Events distribution start dates festival start dates festival applications applications for workshops, programs and contests HAVC deadlines October 2025.November 2025.December 2025.January 2026.February 2026.March 2026.April 2026.May 2026.June 2026.July 2026.August 2026.September 2026.October 2026. Show Friday, 1. August PÖFF Shorts International Short Film and Animation Festival Tallinn, Estonia DOCVILLE – International Documentaire Filmfestival (Early Deadline 1) Leuven, Belgium Aspen Shortfest (Early Deadline) Aspen, SAD IDFAcademy 2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands 0203Monday, 4. August New Media Film Festival (Early Deadline 2) Los Angeles, USA Sundance Film Festival (Regular Deadline for Short Films) Park City, USA Seminci – Valladolid International Film Festival Valladolid, Spain 05Wednesday, 6. August European Film Festival of Lille (Early Deadline) Lille, France Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival Oulu, Finland 07Friday, 8. August PÖFF Shorts International Short Film and Animation Festival (late deadline) Tallinn, Estonia British Horror Film Festival (Extended Deadline) London, UK Santa Barbara Film Festival (Early Deadline) Santa Barbara, USA 09Sunday, 10. August International Factual Forum Rome, Italy Tuzla Film Festival Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Vevey International Funny Film Festival Vevey, Switzerland London Short Film Festival (late deadline) London, UK Monday, 11. August Slamdance Film Festival Utah, USA Cinequest Film and VR Festival (Early Deadline) San Jose, USA 1213Thursday, 14. August Les Arcs European Film Festival Paris, France Friday, 15. August Jaipur International Film Festival (Early Deadline) Jaipur, India Short Film Festival Leuven Leuven, Belgium Festival of Amateur Film – FAF Zagreb, Croatia Whistler Film Festival (Extended Deadline) Whistler, Canada 16Sunday, 17. August SHORT RIGA Test Screenings Riga, Latvia Black Nights Film Festival (late deadline) Tallinn, Estonia Stockholm Film Festival (late deadline) Stockholm, Sweden Monday, 18. August EAVE: Production Workshop Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Thessaloniki, Greece Tuesday, 19. August BlueCat – Screenplay Competition (Early Deadline) California, USA Wednesday, 20. August MEDICI Workshop Bled, Slovenia Summer FROOOM! Workshop Zagreb; Rijeka, Croatia Thursday, 21. August CINEMED – International Festival of Mediterranean Films (Documentary Feature Films) Montpellier, France Connecting Cottbus: Work in Progress Cottbus, Germany 2223Sunday, 24. August Black Nights Film Festival (Extended Deadline) Tallinn, Estonia 25Tuesday, 26. August SXSW Film Conference & Festival (First Deadline) Texas, USA 27Thursday, 28. August MIDPOIN ApostLab: Postproduction Workshop Halle, Germany NDU International Film Festival (Late Deadline) Beirut, Lebanon Friday, 29. August Sundance Film Festival (Regular Deadline for Feature Films) Utah, USA Saturday, 30. August MedPitching Rome, Italy 31
