We decided to break our list of film festivals in the US into four because we don’t like to make a really long blog post. If you want to get an Excel file of the full list of film festivals in the USA (Jan-Dec) complete with location, e-mails, fees, and other notes, simply like our Facebook page and send us a PM there with this message “I want the Big List.” It will make your life so much easier!

JANUARY

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FEBRUARY

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MARCH

ARIZONA BLACK FILM SHOWCASE

African-American cast or storyline

FEE: $35 (shorts)/$55 (flf)

BACK TO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

BACKSEAT FILM FESTIVAL

Rock ‘n Roll movies you can drink to!

FEE: $5-$20

BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL

New England filmmakers

FEE: early – $25 (shorts)/$45 (flf)

late – $30 (shorts)/$55 (flf)

CHLOTRUDIS AWARDS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

shorts only

CINERAMA FILM FESTIVAL

CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

DC INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

$25 (projects 30 min. and longer)/$15 (projects shorter than 30 min.)

competitive

DAMAH SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL

Spiritual short films

FEE: $25 (early)/$45 (late)

DELRAY BEACH FILM FESTIVAL

FREE

DELTA INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

FEE: $15-$20

DIGITAL VIDEO & HIGH DEFINITION FILM FESTIVAL

FREE

DURANGO FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $25

EAST LANSING FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: early – $25 (doc, flf over 70 min.)

/$15 (doc under 70 min., shorts, student)

late – $35 (doc, flf over 70 min.)

$25 (doc under 70 min., shorts, student)

INTERNATIONAL FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL

family-rated films and screenplays

$30-$80

FILM FLEADH: IRISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

new Irish cinema and emerging Irish-American filmmakers

FEE: $25

FROZEN DEAD GUY DAYS

frozen and/or dead

FEE: $25

GATE CITY WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL

directed by WOMEN only

FEE: $30

GATLINBURG SCREENFEST

FEE: $35

GEORGE LINDSEY UNA FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $5-$20

GRASSROOTS CINEMA

NO to LOW budget independent films

FEE: $39 (flf)/$19 (shorts)

GREEN LIFESTYLE FILM FESTIVAL

Raw Foods Lifestyle and Environmental, Health Issues

FEE: $150

GREEN MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL

largely American indie films and documentaries

FREE

HARTWICK COLLEGE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

Feature length, any genre

FREE

HAZEL WOLF ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

films addressing environmental issues

INDIE SHORT FILM COMPETITION

FEE: $50

IRISH REELS FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL

contemporary Irish films

LAKE COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL

LOS ANGELES WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

LOVE UNLIMITED ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL & ART EXHIBITION

directly, indirectly, literally, or symbolically related to love

MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $25 (early)/$35 (late)

MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $30

MYHELAN INDIE FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $15 (teen entries)/ $25 (all others)

NATIVE AMERICAN FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL

works by Native media makers, community projects and/or works

reflecting Native perspectives from North, Central and South America and Hawaii

FREE

NEO-PANGEA UNDER-GROUND-CYBER-TECH FESTIVAL

FEE: $25

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL

festival is geared toward a younger audience, from tots to late teens

FEE: $75 (flf)/$50 (shorts)/$25 (student)

NEW YORK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL

non-mainstream films

FEE: $30

OPEN APPERTURE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $5 (super-shorts)/$7 (early)/$10 (final)

THE OTHER VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

ties to the Venice community in terms of film

FEE: $19.99 (shorts)/$29.99 (flf)

OUTHOUSE FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

FEE: $5 (shorts under 45 mins.)/$15 (flf over 45 mins.)

PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL

Set in Philadelphia” screenwriting

$30 (flf)/$15 (shorts)

PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $10-80

PORTLAND OREGON WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL

women filmmakers only

FEE: $20-$45

SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $15 (shorts)/$25 (flf) + $25 for late entries

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

the best in Asian-American and Asian cinema

FEE: $25 (early)/$35 (late); $5 discount for submissions

SAN LUIS OBISPO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $40

SERENDIPITY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

$25

SILVER LAKE FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $15

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM CONFERENCE & FESTIVAL (SXSW)

FEE: early – $25 (shorts)/$35 (features), late – $30 (shorts)/

$40 (features); $5 discount for entering online

SXSWCLICK FESTIVAL

shorts under 10 minutes in length

FEE: $10

TAOS SHORTZ FILM FEST

dramatic and comedy shorts only

TEXAS FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $30 (flf)/$15 (shorts)/$20 (student)

competitive and non-competitive

TIBURON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

VAIL FILM FESTIVAL

WEBFESTO STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

FREE

WESTCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $25 (shorts)/$35 (flf)/$25 (student)

WHITE SANDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $35-$45

WILMINGTON INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

FEE: $6

WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR

directed by women, girls or transgendered people since 1998

FEE:$30/$20 for WIDC members

ZOIEFEST!

Zoie Films will host more than 60 films via broadband

$20 (1-30 min.)/$25 (30-60 min.)/$30 (60 min. and over)

ZOMBIEDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

members of the undead: zombies (naturally), ghosts, ghouls, spooks

and all things creepy and crawly.

FEE: $15 only for films selected

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