FILM FESTIVALS

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Dokweb: data base of documentary film festivals

Film Festival Closed Submissions:

• Prague science film festival: Prize money: $5,000. The Grand Prize Award for the outstanding film of the year which comes: $10,000. ​​
• ​​Jihlava International documentary film festival, 24-28/28/2022, CZECH REPUBLIC: DOCUMENTARY | rough cuts and films that have so far not had a festival world premiere
• IDFA: doc.
• ​MEDIMED (13-16/10/2022, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain): documentary.​

• Jackson Wild Media Awards: nature film.​

• Golden Prague (Czech Republic): music and dance films.
• San Francisco Film Festival
• Emerging producers, Jihlava International documentary film festival, Czech Republic : documentary application closed.
• GREEN SCREEN 2022: wild life doc application closed.
• SILBERSALZ Science & Media Awards (15-19/03/2022) in association with Jackson WILD™: Across 8 categories, the awards honor original documentaries, factual series, immersive work and social media productions dealing with a range of scientific disciplines. Long and short formats, made for theatrical release, television, digital platforms, exhibition or social media are eligible.​
• ​DOK.fest München VFF Documentary Film Production Award 2022 (4-15/05/2022, Munich, Germany): documentary Prize money of 7,500 euros.​
• Series Mania (18-23/03/2022, Lille, France): for fiction series.
• 2022 WORLD WILDLIFE DAY FILM SHOWCASE: RECOVERING KEY SPECIES FOR ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, FIVE AWARD CATEGORIES.Submission closed.​
• Series Mania festival (18-25/03/2022, Lille, France): Series can be selected for the International Competition, French Competition, Short Formats Competition, International Panorama and Comedy Competition sections. Submission closed.​

• Alan Whicker’s 100th Birthday Film & TV Funding Award: the main award is £100,000 and the runner-up award £20,000 for an emerging filmmaker from anywhere in the world with the most promising pitch for a director-led documentary that fulfils the core criteria detailed here. Submission closed.​

• goEast Film Festival (19–25/04/2022, Wiesbaden, Germany): feature films from Central and Eastern Europe. Submission closed.
• Sundance Film Festival (20-30/01/2022, park City, UT, USA): Submissions for the 2023 Festival will open on June 7th, 2022.
• AFO (26/04-01/05/2022, Olomouc, Czech Republic): science doc application by 31/12/2021.
• Taiwan International Documentary Festival ( 06-15/05/2022, Taipei, Taiwan): Grand Prize (US$8,000) &Merit Prize (US$4,000). Submission closed.
• Tel Aviv Documentary Film Festival (19-28/05/2022, Tel Aviv): competition section submission closed.
• Sheffield DocFest (UK, 23-28/06/2022): documentary application closed.
• DocsBarcelona Award: doc application closed. ​
• CPH:DOX 2022 (23/03-3/04/2022): doc submission closed.
• FIFA (15-27/03/2022, Montréal, Canada): arts doc submission until 30/10/2021 (early bird until 31/08/2021). FIFA (15-27/03/2022, Montréal, Canada): arts doc submission closed.
• Hot Docs (28/04-08/05/2022, Toronto, Canada): submission closed.
• FIPADOC (17-23/01/2022, Biarritz, France): documentary submission closed.
• Gold Panda Sichuan International TV Festival (16-18/11/2021, China): documentary submission until 10/08/2021.
• Escales documentaires (17-23/11/2021, France): documentary film submission until 30/07/2021.
• IDF West Lake International Documentary Festival, (China, 22/10/21– 25/10/21): film submission until 20/07/2021.
• Ji.hlava IDFF, 25-30/10/2021, Czech Republic: documentary submission for rough cuts and documentaries that have so far not had a festival world premiere is 31/07/2021.
• IDFA, 17-28/11/2021, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: submissions deadline: July 15, 2021 – final deadline for documentaries.
• CINEMED (16-24/10/2021, Montpellier, France): feature documentary submission closed.
• Women Film Festival (Armenia): film submission closed.
• Cinekid Festival: kids film submission closed.
• Doclisboa (21-31/10/2021, Portugal): film submission closed.
• Golden Prague Festival (22-25/09/2021, Prague, Czech Republic): music and dance film submission closed.
• Venice TV AWARD: TV films submission closed.
• Escales documentaires (10-14/11/2021, La Rochelle, France): documentary submission closed.
• RIDM (11/2021, Montréal, Canada): documentary submission closed.
• Serie Series (30/06-02/07/2021, Fontainebleau, France): fiction series submission closed
• Cinekid: kids film submission closed.
• Series Mania (28/05 to 05/06/2021, Lille, France): fiction series submission closed.
• DOK Leipzig (25-31/10/2021, Leipzig, Germany): documentary and animation submission closed.
• Pariscience (14/10-03/11/2021, Paris, France): science documentary submission closed.
• Sunny side of the doc pitch (21-24/06/2021): Global Issues, Wildlife Conservation, Science / History, Arts & Culture and VR projects submission closed.
• NaturVision Filmpreis Baden-Württemberg (14-18/07/2021, Ludwigsburg, Germany): documentary submission closed to win a 10 000 EUR price.
• Sheffield Doc|Fest (06/2021, Sheffield, UK): documentary submission closed.
• BANFF World Media Festival (June 2021) : documentary submission for Rockie awards closed.
• NaturVision Filmfestival (14-18/01/2021, Ludwigsburg, Germany): documentary submission closed.
• Docaviv, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival (20- 29/05/2021): documentary submission closed.
• The 2021 World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Forests (03/03/2021, USA) : documentary submission closed.
• Crossing Europe (21-26/04/2021, Linz, Austria): European social and political documentaries and fiction feature length films submission closed.
• AFO, science film festival (27/04-11/05/2020, Olomouc, Czech Republic) science documentary submission closed.
• DOK.fest (5-16/05/2021, Munich, Germany): documentary submission closed.
• Visions du Réel (16-24/04/2021, Nyon, Switzerland): documentary submission closed.
• FIDBA, International Documentary Film Festival (20-31/06/2021, Buenos Aires, Argentina): documentary submission closed.
• Festival international de cinéma Vues d'Afrique (9-18/04/2021, Montréal, Canada): documentary submission closed.

