Film Fest Report provides you with insights to anticipate the 2026 film festival season. Explore the dates of the world’s major film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, Venice, Locarno, Hot Docs, IDFA, and many more.
As the Film Fest Report team pursues its mission to promote independent cinema and report from the film festival circuit to our engaged audience of filmmakers, film professionals, and film enthusiasts, we compiled one of the most extensive lists of film festivals taking place in 2026 as possible.
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January
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2026, USA, 2-13 January 2026
Montreal Critics’ Week 2026, Canada, 13-19 January 2026
Trieste Film Festival 2026, Italy, 16-24 January 2026
Tromsø International Film Festival 2026, Norway, 19-25 January 2026
Sundance Film Festival 2026, USA, 22 January – 1 February 2026
FIPADOC International Documentary Film Festival 2026, France, 23-31 January 2026
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026, The Netherlands, 29 January – 8 February 2026
Göteborg Film Festival 2026, Sweden, 23 January – 1 February 2026
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2026, France, 30 January – 7 February 2026
February
DocPoint Helsinki 2026, Finland, 3-8 February 2026
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2026, USA, 4-14 February 2026
Victoria Film Festival 2026, Canada, 6-15 February 2026
Available Light Film Festival 2026, Canada, 7-16 February 2026
Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2026, USA, 9-16 February 2026
Berlin International Film Festival 2026, Germany, 12-22 February 2026
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2026, USA, 13-22 February 2026
FESPACO 2027, Burkina Faso, 27 February – 6 March 2027
Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Scotland, 25 February – 8 March 2026
March
IDFF Artdocfest / Riga 2026, Latvia, 1-8 March 2026
Punto de Vista 2026, Spain, 2-7 March 2026
Tempo Documentary Festival 2026, Sweden, 2-8 March 2026
True/False Film Fest 2026, USA, 5-8 March 2026
Tampere Film Festival 2026, Finland, 4-8 March 2026
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2026, Greece, 5-15 March 2026
BUFF Malmö Film Festival 2026, Sweden, 7-13 March 2026
Vilnius International Film Festival 2026, Lithuania, 9-22 March 2026
SXSW 2026, USA, 12-18 March 2026
Manchester Film Festival 2026, UK, 13-22 March 2026
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival 2026, Norway, TBA
Visegrad Film Forum 2026, Slovakia, TBA
CPH:DOX 2026, Denmark, 11-22 March 2026
One World Festival 2026, Czech Republic, 11 March – 24 April 2026
International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) 2026, Canada, 12-29 March 2026
Sofia International Film Festival 2026, Bulgaria, 12-31 March 2026
Kaboom Animation Festival 2026, The Netherlands, 13-22 March 2026
Regard – Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2026, Canada, 18-22 March 2026
Fribourg International Film Festival 2026, Switzerland, 20-29 March 2026
Boston Underground Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Cinéma du réel 2026, France, 21-28 March 2026
Ann Arbor Film Festival 2026, USA, 25-29 March 2026
Annapolis Film Festival 2026, USA, 26-29 March 2026
April
Film & Folklore Festival 2026, Trinidad & Tobago, 1-7 April 2026
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2026, Hong Kong, 1-12 April 2026
Cleveland International Film Festival 2026, USA, 9-18 April 2026
Vues sur mer 2026, Canada, 9-12 April 2026
Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) 2026, Vietnam, TBD
Open City Documentary Film Festival 2026, UK, 14-19 April 2026
Milwaukee Film Festival 2026, USA, 16-30 April 2026
Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews 2026, USA, 17-19 April 2026
Visions du Réel 2026, Switzerland, 17-26 April 2026
Sunny Bunny 2026, Ukraine, 17-24 April 2026
Cameroon International Film Festival 2026, Cameroon, 20-25 April 2026
goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film 2026, Germany, 21-27 April 2026
Brussels Short Film Festival 2026, Belgium, 22 April – 2 May 2026
Independent Film Festival Boston 2026, USA, 22-29 April 2026
Hot Docs 2026, Canada, 23 April – 3 May 2026
Atlanta Film Festival 2026, USA, 23 April – 3 May 2026
Made Here Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Novi Sad Film Festival 2026, Serbia, TBD
Jeonju International Film Festival 2026, South Korea, 29 April – 8 May 2026
DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2026, Canada, 30 April – 10 May 2026
May
Taiwan Documentary Film Festival 2026, Taiwan, 1-10 May 2026
IndieLisboa 2026, Portugal, TBA
Documenta Madrid 2026, Spain, 5-10 May 2026
DOK.fest München 2026, Germany, 6-17 May 2026
Docs Barcelona 2026, Spain, 7-17 May 2026
Cannes Film Festival 2026, France, 12-23 May 2026
Beldocs Internatinoal Documentary Festival 2026, Serbia, 20-26 May 2026
Krakow Film Festival 2026, Poland, 31 May – 7 June 2026
Vienna Shorts 2026, Austria, 26-31 May 2026
Leiden Shorts 2026, The Netherlands, TBA
June
Bali International Film Festival 2026, Indonesia, 1-7 June 2026
San Diego French Film Festival 2026, USA, TBD
Hamburg Short Film Festival 2026, Germany, 2-7 June 2026
International Film Festival Innsbruck 2026, Austria, 2-7 June 2026
Tribeca Film Festival 2026, USA, 3-14 June 2026
Sydney Film Festival 2026, Australia, 3-14 June 2026
Norwegian Short Film Festival 2026, Norway, 10-14 June 2026
