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2008

May 14-25
Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, France)
May 15-25
Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
May 20-25
Ethnocineca 2008 (Vienna, Austria)
May 22-June 16
Seattle International Film Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
May 23-25
Zaki Gordon Institute Short Film Festival (Sedona, Arizona, USA)
May 23-31
Ibiza International Film Festival (Ibiza Town, Ibiza)
May 27-June 1
DOXA Documentary Film Festival (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
May 28-31
Kimera Film Festival (Campobasso, Italy)
May 29-June 1
Mendocino Film Festival (Mendocino, California, USA)
May 29-31
Ambulart Film Fest (Hamburg, Germany)
May 30-June 1
The Wrath of Con: Sci-Fi Convention and Film Festival (Panama City Beach, Florida, USA)
May 30-June 5
Hoboken International Film Festival (Hoboken, New Jersey, USA)
May 30-June 8
Brooklyn International Film Festival (Brooklyn, New York, USA)
May 30-June 29
New Jersey International Film Festival (Rutgers, New Jersey, USA)
May 31-June 7
Swansea Film Festival (Swansea, Wales, UK)
June 1
The Shortie Awards: Student Film and News Festival (Washington, D.C., USA)
June 1-8
Zlín 2008 - 48th International Film Festival for Children and Youth (Zlín, The Czech Republic)
June 3-8
Hollywood Black Film Festival (Beverly Hills, California, USA)
June 4-8
San Joaquin Film Festival (Stockton, California, USA)
June 5-8
Breckenridge Festival of Film (Breckenridge, Colorado, USA)
June 5-8
Staten Island Film Festival (Staten Island, New York, USA)
June 8-11
Banff World Television Festival (Banff, Canada)
June 11-15
Biografilm Festival (Bologna, Italy)
June 11-15
Montclair International Film Festival (Montclair, New Jersey, USA)
June 12-21
Cinevegas Film Festival (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
June 14-22
Shanghai International Film Festival (Shanghai, China)
June 15-21
Taormina Film Festival (Taormina, Sicily, Italy)
June 16-20
11/22 - International Comedy Short Film Festival (Vienna, Austria)
June 18-29
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland)
June 19-22
Nantucket Film Festival & Screenplay Competition (Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA)
June 20-21
Spark International Film Festival (Harrison, Arkansas, USA)
June 22
Houston Film Commission's Texas Filmmakers Showcase (Houston, Texas, USA)
July 4-16
Film Sharing International Low and No Budget Video Film Festival (Stuttgart, Germany)
July 7-12
Animator-Poznan Festival (Poznan, Poland)
July 19-24
St. Louis Filmmakers' Showcase (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
July 19-August 2
Jersey Shore Film Festival (Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)
July 25-31
Action on Film Festival (Pasadena, California, USA)
July 25-31
DancesWithFilms (Los Angeles, California, USA)
July 29-August 3
Traverse City Film Festival (Traverse City, Michigan, USA )
July 29-August 10
International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
August 2
South Shore Lakedance Film Festival (Hammond, Indiana, USA)
August 5-10
Alpinale European Film Festival Nenzing (Bludenz, Austria)
August 5-10
Rhode Island International Film Festival (Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
August 8-10
Santa Monica International Film Festival (Santa Monica, California, USA)
August 8-15
Indie Fest USA and Expo (Anaheim, California, USA)
August 13-16
Gloria Film Festival (West Valley City, Utah, USA)
August 15-23
Sarajevo Film Festival (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
August 15-23
Monterrey International Film Festival (Monterrey, Mexico)
August 20-23
Washougal International Film Festival (Washougal, Washington, USA)
August 21-27
Palm Springs International ShortFest (Palm Springs, California, USA)
August 30-October 30
Haydenfilms Online Film Festival (Kutztown, Pennsylvania, USA)
September 5-November 16
New Jersey Film Festival (Rutgers, New Jersey, USA)
September 8-13
Festival de Artes Audiovisuales de La Plata (La Plata, Argentina)
September 12-14
ACE Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
September 12-21
Strasbourg International Film Festival (Strasbourg, France)
September 12-13
Keokuk Independent Film Festival (Keokuk, Iowa, USA)
September 16-21
Dark Carnival Film Festival (Bloomington, Indiana, USA)
September 18-20
Black Earth Film Festival (Galesburg, Illinois, USA)
September 18-20
Milwaukee International Film Festival (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
September 18-20
Reggio Film Festival (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
September 19-21
Montana Independent Film Festival (Missoula, Montana, USA)
September 20-22
Illinois International Film Festival (St. Charles, Illinois, USA)
September 24-27
Vancouver Film and Television Forum (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
September 25-October 10
Vancouver International Film Festival (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
September 25-29
Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia)
September 26-28
Coney Island Film Festival (Coney Island, New York, USA)
September 26-28
Santa Monica International Film Festival (Santa Monica, California, USA)
September 26-October 4
Edmonton International Film Festival (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
September 26-28
Port Townsend Film Festival (Port Townsend, Washington, USA)
September 27
Modesto Reel Food Film Festival (Modesto, California, USA)
September 27
New Haven Underground Film Festival (New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
September 28-October 2
Cinema City International Film Festival (Universal City, California, USA)
October 1-12
Raindance Film Festival (London, England)
October 2-12
Mill Valley Film Festival (Mill Valley, California, USA)
October 3-7
Scottsdale International Film Festival (Scottsdale, Arizona, USA)
October 9-12
Eerie Horror Film Festival (Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)
October 9-15
FAIF International Short Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
October 10-20
Warsaw International Film Festival (Warsaw, Poland)
October 16-26
Doclisboa 2008 - The Lisbon International Documentary Film Festival (Lisbon, Portugal)
October 17-18
Boston Bicycle Film Festival (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
October 17-19
FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival (Orlando, Florida, USA)
October 17-24
Toronto After Dark Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
October 21-26
Terror Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
October 24
The Freaked-Out Films Film Festival (Lublin, Poland)
October 24-26
Arpa International Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
November 5-9
Moving Image Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
November 6-9
Filmfestival Passau (Passau, Germany)
November 10-17
Kolkata International Film Festival (Calcutta, West Bengal, India)
November 12-16
Lone Star International Film Festival (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
November 13-23
Mammoth Film Festival (Mammoth Lakes, California, USA)
November 13-23
St. Louis International Film Festival (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
November 13-23
Starz Denver Film Festival (Denver, Colorado, USA)
November 14-16
Poppy Jasper Film Festival (Morgan Hill, California, USA)
November 16-22
SeaScape Films Short Film Festival (Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)
November 19-23
Full Length Film Festival (Lublin, Poland)


