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Zahl der Reiseziele mit Filmfestival in diesem Monat. Die Zeitfenster verschieben sich jedes Jahr etwas.

Filmfestival im Januar

  1. Pune 🇮🇳 IndienPune International Film Festival · 10.–25. Jan. (meist)A week of world and Marathi cinema in mid-January, screened across several multiplexes, with on-the-spot delegate registration.89
  2. Palm Springs 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenPalm Springs Film Festival · 2.–20. Jan. (meist)Eleven days of screenings across the valley and an awards gala that pulls the Oscar campaigns out of Los Angeles for a night.79
  3. Capri 🇮🇹 ItalienCapri Hollywood film festival · 26. Dez. – 2. Jan.For a week over the new year the island's winter shutdown pauses for a film festival, and the few hotels that stay open fill with it.65
  4. Triest 🇮🇹 ItalienTrieste Film Festival · 14.–28. Jan. (meist)Central and eastern European cinema, programmed here since 1989 because this is where the two halves of the continent met.61
  5. Bristol 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichSlapstick Festival · 20. Jan. – 20. Feb. (meist)Five days of silent and visual comedy on screen, with live accompaniment, a gala at Bristol Beacon and comedians talking about their heroes.56
  6. Rotterdam 🇳🇱 NiederlandeIFFR · 22. Jan. – 8. Feb. (meist)Eleven days of first and second features from everywhere, which is the one thing that reliably fills this city in deep winter.49
  7. Göteborg 🇸🇪 SchwedenGoteborg Film Festival · 24. Jan. – 5. Feb. (meist)Scandinavia's largest film event: ten days, several hundred films and cinemas full at eleven in the morning in the darkest part of the year.39
  8. Gemeinde Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorwegenTromso International Film Festival · 12.–20. Jan. (meist)A week of cinema in the middle of January, including screenings outdoors in the snow.24

Was ist los weltweit im Januar →

Filmfestival im Februar

  1. Fort Lauderdale 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenFort Lauderdale Film Festival · 18.–28. Feb. (meist)Ten days of premieres and documentaries across Broward, anchored on the restored Savor Cinema in Flagler Village.84
  2. Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenAcademy Awards weekend · 25. Feb. – 20. März (meist)Hollywood Boulevard closes for the best part of a week around the ceremony, and the hotel and restaurant scene in the middle of the city behaves accordingly.83
  3. Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSanta Barbara Film Festival · 4.–16. Feb. (meist)Eleven days in early February with the awards-season names doing tributes at the Arlington, which is why the hotels fill in a month nothing else would fill them.80
  4. Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalFantasporto · 18. Feb. – 10. März (meist)One of Europe's older fantasy and horror film festivals, ten days at the Rivoli in the wettest, cheapest part of the year.70
  5. Teheran 🇮🇷 IranFajr Film Festival · 1.–11. Feb. (meist)Iran's premier film festival runs during the Ten Days of Fajr, filling the capital's main cinemas with domestic premieres and industry screenings.70
  6. Sedona 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSedona International Film Festival · 15. Feb. – 2. März (meist)Nine days of independent film in late February, in the quiet stretch before the spring crowds.69
  7. Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoFESPACO · 20. Feb. – 7. März (meist)Africa's biggest film festival takes over the city's cinemas and the Place des Cineastes for a week.67
  8. Bristol 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichSlapstick Festival · 20. Jan. – 20. Feb. (meist)Five days of silent and visual comedy on screen, with live accompaniment, a gala at Bristol Beacon and comedians talking about their heroes.62
  9. Rotterdam 🇳🇱 NiederlandeIFFR · 22. Jan. – 8. Feb. (meist)Eleven days of first and second features from everywhere, which is the one thing that reliably fills this city in deep winter.59
  10. Berlin 🇩🇪 DeutschlandBerlinale · 8.–25. Feb. (meist)Ten days in February, and the one big festival whose audience is genuinely the public: half the seats go on open sale and Berliners queue for them at Potsdamer Platz in the cold.55
  11. Glasgow 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichGlasgow Film Festival · 22. Feb. – 10. März (meist)Eleven days at the end of February built around the Glasgow Film Theatre, with a habit of screening things in swimming pools and car parks rather than cinemas.53
  12. Papeete 🇵🇫 Französisch-PolynesienFIFO documentary festival · 2.–18. Feb. (meist)Ten days of Pacific documentary at the Maison de la Culture in early February, in the wettest part of the year, which is exactly why it is indoors.49
  13. Göteborg 🇸🇪 SchwedenGoteborg Film Festival · 24. Jan. – 5. Feb. (meist)Scandinavia's largest film event: ten days, several hundred films and cinemas full at eleven in the morning in the darkest part of the year.47
  14. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 KanadaAvailable Light Film Festival · 5.–25. Feb. (meist)Ten days of cinema, music and panels in the darkest, coldest stretch of the northern winter, which is exactly the point of scheduling it then.36

