ZURICH, GENEVE, LUGANO, ARCHAMPS...
Festival du Film Vert, 1.3. - 15.4.2020 - cancelled!
BRUSSELS
Offscreen Film Festival, 4.3. - 22.3.2020 - last 2 weeks cancelled!
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg City Film Festival, 5.3. - 15.3.2020 - last 3 days cancelled!
GENEVA
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, 6.3. - 15.3.2020 - cancelled!
MIAMI, FL
Film Festival, 6.3. - 15.3.2020 - festival ended March 12th
CHICAGO, IL
European Union Film Festival, 6.3. - 2.4.2020 - festival ended March 15th
BERN
International Innovation Film Festival, 10.3. - 14.3.2020 - festival ended March 12th
NEW YORK, NY
First Look Film Festival, 11.3. - 26.3.2020 (original dates 11.3. - 15.3.2020) - on site festival suspended, some programs continuing online
CARTAGENA DE INDIAS
Festival Internacional de Cine – FICCI, 11.3. - 16.3.2020 - cancelled!
ZURICH
Filmtage ”Yesh! Neues aus der jüdischen Filmwelt”, 12.3. - 19.3.2020 - festival ended March 15th
LONDON
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 12.3. - 20.3.2020 - cancelled!
WASHINGTON, DC
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, 12.3. - 22.3.2020 - cancelled!
AMSTERDAM
Roze Filmdagen - LGBTQ Film Festival, 12.3. - 22.3.2020 - cancelled!
MAMERS
Mamers en Mars festival de films européens, 13.3. - 15.3.2020 - cancelled!
AUSTIN, TX
SXSW Film Festival, 13.3. - 21.3.2020 - cancelled!
PARIS
Cinéma du réel - festival international du film documentaire, 13.3. - 22.3.2020 - cancelled!
CRETEIL
Festival International de Films de Femmes, 13.3. - 22.3.2020 - cancelled!
ZAGREB
ZagrebDox - International Documentary Film Festival, 15.3. - 22.3.2020 - postponed!
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
International Film Festival - SLO Film Fest, 17.3. - 22.3.2020 - cancelled!
MARSEILLE
RISC - Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinemas, 18.3. - 22.3.2020 - postponed to 2021
LONDON
BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 18.3. - 29.3.2020 - cancelled!
COPENHAGEN
CPH:DOX – International Documentary Film Festival, 18.3. - 5.4.2020 - digital version taking place
CHICAGO, IL
Comedy Film Festival, 19.3. - 22.3.2020 - cancelled!
VILNIUS
International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris”, 19.3. - 2.4.2020 - taking place on streaming platforms
SINGAPORE
Happiness Film Festival, 20.3. - 21.3.2020 - postponed to the second half of the year
ALESSANDRIA
Film Festival, 20.3. - 22.3.2020 - cancelled!
BERMUDA
International Film Festival, 20.3. - 26.3.2020 - postponed to 2021!
THE HAGUE
Movies that Matter Festival, 20.3. - 28.3.2020 - digital version taking place
FRIBOURG
Festival International de Films de Fribourg, 20.3. - 28.3.2020 - cancelled!
PADUA, ABANO TERME
Detour Travel Film Festival, 20.3. - 29.3.2020 - postponed!
TETOUAN
Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen, 21.3. - 28.3.2020 - postponed!
RECKLINGHAUSEN
Kirchliches Filmfestival, 25.3. - 29.3.2020 - cancelled!
SEBASTOPOL, CA
Documentary Film Festival, 26.3. - 29.3.2020 - postponed and held as a pared-down virtual festival “Documentaries Make House Calls”
CHILMARK, MA
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, 26.3. - 29.3.2020 - postponed and held as drive-in program - July through October
METZ
Festival du Film Subversif, 26.3. - 29.3.2020 - postponed!
ANNAPOLIS, MD
Film Festival, 26.3. - 29.3.2020 - taking place on streaming platforms
SÃO PAULO, RIO DE JANEIRO
It’s All True - International Documentary Film Festival, 26.3. - 5.4.2020 - taking place online
AUBAGNE
Festival International du Film, 30.3. - 4.4.2020 - digital version taking place
SAAS-FEE
Filmfest, 30.3. - 5.4.2020 - postponed to the summer 2021
SYDNEY
Transitions Film Festival, 1.4. - 4.4.2020 - cancelled/postponed!
GHENT
Courtisane Festival, 1.4. - 5.4.2020 - cancelled!
BEAUNE
Festival International du Film Policier, 1.4. - 5.4.2020 - cancelled!
MEMPHIS, TN
Comedy Festival, 2.4. - 5.4.2020 - postponed!
DURHAM, NC
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2.4. - 5.4.2020 - cancelled!
MADISON, WI
Wisconsin Film Festival, 2.4. - 9.4.2020 - cancelled!
NICOSIA, LIMASSOL
Cyprus Film Days - International Festival, 3.4. - 11.4.2020 - cancelled!
BRUSSELS
International Fantastic Film Festival, 7.4. - 19.4.2020 - cancelled!
ISMAILIA
International Film Festival for Documentaries & Shorts, 8.4. - 14.4.2020 - postponed!
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
International Film Festival, 8.4. - 21.4.2020 - cancelled!
HAMBURG
Dokumentarfilmwoche, 15.4. - 19.4.2020 - cancelled!
BERLIN
achtung berlin - new berlin film award, 15.4. - 22.4.2020 - postponed!
NEW YORK, NY
Tribeca Film Festival, 15.4. - 26.4.2020 - postponed/cancelled!
BUENOS AIRES
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI), 15.4. - 26.4.2020 - cancelled!
CLEVELAND, OH
International Film Festival, 15.4. - 28.4.2020 (original dates 25.3. - 5.4.2020) - was cancelled, but was later held online as CIFF44 Streams
TEHRAN
Fajr International Film Festival, 16.4. - 24.4.2020 - postponed to 2021
HOUSTON, TX
WorldFest - International Independent Film Festival, 17.4. - 26.4.2020 - postponed!
LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
Festival Internacional de Cine, 17.4. - 26.4.2020 - postponed to 2021
NYON
Visions du Réel - Festival International de cinema, 17.4. - 2.5.2020 (original dates 24.4. - 2.5.2020) - taking place online
BRASILIA
Festival Internacional de Cinema - BIFF, 21.4. - 26.4.2020 - taking place online
FRANKFURT
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International, 21.4. - 26.4.2020 - taking place online
CUERNAVACA
Cinema Planeta - Environmental Film Festival, 22.4. - 5.6.2020 (original dates 21.4. - 26.4.2020) - taking place online
PARIS
ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival, 23.4. - 26.4.2020 - taking place as online festival
KIEV
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, 24.4. - 3.5.2020 (original dates 20.3. - 29.3.2020) - postponed and held online
MEXICO CITY
15th Ambulante Gira de Documentales, 29.4. - 28.5.2020 (original dates 19.3. - 28.5.2020) - postponed and held online
MARFA, TX
CineMarfa Film Festival, 30.4. - 3.5.2020 - cancelled!
BARCELONA
D’A Film Festival, 30.4. - 10.5.2020 - taking place online
BOSTON, MA
Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston, 1.5. - 3.5.2020 (original dates 20.3. - 22.3.2020) - postponed from March to May and finally cancelled
TAIPEI
Taiwan International Documentary Festival, 1.5. - 10.5.2020 - postponed to 2021
BIRMINGHAM
Flatpack Film Festival, 1.5. - 17.5.2020 (original dates 5.5. - 10.5.2020) - physical festival cancelled, home entertainment edition taking place
MILAN
Festival del Cinema Africano, Asia e America Latina, 2.5. - 10.5.2020 (original dates 21.3. - 29.3.2020) - postponed from March to May and finally to the fall
WIESBADEN
“goEast” Festival des mittel- und osteuropäischen Films, 5.5. - 11.5.2020 - taking place online
SCHWERIN
Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 5.5. - 10.5.2020 - taking place online as FILMKUNSTzuHause
MUNICH
DOK.fest Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival, 6.5. - 24.5.2020 (original dates 6.5. - 17.5.2020) - taking place as online film festival
LIEGE
Festival International du Film Policier, 7.5. - 10.5.2020 - cancelled!
ANKARA
“Flying Broom” International Women’s Film Festival, 7.5. - 14.5.2020 - taking place online
WASHINGTON, DC
Jewish Film Festival, 7.5. - 24.5.2020 - postponed!
AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, DUNEDIN...