2009

January 8-19
Palm Springs International Film Festival (Palm Springs, California, USA)
January 9-11
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival (Nevada City, California, USA)
June 5-7
Texandance International Film Festival (New Braunfels, Texas, USA)
October 22-27
Terror Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
November 12-22
Mammoth Film Festival (Mammoth Lakes, California, USA)


2008 - Festivals that have already occurred

January 4-6
Screamin' Athens Horror Festival (Athens, Greece)
January 3-10
Hyderabad International Film Festival (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India)
January 11-13
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival (Nevada City, California, USA)
January 16-19
LDS Film Festival (Orem, Utah, USA)
January 17-25
Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
January 17-27
Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
January 25-27
Sonoma Environmental Film Festival (Sonoma, California, USA)
January 26-28
Bellows Falls Film Festival (Bellows Falls, Vermont, USA)
January 25-February 4
Goteborg International Film Festival (Gothenburg, Sweden)
January 31-February 3
San Diego Black Film Festival (San Diego, California, USA)
February 1-10
Victoria Film Festival (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
February 2
North Texas Sci-Fi Short Film Fest (Irving, Texas, USA)
February 7-17
Directors Lounge Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
February 7-17
Pan African Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
February 8-15
The "What The Hell Did I Just Watch?" Comedy Video Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
February 9
TucsonFilm.com ShortFest (Tucson, Arizona, USA)
February 11-15
Almost Famous Film Festival Short Film Festival (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
February 14-16
Magnolia Independent Film Festival (Starkville, Mississippi, USA)
February 14-17
Boulder International Film Festival (Boulder, Colorado, USA)
February 15-17
Almost Famous Film Festival 48 Hour Short Film Challenge (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
February 15-24
Dublin International Film Festival (Dublin, Ireland)
February 17
Tropfest 2008 Short Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
February 18-24
Omaha Film Festival (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
February 19-March 2
Festival Internacional De Cine Contemporaneo De La Ciudad De Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
February 26
The Can (New York City, New York, USA)
February 27-March 2
Durango Independent Film Festival (Durango, Colorado, USA)
February 27-March 2
Gasparilla Film Festival (Tampa, Florida, USA)
February 27-March 2
Sedona International Film Festival (Sedona, Arizona, USA)
February 27-March 4
Cinequest (San Jose, California, USA)
February 28-March 2
Beverly Hills Shorts Festival (Beverly Hills, California, USA)
February 28-March 2
International Family Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
February 28-March 2
True/False Film Festival (Columbia, Missouri, USA)
February 28-March 5
Human Rights Watch International Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
February 28-March 5
Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival (Trondheim, Norway)
February 28-March 6
New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (New York City, New York, USA)
February 29-March 8
Byron Bay Film Festival (Byron Bay, Australia)
March 5-8
Foursite Film Festival (Ogden, Utah, USA)
March 5-16
Melbourne Queer Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
March 6-9
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival (Flagstaff, Arizona, USA)
March 6-16
Cleveland International Film Festival (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
March 6-16
DC Independent Film Festival (Washington D.C, USA)
March 6-16
Sydney Latin American Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
March 11-22
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital (Washington, DC, USA)
March 12-17
AFIA Film Festival (Aarhus, Denmark)
March 15
Vinfen's Moving Images Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
March 16-18
The European Independent Film Festival (Paris, France)
March 16-22
White Sands International Film Festival (Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA)
March 19-22
Sunscreen Film Festival (St. Petersburg, Florida, USA)
March 20-23
Dawson City International Short Film Festival (Dawson City, Yukon, Canada)
March 20-30
KinoRurik Russian Film Festival (Stockholm and Uppsala, Sweden)
