The 21 Film Festivals You Need to Submit Your Short Film To
In today’s modern age, we are blessed and inundated with film festivals from around the world to around the block.
Greater & Grander has made it easier for filmmakers with this handy guide on when the best 21 film festivals from around the world open their calls, and when their regular deadlines are.
| Submission Date Opens | Regular Submission Deadline | |
| Nantucket Film Festival | 18-Sep | 10-Jan |
| Deauville Festival du Cinema Americaine | 1-Mar | 1-Apr |
| Austin Film Festival | 9-Dec | 22-May |
| Raindance Film Festival | 3-Sep | 22-May |
| Cannes International Film Festival | 11-Nov | 29-May |
| Toronto International film Festival | 11-Feb | 29-May |
| Calgary International Film Festival | 13-Jan | 29-May |
| New York Film Festival | 4-May | 12-Jun |
| Venice International Film Festival | 12-Feb | 12-Jun |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 13-Jan | 15-Jun |
| Busan International Film Festival | 1-Apr | 24-Jun |
| Telluride Film Festival | 15-Apr | 1-Jul |
| Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival | 5-May | 5-Aug |
| Sundance Film Festival | 18-May | 24-Aug |
| Indian International Film Festival | 21-May | 31-Aug |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 1-Aug | 15-Sep |
| Atlanta Film Festival | 4-Jun | 24-Sep |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 21-Jul | 16-Oct |
| Slamdance Film Festival | 20-May | 24-Oct |
| Berlinale | 1-Sep | 15-Nov |
| Tribeca Film Festival | 19-Aug | 2-Dec |
