| Country | Festival Name & Website | Opening Date | Event Date |
 | Netherlands | International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA | APRIL | NOVEMBER |
 | Australia | 
Antenna Sydney | APRIL | OCTOBER |
 | Romania | Astra Film Festival | APRIL | OCTOBER |
 | Belgium | Docville Documentary Film Festival | APRIL | MARCH |
 | Germany | NaturVision Film festival | APRIL | JULY |
 | Italy | Festival dei Popoli | APRIL | NOVEMBER |
 | China | Guangzhou Documentary Film Festival | MAY | DECEMBER |
 | USA |
Sundance Film Festival | MAY | JANUARY |
 | USA |
Slamdance Film Festival | MAY | JANUARY |
 | USA |
Atlanta Film Festival | MAY | APRIL/MAY |
 | France |
Cannes Film Awards | MAY | MAY |
 | South Korea | Asiana International Short Film Festival | MAY | OCTOBER |
 | USA | Margaret Mead Film & Video | MAY | NOVEMBER |
 | USA |
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival | MAY | FEBRUARY |
 | USA |
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival | MAY | OCTOBER |
 | France | International Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival | MAY | JANUARY |
 | Finland | Tampere Film Festival | MAY | MARCH |
 | France |
Cannes Indie shorts Awards | MAY | NOVEMBER |
 | Australia |
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival | MAY | JULY |
 | Czech |
European Short Awards | MAY | OCTOBER |
 | Jordan | Karama Human Rights Film Festival | MAY | DECEMBER |
 | Ukraine | Docudays UA | JUNE | MARCH |
 | Germany | DOKU.ARTS International Festival for Films on Art | JUNE | SEPTEMBER |
 | Spain | Punto de vista – Film Festival of Navarra | JUNE | MARCH |
 | Czech | One World Film Festival | JUNE | MARCH |
 | Armenia | Yerevan International Short Film Festival | JUNE | OCTOBER |
 | Belgium | International Short Film Festival Leuven | JUNE | NOVEMBER |
 | South Korea | Busan International Film Festival | JUNE | OCTOBER |
 | UK |
Raindance Film Festival | JULY | OCTOBER |
 | Germany | Kasseler DocFest | JULY | NOVEMBER |
 | Netherlands | International Film Festival Rotterdam | JULY | JANUARY |
 | Japan | Yamagata International Film Festival | JULY | OCTOBER |
 | Austria | Vienna Independent Shorts | JULY | JUNE |
 | Denmark | CPH:DOX | JULY | MARCH |
 | Spain |
Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival | JULY | SEPTEMBER |
 | USA |
Aspen Shortsfest | AUGUST | APRIL |
 | USA | San Francisco International Film Festival | AUGUST | APRIL |
 | USA |
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival | AUGUST | JUNE |
 | USA |
HollyShorts Film Festival | AUGUST | AUGUST |
 | Denmark | Aarhus Film Festival | AUGUST | NOVEMBER |
 | Brazil | It’s All True | AUGUST | APRIL |
 | New Zealand |
Documentary Edge Festival | AUGUST | JULY |
 | France | Festival des Three Continents | AUGUST | November |
 | Japan | Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia | AUGUST | JUNE |
 | France | Jean Rouch International Film Festival | SEPTEMBER | MAY |
 | USA | South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival | SEPTEMBER | MARCH |
 | USA |
Tribeca Film Festival | SEPTEMBER | JUNE |
 | USA |
The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival | SEPTEMBER | MARCH |
 | Germany | Filmfest Dresden | SEPTEMBER | APRIL |
 | France | Cinéma du Réel | SEPTEMBER | MARCH |
 | Kazakhstan | Almaty Indie Film Festival | SEPTEMBER | AUGUST |
 | USA |
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival | OCTOBER | APRIL |
 | Germany |
Berlin Film Festival | OCTOBER | FEBRUARY |
 | Kosovo |
DokuFest Documentary & Short Film Festival | OCTOBER | AUGUST |