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Filmfestival im März

  1. Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenAcademy Awards weekend · 25. Feb. – 20. März (meist)Hollywood Boulevard closes for the best part of a week around the ceremony, and the hotel and restaurant scene in the middle of the city behaves accordingly.87
  2. Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienFestival de Malaga · 5.–25. März (meist)The Spanish-language film festival takes over the Cervantes and the Albeniz for ten days in March, with a red carpet on Calle Larios and the city's hotels full of Madrid.85
  3. Bari 🇮🇹 ItalienBif&st film festival · 15. März – 20. Apr. (meist)Bari's international film and TV festival fills the Petruzzelli and other city cinemas for a week of premieres, retrospectives and talks with directors, many screenings free or cheap.79
  4. Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 GriechenlandDocumentary Festival · 1.–20. März (meist)Ten days of documentary screened in the converted warehouses on the port in early March, the city's other film festival and the one that fills its cafes with argument.78
  5. Lyon 🇫🇷 FrankreichReflets du cinema iberique · 20. März – 5. Apr. (meist)A week of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American cinema at Le Zola in Villeurbanne, a tram ride from central Lyon, running for over forty years, with screenings spilling out to other venues afterwards.75
  6. Sedona 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSedona International Film Festival · 15. Feb. – 2. März (meist)Nine days of independent film in late February, in the quiet stretch before the spring crowds.75
  7. Cartagena 🇨🇴 KolumbienCartagena film festival · 5.–20. März (meist)The oldest film festival in Latin America, with free screenings on the walls and in the plazas of the old town; the walled city fills for a week and the boutique hotels go early.73
  8. Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalFantasporto · 18. Feb. – 10. März (meist)One of Europe's older fantasy and horror film festivals, ten days at the Rivoli in the wettest, cheapest part of the year.72
  9. Sofia 🇧🇬 BulgarienSofia Film Fest · 5.–25. März (meist)A fortnight of screenings across the city cinemas in the flattest month of the year here, with a strong Balkan competition.70
  10. Lille 🇫🇷 FrankreichSeries Mania · 12.–31. März (meist)Europe's television festival takes over the Nouveau Siecle and the city cinemas for ten days, half industry market and half free public screenings.69
  11. Glasgow 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichGlasgow Film Festival · 22. Feb. – 10. März (meist)Eleven days at the end of February built around the Glasgow Film Theatre, with a habit of screening things in swimming pools and car parks rather than cinemas.64
  12. Malmö 🇸🇪 SchwedenBUFF Malmö Film Festival · 5.–20. März (meist)Scandinavia's big children's and youth film festival takes over Malmö's cinemas for a week in March, with premieres, visiting filmmakers and a family day.63
  13. Kopenhagen 🇩🇰 DänemarkCPH:DOX · 12.–25. März (meist)Europe's largest documentary festival fills the cinemas and a few odd venues for a fortnight in March, which is otherwise the least interesting month in the city.62
  14. Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoFESPACO · 20. Feb. – 7. März (meist)Africa's biggest film festival takes over the city's cinemas and the Place des Cineastes for a week.45

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Filmfestival im April

  1. Bari 🇮🇹 ItalienBif&st film festival · 15. März – 20. Apr. (meist)Bari's international film and TV festival fills the Petruzzelli and other city cinemas for a week of premieres, retrospectives and talks with directors, many screenings free or cheap.88
  2. Cannes 🇫🇷 FrankreichCanneseries · 15. Apr. – 2. Mai (meist)A week-long festival of new television series in late April, with red-carpet premieres at the Palais.86
  3. Jeonju 🇰🇷 SüdkoreaJeonju International Film Festival · 25. Apr. – 10. Mai (meist)A week of screenings around Gaeksa and the old cinema street at the end of April, and the one time of year the city's rooms sell out on something other than food.84
  4. Lyon 🇫🇷 FrankreichReflets du cinema iberique · 20. März – 5. Apr. (meist)A week of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American cinema at Le Zola in Villeurbanne, a tram ride from central Lyon, running for over forty years, with screenings spilling out to other venues afterwards.83
  5. Linz 🇦🇹 ÖsterreichCrossing Europe film festival · 20. Apr. – 2. Mai (meist)Six days of European independent cinema at the end of April, the kind of programme that never reaches a multiplex.79
  6. Cleveland 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenCleveland International Film Festival · 1.–22. Apr. (meist)Ten days and several hundred films in April, one of the older festivals in the country and unusually well attended for its size.74