Resene Architecture + Design Festival, 7.5. - 24.6.2020 - cancelled!
HAAPSALU
Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, 8.5. - 10.5.2020 (original dates 30.4. - 3.5.2020) - taking place online
CANNES
Festival de Cannes, 12.5. - 23.5.2020 - postponed from May to June/July, selection announced in June, festival cancelled
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, 13.5. - 23.5.2020 - cancelled!
Semaine de la Critique, 13.5. - 21.5.2020 - cancelled!
SINGAPORE
European Union Film Festival, 13.5. - 24.5.2020 - postponed to 2021
CALGARY
Fairy Tales Queer Film Fest, 14.5. - 24.5.2020 - taking place online
MELBOURNE, CANBERRA
Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, 14.5. - 30.5.2020 - postponed!
SEATTLE, WA
International Film Festiva, 14.5. - 7.6.2020 - cancelled!
MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL, MN
International Film Festival, 15.5. - 23.5.2020 (original dates 9.4. - 25.4.2020) - postponed and held online
SINGAPORE
International Festival of Arts, 15.5. - 31.5.2020 - cancelled!
BUENOS AIRES
Festival Internacional de Cine Politico FICiP, 18.5. - 27.5.2020 - postponed!
THESSALONIKI
Documentary Festival, 19.5. - 28.5.2020 (original dates 6.3. - 15.3.2020) - postponed from March to May and held online
BARCELONA
DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival, 19.5. - 31.5.2020 - taking place online
EL PALOMAR
EPA CINE - Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, 20.5. - 25.5.2020 - postponed!
NEW DELHI
Habitat International Film Festival, 21.5. - 31.5.2020 (original dates 13.3. - 23.3.2020) - indefinitely postponed!
SAKATOON
Let’s Talk About Water Film Festival, 21.5. - 25.6.2020 - taking place online
PANAMA CITY
International Film Festival, 22.5. - 26.5.2020 (original dates 26.3. - 1.4.2020) - postponed from March to May and held online
BERGAMO
Film Meeting, 23.5. - 31.5.2020 (original dates 7.3. - 15.3.2020) - postponed from March to May and finally cancelled
TORONTO
Jewish Film Festival, 27.5. - 7.6.2020 (in theatre 22.10. – 1.11.2020) - taking place online
JEONJU
International Film Festival, 28.5. - 6.6.2020 (original dates 30.4. - 9.5.2020) - postponed & competition sections held with no public audience
TORONTO
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 28.5. - 6.6.2020 (original dates 30.4. - 10.5.2020) - postponed - taking place online
BERLIN
Globale Film Festival, 29.5. - 31.5.2020 - postponed to 2021
CRACOW
Film Festival, 31.5. - 7.6.2020 - taking place online
NEW YORK
NYC Independent Film Festival, 1.6. - 7.6.2020 (original dates 10.5. - 17.5.2020) - postponed - taking place online
OSLO
Oslo Pix International Film Festival, 1.6. - 7.6.2020 - cancelled!
BASEL
Bildrausch - Filmfest Basel, 2.6. - 7.6.2020 - cancelled!
LISBON
Arquiteturas Film Festival, 2.6. - 7.6.2020 - postponed to 2021
CURITIBA
Olhar de Cinema - Festival Internacional de Curitiba, 3.6. - 11.6.2020 - postponed!
SYDNEY
Film Festival, 3.6. - 14.6.2020 - cancelled, only reduced digital version taking place (10.6. - 21.6.2020)
CHICAGO, IL
Cinepocalypse - Music Box Genre Festival, 4.6. - 7.6.2020 - postponed to 2021
MADRID
FILMADRID Festival Internacional de Cine, 5.6. - 13.6.2020 - cancelled, only one section presented online
BOLOGNA
Biografilm Festival - International Celebration of Lives, 5.6. - 15.6.2020 - taking place online
ISTANBUL
Documentarist - Istanbul Documentary Days, 6.6. - 16.6.2020 - physical festival postponed, virtual "home edition" taking place instead
CHELTENHAM
International Film Festival, 8.6.- 14.6.2020 (original dates 25.5.-31.5.2020) - postponed from May to June and held online
BOLZANO
Bolzano Film Festival Bozen, 9.6. - 14.6.2020 (original dates 21.4. -26.4.2020) - postponed and finally cancelled!
LJUBLJANA
Doc Film Festival, 9.6. - 16.6.2020 (original dates 11.3. - 18.3.2020, postponed to 6.5. - 13.5.2020) - postponed from March to May, finally to June
SODANKYLÄ
Midnight Sun Film Festival, 10.6. - 14.6.2020 - taking place online
EMDEN-NORDERNEY
Internationales Filmfest, 10.6. - 17.6.2020 - cancelled!
SHEFFIELD
Doc/Fest, 10.6. - 10.7.2020 (original dates 4.6. - 9.6.2020) - taking place on online platform
NEW YORK, NY
Human Rights Watch Film Festival, 11.6. - 20.6.2020 - digital version taking place
PESARO
Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, 13.6. - 20.6.2020 - postponed!
VALLETTA
Film Festival, 14.6. - 23.6.2020 - cancelled!
MILAN
FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts, 15.6. - 30.9.2020 (original dates 12.3. - 4.6.2020) - postponed to the summer
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ
Lighthouse International Film Festival, 16.6. - 20.6.2020 (original dates 4.6. - 7.6.2020) - taking place in drive-in venues and online
PRAGUE, BRNO, OSTRAVA
Days of European Film, 16.6. - 23.6.2020 (original dates 22.4. - 29.4.2020) - postponed from April to June
DEAUVILLE
Green Awards, 17.6. - 18.6.2020 - taking place online
WASHINGTON, DC & SILVER SPRING, MD
AFI DOCS Film Festival, 17.6. - 21.6.2020 - taking place online
BUENOS AIRES
FINCA - Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental, 17.6. - 24.6.2020 (original dates 27.5. - 3.6.2020) - taking place online
EDINBURGH
International Film Festival, 17.6. - 28.6.2020 - postponed and finally cancelled!
VANCOUVER
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, 18.6. - 26.6.2020 (original dates 7.5. - 17.5.2020) - postponed from May to June and held online
NEW YORK, NY
SR Socially Relevant Film Festival, 18.6. - 28.6.2020 (original dates 16.3. - 22.3.2020) - postponed from March to June and held online
KOSICE
Art Film Fest, 19.6. - 27.6.2020 - postponed to 2021
SHARM EL-SHEIKH
Film Festival, 20.6. - 26.6.2020 - postponed to 2021
CANNES
Marché du Film, 22.6. - 26.6.2020 (original dates 12.5. - 21.5.2020) - taking place online in June
CALGARY
Underground Film Festival, 22.6. - 28.6.2020 (original dates 20.4. - 26.4.2020) - postponed from April to June and held online
BRUSSELS
International Film Festival – BRIFF, 24.6. - 4.7.2020 - postponed!
LOS ANGELES, CA
SEEfest - South East European Film Festival, 24.6. - 16.8.2020 (original dates 29.4. - 6.5.2020) - postponed from April/May to June - August and held online!
MELLIONNEC
Rencontres du film documentaire, 25.6. - 28.6.2020 - cancelled!
IVANOVO
International Film Festival Andrey Tarkovsky “Zerkalo”, 25.6. - 30.6.2020 - held online
BARCELONA
BCN Film Fest, 25.6. - 2.7.2020 (original dates 17.4. - 24.4.2020) - postponed from April to June
MUNICH
Filmfest, 25.6. - 4.7.2020 - cancelled!
DUBUQUE, IA
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, 25.6. - 13.7.2020 (original dates 22.4. - 26.4.2020) - postponed from April to June/July and held online
SOFIA
International Film Festival, (original dates 12.3. - 22.3.2020) - postponed from March to June/July (Summer edition) and September/October (Fall edition)
25.6. - 19.7.2020 Summer edition
24.9. - 15.10.2020 Fall edition
LA ROCHELLE
Festival International du Film, 26.6. - 5.7.2020 - cancelled!
ISCHIA
18° Film Festival, 27.6. - 4.7.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
ZAGREB
Festival of Tolerance - JFF, 28.6. - 4.7.2020 - postponed from April to October, then held in June/July as open air festival
TUNIS
Manarat Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tunisie, 1.7. - 7.7.2020 - postponed to 2021
WARSAW
“Cinema in Sneakers” Film Festival for Children and Youth, 1.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 30.5. - 7.6.2020) - postponed from May/June to August and held online
KARLOVY VARY
International Film Festival, 3.7. - 11.7.2020 - cancelled!