 | Spain | DocsBarcelona Film Festival | OCTOBER | MAY |
 | Canada |
DOXA Documentary Film Festival | OCTOBER | MAY |
 | France | FID Marseille Documentary Film Festival | OCTOBER | JULY |
 | Denmark | International Odense Film Festival | OCTOBER | SEPTEMBER |
 | Australia |
Melbourne Film Festival (MIFF) | OCTOBER | AUGUST |
 | USA | True/False Film Festival | OCTOBER | MARCH |
 | Turkey | Izmir Short Film Festival | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER |
 | Sweden | Goteborg International Film Festival | OCTOBER | JANUARY |
 | Czech | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | NOVEMBER | JUNE |
 | UK | Open City Documentary Film Festival | NOVEMBER | SEPTEMBER |
 | Greece | Thessaloniki Documentary Festival | NOVEMBER | MARCH |
 | Croatia | ZagrebDox | NOVEMBER | MARCH |
 | Germany | Hamburg International Short Film Festival | NOVEMBER | JUNE |
 | USA |
Portland Film Festival | DECEMBER | OCTOBER |
 | USA |
Austin Film Festival | DECEMBER | NOVEMBER |
 | Russia | Moscow International Film Festival | DECEMBER | APRIL |
 | Belgium | Courtisane Festival | DECEMBER | MARCH |
 | Spain | Documenta Madrid | DECEMBER | MAY |
 | Germany | Munich International Documentary Film Festival | DECEMBER | MAY |
 | Armenia | Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival | DECEMBER | JULY |
 | UK | Sheffield Doc/Fest | DECEMBER | JUNE |
 | Canada |
Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Festival | JANUARY | APRIL/MAY |
 | USA |
Chicago International Film Festival | JANUARY | OCTOBER |
 | Portugal | DOCLISBOA Film Festival | JANUARY | OCTOBER |
 | Spain | San Sebastian International Film Festival | JANUARY | SEPTEMBER |
 | Russia | Flahertiana Documentary Film Festival | JANUARY | SEPTEMBER |
 | USA |
Nashville Film Festival | JANUARY | SEPTEMBER |
 | UK | Edinburgh International Film Festival | JANUARY | AUGUST |
 | Spain | Huesca Film Festival | JANUARY | JUNE |
 | Russia | IFF Message to Man | JANUARY | OCTOBER |
 | Greece | Drama Short Film Festival (DISFF) | JANUARY | SEPTEMBER |
 | UK |
Manchester Film Festival | JANUARY | MARCH |
 | UK |
Norwich Film Festival | JANUARY | NOVEMBER |
 | Sweden | Uppsala Kort film festival | JANUARY | OCTOBER |
 | Bosnia |
AJB DOC Film Festival | FEBRUARY | SEPTEMBER |
 | South Africa | ENCOUNTERS Film Festival | FEBRUARY | JULY |
 | Germany | DOK Leipzig | FEBRUARY | OCTOBER |
 | Switzerland | Locarno Film Festival | FEBRUARY | AUGUST |
 | Czech | Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival | FEBRUARY | OCTOBER |
 | UK | London International Documentary festival | FEBRUARY | MAY |
 | India |
Mumbai International Film Festival | FEBRUARY | FEBRUARY |
 | Italy | Venice Film Festival | FEBRUARY | AUGUST |
 | Zanzibar | Zanzibar International Film Festival | FEBRUARY | JUNE |
 | Georgia | Batumi International Art-House Film Festival | FEBRUARY | SEPTEMBER |
 | Switzerland |
Visions du Réel | MARCH | APRIL |
 | USA |
DOCNYC | MARCH | NOVEMBER |
 | UK |
BFI Film Festival | MARCH | FEBRUARY |
 | Germany | Duisburger Film festival | MARCH | NOVEMBER |
 | Germany |
dokumentART Film Festival | MARCH | OCTOBER |
 | Canada |
Toronto International Film Festival | MARCH | SEPTEMBER |
 | Serbia |
Beldocs | MARCH | MAY |
 | South Korea | BS Documentary Festival | MARCH | AUGUST |
 | Estonia | Pärnu Documentary and Anthropology Festival | MARCH | JULY |
 | USA |
HOLLYWOOD SHORTSFEST | MARCH | AUGUST |
 | Italy |
The VENEZIA SHORTS | MARCH | MAY |
 | Lebanon |
Beirut Women Film Festival (BWFF) | MARCH | MARCH |
 | Canada | The Montreal Documentary Festival | MARCH | NOVEMBER |