Was ist los weltweit im April →

Filmfestival im Mai

  1. Cannes 🇫🇷 FrankreichCanneseries · 15. Apr. – 2. Mai (meist)A week-long festival of new television series in late April, with red-carpet premieres at the Palais.94
  2. Nizza 🇫🇷 FrankreichCannes Film Festival · 10.–28. Mai (meist)The festival is forty minutes down the coast, but the hotel market is regional: Nice reprices for the fortnight and the airport transfer queue doubles.91
  3. Jeonju 🇰🇷 SüdkoreaJeonju International Film Festival · 25. Apr. – 10. Mai (meist)A week of screenings around Gaeksa and the old cinema street at the end of April, and the one time of year the city's rooms sell out on something other than food.90
  4. Linz 🇦🇹 ÖsterreichCrossing Europe film festival · 20. Apr. – 2. Mai (meist)Six days of European independent cinema at the end of April, the kind of programme that never reaches a multiplex.86
  5. Seattle 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSeattle International Film Festival · 8.–26. Mai (meist)Eleven days of screenings across a dozen city venues in the middle of May, and the one stretch of the year Seattle's cinemas queue down the block.85

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Filmfestival im Juni

  1. Tschita 🇷🇺 RusslandZabaykalsky International Film Festival · 1.–15. Juni (meist)Held in Chita each June: premieres, meetings with Russian actors on the rhododendron-coloured carpet, and screenings spread across the region.93
  2. Taormina 🇮🇹 ItalienTaormina Film Festival · 10.–25. Juni (meist)A week of screenings in the ancient theatre with Etna behind the screen, plus enough red carpet to fill the small hotel stock in town.90
  3. Ouro Preto 🇧🇷 BrasilienCineOP film festival · 18. Juni – 5. Juli (meist)A free festival of Brazilian cinema focused on film heritage and preservation, with screenings, debates and a June-party atmosphere spread across the historic centre.90
  4. Safranbolu 🇹🇷 TürkeiGolden Saffron Documentary Film Festival · 1.–20. Juni (meist)A documentary festival run by the municipality since 2000, with screenings, talks and awards in the old town.90
  5. Cluj-Napoca 🇷🇴 RumänienTransilvania Film Festival · 5.–25. Juni (meist)Ten days of screenings across the cinemas, plus open-air nights in Unirii Square and a strand at Bánffy Castle out at Bonțida.89
  6. Nantucket 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenNantucket Film Festival · 20. Juni – 1. Juli (meist)Five days at the end of June built around screenwriting rather than red carpets, with staged readings and panels in the old whaling-town halls.89
  7. Bologna 🇮🇹 ItalienIl Cinema Ritrovato · 18. Juni – 5. Juli (meist)Nine days of restored film, ending with free screenings on a big screen in Piazza Maggiore after dark.84
  8. Annecy 🇫🇷 FrankreichAnnecy animation film festival · 8.–27. Juni (meist)The animation industry takes the town for a week; the fiftieth edition moved to the end of June.82
  9. Curitiba 🇧🇷 BrasilienOlhar de Cinema · 1.–15. Juni (meist)Curitiba's international film festival, about ten days in early June with screenings at the Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Opera de Arame and the city's arthouse cinemas.81
  10. Sansibar 🇹🇿 TansaniaZanzibar International Film Festival · 18. Juni – 2. Juli (meist)East Africa's largest film festival takes over the old fort and venues across Stone Town for a week in late June, with screenings outdoors after dark.75
  11. Shanghai 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaShanghai International Film Festival · 10.–25. Juni (meist)Ten days of screenings across cinemas all over the city in the middle of June, with tickets released in one online rush a week ahead and the good ones gone in minutes.55

