Due to the risk of infection by the coronavirus, many film festivals have been cancelled or postponed or/and held online.
TAIPEI
12th TIDF Taiwan International Documentary Festival
30.4. - 9.5.2021
SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
TRENTO
69. Trento Film Festival · taking place as a digital edition
30.4. - 9.5.2021
WOOD by Monica Lazurean Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger
JEONJU
22nd International Film Festival · taking place in a hybrid form
29.4. - 8.5.2021
GLORY TO THE QUEEN by Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
LOS ANGELES, CA
16th SEEfest - South East European Film Festival · held as a hybrid edition
28.4. - 5.5.2021
BITTE WARTEN by Pavel Cuzuioc
GLORY TO THE QUEEN by Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
FRANKFURT
14. Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International · held on streaming platform
27.4. - 2.5.2021
THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner
KRISTIANSAND
24th International Children’s Film Festival · taking place in a hybrid form
27.4. - 2.5.2021
MADISON by Kim Strobl
PORTO
41st Fantasporto - Oporto International Film Festival · postponed from February/March to April/May
26.4. - 4.5.2021 (original dates 26.2. - 6.3.2021)
THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner
MIAMI, FL
23rd OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival · taking place in a hybrid version
23.4. - 2.5.2021
NARZISS UND GOLDMUND by Stefan Ruzowitzky
COPENHAGEN
18th CPH:DOX - International Documentary Film Festival · postponed from March to April/May and duration extended - held as hybrid edition
21.4. - 12.5.2021 (original dates 17.3. - 28.3.2021)
EPICENTRO by Hubert Sauper
WIESBADEN
21. "goEast" Festival des mittel- und osteuropäischen Films · held online
20.4. - 26.4.2021
BITTE WARTEN by Pavel Cuzuioc
GLORY TO THE QUEEN by Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
BELGRADE
67th + 68th Martovsky Festival - Documentary and Short Film Festival · postponed from March to April
19.4. - 25.4.2021 (original dates 22.3. - 28.3.2021)
GLORY TO THE QUEEN by Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
THE HAGUE
23rd Movies that Matter Festival · taking place online
16.4. - 25.4.2021
WOOD by Monica Lazurean Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger
NYON
52e Visions du Réel - Festival International de cinéma · held predominantly in a virtual format
15.4. - 25.4.2021
SOLDAT AHMET by Jannis Lenz
THE BUBBLE by Valerie Blankenbyl
BOLZANO
34. Bolzano Film Festival Bozen · taking place online
13.4. - 18.4.2021
GLORY TO THE QUEEN by Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
HOCHWALD by Evi Romen
SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
KANSAS CITY, MO
25th KC FilmFest International · taking place online
12.4. - 18.4.2021
GLORY TO THE QUEEN by Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
SYDNEY
“Antenna Selects” · Festival 2020 replaced by year-round screenings between September 2020 and August 2021 (original dates 15.10. - 25.10.2020)
10.4.2021
EPICENTRO by Hubert Sauper
ZURICH
films for future Festival · postponed (dates tba)
(original dates 8.4. - 30.4.2021)
WOOD by Monica Lazurean Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger
SÃO PAULO, RIO DE JANEIRO
26th It’s All True - International Documentary Film Festival · held entirely online
8.4. - 18.4.2021
GLORY TO THE QUEEN by Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
AMSTERDAM
37th Imagine Film Festival · held entirely online
7.4. - 17.4.2021
THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner
CAIRO
13th Panorama of the European Film · postponed from January to April
1.4. - 10.4.2021 (original dates 13.1. - 22.1.2021)
AUFZEICHNUNGEN AUS DER UNTERWELT by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
THESSALONIKI
23rd Documentary Festival - TDF | Special Program · online
1.4. - 4.4.2021
BITTE WARTEN by Pavel Cuzuioc
CARTAGENA DE INDIAS
60° Festival Internacional de Cine - FICCI INTERRUPTUS · open air screenings from March till October
27.3. - October 2021
ERDE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
ROBOLOVE by Maria Arlamovsky
KIEV
18th Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival · held in a hybrid format
26.3. - 4.4.2021
EPICENTRO by Hubert Sauper
TORONTO
4th Pendance Film Festival · held as virtual festival
26.3. - 28.3.2021
THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner
LJUBLJANA
23rd Doc Film Festival · taking place as VOD film festival
24.3. - 31.3.2021
AUFZEICHNUNGEN AUS DER UNTERWELT by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
BRATISLAVA
28th International Film Festival Febiofest · cancelled!