2020 Film Festival Submissions Closed:

• BOSIFEST 2021 – The Twelfth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by People with Disabilities (18-20/10/2021, Belgrade, Serbia): documentary submission closed.
• SILBERSALZ Science & Media Festival (15-19 September 2021, Halle, Germany): science documentary submission closed.
• Baikal International Film Festival “People and Environment” (23-27/09/2021, Irkutsk): popular-science, social and ecological documentary submissions closed.
• SILBERSALZ Science & Media Festival (15-19/09/2021, Halle, Germany): documentary submission closed.
• San Francisco Dance Film Festival (16-31/10/20210): film submission closed.
• PRIMED award: documentary submission about Mediterranee closed.
• Science Film Festival (1/10-20/12/2021, Bangkok, Thaïland): documentary about health or mental health submission closed.
• Edinburgh Pitch, (06/21, Scotland’s only international documentary pitching forum): Open for independent filmmakers developing and raising finance for creative feature documentaries and considering co-productions. Application closed.
• Festival International du Film d'Environnement FReDD (27/09/2021-03/10/2021): environment film submission closed.
• Ji.hlava IDFF (26-31/10/2021, Czech Republic): documentary submission closed.
• Shanghaï International Film Festival (11-20/06/2021): film submission closed.
• 18° Festival internazionale Segni della Notte (24-28/03/2021, Urbino, Italy): film submission closed.
• Cork International Film Festival (11/2021, Cork, Ireland): film submission closed.
• Festival de Cannes (11-22/05/2021, Cannes, France): movie submission closed.
• Signos da Noite (Signs of the Night) (27-31/12/2020, Lisboa, Portugal): documentary submission closed.
• Deutschen Kinder Medien Festivals Goldener Spatz (6-12/06/2021, Gera & Erfurt, Germany): film for kids submission closed.
• DocsBarcelona (18-30/05/2021, Spain): film submissions until 11/12/2020.
• European Press Prize 2021: film submissions closed.
• MILLENIUM International Documentary Film Festival (2-9/05/2021, Bruxelles, Belgium): documentary submissions closed.
• CPH:DOX (17-28/03/2020, København V, Denmark): film submissions closed.
• Ethnocineca (6-13/05/2021, Vienna, Austria,): documentary (on TURNING POINTS) submissions closed.
• Toronto Black Film Festival (February 10 - 15, 2021: film submission closed.
• DocuDays UA (26/03-04/04/2021, Kiev, Ukraine): human rights documentary submission closed.
• HOT DOCS (29/04-09/05/2021, Toronto, Canada): film submission closed.
• FIFA (16-18/03/2021, Montréal, Canada): arts documentaries submissions closed.
• La Première Fois, Festival de premiers films documentaires (9-14/03/2021, Marseille, France): film submission closed.
• FIPADOC (18-24/01/2021, Biarritz, France): film submission closed.
• International Film Festival Rotterdam (27/01-07/02/2021, the Netherlands): film (from 60') submission closed.
• WCSFP Congress Awards: The Buzzies​ (8-10/12/2020, Strasbourg, France): submission closed.
• Oruro Film Festival (14-21/01/2021, Bolivia): film submission closed.
• Filmer le travail (19-28/02/2021, Poitiers, France): film submission closed.
• Rose d'or AWARD (29/11/2020, London, UK): film submission closed.
• Gijon International Film Festival (20-28/11/2020,Gijon, Spain): film submission closed.
• Festival international "Signs of the Night" (1-25/10/2020, Paris, France): film submission closed.
• Makers & shakers Awards: film submission closed.
• FIFA (16-28/03/2021, Montréal, Canada): arts film submission closed.
• Carthage Film Festival (7-14/2020, Tunisia): film submission closed.
• GZDOC (14-17/12/2020, Guangzhou, China): film submission closed.
• Carthage Film Festival (7-14/2020, Tunisia): film submission closed.
• Film Fest Gent (13-24/10/2020, Gent, Belgium): film submission closed.
• Carthage Film Festival (7-14/2020, Tunisia): film submission closed.