Was ist los weltweit im Juni →

Filmfestival im Juli

  1. Bonito 🇧🇷 BrasilienFestival de Cinema de Bonito · 20. Juli – 5. Aug. (meist)A week of open-air and small-hall screenings in a town of twenty thousand, mostly Brazilian features and shorts.92
  2. Ouro Preto 🇧🇷 BrasilienCineOP film festival · 18. Juni – 5. Juli (meist)A free festival of Brazilian cinema focused on film heritage and preservation, with screenings, debates and a June-party atmosphere spread across the historic centre.92
  3. Pärnu 🇪🇪 EstlandParnu Film Festival · 1.–20. Juli (meist)A documentary and visual-anthropology festival in July, one of the oldest of its kind anywhere and much quieter than the beach outside.92
  4. Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaDurban International Film Festival · 18. Juli – 5. Aug. (meist)Africa's longest-running film festival takes over the city's cinemas for the back end of July into early August, in the dry, mild middle of winter, which is the best time to be in Durban anyway.91
  5. Karlsbad 🇨🇿 TschechienKarlovy Vary Film Festival · 1.–13. Juli (meist)For nine days in early July the spa town turns into a film festival, students sleeping in the park and queues outside the Thermal.91
  6. Breslau 🇵🇱 PolenNew Horizons Film Festival · 18. Juli – 5. Aug. (meist)Ten days of art-house programming in the summer, built around a cinema that keeps showing the same films afterwards.88
  7. Galway 🇮🇪 IrlandGalway Film Fleadh · 6.–14. Juli (meist)Ireland's main film festival runs for six days in early July, with premieres at the Town Hall Theatre and a market alongside it.86
  8. Nantucket 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenNantucket Film Festival · 20. Juni – 1. Juli (meist)Five days at the end of June built around screenwriting rather than red carpets, with staged readings and panels in the old whaling-town halls.86
  9. Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelJerusalem Film Festival · 15.–31. Juli (meist)Ten days at the Cinematheque under the Old City walls in late July, with open-air screenings down in the Sultan's Pool.83
  10. Sansibar 🇹🇿 TansaniaZanzibar International Film Festival · 18. Juni – 2. Juli (meist)East Africa's largest film festival takes over the old fort and venues across Stone Town for a week in late June, with screenings outdoors after dark.80
  11. Pula 🇭🇷 KroatienPula Film Festival · 9.–16. Juli (meist)Croatia's oldest film festival, screened after dark inside the Roman amphitheatre with several thousand seats on the arena floor.80
  12. Jerewan 🇦🇲 ArmenienGolden Apricot film festival · 5.–20. Juli (meist)Armenia's international film festival, screening across the centre in the middle of July and named for the fruit that is in the markets at the same time.79
  13. Amman 🇯🇴 JordanienAmman International Film Festival · 20. Juli – 10. Aug. (meist)A first-features festival with an Arab-cinema focus, screening across the western half of the city.79
  14. Bologna 🇮🇹 ItalienIl Cinema Ritrovato · 18. Juni – 5. Juli (meist)Nine days of restored film, ending with free screenings on a big screen in Piazza Maggiore after dark.78
  15. Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienRevelation Film Festival · 1.–20. Juli (meist)Perth's independent film festival fills Luna Leederville and other screens for about twelve days in July with features, shorts and documentaries, a welcome indoor programme in the wettest weeks.72
  16. Auckland 🇳🇿 NeuseelandWhanau Marama film festival · 25. Juli – 12. Aug. (meist)The Auckland leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival runs for about twelve days from late July, with the grand old Civic as its main screen; a good reason to be indoors in the wettest part of winter.69