24.3. - 30.3.2021
SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
SONOMA, CA
24th International Film Festival · held as virtual festival with a few drive-in presentations
24.3. - 28.3.2021
BROT - DAS WUNDER, DAS WIR TÄGLICH ESSEN by Harald Friedl
VILNIUS
26th International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris” · taking place on streaming platforms and in hotel rooms through TV
18.3. - 5.4.2021
HOCHWALD by Evi Romen
MEXICO CITY
11° FICUNAM - Festival Internacional de Cine de la UNAM · held entirely online
18.3. - 28.3.2021
EPICENTRO by Hubert Sauper
WASHINGTON, DC
29th Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital · held as virtual festival
18.3. - 28.3.2021
ERDE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
WOOD by Monica Lazurean Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger
MALMÖ
38th BUFF International Film Festival for Children & Young People · taking place online
13.3. - 19.3.2021
EIN BISSCHEN BLEIBEN WIR NOCH by Arash T. Riahi
VANCOUVER
KDocsFF Social Justice Film Festival · held online
12.3. - 21.3.2021
WOOD by Monica Lazurean Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger
SOFIA
25th International Film Festival | Part 1 Hybrid · taking place in 2 parts
11.3. - 31.3.2021
EIN BISSCHEN BLEIBEN WIR NOCH by Arash T. Riahi
SCHWANDORF, AMBERG, NITTENAU...
Zwickl Roadshow - Schwandorfer Dokumentarfilmtage · postponed to the fall (dates tba)
(original dates 6.3. - 21.3.2021)
AUFZEICHNUNGEN AUS DER UNTERWELT by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
SARASOTA, FL
22nd Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival · held as a virtual festival
5.3. - 8.3.2021
WEIYENA - EIN HEIMATFILM by Weina Zhao, Judith Benedikt
OSLO
13th Human Rights Human Wrongs International Documentary Film Festival · held entirely online
1.3. - 7.3.2021
WOOD by Monica Lazurean Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger
MONTREAL
24e Festival International du Film pour Enfants - FIFEM · held online
27.2. - 7.3.2021
EIN BISSCHEN BLEIBEN WIR NOCH by Arash T. Riahi
MADISON by Kim Strobl
BOSTON, MA
46th Sci Fi Film Festival · held as virtual festival
10.2. - 15.2.2021
THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner
PRAGUE, BRNO
15. Das Filmfest - Festival deutschsprachiger Filme · physical festival 2020 cancelled, special online edition taking place in February 2021
8.2. - 14.2.2021 (original dates 20.10. - 6.11.2020)
BROT - DAS WUNDER, DAS WIR TÄGLICH ESSEN by Harald Friedl
EIN BISSCHEN BLEIBEN WIR NOCH by Arash T. Riahi
GLÜCK GEHABT by Peter Payer
BANGKOK
Open Air Film Series - German Language Cinema
2.2. - 5.4.2021
HOCHWALD by Evi Romen
THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner
WÜRZBURG
47. Internationale(s) Filmwoche(nende) · held online, duration extended from a weekend to a whole week
28.1. - 3.2.2021 (original dates 28.1. - 31.1.2021)
DER SCHÖNSTE PLATZ AUF ERDEN by Elke Groen
FUCHS IM BAU by Arman T. Riahi
TRIESTE
32nd Trieste Film Festival · taking place online
21.1. - 30.1.2021 (original dates 21.1. - 28.1.2021)
BITTE WARTEN by Pavel Cuzuioc
LISBON
18° KINO - Mostra de Cinema de Expressão Alemã · taking place in a hybrid version
21.1. - 27.1.2021
GLÜCK GEHABT by Peter Payer
JETZT ODER MORGEN by Lisa Weber
BIARRITZ
3rd FIPADOC - Festival International Documentaire · postponed to a later date
original dates 18.1. - 24.1.2021
BITTE WARTEN by Pavel Cuzuioc
GLORY TO THE QUEEN by Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
WOOD by Monica Lazurean Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger
SAARBRÜCKEN
42. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis · held entirely online
17.1. - 24.1.2021
DAVOS by Daniel Hoesl, Julia Niemann
FUCHS IM BAU by Arman T. Riahi
OSTEND
14th Film Festival · taking place as FFO Nights throughout the year
original dates 15.1. - 23.1.2021
EIN BISSCHEN BLEIBEN WIR NOCH by Arash T. Riahi
THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner
CAIRO
13th Panorama of the European Film · postponed to a later date
original dates 13.1. - 22.1.2021
AUFZEICHNUNGEN AUS DER UNTERWELT by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
KOLKATA
26th International Film Festival · postponed from November 2020 to January 2021 and held primarily online
8.1. - 15.1.2021 (original dates 5.11. - 12.11.2020)
EIN BISSCHEN BLEIBEN WIR NOCH by Arash T. Riahi
LJUBLJANA
6. Tage des deutschsprachigen Films · Festival postponed from November 2020 to 2021
4.11.2020 - 30.6.2021 (original dates 4.11. - 8.11.2020)
WAREN EINMAL REVOLUZZER by Johanna Moder