Provincetown International Film Festival 2026, USA, 10-14 June 2026
Sheffield Docfest 2026, UK, 10-15 June 2026
Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2026, France, 21-27 June 2026
FIDADOC 2026, Morocco, TBA
Ouray International Film Festival 2026, USA, 18-21 June 2026
Doc Edge 2026, New Zealand, TBA
International Film Festival Cologne 2026, Germany, TBD
July
Amman International Film Festival 2026, Jordan, TBA
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2026, Czech Republic, 3-11 July 2026
FID Marseille 2026, France, 7-12 July 2026
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2026, Australia, TBA
Jerusalem Film Festival 2026, Israel/Palestine, 9-19 July 2026
Maine International Film Festival 2026, USA, 10-19 July 2026
Golden Apricot – Yerevan International Film Festival 2026, Armenia, 12-19 July 2026
Durban International Film Festival 2026, South Africa, 23 July – 2 August 2026
Fantasia International Film Festival 2026, Canada, 16 July – 2 August 2026
Ariano International Film Festival 2026, Italy, 27 July – 2 August 2026
Oak Cliff Film Festival 2026, USA, 30 July – 2 August 2026
August
Locarno Film Festival 2026, Switzerland, 5-15 August 2026
Cobb International Film Festival 2026, USA, 6-9 August 2026
Melbourne International Film Festival 2026, Australia, 6-23 August 2026
Dokufest 2026, Kosovo, 7-15 August 2026
Membrana Film Festival 2026, UK, TBA
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026, Scotland, 13-19 August 2026
Sarajevo Film Festival 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14-21 August 2026
Norwegian International Film Festival 2026, Norway, 22-28 August 2026
Oslo Pix Film Festival 2026, Norway, 25-31 August 2026
Telluride Film Festival 2026, USA, 28-31 August 2026
September
Venice International Film Festival 2026, Italy, 2-12 September 2026
Toronto International Film Festival 2026, Canada, TBA
Brussels International Film Festival 2026, Belgium, 4-12 September 2026
DMZ International Documentary Festival 2026, South Korea, 10-16 September 2026
Nordisk Panorama 2026, Sweden, TBA
Busan International Film Festival 2026, South Korea, 16-25 September 2026
Boston Film Festival 2026, USA, 17-21 September 2026
Fantastic Fest 2026, USA, TBA
Nashville Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
San Sebastian International Film Festival 2026, Spain, TBA
Tirana Film Festival 2026, Albania, TBA
Filmfest Hamburg 2026, Germany, 24 September – 3 October 2026
Reykjavik International Film Festival 2026, Iceland, 24 September – 4 October 2026
Zurich International Film Festival 2026, Austria, 24 September – 4 October 2026
New York Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival 2026, Norway, TBA
October
Vancouver International Film Festival 2026, Canada, TBA
Mill Valley Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2026, Lithuania, 6-25 October 2026
Film Fest Gent 2026, Belgium, 14-25 October 2026
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) 2026, Canada, TBA
Silicon Valley African Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2026, Japan, TBA
DocsMX 2026, Mexico, TBA
New York Greek Film Expo 2026, USA, TBA
NatureTrack Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
San Diego International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Philadelphia Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Black Bear Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Adelaide Film Festival 2026, Australia, TBA
Bergen International Film Festival 2026, Norway, 14-22 October 2026
Newport Beach Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Doclisboa 2026, Portugal, TBA
Vermont International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Altered Images Fest 2026, UK, 25 October 2026
Byron Bay International Film Festival 2026, Australia, TBA
Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) 2026, TBA
Planet in Focus 2026, Canada, TBA
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2026, Czech Republic, 23 October – 1 November 2026
BFI London Film Festival 2026, UK, TBA
Jakarta Film Week 2026, Indonesia, TBA
DOK Leipzig 2026, Germany, TBA
November
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Festival dei Popoli 2026, Italy, TBA
Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2026, Argentina, TBA
Tucson Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2026, TBA
Coronado Island Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Indie Memphis Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Zagreb Film Festival 2026, Croatia, TBA
Cinemania 2026, Canada, TBA
Stockholm International Film Festival 2026, Sweden, TBA
PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026, Estonia, TBA
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2026, The Netherlands, TBA
DOC NYC 2026, USA, TBA
Doha Film Festival 2026, Qatar, TBA
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) 2026, Canada, TBA
FIDBA 2026, Argentina, 24-30 November 2026
Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2026, Indonesia, TBA
Scottsdale International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Norwich Film Festival 2026, UK, TBA
Cairo International Film Festival 2026, Egypt, TBA
Marrakech International Film Festival 2026, Morocco, TBA
December
Red Sea Film Festival 2026, KSA, TBA
Anchorage International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Nuevas Miradas 2026, Cuba, TBA
The dates mentioned above are subject to change and are regularly updated.