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Filmfestival im August

  1. Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaDurban International Film Festival · 18. Juli – 5. Aug. (meist)Africa's longest-running film festival takes over the city's cinemas for the back end of July into early August, in the dry, mild middle of winter, which is the best time to be in Durban anyway.92
  2. Odense 🇩🇰 DänemarkOdense International Film Festival · 22. Aug. – 2. Sep. (meist)Denmark's oldest film festival, a week of short films in the last week of August, with many screenings free.91
  3. Breslau 🇵🇱 PolenNew Horizons Film Festival · 18. Juli – 5. Aug. (meist)Ten days of art-house programming in the summer, built around a cinema that keeps showing the same films afterwards.87
  4. Sarajevo 🇧🇦 Bosnien und HerzegowinaSarajevo Film Festival · 10.–25. Aug. (meist)Started under siege in 1995 and now the region's biggest, with open-air screenings and the whole city out on Ferhadija until late.84
  5. Bonito 🇧🇷 BrasilienFestival de Cinema de Bonito · 20. Juli – 5. Aug. (meist)A week of open-air and small-hall screenings in a town of twenty thousand, mostly Brazilian features and shorts.83
  6. Niš 🇷🇸 SerbienFilm Encounters, Nis Fortress · 20. Aug. – 2. Sep. (meist)Serbia's oldest film festival, devoted to screen acting, fills the big open-air stage inside the fortress for a week at the end of August.83
  7. Gramado 🇧🇷 BrasilienFestival de Cinema de Gramado · 8.–25. Aug. (meist)Brazil's best-known film week takes over the Palácio dos Festivais in the middle of August, with a red carpet down the main avenue and the Kikito awards at the end of it.79
  8. Amman 🇯🇴 JordanienAmman International Film Festival · 20. Juli – 10. Aug. (meist)A first-features festival with an Arab-cinema focus, screening across the western half of the city.77
  9. Venedig 🇮🇹 ItalienVenice Film Festival · 28. Aug. – 14. Sep. (meist)Eleven days on the Lido at the start of September.75
  10. Auckland 🇳🇿 NeuseelandWhanau Marama film festival · 25. Juli – 12. Aug. (meist)The Auckland leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival runs for about twelve days from late July, with the grand old Civic as its main screen; a good reason to be indoors in the wettest part of winter.73

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Filmfestival im September

  1. Pristina KosovoPriFest film festival · 5. Sep. – 5. Okt. (meist)The Prishtina International Film Festival brings a week of international and Balkan films to the city's cinemas each September, with a competition programme.94
  2. Toronto 🇨🇦 KanadaToronto International Film Festival · 5.–20. Sep. (meist)Eleven days in early September when King Street West closes and the entertainment district's hotel stock reprices.93
  3. Timișoara 🇷🇴 RumänienTIFF Timișoara · 17.–20. Sep. (meist)The Timișoara leg of the Transilvania International Film Festival runs four days each September across Cinema Timiș, Cinema Studio and the Capitol summer garden, with Romanian premieres and open-air screenings.92
  4. Niš 🇷🇸 SerbienFilm Encounters, Nis Fortress · 20. Aug. – 2. Sep. (meist)Serbia's oldest film festival, devoted to screen acting, fills the big open-air stage inside the fortress for a week at the end of August.92