NEUCHÂTEL
International Fantastic Film Festival, 3.7. - 11.7.2020 - postponed to 2021
HONG KONG
Film Art International Film Festival, 4.7. - 7.7.2020 - cancelled!
GALWAY
Film Fleadh, 7.7. - 12.7.2020 - taking place online
PERTH
Revelation International Film Festival, online fest 9.7. - 19.7.2020, hybrid festival 2.12. - 20.12.2020 (original dates 2.7.
- 15.7.2020) - physical festival postponed from July to December and held as a hybrid event
TULCEA
Pelicam International Film Festival on Environment & People, 10.7. - 19.7.2020 (original dates 18.6. - 21.6.2020) - postponed from June to July and held online
SALEM, MA
Film Fest, 10.7. - 30.7.2020 (original dates 20.3. - 29.3.2020) - postponed from March to July and held as virtual festival
TAORMINA
TaorminaFilmFest, 11.7. - 19.7.2020 (original dates 28.6. - 4.7.2020) - postponed and held online
SOPOT
Film Festival, 11.7. - 24.7.2020 (original dates 11.7. - 19.7.2020) - extended by five days
PROVINCETOWN, MA
Film Festival, 16.7. - 19.7.2020 (original dates 17.6. - 21.6.2020) - taking place as modified festival with drive-in and virtual screenings
TIMISOARA & GOTTLOB
Ceau, Cinema! Film Festival, 16.7. - 19.7.2020 - limited edition with open air screenings
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Jewish Film Festival, 16.7. - 2.8.2020 - postponed!
MAYKOP
Maykop International Film Festival, 17.7. - 19.7.2020 - postponed!
MELBOURNE
MQFF Queer Film Festival, 17.7. - 19.7.2020(original dates 12.3. - 23.3.2020) - postponed and held online
AVANCA
International Meeting of Cinema, TV, Video & Multimedia, 17.7. - 26.7.2020 - Drive-In Cinema
MARSEILLE
FIDMarseille - Festival International de Cinéma, 22.7. - 26.7.2020 (original dates 7.7. - 13.7.2020) – new dates!
FIDLab 6.7. – 10.7.2020 - online
KARLSRUHE
Internationales Beyond Filmfestival, 23.7. - 26.7.2020 - held online
AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON
New Zealand International Film Festival, 24.7. - 2.8.2020 (original dates 23.7. – 16.8.2020) - taking place online
BOSTON
Wicked Queer - LGBT Film Festival, 24.7. - 2.8.2020 (original dates 2.4. - 12.4.2020) - postponed from April to July/August and held online
PORTO ALEGRE
FANTASPOA - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantástico, 24.7. - 2.8.2020 (original dates 14.5. - 31.5.2020 - postponed from May to July/August and held online!
SHANGHAI
International Film Festival, 25.7. - 2.8.2020 (original dates 13.6. - 22.6.2020) - postponed from June to July and held as hybrid edition (theatre, outdoor and online screenings)
ARIANO IRPINO
8th Ariano International Film Festival, 27.7. - 2.8.2020 - taking place online
MONTREAL
Cinéma sous les étoiles de Funambules Médias, 28.7. - 24.9.2020 - taking place online
MOTOVUN, SPLIT, ZAGREB, DUBROVNIK...
Motovun Film Festival - Touring Croatia, 30.7. - 6.9.2020 (original dates 30.7. - 1.8.2020) - taking place as touring festival in several cities
SONOMA, CA
International Film Festival, 30.7. - 2.8.2020 (original dates 25.3. - 29.3.2020) - postponed from March to July/August (drive-in, outdoor and virtual cinema)
CLUJ-NAPOCA
Transilvania International Film Festival, 31.7. - 9.8.2020 (original dates 29.5. - 7.6.2020) - postponed from May/June to July/August - outdoor screenings
ESPINHO
FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival, 2.8. - 9.8.2020 (original dates 22.6. - 29.6.2020) - postponed from June to August
SAN VITO LO CAPO
SiciliAmbiente Film Festival, 4.8. - 8.8.2020 (original dates 3.7. - 10.7.2020) - postponed from July to August
LOCARNO
Film Festival, 5.8. - 15.8.2020 - cancelled (short film festival “For the Future of Films” taking place instead)
Semaine del la critique, 7.8. - 14.8.2020 - cancelled!
ALMATY
Qara Film Festival, 6.8. - 9.8.2020) - postponed from April to August and held online
MELBOURNE
International Film Festival, 6.8. - 23.8.2020 - physical festival cancelled in April, now "MIFF 68 ½" online festival taking place
GOLENA DEL FURLO
Festival Internazionale del Cinema NatuRurale, 7.8. - 9.8.2020 - cancelled!
PRIZREN
Dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, 7.8. - 25.8.2020 (original dates 7.8. - 15.8.2020) - taking place online
RINCÓN
International Film Festival, 7.8. - 6.9.2020 - Festival held as online event
TARTU
Love Film Festival tARTuFF, 10.8. - 15.8.2020 - open air and online
QUERÉTARO
Doqumenta - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental, 12.8. - 22.8.2020 - held entirely online
TBILISI
CinéDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary Film Festival, 12.8. - 28.8.2020 (original dates 23.4. - 27.4.2020) - postponed from April to August, taking place in a hybrid version
SARAJEVO
Film Festival, 14.8. - 21.8.2020 - taking place online
SAN JOSE, CA
Cinequest Film Festival, 16.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 3.3. - 15.3.2020) - 2nd week postponed to August, held as Summer Edition
LUSSAS
États généraux du film documentaire, 16.8. - 5.9.2020 (original dates 16.8. - 22.8.2020) - taking place oline and with live screenings
GOYANG CITY
17th EBS International Documentary Film Festival, 17.8. - 23.8.2020 - screenings on TV, theatrical screenings cancelled
HONG KONG
International Film Festival, 18.8. - 31.8.2020 (original dates 24.3. - 6.4.2020) - postponed from March/April to August and finally cancelled!
GIFFONI
Film Festival, taking place in 4 parts, starting 18.8.2020, ending 30.12.2020 (original dates 16.7. - 25.7.2020):
Part 1: 18.8. – 23.8.2020
Part 2: 25.8. – 29.8.2020
Part 3: September, October, November
Part 4: 26.12. – 30.12.2020
NUREMBERG
Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland, 20.8. - 21.8.2020 (original dates 20.3. - 29.3.2020) - postponed from March to August, held as part of the SommerNachtFilmFestival
CAPE TOWN & JOHANNESBURG
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, 20.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 4.6. - 14.6.2020) - postponed from June to August and held online
PAROS, PATMOS
Aegean Film Festival, 20.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 14.7. - 26.7.2020) - postponed from July to August
RIO DE JANEIRO
Festival ECRÃ, 20.8. - 30.8.2020 - taking place online
MONTREAL
Fantasia International Film Festival, 20.8. - 2.9.2020 (original dates 16.7. - 5.8.2020) - postponed by five weeks and held as virtual festival
BUCHAREST
One World Romania International Human Rights & Documentary Festival, 21.8. - 28.8.2020 (original dates 20.3. - 29.3.2020)
- postponed from March to August
BEVERLY HILLS, CA
The Method Fest Film Festival, 21.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 20.3. - 26.3.2020, postponed to 29.5. - 4.6.2020) - postponed from March to May/June and finally to August
BOSCO CHIESANUOVA
Film Festival della Lessinia, 21.8. - 30.8.2020 - taking place in cinema and online
DETROIT, ANN ARBOR, MI
Cinetopia Film Festival, 21.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 8.5. - 17.5.2020) - postponed from May to August and finally cancelled
MOSCOW
International Documentary Film Festival DOKer, 21.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 24.6. - 30.6.2020) - postponed from June to August
TORONTO
Future of Film Showcase, 21.8. - 4.9.2020 (original date: 14.5.2020) - postponed from May to August/September and held online
DOUARNENEZ
Festival de Cinéma, 22.8. - 29.8.2020 - postponed to 2021
BARI
Bif&st - Bari International Film Festival, 22.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 21.3. – 28.3.2020) - initially postponed from March to September, then new dates set for August
BEIJING
International Film Festival, 22.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 19.4. - 26.4.2020) - postponed from April to August and held as hybrid edition
KIEV
International Film Festival "Molodist", 22.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 30.5 - 7.6.2020) - postponed from May/June to August, taking place in a hybrid version
PRISHTINA
PriFest - International Film Festival, 25.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 14.7. - 19.7.2020) - postponed from July to August, finally to October and held online
LISBON
IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival, 25.8. - 5.9.2020 (original dates 30.4. - 10.5.2020) - postponed from April/May to August/September
IZOLA, LJUBLJANA
16th Kino Otok - Isola Cinema International Film Festival, 26.8. - 30.8.2020 (original dates 3.6. - 7.6.2020) - postponed from June to August
VUKOVAR
Film Festival, 26.8. - 30.8.2020 - taking place online, dates tba
STARNBERG, HERRSCHING, SEEFELD
Fünf Seen Film Festival - Internationales Festival des mitteleuropäischen Films, 26.8. - 9.9.2020 (original dates 1.9. - 10.9.2020)
- festival duration extended
LUDWIGSHAFEN
Festival des deutschen Films, 26.8. - 13.9.2020 - taking place as open air and online festival
TRENTO
Trento Film Festival, 27.8. - 2.9.2020 (original dates 25.4. - 3.5.2020) - postponed von April/May to August/September!
