At Together Films, we know how important festivals are to a film’s campaign. That’s why as part of our #TFInsights series, we have put together a comprehensive list of upcoming prominent film festival deadlines as a resource for filmmakers to make sure these all important dates aren’t missed.
Below are the deadlines for May through to the end of June. If we have missed a festival which you believe should be on the list, let us know on Twitter.
May 2021
- United Nations Association Film Festival Early Deadline, US – 1 May 2021
- Chicago International Children’s Festival Early Deadline, US – 1 May 2021
- San Diego International Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 1 May 2021
- Edmonton Film Festival Late Deadline, Canada – 1 May 2021
- Woods Hole Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 1 May 2021
- Tacoma Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 1 May 2021
- Tallgrass Film Festival Early Deadline, US – 3 May 2021
- Denver Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 3 May 2021
- Bentonville Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 4 May 2021
- Crossroads Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 5 May 2021
- Santa Fe Independent Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 5 May 2021
- Oak Cliff Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 7 May 2021
- SENE Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 7 May 2021
- Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival Regular Deadline, Spain – 9 May 2021
- Raindance Film Festival Regular Deadline, UK – 10 May 2021
- Camden International Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 10 May 2021
- Open City Documentary Festival Late Deadline, UK – 10 May 2021
- United Nations Association Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 11 May 2021
- Mill Valley Film Festival Early Deadline, US – 14 May 2021
- Coney Island Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 14 May 2021
- New Hampshire Film Festival Early Deadline, US – 15 May 2021
- Whistler Film Festival and Summit Early Deadline, Canada – 15 May 2021
- Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema Regular Deadline, Canada – 15 May 2021
- Rhode Island International Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 15 May 2021
- Motovun Film Festival Regular Deadline, Croatia – 15 May 2021
- Sidewalk Film Festival Late Deadline , US – 16 May 2021
- Hamptons International Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 18 May 2021
- FIN Atlantic International Film Festival Regular Deadline, Canada – 18 May 2021
- Bentonville Film Festival Late Deadline – US, 18 May 2021
- Indie Memphis Film Festival Late Deadline – US, 21 May 2021
- United Nations Association Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 21 May 2021
- Nashville Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 21 May 2021
- Austin Film Festival Regular Deadline, US- 21 May 2021
- Cork International Film Festival Regular Deadline, Ireland – 21 May 2021
- Nashville Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 21 May 2021
- Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 21 May 2021
- Philadelphia Film Festival Early Deadline, US – 23 May 2021
- Cucalorus Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 23 May 2021
- Heartland International Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 23 May 2021
- Chagrin Documentary Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 24 May 2021
- St Johns International Women’s Film Festival Late Deadline, Canada – 24 May 2021
- Tirana International Film Festival Regular Deadline, Albania – 24 May 2021
- Cucalorus Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 26 May 2021
- BendFilm Festival Late Deadline, US – 26 May 2021
- Hawaii International Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 26 May 2021
- Lunenburg Doc Fest Regular Deadline, Canada – 27 May 2021
- Calgary International Film Festival Regular Deadline, Canada – 28 May 2021
- Vancouver International Film Festival Regular Deadline, Canada – 28 May 2021
- Toronto International Film Festival Regular Deadline, Canada – 28 May 2021
- UK Jewish Film Festival Early Deadline, UK – 31 May 2021
- FICFA (Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie) Early Deadline, Canada – 31 May 2021
- Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival Deadline, Canada – 31 May 2021
- Washington West International Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 31 May 2021
- San Diego Underground Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 31 May 2021
- The RSF Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 31 May 2021
- Chicago International Children’s Festival Regular Deadline, US – 31 May 2021
- Encounters Film Festival Regular Deadline, UK – 31 May 2021
- Aethetica Film Festival Regular Deadline, UK – 31 May 2021
- Jihlava Documentary Film Festival Regular Deadline, Czech Republic – 31 May 2021
JUNE 2021
- SCAD Savannah Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 1 June 2021
- Tacoma Film Festival Late Deadline, US, – 1 June 2021
- Denver Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 1 June 2021
- Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival Regular Deadline, UK – 1 June 2021
- Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema Late Deadline, Canada – 1 June 2021
- American Black Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 1 June 2021
- Tallgrass Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 4 June 2021
- Santa Fe Independent Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 4 June 2021
- SENE Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 4 June 2021
- Motovun Film Festival Late Deadline, Croatia – 5 June 2021
- Norwich Film Festival Regular Deadline, UK – 6 June 2021
- Aethetica Film Festival Late Deadline, UK – 7 June 2021
- Bolton International Film Festival Late Deadline, UK – 10 June 2021
- Venice Film Festival, Italy – 11 June 2021
- Mill Valley Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 11 June 2021
- Newport Beach Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 11 June 2021
- Vancouver International Film Festival Late Deadline, Canada – 11 June 2021
- Planet in Focus International Environment Film Festival Late Deadline, Canada – 11 June 2021
- Urbanworld Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 11 June 2021
- Raindance Film Festival Late Deadline, UK – 14 June 2021
- Encounters Film Festival Late Deadline, UK – 14 June 2021
- Chicago International Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 14 June 2021
- Underwire Festival Regular Deadline , UK – 14 June 2021
- SCAD Savannah Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 15 June 2021
- Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 15 June 2021
- New Hampshire Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 15 June 2021
- Rhode Island International Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 15 June 2021
- American Documentary and Animation Film Festival Early Deadline, US – 16 June 2021
- BFI London Film Festival, UK – 17 June 2021
- Lunenburg Doc Fest Late Deadline, Canada – 17 June 2021
- New Orleans Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 18 June 2021
- Calgary International Film Festival Late Deadline, Canada – 18 June 2021
- New Orleans Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 18 June 2021
- Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 18 June 2021
- Calgary International Film Festival Late Deadline, Canada – 18 June 2021
- Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival Late Deadline, UK – 22 June 2021
- Foyle Film Festival Regular Deadline , UK – 23 June 2021
- Tirana International Film Festival Late Deadline, Albania – 24 June 2021
- Victoria Film Festival Early Deadline, Canada – 25 June 2021
- Nashville Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 25 June 2021
- Golden Door International Film Festival Late Deadline, US – 25 June 2021
- Out On Film Regular Deadline, US – 26 June 2021
- Philadelphia Film Festival Regular Deadline, US – 27 June 2021
- British Urban Film Festival Late Deadline, UK – 28 June 2021