  5. Villa de Leyva 🇨🇴 KolumbienFestival Villa del Cine · 20.–30. Sep. (meist)A small film festival in late September, running since 2015, with screenings and guests from a different invited country each year.87
  6. Calgary 🇨🇦 KanadaCalgary International Film Festival · 20. Sep. – 5. Okt. (meist)Eleven days of Canadian premieres, international award winners and free outdoor screenings each fall, Alberta's largest film festival and an Oscar-qualifying showcase for short films.86
  7. Venedig 🇮🇹 ItalienVenice Film Festival · 28. Aug. – 14. Sep. (meist)Eleven days on the Lido at the start of September.85
  8. Brasília 🇧🇷 BrasilienFestival de Brasília · 5.–25. Sep. (meist)The country's oldest film festival, run out of the Cine Brasília in Asa Sul since 1965 and still the place where an argument about Brazilian cinema is worth sitting through.85
  9. Danzig 🇵🇱 PolenPolish Film Festival, Gdynia · 15.–30. Sep. (meist)The national film awards, a week of premieres in Gdynia twenty minutes up the coast.84
  10. Donostia / San Sebastián 🇪🇸 SpanienZinemaldia film festival · 16.–28. Sep. (meist)Nine days in late September that fill the city harder than August does, with public tickets sold in a scramble a fortnight ahead and red carpets outside the Kursaal every evening.83
  11. Odense 🇩🇰 DänemarkOdense International Film Festival · 22. Aug. – 2. Sep. (meist)Denmark's oldest film festival, a week of short films in the last week of August, with many screenings free.83
  12. Utrecht 🇳🇱 NiederlandeNetherlands Film Festival · 18. Sep. – 5. Okt. (meist)The national film festival belongs to Utrecht: ten days at the end of September ending in the Golden Calf awards, with free open-air screenings on the cathedral square.82
  13. Malmö 🇸🇪 SchwedenNordisk Panorama · 14.–25. Sep. (meist)The Nordic short and documentary film festival fills the city's cinemas for about a week in mid-September, with a public programme alongside the industry market.82
  14. Syrakus 🇮🇹 ItalienOrtigia Film Festival · 20.–26. Sep. (meist)Independent cinema screened outdoors in the squares of the old island for a week in late September, free or close to it, and starting late enough that the heat has gone out of the day.81
  15. Bristol 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEncounters Film Festival · 15. Sep. – 5. Okt. (meist)The UK's leading short film and animation festival, fitting for Aardman's home town: five days of screenings and talks at the Watershed and around the harbourside.81
  16. Haifa 🇮🇱 IsraelHaifa International Film Festival · 15. Sep. – 15. Okt. (meist)Israel's oldest film festival, staged on the Carmel over the Sukkot holiday, which is also when the city is fullest.77
  17. Telluride 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenTelluride Film Festival · 2.–8. Sep. (meist)Labor Day weekend, and the programme is not announced until the morning it opens, which is the whole point of it.73
  18. Breckenridge 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBreckenridge Film Festival · 15.–30. Sep. (meist)Four days of independent screenings in late September, timed to the aspens turning on the Boreas Pass road.71
  19. Yaoundé 🇨🇲 KamerunEcrans Noirs film festival · 15. Sep. – 31. Okt. (meist)Central Africa's main African cinema festival, founded in 1997, screens films for a week at the Palais des Congres, the National Museum and the Institut Francais.65

