Film Fest Report provides you with insights to anticipate the 2027 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 the main film festivals taking place in 2027.
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January
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2027, USA, TBA
Montreal Critics’ Week 2027, Canada, TBA
Trieste Film Festival 2027, Italy, 15-23 January 2027
Tromsø International Film Festival 2027, Norway, 18-24 January 2027
Sundance Film Festival 2027, USA, 21-30 January 2027
FIPADOC International Documentary Film Festival 2027, France, 22-30 January 2027
Max Ophuels Film Festival 2027, Germany, 25-31 January 2027
Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival 2027, France, 26-31 January 2027
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2027, The Netherlands, 28 January – 7 February 2027
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2027, France, 29 January – 6 February 2027
Göteborg Film Festival 2027, Sweden, 29 January – 7 February 2027
February
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2027, USA, 3-13 February 2027
DocPoint Helsinki 2027, Finland, 5-14 February 2027
Victoria Film Festival 2027, Canada, 5 February – 14 March 2027
Berlin International Film Festival 2027, Germany, 10-21 February 2027
Available Light Film Festival 2027, Canada, 11-27 February 2027
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2027, USA, 12-21 February 2027
Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2027, USA, 15-21 February 2027
Slamdance Film Festival 2027, USA, 18-24 February 2027
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2027, USA, 19-27 February 2027
FESPACO 2027, Burkina Faso, 27 February – 6 March 2027
Glasgow Film Festival 2027, Scotland, TBA
March
IDFF Artdocfest / Riga 2027, Latvia, 1-8 March 2027
Punto de Vista 2027, Spain, TBA
Tempo Documentary Festival 2027, Sweden, 8-14 March 2027
True/False Film Fest 2027, USA, TBA
Tampere Film Festival 2027, Finland, 10-14 March 2027
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2027, Greece, TBA
BUFF Malmö Film Festival 2027, Sweden, TBA
Vilnius International Film Festival 2027, Lithuania, TBA
Manchester Film Festival 2027, UK, 11-21 March 2027
SXSW 2027, USA, 15-21 March 2027
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival 2027, Norway, TBA
Visegrad Film Forum 2027, Slovakia, TBA
CPH:DOX 2027, Denmark, 10-21 March 2027
One World Festival 2027, Czech Republic, TBA
International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) 2027, Canada, TBA
Sofia International Film Festival 2027, Bulgaria, TBA
Kaboom Animation Festival 2027, The Netherlands, TBA
Regard – Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2027, Canada, TBA
Nevada Women’s Film Festival (NWFFest) 2027, USA, TBA
WOW Film Festival 2027, Wales, TBA
Fribourg International Film Festival 2027, Switzerland, TBA
Boston Underground Film Festival 2027, USA, TBA
Cinéma du réel 2027, France, TBA
Ann Arbor Film Festival 2027, USA, TBA
Annapolis Film Festival 2027, USA, TBA
Reims Polar International Thriller Film Festival 2027, France, TBA
April
Film & Folklore Festival 2027, Trinidad & Tobago, TBA
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2027, Hong Kong, TBA
Cleveland International Film Festival 2027, USA, TBA
Vues sur mer 2027, Canada, TBA
Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) 2027, Vietnam, TBA
Open City Documentary Film Festival 2027, UK, TBA
Milwaukee Film Festival 2027, USA, TBA
Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews 2027, USA, TBA
Visions du Réel 2027, Switzerland, TBA
Sunny Bunny 2027, Ukraine, TBA
Cameroon International Film Festival 2027, Cameroon, TBA
goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film 2027, Germany, TBA
Brussels Short Film Festival 2027, Belgium, TBA
Independent Film Festival Boston 2027, USA, TBA
Hot Docs 2027, Canada, TBA
Atlanta Film Festival 2027, USA, TBA
Made Here Film Festival 2027, USA, TBA
Novi Sad Film Festival 2027, Serbia, TBA
Jeonju International Film Festival 2027, South Korea, TBA
DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2027, Canada, TBA
May
Taiwan Documentary Film Festival 2027, Taiwan, TBA
IndieLisboa 2027, Portugal, TBA
San Diego French Film Festival 2027, USA, TBA
Documenta Madrid 2027, Spain, TBA
DOK.fest München 2027, Germany, TBA
Docs Barcelona 2027, Spain, TBA
Cannes Film Festival 2027, France, TBA
Beldocs Internatinoal Documentary Festival 2027, Serbia, TBA
Krakow Film Festival 2027, Poland, TBA
Vienna Shorts 2027, Austria, TBA
Leiden Shorts 2027, The Netherlands, TBA
June
Bali International Film Festival 2026, Indonesia, 1-7 June 2026
Hamburg Short Film Festival 2026, Germany, 2-7 June 2026
International Film Festival Innsbruck 2026, Austria, 2-7 June 2026
Foyle Film Festival 2026, Northern Ireland, 2-27 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
Raindance Film Festival 2027, UK, 16-25 June 2027
Ouray International Film Festival 2026, USA, 18-21 June 2026
Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2026, France, 21-27 June 2026
Mediterrane Film Festival 2026, Malta, 21-28 June 2026
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2026, USA, 23-29 June 2026
Doc Edge 2026, New Zealand, 24 June – 10 August 2026
July