BUENOS AIRES
FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival, 27.8. - 30.9.2020 (original dates 9.9. - 20.9.2020) - held online, duration extended
AMSTERDAM
Imagine Film Festival, 28.8. - 6.9.2020 (original dates 16.4. - 25.4.2020) - postponed from April to August/September and held as hybrid edition
PULA
Film Festival, 29.8. - 4.9.2020 (original dates 18.7. - 26.7.2020) - postponed from July to September
ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
International Documentary Film Festival ELBE DOCK, 1.9. - 6.9.2020 (original dates 3.6. - 6.6.2020) - postponed from June to September
CONCEPCIÒN
Frontera Sur - Festival Internacional de Cine de No_Ficción, 1.9. - 16.9.2020 (original dates 31.3. - 4.4.2020) - postponed from March/April to September and held online
BERLIN
ALFILM Arab Fiim Festival, 1.9. - 29.9.2020 (original dates 1.4. - 8.4.2020) - postponed from April to September and held as Nomad Edition
ESPOO
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, 2.9. - 6.9.2020 (original dates 4.5. - 10.5.2020) - postponed from May to September!
COLLI EUGANEI
Euganea Film Festival, 2.9. - 13.9.2020 (original dates 11.6. - 28.6.2020) - postponed from June to September
TELLURIDE
Film Festival, 3.9. - 7.9.2020 (original dates 3.9. - 7.9.2020) - line-up announced, festival cancelled!
BELGRADE
Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, 3.9. - 10.9.2020 (original dates 8.5. - 15.5.2020) - postponed from May to September
TEL AVIV
International Documentary Film Festival - DocAviv, 3.9. - 30.9.2020 (original dates 21.5. - 30.5.2020) - postponed from May to September and held online
BRUSSELS
International Film Festival – BRIFF, 3.9. - 13.9.2020 (original dates 24.6. - 4.7.2020) - postponed from June to September
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Documentary Festival - SF DocFest, 3.9. - 20.9.2020 - postponed from June to September and held as virtual festival
ZLIN
International Film Festival for Children and Youth, 4.9. - 10.9.2020 (original dates 29.5. - 6.6.2020) - postponed from May/June to September
SIBIU
Astra Film Festival (original dates 19.10. - 25.10.2020) - taking place in 2 parts - outdoors and online:
Part 1 Open Air: 4.9. - 13.9.2020
Part 2 Online: 16.10. - 25.10.2020
WARSAW, WROCLAW, LUBLIN...
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, 4.9. - 18.9.2020 (original dates 8.5. - 22.5.2020) - cinema edition postponed from May to September (additional online edition held 19.9. - 4.10.2020)
DRESDEN
International Documentary Film Festival ELBE DOCK, 5.9. - 6.9.2020 (original dates 6.6. - 7.6.2020) - postponed from June to September
DUHOK
International Film Festival, September 2020 - cancelled!
BOLOGNA
18. Gender Bender Festival, 7.9. - 18.9.2020 - open air screenings
ECKERNFÖRDE
Green Screen - Internationales Naturfilmfestival, 7.9. - 20.9.2020 - screenings in selected locations and online
COLOGNE
Internationales Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund | Köln, 9.9. - 13.9.2020 (original dates 24.3. - 29.3.2020) - new dates (festival was actually cancelled)
LONDON
Open City Documentary Festival, 9.9. - 15.9.2020 - taking place online
GREAT BARRINGTON & PITTSFIELD, MA
Berkshire International Film Festival, 10.9. - 13.9.2020 (original dates 28.5. - 31.5.2020) - postponed from May to September and finally cancelled
KIEV
Austrian Film Week, 10.9. - 15.9.2020 - postponed from April to September
TORONTO
International Film Festival, 10.9. - 19.9.2020 - taking place as physical and digital festival
BARCELONA
Mostra FIRE!! International LGBT Film Festival, 10.9. - 20.9.2020 (original dates 4.6. - 14.6.2020) - postponed from June to September and held online
DURBAN
International Film Festival, 10.9. - 20.9.2020 (original dates 16.7. - 26.7.2020) - postponed from July to September and held online
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Green Film Festival, 10.9. - 20.9.2020 - cancelled!
SYDNEY
Underground Film Festival, 10.9. - 20.9.2020 (original dates 10.9. - 13.9.2020) - taking place online
MISKOLC
CineFest - International Film Festival, 11.9. - 19.9.2020 - postponed to 2021
PRAGUE
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, 11.9. - 22.9.2020 (original dates 5.3. - 14.3.2020) - postponed from March to September
CRACOW
Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema, 11.9. - 25.9.2020 (original dates 24.4. - 3.5.2020) - postponed from April/May to August/September
PALIC & SUBOTICA
European Film Festival, 12.9. - 18.9.2020 (original dates 18.7. - 24.7.2020) - postponed twice (from July to August, then to September)
MOSCOW
New Austrian Cinema Festival, 14.9. - 19.9.2020 (original dates 14.4. - 19.4.2020) - postponed from April to September
BUCHAREST
Itinerama Travel Film Festival, 14.9. - 23.9.2020 - postponed from July/August to September
MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
Film Festival, 16.9. - 20.9.2020 (original dates 20.5. - 24.5.2020) - postponed from May to September
OLDENBURG
Internationales Filmfest, 16.9. - 20.9.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
QUEBEC CITY
Film Festival, 16.9. - 20.9.2020 - taking place online
EDINBURGH & GLASGOW
Take One Action Film Festival, 16.9. - 27.9.2020 - taking place online
MILAN
Festival Mix Milano di Cinema GayLesbico e Queer Culture, 17.9. - 20.9.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
HALIFAX
FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, 17.9. - 24.9.2020 - taking place online
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Frameline - International LGBTQ Film Festival, 17.9. - 27.9.2020 (original dates 18.6. - 28.6.2020) - postponed from June to September, drive-in and digital screenings
SYDNEY
Queer Screen Film Fest, 17.9. - 27.9.2020 - drive-in and digital screenings
NEW YORK, NY
Film Festival, 17.9. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 25.9. - 11.10.2020) - expanded festival dates in order to expand access to the festival via drive-in screenings
PRAGUE
International Film Festival - Febiofest, 18.9. - 25.9.2020 (original dates 19.3. – 27.3.2020) - postponed from March to September
WARSAW, LODZ, WROCLAW, LUBLIN...
