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Film festival submission deadlines
Upcoming deadlines from the Legit Fests database (next ~6 months). Always confirm fees and rules on the festival’s own site — our dates can lag.
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October 2026
- Big Fridge Film Festival
London, United Kingdom · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier A98/100 - Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival
Hawick, United Kingdom · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier A100/100 - Glowflare Short Film Festival
United Kingdom · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier C56/100 - Toronto Indie Funny Film Festival
Toronto, Canada · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Warning30/100 - Arab Film Festival @ Arab American National Museum
Dearborn, United States · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier C44/100 - Abbeville Bird and Nature Festival
ABBEVILLE, France · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier B68/100 - Malvin and Greta Roesch New Jersey Jewish Film Festival
West Orange, United States · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier B68/100 - Electi Christian International Film Festival
Gold Coast, Australia · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier C42/100 - Bulli ed Eroi
Rapolano Terme, Italy · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier C44/100 - 2027 Southern Arizona Independent Film Festival
Willcox, United States · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier B65/100 - The Big Bike Film Night
Taupo, New Zealand · Deadline Oct 29, 2026
Tier B63/100 - a night of horror international film festival
Sydney, Australia · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier A100/100 - euroshorts film festival
Gdansk; Warszawa; Katowice; Zielona Gora; Various, Poland · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier A90/100 - river film festival
Padua, Italy · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier A100/100 - MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival
Lisbon, Portugal · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier A100/100 - Filmfest Bremen
Bremen, Germany · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier A98/100 - Sofia International Film Festival for Children and Youth
Sofia, Bulgaria · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B75/100 - Curtas Vila do Conde
Vila do Conde, Portugal · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier A100/100 - Creation International Film Festival
Los Angeles, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier A100/100 - Romford Horror Festival
Romford, United Kingdom · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier A100/100 - Brazil New Visions Film Fest
Camaragibe, Brazil · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - Kino London Short Film Festival
United Kingdom · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B63/100 - Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning28/100 - Atlanta Women's Film Festival
United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B63/100 - New York Nil Gallery
New York, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B65/100 - Leda's Monologues Film Festival
Agrinio, Greece · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B63/100 - Korea AI Cinema Festival
Seoul, South Korea · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning25/100 - Cinema Soup Film Festival
Dekalb, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C57/100 - BABUL ECO FILM FESTIVAL
Hyderabad, India · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C47/100 - Haydenfilms 6.0 Online Film Festival
Breinigsville, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C47/100 - dresdner schmalfilmtage
Dresden, Germany · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B65/100 - Strange Maynard Independent Film Festival
Maynard, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning39/100 - Shoham Film Festival (in honor of Jacob Rajpurker)
Israel · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - Wide Open Experimental Film Festival
Oklahoma City, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C42/100 - Giggleshitz Camp Comedy Film Fest
los angeles, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning26/100 - PIFFF (Paris International Fantastic Film Festival)
Paris, France · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - Castle Rock Film Festival
Castle Rock, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C47/100 - Oh Scares International Film Festival & Awards Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C47/100 - #MoStopMo - Stop Motion Shorts Festival
United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C47/100 - Retro Avant Garde Film Festival, Venezia
Venezia, Italy · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - The Grave Plot Film Fest
Seattle, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C47/100 - Basement Tapes: Underground Film Series
United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning27/100 - Penned In Blood Screenwriting Competition
United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning26/100 - "MOVIE MOUSE" International Short Film Festival
MOSCOW, Russian Federation · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C42/100 - Melbourne Nocturnal Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C40/100 - Patrick Lives On Film Showcase & Fundraiser
United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C47/100 - Apulia Horror International Film Festival - La biennale
Gallipoli, Italy · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - Blende Eins - Shortfilmfest Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven, Germany · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - West Coast Film Awards
Tacoma, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026 · Fee from $35
Warning0/100 - Third Horizon Film Festival
Miami, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning27/100 - VICTUS. Award
Munich, Germany · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning21/100 - Porchlight Film Festival
United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning24/100 - Antenna Documentary Film Festival
Glebe, Australia · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B65/100 - ZagrebDox
Zagreb, Croatia · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B65/100 - Pacific Ocean Short Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning39/100 - RONCA - Festival Ibérico de Cinema do Alentejo
Elvas, Portugal · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning37/100 - Screaming Droid Film Festival
Aberaeron, United Kingdom · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C42/100 - APL Film Festival
