October 2024
2 - 6 Oct
Bolton, UK
Celebrating films from home and abroad, Bolton Film Festival acts as an amplifier of emerging and established talent. Through its industry talks, masterclasses and networking sessions it aims to break open the door to a creative industry that many people find difficult to access and navigate.
2 - 11 Oct
Busan, South Korea
The Busan International Film Festival has grown from Korea's first international film festival to Korea's largest, and has become a film festival loved by many filmmakers and audiences not only in Asia but also in the world. As of 2019, 299 works were invited from a total of 85 countries, and the number of theaters that started with 6 has increased to 37 and are preparing to operate at the same level as before COVID-19 in 2022. In addition, the 'Busan Cinema Center' opened in 2011, which is an exclusive venue of the Busan International Film Festival and has become a landmark in Busan.
3 - 13 Oct
Switzerland
The ZFF brings great cinema to Zurich once a year when it's curtains up for some 150 film gems from around the globe, all of which are presented personally by the film's makers and stars. The majority of films screen as world or European premieres, all are Swiss premieres at the very least. You get to see films at the ZFF in the autumn that go on to win Oscars half a year later.
5 - 8 Oct
South Korea
The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) is a marketplace where diverse media content from films to audiovisuals, publications, webtoons, and web novels are traded.
8 - 19 Oct
Belgium
Film Fest Gent is Belgium's largest film festival. Annually, it has a programme of over 100 films and short films. The festival traditionally closes with the presentation of the coveted World Soundtrack Awards.
15 - 20 Oct
Towns of Woodstock, Rosendale and Saugerties and the city of Kingston
The Woodstock Film Festival is an Oscar®-qualifying festival in the short film categories - Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film, and Documentary Short Film.
17 - 24 Oct
Newport Beach, California
Celebrated as one of the leading lifestyle film festivals in the United States, the annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) attracts 58,000 film and food fans to over 100 feature films, 30 short film programs, and a dozen public parties featuring more than 60 culinary partners with their finest tastings.
19 - 20 Oct
Cannes, France
MIP Junior, France
MIPJUNIOR brings to Cannes the most influential buyers, commissioners, producers, development executives and distributors from the global Kids TV industry.
21 - 24 Oct
Cannes, France
MIPCOM is the most anticipated week for global decision-makers to compete for new series, source international production partners, and set the development agenda for the coming year and beyond.
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Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), Japan
TIFF looks to find excellent films from around the world and brings them to Tokyo, where filmmakers and film fans can enjoy them, meet emerging filmmakers, and be inspired.
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Tokyo, Japan
TIFFCOM, Japan
A top content market in Asia affiliated with Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), it showcases a variety of content holders from film, TV, animation etc.
November 2024
6 - 10 Nov
New York
The Aesthetica Short Film Festival is an international film festival which takes place annually in York, England, at the beginning of November. Founded in 2011, it is a celebration of independent film from around the world, and an outlet for supporting and championing filmmaking.
1 - 17 Nov
UK
The Leeds International Film Festival is the largest film festival in England outside London. Founded in 1987, it is held in November at various venues throughout Leeds, West Yorkshire. In 2022, the festival showed 140 films from 78 different countries, shorts and features, both commercial and independent.
5 - 10 Nov
Switzerland
The International Short Film Festival Winterthur is Switzerland's largest short film festival. The festival takes place each year in November. It is a popular audience event and an important platform for European short films.
5 - 10 Nov
Berlin
interfilm has established itself as one of the most important short film festivals in Europe. It is the second oldest German short film festival (after Oberhausen), and is recognised as the second most significant and oldest international film festival in Berlin after the Berlinale. More than 7.000 films with a maximum running time of 20 minutes are submitted each year. Of those, approximately 500 films are selected and organised into different thematic programs. These include; international, German, animation, documentary and children's films. 'Focus On' highlights productions from specific countries or regions. Beyond that there are also special sections devoted to areas such as music videos, commercials, experimental films, historical films and retrospectives.
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Estonia
PÖFF Shorts is a member of the
European Film Academy (EFA), choosing one short film from its competition as a candidate for the European Film Awards short film category.
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Ukraine
The widest panorama of contemporary short films, classical and latest achievements of Ukrainian cinema, special events and world premieres, educational and professional sections — all in our five-day marathon in the city center.
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Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), Taiwan
A worldwide event for cultural content copyright transactions and venture capital proposals, TCCF strives to offer the global content industry with the best international resources for co-production.
12 - 13 Nov
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai International Content Market (DICM), UAE
A major B2B market-event that unites industry professionals from the global entertainment content industry, DICM serves as a dynamic marketplace for buyers, sellers, and creators of varying content formats.
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Ha Noi, Vietnam
Ha Noi Film Festival (HANIFF), Vietnam
HANIFF promotes the cordial spirit and the sharing among filmmakers, delegates, guests, and audience responses from the cinema world with the aim of sustainable cinema development.
December 2024
2 - 5 Dec
London, United Kingdom
Content London, UK
Content London attracts more than 3000 leading content executives worldwide, with the aim of creating fresh partnerships around the most progressive ideas and initiatives.
5 - 8 Dec
Singapore
Asia's leading content market - Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) is a must-attend industry platform for the entertainment content world where the industry meets to buy, sell and network, discover the latest trends, showcasing the best-in-class innovation and champion the next generation of Asian content.
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Columbia
Bogotá Short Film Festival / Festival de Cortos de Bogotá - BOGOSHORTS, an event with the official category of qualifier for the Oscars of the Hollywood Academy and the Goya Awards of the Spanish Academy, is held annually during the first week of December with national and international competitions in all genres, in addition to multiple informative sections. It also has the only market specialised in short films in Latin America, the BFM - BOGOSHORTS Film Market, an industry space focused on strengthening the co-production and circulation of short films.
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Ukraine
Wiz-Art is an annual International Short Film Festival, which takes place in Lviv, Ukraine. The festival was started by the art collective Wiz-Art, founded in 2008. The festival shows more than 150 brand-new short films every year. Wiz-Art is a powerful cultural and educational platform that unites Ukrainian and foreign filmmakers and introduces them to the Ukrainian audience of experienced professionals.
8 - 10 Dec
Brazil
SPFF seeks to support and inspire independent short film from all over the world, by a genuine expression that can stimulate new thoughts to the art of cinema. The Festival SPFF is an organisation dedicated to the discovery and development of new artists, with visions beyond the border of the imagination that can thrill audiences from all countries.
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