{"id":1231,"date":"2023-07-06T09:02:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T05:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2023-07-17T12:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T08:33:34","slug":"documentary-film-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/?p=1231&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Documentary Film Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a list of the most famous documentary film festivals in the world. From festivals dedicated exclusively to this genre of cinema to those that have a section devoted to documentary films. Some dates may vary depending on the policies of the festivals. I will try to keep this list up-to-date and add new festivals to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Country<\/td>Festival Name & Website<\/td>Opening Date<\/td>Event Date<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Netherlands<\/td>International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam<\/a> IDFA<\/a><\/strong><\/td>APRIL<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Australia<\/td>\"\"
Antenna Sydney<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		APRIL<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Romania<\/td>Astra Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>APRIL<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Belgium<\/td>Docville Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>APRIL<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Germany<\/td>NaturVision Film festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>APRIL<\/td>JULY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Italy<\/td>Festival dei Popoli<\/strong><\/a><\/td>APRIL<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>China<\/td>Guangzhou Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MAY<\/td>DECEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Sundance Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MAY<\/td>JANUARY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Slamdance Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MAY<\/td>JANUARY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Atlanta Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MAY<\/td>APRIL\/MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>France<\/td>\"\"
Cannes Film Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MAY<\/td>MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>South Korea<\/td>Asiana International Short Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MAY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>Margaret Mead Film & Video<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MAY<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MAY<\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MAY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>France<\/td>International Clermont-Ferrand Short<\/a><\/strong> Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MAY<\/td>JANUARY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Finland<\/td>Tampere Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MAY<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>France<\/td>\"\"
Cannes Indie shorts Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MAY<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Australia<\/td>\"\"
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MAY<\/td>JULY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Czech<\/td>\"\"
European Short Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MAY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Jordan<\/td>Karama Human Rights Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MAY<\/td>DECEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Ukraine<\/td>Docudays UA <\/strong><\/a><\/td>JUNE<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Germany<\/td>DOKU.ARTS International Festival for Films on Art<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JUNE<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Spain<\/td>Punto de vista – Film Festival of Navarra<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JUNE<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Czech<\/td>One World Film Festival<\/strong><\/a> <\/td>JUNE<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Armenia<\/td>Yerevan International Short Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JUNE<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Belgium<\/td>International Short Film Festival Leuven<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JUNE<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>South Korea<\/td>Busan International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JUNE<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>UK<\/td>\"\"
Raindance Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		JULY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Germany<\/td>Kasseler DocFest<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JULY<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Netherlands<\/td>International Film Festival Rotterdam<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JULY<\/td>JANUARY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Japan<\/td>Yamagata International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JULY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Austria<\/td>Vienna Independent Shorts<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JULY<\/td>JUNE<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Denmark<\/td>CPH:DOX<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JULY<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Spain<\/td>\"\"
Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		JULY<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"Aspen<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Aspen Shortsfest<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		AUGUST<\/td>APRIL<\/td><\/tr>
\"The<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>San Francisco International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>AUGUST<\/td>APRIL<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Flickers’ Rhode Island International<\/a> <\/strong> Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		AUGUST<\/td>JUNE<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
HollyShorts Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		AUGUST<\/td>AUGUST<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Denmark<\/td>Aarhus Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>AUGUST<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Brazil<\/td>It\u2019s All True<\/strong><\/a><\/td>AUGUST<\/td>APRIL<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>New Zealand<\/td>\"\"
Documentary Edge Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		AUGUST<\/td>JULY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>France<\/td>Festival des Three Continents<\/strong><\/a><\/td>AUGUST<\/td>November<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Japan<\/td>Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia<\/strong><\/a><\/td>AUGUST<\/td>JUNE<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>France<\/td>Jean Rouch International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td>MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Tribeca Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		SEPTEMBER<\/td>JUNE<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		SEPTEMBER<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Germany<\/td>Filmfest Dresden<\/strong><\/a><\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td>APRIL<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>France<\/td>Cin\u00e9ma du R\u00e9el<\/strong><\/a><\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Kazakhstan<\/td>Almaty Indie Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td>AUGUST<\/td><\/tr>
\"fullframefest\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		OCTOBER<\/td>APRIL<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Germany<\/td>\"\"
Berlin Film Fe<\/strong><\/a>stival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		OCTOBER<\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Kosovo<\/td>\"\"
DokuFest Documentary & Short Film <\/strong><\/a>Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		OCTOBER<\/td>AUGUST<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Spain<\/td>DocsBarcelona Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>OCTOBER<\/td>MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Canada<\/td>\"\"