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, 7-19 July 2026
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
Fantasia International Film Festival 2026, Canada, 16 July – 2 August 2026
WACO Independent Film Festival 2026, USA, 16-19 July 2026
Durban International Film Festival 2026, South Africa, 23 July – 2 August 2026
Amman International Film Festival 2026, Jordan, 26 July – 3 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
Membrana Film Festival 2026, UK, 1-2 August 2026
Mpumalanga International Film Festival 2026, South Africa, 2-10 August 2026
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
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
EBS International Documentary Festival 2026, Korea, 24-30 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
Brussels International Film Festival 2026, Belgium, 4-12 September 2026
Deauville American Film Festival 2026, France, 4-13 September 2026
DMZ International Documentary Festival 2026, South Korea, 10-16 September 2026
Toronto International Film Festival 2026, Canada, 10-20 September 2026
Nordisk Panorama 2026, Sweden, 17-22 September 2026
Busan International Film Festival 2026, South Korea, 16-25 September 2026
Boston Film Festival 2026, USA, 17-21 September 2026
Fantastic Fest 2026, USA, 17-24 September 2026
San Sebastian International Film Festival 2026, Spain, 18-26 September 2026
Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival 2026, Norway, 19-28 September 2026
Tirana Film Festival 2026, Albania, 21-27 September 2027
Chicago Underground Film Festival 2026, USA, 23-27 September 2026
Ottawa International Animation Festival 2026, Canada, 23-27 September 2026
Nashville Film Festival 2026, USA, 24-30 September 2026
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, 25 September – 12 October 2026
October
Vancouver International Film Festival 2026, Canada, 1-11 October 2026
Mill Valley Film Festival 2026, USA, 1-11 October 2026
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2026, Lithuania, 6-25 October 2026
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) 2026, Canada, 7-18 September 2026
BFI London Film Festival 2026, UK, 7-18 October 2026
Silicon Valley African Film Festival 2026, USA, 8-11 October 2026
Tucson Film Festival 2026, USA, 9-11 October 2026
Film Fest Gent 2026, Belgium, 14-25 October 2026
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2027, Japan, TBA
International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsMX) 2026, Mexico, 22-30 October 2026
New York Greek Film Expo 2026, USA, 8-18 October 2026
Adelaide Film Festival 2026, Australia, 14-25 October 2026
Bergen International Film Festival 2026, Norway, 14-22 October 2026
Newport Beach Film Festival 2026, USA, 15-22 October 2026
El Gouna Film Festival 2026, Egypt, 15-23 October 2026
Philadelphia Film Festival 2026, USA, 15-25 October 2026
Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) 2026, 16-25 October 2026
Byron Bay International Film Festival 2026, Australia, 16-25 October 2026
Doclisboa 2026, Portugal, 16-26 October 2026
Black Bear Film Festival 2026, USA, 17-19 October 2026
Wildscreen Festival 2026, UK, 19-22 October 2026
Planet in Focus 2026, Canada, 20-25 October 2026
AFI Fest 2026, USA, 21-25 October 2026
Jakarta Film Week 2026, Indonesia, 21-25 October 2026
ICP Entertainment Film Festival 2026, USA, 23-27 October 2026
Vermont International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA
Altered Images Fest 2026, UK, 25 October 2026
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2026, Czech Republic, 23 October – 1 November 2026
DOK Leipzig 2026, Germany, 26 October – 1 November 2026
Festival dei Popoli 2026, Italy, 31 October – 8 November 2026
November
Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival 2026, USA, 1-8 November 2026
Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2026, 4-8 November 2026
Coronado Island Film Festival 2026, USA, 4-8 November 2026
Cinemania 2026, Canada, 4-15 November 2026
Indie Memphis Film Festival 2026, USA, 5-8 November 2026
NatureTrack Film Festival 2026, USA, 6-8 November 2026
Norwich Film Festival 2026, UK, 6-15 November 2026
PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026, Estonia, 6-22 November 2026
Zagreb Film Festival 2026, Croatia, 9-15 November 2026
Cairo International Film Festival 2026, Egypt, 11-20 November 2026
Stockholm International Film Festival 2026, Sweden, 11-22 November 2026
DOC NYC 2026, USA, 11-29 November 2026
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2026, The Netherlands, 12-22 November 2026
Flensburg Short Film Days 2026, Germany, 18-22 November 2026
Doha Film Festival 2026, Qatar, 19-27 November 2026
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) 2026, Canada, 19-29 November 2026
Marrakech International Film Festival 2026, Morocco, 20-28 November 2026
Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2026, Argentina, 21 November – 1 December 2026
FIDBA 2026, Argentina, 24-30 November 2026
Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2026, Indonesia, TBA
December
Red Sea Film Festival 2026, KSA, 3-12 December 2026
Anchorage International Film Festival 2026, USA, 4-13 December 2026
Nuevas Miradas 2026, Cuba, TBA
The dates mentioned above are subject to change and are regularly updated.