LGBT Film Festival, 18.9. - 25.9.2020 (original dates 17.4. – 24.4.2020) - postponed from April to September
GUANAJUATO, SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE
Festival Internacional de Cine, 18.9. - 27.9.2020 (original dates 17.7. - 26.7.2020) - postponed from July to September
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Global Voices Film Festival UN Women USA, 19.9.2020 - postponed to 2021
BRISTOL
Encounters Film Festival, 18.9. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 20.9. - 26.9.2020) - taking place online
GERA & ERFURT
Deutsches Kinder Medien Festival “Goldener Spatz”, 20.9. - 26.9.2020 (original dates 24.5. - 30.5.2020) - postponed from May to September
BERLIN
Visionär Film Festival, 21.9. - 28.9.2020 (original dates 1.4. - 5.4.2020) - postponed from April to September
CLOVERDALE, GEYSERVILLE, HEALDSBURG, CA
Alexander Valley Film Festival, 23.9. - 27.9.2020 - held as virtual festival
TUI
Play-Doc International Documentary Film Festival, 23.9. - 27.9.2020 (original dates 29.4. - 3.5.2020) - postponed from April/May to September and taking place in a hybrid version
LEUVEN
“Docville” International Documentary Film Festival, 23.9. - 1.10.2020 (original dates 25.3. - 2.4.2020) - postponed from March/April to September/October
ATHENS
International Film Festival, 23.9. - 4.10.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
ZITTAU, GÖRLITZ, GROSSHENNERSDORF
Neiße Filmfestival, 24.9. - 27.9.2020 (original dates 12.5. - 17.5.2020) - postponed from May to September (shortened version)
RIO DE JANEIRO & NITERÓI
Filmambiente - International Environmental Film Festival, 24.9.-30.9.2020 - taking place as online retrospective of winning films of previous years
AUSTIN, TX
Fantastic Fest, 24.9. - 1.10.2020 - physical event cancelled, online festival taking place
FRANKFURT, WIESBADEN
Lucas - Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans, 24.9.-1.10.2020 - taking place as physical and online festival
HAMBURG
Filmfest, 24.9. - 3.10.2020 - taking place as physical and online festival
CALGARY
International Film Festival, 24.9. - 4.10.2020 - taking place in cinema & online
REYKJAVIK
International Film Festival, 24.9. - 4.10.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
VANCOUVER
International Film Festival, 24.9. - 7.10.2020 (original dates 24.9. - 9.10.2020) - taking place online & in cinema
MADRID
ImagineIndia International Film Festival, 24.9. - 8.10.2020 (original dates 17.5. - 31.5.2020) - postponed from May to September/October
PILSEN
Finále Plzen Film Festival, 25.9. - 30.9.2020 (original dates 16.4. - 22.4.2020) - postponed from April to September
ODESSA
International Film Festival, 25.9. - 3.10.2020 (original dates 10.7. - 18.7.2020) - postponed from July to September/October and held online
LUCCA
Film Festival & Europa Cinema, 25.9. - 4.10.2020 (original dates 18.4. - 26.4.2020) - postponed from April to May/June and then to September/October
MALMÖ
BUFF International Film Festival for Children & Young People, 27.9. - 30.9.2020 (original dates 21.3. - 27.3.2020) - postponed from March to September (slimmed-down version)
MALLORCA
Majordocs - Creative Documentary Film Fest, 29.9. - 3.10.2020 (original dates 1.4. - 4.4.2020) - postponed from April to September/October
BRATISLAVA
International Film Festival Febiofest, 30.9. - 4.10.2020 (original dates 11.3. - 17.3.2020) - postponed from March to September/October
KARLSRUHE
dokKa - das dokumentarfestival karlsruhe, 30.9. - 7.10.2020 (original dates 20.5. - 24.5.2020) - postponed from May to September/October and held online
BERLIN
Human Rights Film Festival, 30.9. - 10.10.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
PARIS
Pariscience - Festival international du film scientifique, 30.9. - 28.10.2020 (original dates 8.10. - 28.10.2020) - taking place entirely online
TURIN
CinemAmbiente - Environmental Film Festival, 1.10. - 4.10.2020 (original dates 29.5. - 3.6.2020) - postponed from May/June to October and held in a hybrid version
PUERTO MADRYN
PEFF - International Environmental Film Festival of Patagonia, 1.10. - 5.10.2020 - taking place online
NASHVILLE
Film Festival, 1.10. - 7.10.2020 - taking place as virtual festival
MOSCOW
International Film Festival, 1.10. - 8.10.2020 (original dates 22.4. - 29.4.2020) - postponed from April to October
LIMA
"Al Este de Lima" Festival de Cine de Europa Central y Oriental, 1.10. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 3.6. - 13.6.2020) - postponed from June to October and held online
TORONTO
Inside Put - LGBTQ Film Festival, 1.10. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 21.5. - 31.5.2020) - postponed from May to October
CAMDEN, ROCKPORT, ROCKLAND, ME
Camden International Film Festival, 1.10. - 12.10.2020 (original dates 1.10. - 4.10.2020) - held as hybrid virtual and in-person festival
OLOMOUC, PRAGUE
International Festival of Science Documentary Films, 1.10. - 15.10.2020 (original dates 28.4. - 3.5.2020) - postponed from April to October, held in Olomouc and Prague, and online
BUDAPEST, DEBRECEN, SZEGED, PECS
Sehenswert - Festival deutschsprachiger Filme, 1.10. - 17.10.2020 - live and online
PARIS
Festival international Signes de Nuit, 1.10. – 25.10.2020 - postponed!
ROME
Immaginaria - International Film Festival of Lesbians & Other Rebellious Women, 2.10. - 4.10.2020 (original dates 27.3. -
29.3.2020) - postponed from March to October!
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Legacy Film Festival on Aging, 2.10. - 4.10.2020 - taking place online
MAILAND
Milano Film Festival, 2.10. - 8.10.2020 - postponed to 2021
HARTFORD
Out Film CT - Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival, 2.10. - 10.10.2020 (original dates 29.5. - 6.6.2020) - postponed from May/June to October and held as virtual festival
WASHINGTON, DC
International Film Festival, 2.10. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 23.4. - 3.5.2020) - postponed from April/May to October
ANTALYA
International Film Festival, 3.10. - 10.10.2020 - taking place partly online
HAIFA
International Film Festival, 3.10. - 10.10.2020 - taking place as virtual event
ZAGREB
ZagrebDox - International Documentary Film Festival, 4.10. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 15.3. - 22.3.2020) - postponed from March to October
CORK
IndieCork - Festival of independent film & music, 4.10. - 18.10.2020 - taking place in cinema and online
VALDIVIA
FICVALDIVIA Festival Internacional de Cine, 5.10. - 11.10.2020 - taking place online
LEIPZIG
Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest Rabazz, 5.10. - 16.10.2020 (original dates 6.7. - 17.7.2020) - postponed from July to October
CURITIBA
Olhar de Cinema - Festival Internacional de Curitiba, 7.10. - 15.10.2020 (original dates 3.6. - 11.6.2020) - postponed from June to October
LONDON
BFI Film Festival, 7.10. - 18.10.2020 - taking place as physical and digital festival all across the UK
VILNIUS
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival “Inconvenient Films”, 7.10. - 18.10.2020 - held as virtual festival
MONTREAL
Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC), 7.10. - 31.10.2020 (original dates 7.10. - 18.10.2020) - taking place online and in drive-in venues, festival duration extended
BROOKLYN, NY
Horror Film Festival, 8.10. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 15.10. - 22.10.2020) - taking place as virtual festival
NORTH BEND, WA
Film Festival, 8.10. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 6.8. - 9.8.2020) - postponed from August to October, held as virtual event
OSLO
Architecture Film Festival, 8.10. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 13.3. - 15.3.2020) - postponed from March to October
ROME
Giornate di Cinema Queer, 8.10. - 11.10.2020 (original dates 18.3. - 20.3.2020) - postponed from March to May and then to October!
BOGOTA
International Film Festival – biff, 8.10. - 14.10.2020 - taking place online
HAMPTON
Hamptons International Film Festival, 8.10. - 14.10.2020 - held virtually and in drive-in venues
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Heartland International Film Festival, 8.10. - 18.10.2020 - drive-ins and streaming
MILL VALLEY, CA
Film Festival, 8.10. - 18.10.2020 - drive-ins and streaming
SAN RAFAEL, MILL VALLEY, CA
DocLands Documentary Film Festival, 8.10. - 18.10.2020 (original dates 30.4. - 3.5.2020) - postponed from April/May to October
SITGES
Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, 8.10. - 18.10.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
MEXICO CITY
DocsMX – International Documentary Film Festival, 8.10. - 25.10.2020 - live and online
HOT SPRINGS, AR
Documentary Film Festival, 9.10. - 17.10.2020 - taking place as a virtual/drive-in hybrid edition
ISTANBUL
Film Festival, 9.10. - 20.10.2020 (original dates 10.4. - 21.4.2020) - postponed from April to October, national competitions held in July!
LA PLATA
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente FestiFreak, 9.10. - 31.10.2020 (original dates 3.9. - 13.9.2020) - taking place in a hybrid version
GENOA
Flight | Mostra internazionale del cinema, 10.10. - 18.10.2020 (original dates 22.3. - 29.3.2020) - postponed from March to October
AMSTERDAM
Cinekid International Children’s Film, Television & New Media Festival, 10.10. - 25.10.2020 (original dates 10.10. - 16.10.2020)
- taking place online and live throughout the Netherlands
ALBERTVILLE
Le Grand Bivouac - Festival du film documentaire & du livre, 12.10. - 18.10.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version (additional online program 3.10. - 25.10.2020)
ATHENS, OH
International Film + Video Festival, 12.10. - 18.10.2020 (original dates 6.4. - 12.4.2020) - postponed from April to October and finally to 2021
HALLE (SAALE)
Silbersalz Science & Media Festival, 14.10. - 18.10.2020 (original dates 25.6. - 28.6.2020) - postponed from June to October
TEGERNSEE
Internationales Bergfilm-Festival, 14.10. - 18.10.2020 - cancelled!