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Filmfestival im Oktober

  1. Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 GriechenlandThessaloniki Film Festival · 28. Okt. – 15. Nov. (meist)The biggest film festival in south-east Europe, ten days at the start of November in the port warehouses and the old cinemas on Aristotelous.89
  2. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexikoMorelia International Film Festival · 14.–27. Okt. (meist)Ten days in the third week of October, and the most serious film festival in Mexico outside the capital.89
  3. Dharamsala 🇮🇳 IndienDharamshala International Film Fest · 25. Okt. – 5. Nov. (meist)An independent film festival in McLeod Ganj since 2012, with documentaries and dramas from around the world screening as the autumn air clears and trekking peaks.89
  4. Antalya 🇹🇷 TürkeiGolden Orange Film Festival · 15. Okt. – 5. Nov. (meist)Turkey's oldest film festival, and the week the old town belongs to the industry rather than to tour groups.87
  5. Rom 🇮🇹 ItalienRome Film Fest · 13.–25. Okt. (meist)Two weeks at the Auditorium in mid-October, with a red carpet that draws crowds north of the centre and a public ticket ballot that opens weeks ahead.86
  6. Busan 🇰🇷 SüdkoreaBusan International Film Festival · 1.–18. Okt. (meist)Ten days centred on the Cinema Center in Haeundae in early October, in the best weather of the Busan year.86
  7. Haifa 🇮🇱 IsraelHaifa International Film Festival · 15. Sep. – 15. Okt. (meist)Israel's oldest film festival, staged on the Carmel over the Sukkot holiday, which is also when the city is fullest.85
  8. Alexandria 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenAlexandria Film Festival · 1.–15. Okt. (meist)Egypt's oldest film festival for Mediterranean cinema screens for about a week at the Alexandria Library and other downtown venues, drawing regional filmmakers and a modest crowd of local cinephiles.84
  9. Savannah 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSCAD Savannah Film Festival · 24. Okt. – 2. Nov. (meist)Eight days at the end of October run by the art school that owns half the buildings downtown, with awards-season screenings in a restored 1920s cinema on Broughton Street.82
  10. Banja Luka 🇧🇦 Bosnien und HerzegowinaBanjalukanima animation festival · 20.–30. Okt. (meist)A week of international animated shorts in late October, small enough that you can walk in off the street and get a seat.81
  11. Hot-Springs-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHot Springs Documentary Film Fest · 5.–20. Okt. (meist)The longest-running all-documentary festival in North America takes over the venues along and around Bathhouse Row for nine days in October, which is also the best fortnight of the year for the hills behind the town.78
  12. Pristina KosovoPriFest film festival · 5. Sep. – 5. Okt. (meist)The Prishtina International Film Festival brings a week of international and Balkan films to the city's cinemas each September, with a competition programme.76
  13. El-Guna 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenEl Gouna Film Festival · 10.–31. Okt. (meist)A week of screenings and industry parties in the middle of October, when the sea is still warm and the town fills with Cairo's film crowd.76
  14. Hermannstadt 🇷🇴 RumänienAstra Film Festival · 10.–31. Okt. (meist)One of Eastern Europe's main documentary festivals, with screenings spread across Sibiu's cinemas and cultural halls for about a week in October.76
  15. Gent 🇧🇪 BelgienFilm Fest Gent · 5.–20. Okt. (meist)Belgium's main film festival, built around film music and the World Soundtrack Awards.73
  16. Bristol 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEncounters Film Festival · 15. Sep. – 5. Okt. (meist)The UK's leading short film and animation festival, fitting for Aardman's home town: five days of screenings and talks at the Watershed and around the harbourside.70
  17. Utrecht 🇳🇱 NiederlandeNetherlands Film Festival · 18. Sep. – 5. Okt. (meist)The national film festival belongs to Utrecht: ten days at the end of September ending in the Golden Calf awards, with free open-air screenings on the cathedral square.69
  18. Calgary 🇨🇦 KanadaCalgary International Film Festival · 20. Sep. – 5. Okt. (meist)Eleven days of Canadian premieres, international award winners and free outdoor screenings each fall, Alberta's largest film festival and an Oscar-qualifying showcase for short films.68
  19. St. John’s 🇨🇦 KanadaInternational Women's Film Festival · 15.–28. Okt. (meist)One of the longest-running festivals of films by women, now in its late thirties, with five days of screenings downtown in the third or fourth week of October.66
  20. Vancouver 🇨🇦 KanadaVancouver International Film Festival · 1.–12. Okt. (meist)Eleven days of screenings downtown at the start of October, which is when the rain comes back and the city admits it is indoors again.65
  21. Riga 🇱🇻 LettlandRiga International Film Festival · 10.–28. Okt. (meist)About ten days of new international and Baltic cinema in mid to late October, screened in the city's old picture houses, with many films subtitled in English.62
  22. Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaKaohsiung Film Festival · 10.–31. Okt. (meist)A fortnight of screenings around the harbour with a long-running short-film and immersive strand.60
  23. Yaoundé 🇨🇲 KamerunEcrans Noirs film festival · 15. Sep. – 31. Okt. (meist)Central Africa's main African cinema festival, founded in 1997, screens films for a week at the Palais des Congres, the National Museum and the Institut Francais.59
  24. Banff 🇨🇦 KanadaBanff Mountain Film Festival · 28. Okt. – 8. Nov. (meist)Nine days of mountain film and books at the Banff Centre at the turn of October into November, in the quietest weeks of the year.57
  25. Lake Placid 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenLake Placid Film Festival · 25. Okt. – 2. Nov. (meist)Independent and documentary screenings around Mirror Lake each Halloween weekend, now in its third decade and one of the last quiet stretches before ski season.57

