mission is to inspire audiences with thought-provoking cinematic stories from visionary talents in independent filmmaking, and to provide a platform for emerging artists to advance their craft, engage with the community and promote to industry leaders.
  • White River Indie Film Festival
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    Founded in 2004, White River Indie Films was created by a small group of film lovers who wanted to bring works from outside the mainstream to an appreciative, film-loving audience.

A short listing of film festivals around the world

  • AFI logo
    AFI Latin American Film Festival
    • Link
    For over 20 years, the AFI Latin American Film Festival showcases the best filmmaking from Latin America and, with the inclusion of films from Spain and Portugal, celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections.
  • Atlanta Horror Film Festival
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    They showcase feature and short horror films.
  • Bangkok International Film Festival
    • Link
  • Wikipedia logo
    List of LGBT film festivals from Wikipedia
    • Link
    A continuing list of Queer film festivals around the world.
  • Boston Palestine Film Festival
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  • Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
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  • Carthage Film Festival
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  • Chicago Comedy Film Festival
    • Link
    Chicago Comedy Film Festival is committed to bringing independent comedy to the screen. Their mission is to support comedy filmmaking as a vital and influential art form. Comedy allows filmmakers to explore subject matters in a way that no other genre can or will. They can say the things the audience wishes the world would say. Comedy is fearless in a fear based world.
  • Chicago Horror Film Festival
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    What began as a simple one-day festival to showcase Short, Independent Horror films has now become a festival for both feature and short horror films and is known for seeing many of it’s featured films picked up for distribution.
  • Eerie Horror Fest
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    Since its debut in October of 2004, the Eerie Horror Film Festival has become one of the most popular and respected events of its kind in the country. Each year the Eerie Horror Film Festival attracts thousands of fans, filmmakers and screenwriters to the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, for a four day celebration of independent cinema, featuring special celebrity guests, screenings and workshops.
  • HKIFF logo
    Hong Kong International Film Festival
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    The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) is a charitable, non-profit and non-governmental organisation dedicated to the discovery and promotion of creativity in the art and culture of film.
  • Indie Horror Film Festival
    • Link
    They showcase the best in independent horror, gore and blood!
  • OUTshine Film Festival logo
    OUTshine Film Festival
    • Link
    The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival started in 1998; the Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 2008. Both were brought together under one brand: OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival - underscoring their broad appeal and dynamic multi-cultural location. ...
  • Miami Short Film Festival
    • Link
    The Miami short Film Festival is dedicated to promoting the short film genre, showcasing films from 1-30 minutes long.
  • New Fest logo
    NewFest
    • Link
    NewFest is dedicated to bringing together filmmakers and audiences in the building of a community that passionately supports giving greater visibility and voice to a wide range of expressions and representations of the LGBT experience.
  • Outfest
    • Link
    Outfest protects our past, showcases our present and nurtures our future by fostering artistic expression of gender, sexuality and LGBTQ culture and its transformative social impact on the world.
  • Red Nation Film Festival
    • Link
    ... The Authentic Voice of American Indian & Indigenous Cinema, is dedicated to breaking the barrier of racism by successfully replacing American Indian stereotype with recognition, new vision, arts, culture and economic prosperity by placing American Indian Filmmakers at the forefront of the entertainment industry and to introduce American Indian Filmmakers to larger, global mainstream audiences while establishing relations between the American Indian community and the entertainment industry.
  • Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
    • Link
    This is the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US, and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBTQ+ films and videos each and every year.
  • San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
    • Link
    Run by Frameline a vendor of LGBTQ+ media, this is the oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in the world.
  • Taiwanese American Film Festival (TAFF)
    • Link
    The festival will serve as the nation’s premiere showcase for film and media by Taiwanese American and Taiwanese creatives. They are the go-to platform for highlighting unique voices at the intersection of Taiwan and the U.S. and to equip emerging filmmakers for their next project, no matter what size. ...
  • Taiwan Film Festival of Boston
    • Link
    Taiwan Film Festival of Boston (TFFB) is a non-profit organization striving to bring Taiwanese stories and films to the United States and the world. Tthrough compelling stories of growth, identity, discovery, and adventure, these films transcend and illuminate culture.
  • Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival
    • Link
    Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival (TWFF) is a non-profit, culture and arts event, presenting high-quality Taiwanese films. It is also the first large non-profit event in Canada focused on promoting Taiwanese films.
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