TORONTO
Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival, 14.10. - 18.10.2020 - taking place online
CHICAGO, IL
International Film Festival, 14.10. - 25.10.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
LOS ANGELES, CA
AFI FEST, 15.10. - 22.10.2020 - held as virtual festival
RIGA
International Film Festival, 15.10. - 25.10.2020, - taking place in cinemas and online
STANFORD, PALO ALTO, SAN FRANCISCO, CA...
UNAFF - International Documentary Film Festival, 15.10. - 25.10.2020 - taking place online
SYDNEY
Antenna Documentary Film Festival, 15.10. - 25.10.2020 - replaced by “Antenna Selects” year-round screenings between September 2020 and August 2021
MILWAUKEE, WI
Film Festival, 15.10. - 29.10.2020 - held as virtual festival
PORT LOUIS
European Film Festival of Mauritius, 15.10. - 1.11.2020 (original dates 9.5. - 4.6.2020) - postponed from June to October
NEW YORK, NY
Imagine Science Film Festival, 16.10. - 23.10.2020 - taking place as virtual festival
PYONGYANG
International Film Festival, 16.10. - 23.10.2020 - cancelled!
POINDIMIÉ
Ânûû-rû Âboro Festival International du Cinéma des Peuples, 16.10.- 24.10.2020 - cancelled!
BRUSSELS
International Documentary Film Festival Millenium, 16.10. - 25.10.2020 (original dates 27.3. - 4.4.2020) - postponed from March/April to October, held in theatres and online
HAMILTON
AGH Film Festival, 16.10. - 25.10.2020 - taking place online
NEW YORK, NY
NewFest - New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival, 16.10. - 27.10.2020 (original dates 21.10. - 27.10.2020) - taking place as virtual festival
CAMBRIDGE
Film Festival, October 2020 - postponed to 2021
TORUN
International Film Festival - Tofifest, 17.10. - 25.10.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
ISFAHAN
International Film Festival for Children and Youth, 18.10. - 23.10.2020 - held virtually
BRISTOL
Wildscreen Festival, 19.10. - 23.10.2020 - taking place as virtual festival
KARLSRUHE
Pride Pictures - Queer Film Festival, 19.10. - 25.10.2020 - taking place online
HOF
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, 20.10. - 25.10.2020 - taking place in theatres and online
PRAGUE, BRNO, JIHLAVA, PILSEN
Das Filmfest - Festival deutschsprachiger Filme, 20.10. - 6.11.2020, physical festival 2020 cancelled, special online edition taking place in February 2021
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
Virginia Film Festival, 21.10. - 25.10.2020 - taking place online and in drive-in venues
OSNABRÜCK
Unabhängiges FilmFest, 21.10. - 25.10.2020 - taking place in cinemas and online
BOGOTÁ
Festival de Cine, 21.10. - 28.10.2020 - digital version taking place
BUSAN
International Film Festival, 21.10. - 30.10.2020 (original dates 7.10. - 16.10.2020) - delayed by 2 weeks, main outdoor and indoor events cancelled
AUSTIN, TX
Film Festival, 22.10. - 29.10.2020 - taking place as virtual event
MADRID
Another Way Film Festival, 22.10. - 29.10.2020 - taking place in theatres and online
SÃO PAULO
International Film Festival, 22.10. - 4.11.2020 - taking place online
HUNTER MOUNTAIN, NY
Film Festival, 23.10. - 25.10.2020 - held as online streaming event
COLOGNE
Edimotion | Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst, 23.10. - 26.10.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Film Festival, 23.10. - 6.11.2020 - taking place in virtual and drive-in theatres
VALLADOLID
International Film Festival, 24.10. - 31.10.2020 - held as a hybrid festival
LEIPZIG
DOK Leipzig - Internationales Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, 26.10. - 1.11.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
BOGOTÁ
MIDBO Muestra Internacional Documental, 26.10. - 2.11.2020 - taking place online
JIHLAVA
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, 27.10. - 8.11.2020 (original dates 27.10. - 1.11.2020) - held entirely online
TURIN
TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest, 28.10. - 1.11.2020 - postponed (at short notice)
BRUSSELS
Filem’On International Film Festival for Young Audiences, 28.10. - 7.11.2020 - taking place as online festival
LONDON
Raindance Film Festival, 28.10. - 7.11.2020 - taking place primarily online
TRIESTE
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, 29.10. - 3.11.2020 - taking place entirely online
BELGRADE
GoetheFest, 29.10. - 4.11.2020 - held online
DHARAMSHALA
International Film Festival, 29.10. - 4.11.2020 - taking place online
LEIDEN
International Film Festival edition 14 ½, 29.10. - 8.11.2020 - taking place in cinema and online
MELBOURNE
Environmental Film Festival Australia - EFFA, 29.10. - 8.11.2020 (original dates 22.10. - 30.10.2020) - “Out of This World” online festival taking place
TOKYO
International Film Festival FILMeX, 30.10. - 5.11.2020 - held with changes and in cooperation with the Tokyo International Film Festival
ROUYN-NORANDA
Festival du Cinéma International Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 31.10. - 5.11.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
LECCE
Festival del Cinema Europeo, 31.10. - 7.11.2020 (original dates 18.4. - 25.4.2020) - postponed from April to October/November and held online
BANFF
Mountain Film and Book Festival, 31.10. - 8.11.2020 - taking place online
TOKYO
International Film Festival, 31.10. - 9.11.2020 - held with physical screenings and online symposia and guest talks
MILAN
Piccolo Grande Cinema - Festival Internazionale delle Nuove Generazioni, 1.11. - 8.11.2020 - taking place entirely online
YEREVAN
International Film Festival “Golden Apricot”, 1.11. - 8.11.2020 (original dates 12.7. - 19.7.2020) - postponed from July to November
BOZCAADA
BIFED - International Festival of Ecological Documentary, 2.11. - 8.11.2020 - held online
BRAUNSCHWEIG
International Film Festival, 2.11. - 8.11.2020 - taking place online
DUISBURG
duisburger filmwoche, 2.11. - 8.11.2020 - taking place online
HEERLEN & AACHEN
Dutch Mountain Film Festival, 3.11. - 8.11.2020 - held as online festival
ST. PETERSBURG
“Message to Man” International Film Festival, 3.11. - 8.11.2020 (original dates 11.9. - 19.9.2020) - postponed from September to November
LEEDS
International Film Festival, 3.11. - 19.11.2020 - held as hybrid edition
STRASBOURG, MULHOUSE, BENFELD...
Augenblick – festival du cinéma germanophone, 3.11. - 20.11.2020 - cancelled!
CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES
Les Rimbaud du Cinéma, 4.11. - 7.11.2020 - Gala Awards Celebration moved to March 13, 2021, award winners announced on November 7, 2020
HANOI
International Film Festival – HANIFF, 4.11. - 8.11.2020 - postponed to 2022
LÜBECK
62. Nordische Filmtage, 4.11. - 8.11.2020 - taking place entirely online
MADRID
Festival internacional de cine hecho por mujeres, 4.11. - 15.11.2020 (original dates 15.4. - 26.4.2020, postponed to 17.6.
- 28.6.2020) - postponed from April to June, finally to November and held as a hybrid edition
THE HAGUE
Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, 4.11. - 15.11.2020 - taking place online
MONTREAL
Cinemania Film Festival, 4.11. - 22.11.2020 (original dates 4.11. - 15.11.2020) - taking place in a hybrid version
VILNIUS, KAUNAS, KLAIPEDA, SIAULIAI
Scanorama - European Film Forum, 4.11. - 22.11.2020 - started as a hybrid festival, had to move entirely online
ROCHESTER, NY
High Falls Women’s Film Festival, 5.11. - 9.11.2020 - cancelled!
