About the Festivals Directory

The Festivals Directory is an indispensable directory for film, video and programme makers, detailing how and when to submit work to over 1,300 events around the world. Listed are international film festivals, including television and video festivals, with details of deadlines, entry requirements and contact details for each festival.

Relevant information is submitted directly to the British Council by the festival organisers and/or those involved with the event. The Directory is not an exhaustive record of all existing film festivals, nor does it represent any critical judgement made by the British Council on any individual festival's merits.

How to use the directory

The search feature on every page enables you to look up film festivals by country, town, festival title, category or month of the year. For instance, you could enter 'January' or 'Annecy' or 'animation', 'short films', 'disabilities' or even '35mm'. You can perform more specific searches - including a full menu of categories - by visiting the Advanced Search page. There is also a menu available on every page which will allow you to display film festivals in particular countries.

Contact emails and web addresses are provided for each festival. Please use these details to submit your film to a festival or find out more information about it. You cannot apply to a festival by contacting the British Council through Britfilms.

Submitting new listings and amendments

Click here to suggest a new festival to add to the Directory.

To make amendments to an existing listing please use the link at the bottom of each entry. This sends out an amendment form to the contact email we have for the festival.The directory lists over 1,300 international film festivals, including television and video festivals, giving details on how and when to enter these events.

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