The coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption worldwide to the regular festival calendar.
To help keep track of the changing schedule, Screen is keeping this page updated with the latest film festival and market dates, postponements and cancellations.
The events that are still set to run in some capacity are listed first, while those that were cancelled or ran online earlier in the year are further below.
To submit details of a change to your festival dates/status, please contact us here.
2020 festivals calendar - latest
Ongoing
Annecy International Animation Festival, France – online
Dates: June 15-30
Website: https://www.annecy.org/home
June
CineEurope, Spain - online
Dates: June 17-18
Website: http://www.filmexpos.com/cineeurope/
Cannes Marché du Film, France - online
Dates: June 22 – 26
Website: https://www.marchedufilm.com/#
Taipei Film Festival
Dates: June 25 - July 11
Website: https://www.taipeiff.taipei/#
July
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Switzerland - online
Dates: July 3-11
Website: https://www.nifff.ch/en/
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea
Dates: July 9-16
Website: https://www.bifan.kr/eng/
Frontières Co-production Market, Canada – online
Dates: July 23-26
Website: https://frontieresmarket.com/en/coproduction-market
Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania
Dates: July 31-August 9
Website: https://tiff.ro/en
August
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dates: August 14-21
Website: https://www.sff.ba/en
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong
Dates: August 18-31
Website: https://www.hkiff.org.hk/
Amman International Film Festival, Jordan
Dates: August 20-25
Website: https://aiff.jo/
Fantasia International Film Festival, Canada,
Dates: August 20-September 2
Website: https://fantasiafestival.com/en/
IndieLisboa, Portugal
Dates: August 25-September 5
Website: https://indielisboa.com/en/
Filmart, Hong Kong
Dates: August 27-29
Website: https://event.hktdc.com/fair/hkfilmart-en/Hong-Kong-International-Film—TV-Market–FILMART-/
September
Venice International Film Festival, Italy
Dates: September 2-12
Website: https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2020
Docaviv, Israel
Dates: September 3-12
Website: https://www.docaviv.co.il/org-en/
Telluride Film Festival, US
Dates: September 4-7
Website: https://telluridefilmfestival.org/
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada
Dates: September 10-20
Website: https://www.tiff.net/
San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain
Dates: September 18-26
Website: https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/
Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland
Dates: September 24-October 4
Website: https://zff.com/en/home/
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland
Dates: September 24-October 4
Website: https://riff.is/?lang=en
Hamburg International Film Festival, Germany
Dates: September 24 – October 3
Website: https://www.filmfesthamburg.de/en/
New York Film Festival, US
Dates: September 25 – October 11
Website: https://www.filmlinc.org/
Dinard Film Festival, France
Dates: September 30 - October 4
Website: https://www.dinardfilmfestival.fr/
October
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia
Dates: October 1-8
Website: http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff41/eng/
Film Festival Cologne, Germany
Dates: October 1-8
Website: https://filmfestival.cologne/en/
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel
Dates: October 1-10
Website: https://www.haifaff.co.il/eng
BFI London Film Festival, UK
Dates: October 7-18
Website: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/
Bergen International Film Festival, Norway
Dates: October 7-18
Website: https://www.biff.no/english/?language=english
Busan International Film Festival, South Korea
Dates: October 7-16
Website: https://www.biff.kr/eng/
Hamptons International Film Festival, US
Dates: October 8-12
Website: https://hamptonsfilmfest.org/
Canneseries, France
Dates: October 9-14
Website: https://canneseries.com/en/
Asian Contents & Film Market, South Korea
Dates: October 10-13
Website: http://www.acfm.kr/eng/
MIPCOM, France
Dates: October 12-15
Website: https://www.mipcom.com/live/en-gb.html
Film Fest Ghent, Belgium
Dates: October 13-24
Website: https://www.filmfestival.be/en
Chicago International Film Festival, US
Dates: October 14-25
Website: https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/
DOK Leipzig, Germany
Dates: October 26-November 1
Website: https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic
Dates: October 27-November 1
Website: https://www.ji-hlava.com/
Raindance Film Festival, UK
Dates: October 28 - November 7
Website: https://www.raindance.org/festival/
Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan
Dates: October 31 – November 9
Website: https://2020.tiff-jp.net/en/
November
AFM – American Film Market, US
Dates: November 3-8
Website: https://americanfilmmarket.com/
TIFFCOM, Japan
Dates: November 4-6
Website: https://www.jcs.tokyo/en/news/newsletter/2020_market
Mumbai Film Festival, India
Dates: November 5-12
Website: www.mumbaifilmfestival.com
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
Dates: November 5-15
Website: https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/film-festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia
Dates: November 13-29
Website: https://poff.ee/en/
IDFA – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: November 18-29
Website: https://www.idfa.nl/en/
Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt
Dates: November 19-28
Website: https://www.ciff.org.eg/
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