BELGRADE, NOVI SAD, NIS
Free Zone Film Festival, 5.11. - 10.11.2020 - held as hybrid edition
LA ROCHELLE
Escales Documentaires - Festival International du documentaire de creation, 5.11. - 11.11.2020 - taking place online
MUNICH
Bimovie 26 – Frauenfilmreihe, 5.11. - 11.11.2020 - taking place online
MUMBAI
Jio MAMI Film Festival with Star, 5.11.- 12.11.2020 - postponed to 2021
ARAVA
International Film Festival, 5.11. - 14.11.2020 - held as online edition
MAINZ
FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos, 5.11. - 14.11.2020 - taking place online
ARLINGTON, MA
International Film Festival, 5.11. - 15.11.2020 - taking place online
THESSALONIKI
International Film Festival, 5.11. - 15.11.2020 - taking place online
WROCLAW
New Horizons International Film Festival, 5.11. - 15.11.2020 (original dates 23.7. - 2.8.2020) - postponed from July/August to November and held online
LONDON
UK Jewish Film Festival, 5.11. - 19.11.2020 - taking place entirely online
PRAGUE, BRNO
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, 5.11. - 21.11.2020 - held entirely online
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
International Film Festival, 5.11. - 22.11.2020 - held as a hybrid festival
PITTSBURGH, PA
Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival, 5.11. - 22.11.2020 (original dates 19.3. - 5.4.2020) - postponed from March/April to November and held virtually
MILAN
Milano Design Film Festival, 6.11. - 8.11.2020 - held on streaming platform
PILSEN, HORSOVSKY TYN, DOBRANY...
Juniorfest - International Film Festival for Children & Youth, 6. - 12.11.2020 - taking place online
COPENHAGEN
CPH:PIX - Film Festival, 6.11. - 13.11.2020 - postponed
MINSK
International Film Festival “Listapad”, 6.11. - 13.11.2020 - cancelled!
SEVILLA
Festival de Sevilla, 6.11. - 14.11.2020 - no screenings after 6:00 pm
GENEVA
Geneva International Film Festival, 6.11. - 15.11.2020 - cancelled!
MOLINS DE REI
Terror Molins - Festival de Cine de Terror, 6.11. - 15.11.2020 - held virtually
BATH
FilmBath Festival, 6.11. - 22.11.2020 (original dates 5.11. - 15.11.2020) - taking place in the frame of the online festival AMPLIFY
BRIGHTON
Cinecity Brighton Film Festival, 6.11. - 22.11.2020 (original dates 12.11. - 19.11.2020) - taking place in the frame of the online festival AMPLIFY
GRENOBLE, VALENCE, LYON...
Rencontres Montagnes & Sciences, 6.11.2020 - 29.1.2021 - all screenings planned for 2020 postponed to spring 2021
ARRAS
Film Festival, 7.11. - 15.12.2020 (original dates 6.11. - 15.11.2020) - cancelled!
PORTLAND, ME
Maine Jewish Film Festival, 7.11. - 22.11.2020 (original dates 28.3. - 5.4.2020) - postponed from March/April to November and held as virtual festival
CORK
International Film Festival, 8.11. - 15.11.2020 - taking place entirely online (was planned as hybrid edition: 4.11. - 8.11. in cinemas, 8.11. - 15.11. online)
ZAGREB
Film Festival, 8.11. - 15.11.2020 - held entirely online
SANTA MONICA, CA
AFM - American Flm Market, 9.11. - 13.11.2020 (original dates 3.11. - 8.11.2020) - moving online, one week later than originally scheduled
RAVENNA
Visioni Fantastiche - Festival di cinema per le scuole e il territorio, 9.11. - 15.11.2020 - held as hybrid edition
ZAGREB
KinoKino - International Film Festival for Children, 9.11. - 15.11.2020 - held online
BUDAPEST, PÉCS, SZEGED
Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, 10.11. - 22.11.2020 (original dates 10.11. - 15.11.2020) - taking place in an extended form, online
NIJMEGEN
InScience - International Science Film Festival, 11.11. - 15.11.2020 - held as a hybrid festival
PORDENONE
Pordenone Docs Fest - Le Voci dell’Inchiesta, 11.11. - 15.11.2020 (original dates 15.4. - 19.4.2020) - postponed from April to November and held online
NEW YORK
DOC NYC Documentary Festival, 11.11. - 19.11.2020 - held online
LJUBLJANA
International Film Festival “Liffe”, 11.11. - 22.11.2020 - taking place on streaming platform
STOCKHOLM
International Film Festival, 11.11. - 22.11.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
BRUSSELS
BAFF - Art Film Festival, 12.11. - 15.11.2020 - cancelled!
ST. PETERSBURG
Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival, 12.11. - 19.11.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
TEL AVIV
TLVFest - International LGBT Film Festival, 12.11. - 21.11.2020 (original dates 4.6. - 13.6.2020) - postponed from June to November and held online
JOHANNESBURG, CAPE TOWN, PRETORIA
European Film Festival in South Africa, 12.11. - 22.11.2020 - held as virtual festival
MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG
Internationales Filmfestival, 12.11. - 22.11.2020 - taking place entirely online
MONTREAL
RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire, 12.11. - 2.12.2020 (original dates 12.11. - 22.11.2020) - taking place online
BILBAO
ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, 13.11. - 20.11.2020 - taking place as a hybrid edition
MARRAKECH
Festival International du Film, 13.11. - 21.11.2020 - cancelled!
CHICAGO, IL
International Children’s Film Festival, 13.11. - 22.11.2020 - taking place as online festival
WIESBADEN
exground filmfest, 13.11. - 22.11.2020 - taking place online
LISBON & SINTRA
Film Festival, 13.11. - 25.11.2020 (original dates 13.11. - 22.11.2020) - extended by 3 days
NEW YORK
Art of the Real Film Festival, 13.11. - 26.11.2020 - postponed from April to November and held online
TALLINN, TARTU, NARVA, KOHTLA-JÄRVE
Black Nights Film Festival, 13.11. - 29.11.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
TORONTO
European Union Film Festival, 13.11. - 29.11.2020 - held as virtual festival
PARIS
Festival International Jean Rouch - Cinéma & Anthropologie, 13.11. - 6.12.2020 (original dates 14.11. - 21.11.2020) - held as online festival
SHARJAH
Film Platform SFP, 14.11. - 21.11.2020 - taking place in cinemas and online
TORUN
Energa Camerimage - International Film Festival, 14.11. - 21.11.2020 - taking place online
BELLINZONA
Castellinaria Festival internazionale del cinema giovane, 14.11. - 28.11.2020 - taking place on streaming platform
BELFORT
EntreVues Festival International du Film, 15.11. - 22.11.2020 - cancelled!
FLORENCE
Festival dei Popoli - International Documentary Film Festival, 15.11. - 22.11.2020 - taking place as virtual festival (reduced version)
NICOSIA
Cyprus International Film Festival “Golden Aphrodite”, 15.11. - 22.11.2020 - taking place online
PORTO
Mostra de Cinema Europeu Europa 61, 15.11. - 30.11.2020 (original dates 15.5. - 21.5.2020) - postponed from May to November and held online
BARCELONA
“L’Alternativa” Festival de Cinema Independent, 16.11. - 29.11.2020 (original dates 16.11. - 22.11.2020) - held entirely online
JAKARTA
“Europe on Screen” European Film Festival, 16.11. - 30.11.2020 (original dates 9.4. - 19.4.2020) - postponed from April to November and held online
VITTORIO VENETO
Festival Internazionale di Cinema per Ragazzi, 16.11. - 12.12.2020 - held as digital festival
KASSEL
Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, 17.11. - 22.11.2020 - taking place on streaming platform
FREDRIKSTAD
Nordic/Docs - Documentary Film Festival, 18.11. - 22.11.2020 (original dates 6.5. - 10.5.2020) - postponed from May to September, then to November
WASHINGTON, DC
Film|Neu - New Films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 18.11. - 22.11.2020 - held as virtual edition
BELFAST
Film Festival, 18.11. - 28.11.2020 (original dates 1.4. - 9.4.2020) - postponed from April to November
AMSTERDAM
International Documentary Film Festival – IDFA, 18.11. - 6.12.2020 (original dates 18.11. - 29.11.2020) - held as physical festival - not only in Amsterdam - and online
REGENSBURG
Transit - Filmfest Regensburg - Cinema_Utopa, 19.11. - 22.11.2020 - held online (cinema screenings planned for 2021)
MARSEILLE
Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée, 20.11. - 26.11.2020 - taking place online
ISTANBUL
International Crime and Punishment Film Festival, 20.11. - 26.11.2020 - held online
GUADALAJARA
Festival Internacional de Cine, 20.11. - 27.11.2020 (original dates 20.3. - 27.3.2020) - postponed from March to November
GIJON
FICX - Festival Internacional de Cine, 20.11. - 28.11.2020 - taking place online
TURIN
Torino Film Festival, 20.11. - 28.11.2020 - taking place entirely online
DERRY-LONDONDERRY
Foyle Film Festival, 20.11. - 29.11.2020 - held as virtual festival
PORTO
Porto/Post/Doc - Film & Media Festival, 20.11. - 29.11.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
MAR DEL PLATA
Festival Internacional de Cine, 21.11. - 29.11.2020 - held as virtual edition
CIESZYN
Cinema on the Border Review, 23.11. - 29.11.2020 (original dates 21.8. - 26.8.2020) - postponed from May to November
WARSAW
HumanDoc International Festival of Documentary Films, 23.11. - 29.11.2020 - taking place online
SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Festival Internacional de Documentales FIDOCS, 25.11. - 1.12.2020 - held online
SARAJEVO
Pravo Ljudski Film Festival, 25.11. - 20.12.2020 - held online
SINGAPORE
International Film Festival, 26.11. - 6.12.2020 - taking place in a hybrid format
PARIS
“L’Europe autour de l’Europe” - Festival de films européens, 27.11. - 3.12.2020 (original dates 12.3. - 29.3.2020) - postponed from March to November (18.11. - 29.11.2020), rescheduled once more and held online
ROME
Independent Film Festival RIFF, 27.11. - 3.12.2020 - held as virtual festival
MILAN
Filmmaker Festival, 27.11. - 6.12.2020 - taking place online
ANKARA, SINOP, KASTAMONU
Festival on Wheels, 27.11.- 13.12.2020 - cancelled!