March 21-30
Green Mountain Film Festival (Montpelier, Vermont, USA)
March 25-29
Canadian Film Fest (Toronto,Ontario, Canada)
March 26-29
First Time Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
March 26-30
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival (Belgrade, Serbia)
March 27-30
Arizona Black Film Festival (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
March 27-30
Boston Underground Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
March 27-30
Faux Film Festival (Portland, Oregon, USA)
March 27-30
Kent Film Festival (Kent, Connecticut, USA)
March 28-29
16mm Film Festival (Rome, Italy)
March 27-April 3
Method Fest Film Festival (El Segundo, California, USA)
March 28-30
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (Seattle, Washington, USA)
March 28-April 6
Sacramento International Film Festival (Sacramento, California, USA)
March 29
Banff Film Festival World Tour (Tempe, Arizona, USA)
April 3-6
Vail International Film Festival (Vail, Colorado, USA)
April 3-6
Wisconsin Film Festival (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)
April 3-7
Ashland Independent Film Festival (Ashland, Oregon, USA)
March 13-April 12
The Very Short Movies Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
April 3-5
Fairhope Film Festival (Fairhope, Alabama, USA)
April 3-10
Malibu International Film Festival (Malibu, California, USA)
April 3-15
Philadelphia Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
April 4-5
Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA)
April 6-13
Noor Iranian Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
April 8
Jay Saunders Film Festival (Auburn, Alabama, USA)
April 9-13
Sonoma Valley Film Festival (Sonoma, California, USA)
April 7-17
Ambulart Film Fest (Quito, Ecuador)
April 10-13
Oxford International Film Festival (Oxford, Ohio, USA)
April 10-17
Palm Beach International Film Festival (Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
April 10-11
Ambulart Film Fest (Guadalajara, Mexico)
April 11-12
168 Hour Film Project (Burbank, California, USA)
April 11-13
FirstGlance Film Fest 8 (Hollywood, California, USA)
April 11-20
WorldFest-Houston Film Festival (Houston, Texas, USA)
April 12
Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival (Tempe, Arizona, USA)
April 14-19
London Independent Film Festival (London, England)
April 7-17
Ambulart Film Fest (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
April 16-20
Okanagan Film Festival (Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada)
April 18-20
Fresno Film Festival (Fresno, California, USA)
April 18-20
Los Angeles United Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
April 20
Boys & Girls Clubs Aspiring Filmmakers Festival (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)
April 23-27
Roger Ebert's Film Festival (Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, USA)
April 23-27
KAN Film Festival (Wroclaw, Poland)
April 23-28
RiverRun International Film Festival (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)
April 23-29
Independent Film Festival of Boston (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
April 23-May 3
Indianapolis International Film Festival (Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
April 24-27
Dead By Dawn Film Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland)
April 24-27
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon, USA)
April 24-May 1
Newport Beach Film Festival (Newport Beach, California, USA)
April 25-May 4
The Brussels Short Film Festival (Brussels, Belgium)
April 26
Main Line Film Festival (Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA)
May 1
SFMUG Short Movie Festival (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)
April 12- May 8
European Film Festival (Valletta, Malta)
May 1-5
Marfa Film Festival (Marfa, Texas, USA)
May 2-4
MOCKFEST: The Mockumentary Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
May 2-4
New Strand Film Festival (West Liberty, Iowa, USA)
May 2-4
Festival des Très Courts (various cities, France)
May 3-11
Toronto Jewish Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
May 8
Golden Trailer Awards (Los Angeles, California, USA)
May 9-11
Shockfest Independent Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
May 9-18
Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
May 12-17
Monaco Film Festival (Monte Carlo, Monaco)
May 14-18
GI Film Festival (Washington, DC, USA)
May 15-18
Little Rock Film Festival (Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)

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