DOXA Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		OCTOBER<\/td>MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>France<\/td>FID Marseille Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>OCTOBER<\/td>JULY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Denmark<\/td>International Odense Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>OCTOBER<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Australia<\/td>\"\"
Melbourne Film Festival (MIFF)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		OCTOBER<\/td>AUGUST<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>True\/False Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>OCTOBER<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Turkey<\/td>Izmir Short Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>OCTOBER<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Sweden<\/td>Goteborg International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>OCTOBER<\/td>JANUARY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Czech<\/td>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td>JUNE<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>UK<\/td>Open City Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Greece<\/td>Thessaloniki Documentary Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Croatia<\/td>ZagrebDox<\/strong><\/a><\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Germany<\/td>Hamburg International Short Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td>JUNE<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Portland Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		DECEMBER<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"Austin<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Austin Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		DECEMBER<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Russia<\/td>Moscow International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>DECEMBER<\/td>APRIL<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Belgium<\/td>Courtisane Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>DECEMBER<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Spain<\/td>Documenta Madrid<\/strong><\/a><\/td>DECEMBER<\/td>MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Germany<\/td>Munich International Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>DECEMBER<\/td>MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Armenia<\/td>Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>DECEMBER<\/td>JULY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>UK<\/td>Sheffield Doc\/Fest<\/strong><\/a><\/td>DECEMBER<\/td>JUNE<\/td><\/tr>
\"hotdocs\"<\/a><\/td>Canada<\/td>\"\"
Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		JANUARY<\/td>APRIL\/MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"Chicago<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Chicago International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		JANUARY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Portugal<\/td>DOCLISBOA Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JANUARY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Spain<\/td>San Sebastian International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JANUARY<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Russia<\/td>Flahertiana Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JANUARY<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"Nashville<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
Nashville Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		JANUARY<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>UK<\/td>Edinburgh International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JANUARY<\/td>AUGUST<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Spain<\/td>Huesca Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JANUARY<\/td>JUNE<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Russia<\/td>IFF Message to Man<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JANUARY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Greece<\/td>Drama Short Film Festival (DISFF)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JANUARY<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>UK<\/td>\"\"
Manchester Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		JANUARY<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>UK<\/td>\"\"
Norwich Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		JANUARY<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Sweden<\/td>Uppsala Kort film festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>JANUARY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Bosnia<\/td>\"\"
AJB DOC Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		FEBRUARY<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>South Africa<\/td>ENCOUNTERS Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td>JULY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Germany<\/td>DOK Leipzig<\/strong><\/a><\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Switzerland<\/td>Locarno Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td>AUGUST<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Czech<\/td>Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>UK<\/td>London International Documentary festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td>MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>India<\/td>\"\"
Mumbai International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		FEBRUARY<\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Italy<\/td>Venice Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td>AUGUST<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Zanzibar<\/td>Zanzibar International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td>JUNE<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Georgia<\/td>Batumi International Art-House Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Switzerland<\/td>\"\"
Visions du R\u00e9el<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MARCH<\/td>APRIL<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
DOCNYC<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MARCH<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>UK<\/td>\"\"
BFI Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MARCH<\/td>FEBRUARY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Germany<\/td>Duisburger Film festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MARCH<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Germany<\/td>\"\"
dokumentART Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MARCH<\/td>OCTOBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"Toronto<\/a><\/td>Canada<\/td>\"\"
Toronto International Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MARCH<\/td>SEPTEMBER<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Serbia<\/td>\"\"
Beldocs<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MARCH<\/td>MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>South Korea<\/td>BS Documentary Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MARCH<\/td>AUGUST<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Estonia<\/td>P\u00e4rnu Documentary and Anthropology Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MARCH<\/td>JULY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>USA<\/td>\"\"
HOLLYWOOD SHORTSFEST<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MARCH<\/td>AUGUST<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Italy<\/td>\"\"
The VENEZIA SHORTS<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MARCH<\/td>MAY<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Lebanon<\/td>\"\"
Beirut Women Film Festival (BWFF)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		MARCH<\/td>MARCH<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/a><\/td>Canada<\/td>The Montreal Documentary Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/td>MARCH<\/td>NOVEMBER<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a list of the most famous documentary film festivals in the world. From festivals dedicated exclusively to this genre of cinema to those that have a section devoted to documentary films. Some dates may vary depending on the policies of the festivals. I will try to keep this list up-to-date and add new…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[358,315],"tags":[380,382],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cinema","category-popular-en","tag-documentary-film-festivals","tag-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1282,"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions\/1282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arvinilbeigi.ir\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}