MARSEILLE
PriMed - Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage Méditerranéen, 28.11. - 5.12.2020 - held online
PYRGOS & AMALIADA
Olympia International Film Festival for Children & Young People, 28.11. - 5.12.2020 - held online
ZAGREB
Subversive Film Festival, 28.11. - 5.12.2020 - postponed from May to November/December and held as a hybrid festival
MARSEILLE
PriMed - Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage Méditerranéen, 28.11. - 5.12.2020 - held online
PALERMO
efebo d’oro premio internazionale di cinema e narrative, 29.11. - 5.12.2020 - held on streaming platform
POZNAN
Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival, 29.11. - 6.12.2020 - taking place online
SOUTH KOREA
Films 4 Transparency Anti-Corruption Film Festival, 30.11. - 5.12.2020 (original dates 1.12. - 4.12.2020) - held online
TBILISI
International Film Festival, 30.11. - 20.12.2020 - taking place on online platform
NUORO
IsReal - Festival di Cinema del Reale, 2.12. - 6.12.2020 (original dates 6.5. - 10.5.2020) - postponed from May to December and held online
CAIRO
International Film Festival, 2.12. - 10.12.2020 (original dates 19.11. - 28.11.2020) - postponed from November to December
WASHINGTON, DC
AFI European Union Film Showcase, 2.12. - 20.12.2020 - held online
AUTRANS
Festival International du Film de Montagne, 3.12. - 6.12.2020 - online screenings in December, in cinemas in January 2021
MONTREUIL
Rencontres du Cinéma Documentaire, 3.12. - 6.12.2020 - taking place online
MACAO
International Film Festival & Awards, 3.12. - 8.12.2020 - taking place digitally
TEL AVIV
Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival, 3.12. - 10.12.2020 - held online
TORONTO
JAYU’s Human Rights Film Festival, 3.12. - 10.12.2020 - taking place virtually
BERLIN
Around the World in 14 Films Festival, 3.12. - 12.12.2020 - postponed until after the lockdown
HAVANA
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, 3.12. - 13.12.2020 - held in 2 parts: non-competitive program in December, competitions in March 2021
TURIN
Sottodiciotto Filmfestival & Campus, 4.12. - 8.12.2020 (original dates 28.3. - 3.4.2020) - postponed from March/April to December and held online
LIMA
Transcinema - Festival Internacional de Cine, 4.12. - 12.12.2020 - postponed to summer 2021
BILBAO
BBK Mendi Film Festival, 4.12. - 13.12.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
TARIFA
Festival de Cine Africano FCAT, 4.12. - 13.12.2020 (original dates 30.4. - 9.5.2020) - postponed from April/May to December and held as hybrid event
WARSAW
Watch Docs. Human Rights in Film IFF, 4.12. - 13.12.2020 - held online
VILNIUS
International Film Festival for Children and Youth, 4.12. - 18.12.2020 - held virtually
VALENCIA
International Film Festival Cinema Jove, 5.12. - 9.12.2020 (original dates 19.6. - 27.6.2020) - postponed from June to December (reduced version)
ZAGREB, RIJEKA
Human Rights Film Festival, 6.12. - 13.12.2020 - held entirely online
SALERNO
Festival Internazionale del Cinema, 7.12. - 12.12.2020 - taking place on streaming platform
COTTBUS
Festival des osteuropäischen Films, 8.12. - 31.12.2020 (original dates 2.11. - 8.11.2020) - postponed from November to December and held online
LÜNEN
KinoFilmFest Lünen, 9.12. - 12.12.2020 (original dates 4.11. - 7.11.2020) - postponed from November to December and finally cancelled
MADRID
DocumentaMadrid International Film Festival, 9.12. - 20.12.2020 (original dates 4.5. - 10.5.2020) - postponed from May to December and held as a hybrid edition!
NEW YORK, NY
New Directors/New Films, 9.12. - 20.12.2020 (original dates 25.3. - 5.4.2020) - postponed from March/April to December and held virtually
MEXICO CITY
Mórbido Fest, 10.12. - 13.12.2020 - taking place in a hybrid version
SOFIA
Sofia DocuMental Film Festival, 10.12. - 18.12.2020 - taking place online
JERUSALEM
Film Festival, 10.12. - 20.12.2020 (original dates 16.7. - 26.7.2020) - postponed from July to August, then to December and held online
PERM
International Documentary Film Festival “Flahertiana”, 11.12. - 17.12.2020 (original dates 18.9. - 24.9.2020) - postponed from September to December and held online
TIBURON, CA
International Film Festival, 11.12. - 17.12.2020 (original dates 17.4. - 23.4.2020) - postponed from April to December and held as virtual festival
WAILEA, HI
Maui Film Festival, 11.12.2020 - 3.1.2021 (original dates 17.6. - 21.6.2020) - postponed, 1st Speed-of-Light Virtual Cinema taking place in December
GENOA
Festival Nuovo Cinema Europa - FNCE, 12.12. - 18.12.2020 - taking place online
LES ARCS
Film Festival, 12.12. - 28.12.2020 (original dates 12.12. - 19.12.2020) - taking place online and in theatres throughout France (Industry Village postponed to January 2021)
BERLIN
Doc.Berlin - Berlin Documentary Film Festival, 14.12. - 17.12.2020 - postponed to 2021
TEHRAN
“Cinema Vérité” Iran International Documentary Film Festival, 15.12. - 22.12.2020 (original dates 8.12. - 15.12.2020) - postponed by one week and held in an online format
CARTHAGE
Carthage Film Festival, 18.12. - 23.12.2020 (original dates 7.11. - 12.11.2020) - postponed from November to December
KOLKATA
International Film Festival, 8.1. - 15.1.2021 (original dates 5.11. - 12.11.2020) - postponed from November 2020 to January 2021
GOA
International Film Festival of India, 16.1. - 24.1.2021 (original dates 20.11. - 28.11.2020) - postponed from November 2020 to January 2021 and held as a hybrid event
TORELLÓ
Mountain Film Festival, 22.1. - 31.1.2021 (original dates 13.11. - 22.11.2020) - postponed from November 2020 to January 2021 and held as a hybrid festival
OAXACA
FilmFest | PitchFest, 8.2. - 26.2.2021 (original dates 9.11. - 27.11.2020) - postponed from November 2020 to February 2021
BRUGES
Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival, 11.2. - 20.2.2021 (original dates 29.10. - 7.11.2020) - postponed from October/November 2020 to February 2021
JOENSUU
Rokumentti Rock Film Festival, 3.3. - 6.3.2021 (original dates 4.11. - 8.11.2020) - postponed from November 2020 to March 2021
BOSTON, MA
Independent Film Festival, 21.4. - 28.4.2021 (original dates 22.4. - 29.4.2020) - postponed from April to October, finally to 2021