• Berlinale (11-21/02/2021, Germany): film submission from Autumn 2020.
• Carthage Film Festival (7-14/2020, Tunisia): film submission closed.
• International Mountain Film Festival (2-6/12/2020, Autrans, France): film submission closed.
• IDFA (18-29/11/2020, Amsterdam, the Netherland): film submission closed.
• AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards (7-10/12/2020, Strasbourg, France): science documentary submission closed.
• AFO (Olomouc, Prague, Czech Republic, 5-8/10/2020): science docs submission closed.
• Entrevues Belfort Film Festival (15-22/11/2020, France): film submission closed.
• Jihlava Film Festival (27/10-1/11/2020, Chzech Republic): film submission closed.
• The International VENICE TV AWARD: film submission closed.
• Les Ecrans documentaires (4-10/11/2020, Arcueil, France): film submission closed.
• IDF (17– 19/10/2020, Hanzhou, China): films submission closed.
• Golden Prague Festival (23-26/09/2020, Prague, Czech Republic): films dedicated to music, dance or theatre submission closed.
• RIDM (12-22/11/2020, Montréal, Canada): film submission closed.
• ADAMI Media Prize (10/12/2020, Tbilisi, Georgia): film submission from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine closed.
• International Mountain Film Festival (2-6/12/2020, Autrans, France): film submission closed.
• 18th International Festival Signs of the Night (24-26/07/2020, Bangkok, Thailand): film submission closed.
• CINEMED (16-24/10/2020, Montpellier, France): film submission closed.
• KASSELER DOK FEST (17-22/11/2020, Kassel, Germany): film submission closed.
• DOK Leipzig (26/10-1/11/2020, Germany): film (documentaries and animation) submission closed.
• Zurich Film Festival (24/09/2020-04/10/2020, Switzerland): film submission closed.
• Festival du nouveau cinéma (7-18/10/2020, Montréal, Canada): film submission closed.
• Docslisboa (22/10-1/11/2020): film submission closed.
• SILBERSALZ Science & Media Awards (15/10/2020, Germany): film submission closed.
• 18th Tirana International Film Festival (19-25/09/2020, Albania) : film submission closed.
• In-Edit (end of October 2020, Barcelona, Spain): film submission for music documentaries closed.
• Festival international du film documentaire (Saint Louis, Sénégal, 15-19/12/2020): film (shot in Africa) submission closed.
• Festival Traces de vie (28/11-5/12/2020, Clermont-Ferrand, France): film submission closed.
• Edinburgh TV Festival (26-28/08/2020, UK): film submission closed.
• Duisburger Filmwoche (2-8/11/2020, Germany): film submission for kids (4-18 year old), short and long closed.
• Jackson Wild Media Awards: film submission closed.
• Festival Escales documentaires (6-11/11/2020, La Rochelle, France): film submission closed.
• China Screen Festival (2/10-10/11/2020, Europe): film submission closed.
• Ethnofest (27/11-4/12/2020, Athens, Greece): film submission closed.
• Editing Festival (23-26/10/2020, Cologne, Germany):  film submission closed.
• RIDM (12-22/05/2020, Montréal, Canada): film submission closed.
• BELLARIA FILM FESTIVAL (24-27/09/2020, Bellaria-Igea Marina, Italy): film submission closed.
• Sarajevo Film Festival (14-21/08/2020, Sarajevo, Bosnia): film submission closed.
• Festival Etats généraux du film documentaire (16-22/08/2020, Lussas, France): film submission closed.
• Deauville Green Awards (17-18/06/2020, Deauville, France): film submission closed.
• Festival Pariscience (8-28/10/2020, Paris, France): film submission closed.
• Bellaria Film Festival (24-27/09/2020, Itlay): film submission closed.
• IDFF Flahertiana Festival (18-24/09/2020, Russia): film submission closed.
• Edinburgh TV Awards (end of November 2020, UK): film submission closed.
• Middle East Now Film Festival (Florence, Italy): film submission closed.
• Festival international du film sur l'art (16-18/03/2021, Montréal, Canada): film submission closed.