Austin, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning24/100 - Guwahati Asian Film Festival
Guwahati, India · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning39/100 - Chicago Serbian Film Festival
Chicago, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C57/100 - Life Film Fest - Park City
Hollywood, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C57/100 - Carcosian Film Night
Brussels, Belgium · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning37/100 - POP SHOCK Music Video Film Festival
Los Angeles, United States · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning32/100 - Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein
Kiel, Germany · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B65/100 - Bengal International Short Film Festival
Kolkata, India · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C57/100 - Video Hackers Film Festival
Novi Ligure, Italy · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C57/100 - Coal City Film Festival
Surulere, Nigeria · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - 7th Bogura International Film Festival 2027
Bogura, Bangladesh · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C45/100 - Pimpri Chinchwad International Film Festival
Pune, India · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - Fifth Poetic Cinema Festival
Wilde, Argentina · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - Film Festival Emeak
Biarritz, France · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning26/100 - Rossland Mountain Film Fest
Rossland, Canada · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B68/100 - LAC FILM FESTIVAL
Roma, Italy · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Warning21/100 - ENTRIES OPEN FOR : 16th DELHI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL -2027 15-19 FEB, AT IGNCA | NEW DELHI, INDIA
New Delhi, India · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C57/100 - Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival
Monaco, Monaco · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C57/100 - Female Eye Documentary Film Festival
Toronto, Canada · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier B63/100 - Pune International Film Festival
Pune, India · Deadline Oct 30, 2026
Tier C44/100 - riga international short film festival 2annas
Riga, Latvia · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier A96/100 - Gasparilla Int'l Film Festival
Tampa, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier A98/100 - Experiments in Cinema v22.3
Albuquerque, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C44/100 - Funny Life Film Festival
United Kingdom · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C45/100 - 15th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2027
India · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C47/100 - The Sun Valley Junior Film Competition
Sun Valley, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Warning28/100 - Türkiye International AI Film Festival
İstanbul, Türkiye · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Warning39/100 - Taos Film Festival
Taos, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Warning24/100 - Flicks on Tap: A Brews & Views Film Festival
Dover, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C42/100 - Experiments In Cinema Youth Lens
Albuquerque, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C44/100 - UUCP Film Fest
Dumaguate, Philippines · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Warning39/100 - Nikola Tesla Film Festival
Las Vegas, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Warning21/100 - Screener Short Films
London, United Kingdom · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C45/100 - Avrupa Birliği İnsan Hakları Kısa Film Yarışması
Ankara, Türkiye · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C47/100 - Stinville Festival
Paris, France · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Warning29/100 - Single Frame
Durham, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C45/100 - Tigertail Asian Film Festival
United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Warning39/100 - Reel Black Film Fest Presented by Kansas City PBS
Kansas City, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C40/100 - Spotlight on Academics Film Festival
Thunder Bay, Canada · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C44/100 - The International Documentary Film Festival “RT.Doc: Time of Our Heroes”
Moscow, Russian Federation · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Warning37/100 - A.C.U Festival
France · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C42/100 - Fashion Film Festival Chicago
Chicago, United States · Deadline Oct 31, 2026
Tier C47/100
November 2026
- Philadelphia Youth Film Festival
Philadelphia, United States · Deadline Nov 1, 2026
Tier C47/100 - No Man's Land Film Festival
Denver, United States · Deadline Nov 1, 2026
Tier C47/100 - arab women film festival
Aarhus; Den Hague, Denmark · Deadline Nov 2, 2026
Tier B67/100 - Guitarist music video festival
Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Deadline Nov 2, 2026
Tier C47/100 - Indie Film Online International NYC
New York, United States · Deadline Nov 3, 2026
Tier C57/100 - Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
Toronto, Canada · Deadline Nov 3, 2026
Warning26/100 - Warped Witch Film Festival
Lafayette, United States · Deadline Nov 4, 2026
Tier C45/100 - hump! film festival
Various, United States · Deadline Nov 5, 2026
Tier A96/100 - HollyShorts Comedy
Sherman Oaks, United States · Deadline Nov 5, 2026
Tier A98/100 - Cine@Art Short Film Festival
Agii Theodori, Greece · Deadline Nov 5, 2026
Tier C47/100 - La Boheme Cinema
Moscow, Russian Federation · Deadline Nov 7, 2026
Tier A98/100 - Ladyface Mountain Film Festival
Agoura Hills, United States · Deadline Nov 7, 2026
Tier C42/100 - Screams By The Sea
Bournemouth, United Kingdom · Deadline Nov 7, 2026
Warning37/100 - Hollywood Jumbo: The 2026 Film & Screenplay Festival
Los Angeles, United States · Deadline Nov 7, 2026
Warning37/100 - Ethos Kids Film Awards
Santa Monica, United States · Deadline Nov 8, 2026
Warning21/100 - Tir Ddraig Film Festival
Cardiff, United Kingdom · Deadline Nov 8, 2026
Warning24/100 - Bergen International Film Festival of NJ
United States · Deadline Nov 9, 2026
Tier B65/100 - Third Culture Film Festival NZ
Tauranga, New Zealand · Deadline Nov 9, 2026
Tier C47/100 - Ceres Food × Film
New York, United States · Deadline Nov 9, 2026
Tier B65/100 - Cine Dreams International Film Festival
Andheri (West) Mumbai-400053 ( INDIA ), India · Deadline Nov 9, 2026
Warning39/100 - iDEAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Sillod, India · Deadline Nov 9, 2026
Tier C44/100
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