… und 2 weitere im Oktober.

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Filmfestival im November

  1. Marrakesch 🇲🇦 MarokkoMarrakech Film Festival · 25. Nov. – 10. Dez. (meist)A week of screenings at the end of November or the start of December, including free ones on a big screen in Jemaa el-Fna.90
  2. Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinienMar del Plata Film Festival · 1.–20. Nov. (meist)The only A-list festival in Latin America takes over the Auditorium and the old cinemas for eleven days in November, out of season and pleasantly unglamorous.90
  3. Kairo 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenCairo International Film Festival · 10.–25. Nov. (meist)The oldest film festival in the Arab world runs for ten days out of the opera house grounds in Zamalek, in the best fortnight of the Cairo year for being outdoors.88
  4. Savannah 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSCAD Savannah Film Festival · 24. Okt. – 2. Nov. (meist)Eight days at the end of October run by the art school that owns half the buildings downtown, with awards-season screenings in a restored 1920s cinema on Broughton Street.84
  5. Antalya 🇹🇷 TürkeiGolden Orange Film Festival · 15. Okt. – 5. Nov. (meist)Turkey's oldest film festival, and the week the old town belongs to the industry rather than to tour groups.80
  6. Dharamsala 🇮🇳 IndienDharamshala International Film Fest · 25. Okt. – 5. Nov. (meist)An independent film festival in McLeod Ganj since 2012, with documentaries and dramas from around the world screening as the autumn air clears and trekking peaks.79
  7. Kolkata 🇮🇳 IndienKolkata International Film Festival · 25. Nov. – 20. Dez. (meist)A week of screenings around Nandan and the Rabindra Sadan complex, mostly free or nearly so, with queues that form before the box office opens.76
  8. Doha 🇶🇦 KatarDoha Film Festival · 15. Nov. – 5. Dez. (meist)The Doha Film Institute's week of screenings and the Ajyal youth jury, staged in the Cultural Village and downtown in late November as the outdoor season restarts.75
  9. Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 GriechenlandThessaloniki Film Festival · 28. Okt. – 15. Nov. (meist)The biggest film festival in south-east Europe, ten days at the start of November in the port warehouses and the old cinemas on Aristotelous.74
  10. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea Film Festival · 25. Nov. – 15. Dez. (meist)Ten days of screenings and red carpets based in the restored merchant houses of Al-Balad, which is the reason to time a visit to the old town for early December.71
  11. Coimbra 🇵🇹 PortugalCaminhos do Cinema Português · 8.–25. Nov. (meist)Running since 1988, this week of Portuguese film screens features, documentaries and film-school work at the Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente and the Casa do Cinema.70
  12. Turin 🇮🇹 ItalienTorino Film Festival · 20. Nov. – 1. Dez. (meist)Ten days of first and second features in late November, run out of a city that keeps its national film museum inside the Mole.65
  13. Kilkenny 🇮🇪 IrlandSubtitle Film Festival · 17.–29. Nov. (meist)A week of European cinema — Irish premieres alongside classics — screened at the Watergate Theatre and a handful of pubs and small venues around town in late November.61
  14. Cali 🇨🇴 KolumbienCali International Film Festival · 15. Okt. – 20. Nov. (meist)A week of screenings, talks and workshops across the city's cinemas and cultural centres, traditionally in November, though recent editions have moved into late October.56
  15. Tallinn 🇪🇪 EstlandBlack Nights Film Festival · 6.–22. Nov.Two and a half weeks of cinema in the darkest part of November, the only competitive festival of its rank in northern Europe.45
  16. Lake Placid 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenLake Placid Film Festival · 25. Okt. – 2. Nov. (meist)Independent and documentary screenings around Mirror Lake each Halloween weekend, now in its third decade and one of the last quiet stretches before ski season.43
  17. Banff 🇨🇦 KanadaBanff Mountain Film Festival · 28. Okt. – 8. Nov. (meist)Nine days of mountain film and books at the Banff Centre at the turn of October into November, in the quietest weeks of the year.40
  18. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SchwedenArctic Light Film Festival · 5.–16. Nov. (meist)Sweden's northernmost film festival runs five days in mid-November at Folkets Hus, a rare reason to be in town in the dark weeks before the snow properly sets in.32

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Filmfestival im Dezember

  1. Khajuraho 🇮🇳 IndienKhajuraho International Film Festival · 10.–25. Dez. (meist)A week of screenings from around the world, workshops and guest appearances by Indian film people, backed by the state culture department and usually held in mid-December.93
  2. Kolkata 🇮🇳 IndienKolkata International Film Festival · 25. Nov. – 20. Dez. (meist)A week of screenings around Nandan and the Rabindra Sadan complex, mostly free or nearly so, with queues that form before the box office opens.88
  3. Doha 🇶🇦 KatarDoha Film Festival · 15. Nov. – 5. Dez. (meist)The Doha Film Institute's week of screenings and the Ajyal youth jury, staged in the Cultural Village and downtown in late November as the outdoor season restarts.86
  4. Marrakesch 🇲🇦 MarokkoMarrakech Film Festival · 25. Nov. – 10. Dez. (meist)A week of screenings at the end of November or the start of December, including free ones on a big screen in Jemaa el-Fna.85
  5. Havanna 🇨🇺 KubaHavana Film Festival · 1.–15. Dez. (meist)Ten days of Latin American cinema in the old Vedado picture houses.81
  6. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea Film Festival · 25. Nov. – 15. Dez. (meist)Ten days of screenings and red carpets based in the restored merchant houses of Al-Balad, which is the reason to time a visit to the old town for early December.78
  7. Capri 🇮🇹 ItalienCapri Hollywood film festival · 26. Dez. – 2. Jan.For a week over the new year the island's winter shutdown pauses for a film festival, and the few hotels that stay open fill with it.67
  8. Turin 🇮🇹 ItalienTorino Film Festival · 20. Nov. – 1. Dez. (meist)Ten days of first and second features in late November, run out of a city that keeps its national film museum inside the Mole.60

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