Whether you're a filmmaker or a film fan, we put together a thorough list of 2018 film festivals dates, locations and links. Seed&Spark will be attending many and offering our filmmaker classes, participating in panels and serving as jurors. See which 2018 film fests you can meet at us IRL.

Monthly 2018

• NewFilmmakers LA 
• IndieWorks

January 2018

• Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 2-15, 2018 in Palm Springs, California)
• New York Jewish Film Festival (January 10 -23, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• Borrego Springs Film Festival (January 11-14, 2018 in Borrego Springs, California)
• Miami Jewish Film Festival (January 11-15, 2018 in Miami, Florida)
• Macabre Faire Film Festival (January 12-14, 2018 in Long Island, New York)
• Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28, 2018 in Park City, Utah)
• Slamdance Film Festival (January 19-26, 2018 in Park City, Utah) 
• Denton Black Film Festival (January 25-28, 2018 in Denton, Texas)
• Santa Barbara International Film Festival (January 31-February 10, 2018)

February 2018

• Oxford Film Festival (February 8-12, 2018 in Oxford, Mississippi)
• Pan African Film Festival (February 8-19, 2018 in Los Angeles, California) 
• San Diego Jewish Film Festival (February 8-18, 2018 in San Diego, California)
• St. Francis College's Women's Film Festival (February 12, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• The D.C. Independent Film Festival (February 14 - 19, 2018 in Washington, D.C.)
• Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (February 16-25, 2018 in Missoula, Montana)
• Seattle Asian American Film Festival (February 22-25, 2018 in Seattle, Washington)
• Athena Film Festival (February 22-25, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• Winter Film Awards International Film Festivals (February 22-March 3, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• New York International Children's Film Festival (February 23-March 18, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• Sedona Film Festival (February 24-March 4, 2018 in Sedona, Arizona) 
• Cinequest (February 27-March 11, 2018 in San Jose, California)

March 2018

• TrueFalse Film Festival (March 1 - 4, 2018 in Columbia, Missouri) 
• SXSW (March 9-18, 2018 in Austin, Texas)
• Chicago European Union Film Festival (March 9-April 5, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Queens World Film Festival (March 15-25, 2018 in Queens, New York)
• Ann Arbor Film Festival (March 20-25, 2018 in Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• Fargo Film Festival (March 20-24, 2018 in Fargo, North Dakota)
• Garden State Film Festival (March 22 - 25, 2018 in Asbury Park, New Jersey)
• Salem Film Festival (March 22 - 29, 2018, in Salem, Massachusetts)
• Cinekink (March 2018 in New York City, New York)
• Power of Women Film Fest (March 2018 in Portland, Oregon)
• San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 2018, in San Diego, California)

April 2018

• Aspen ShortsFest (April 3-8, 2018 in Aspen, Colorado)
• Cleveland International Film Festival (April 4-15, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio)
• San Francisco International Film Festival (April 4-17, 2018 in San Francisco, California)
• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (April 5-8, 2018 in Durham, North Carolina)
• Chicago Latino Film Festival (April 5-19, 2018)
• Chattannooga Film Festival (April 5-8, 2018 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) 
• Florida Film Festival (April 6-15, 2018 in Maitland, Florida)
• Athens International Film + Video Festival (April 9-15, 2018 in Athens, Ohio)
• Indie Grits (April 12-15, 2018 in Columbia, South Carolina)
• Sarasota Film Festival (April 13 - 22, 2018 in Sarasota, Florida)
• Atlanta Film Festival (April 13-22, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia) 
• Tribeca Film Festival (April 18-29, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• River Run Film Festival (April 19-29, 2018 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
• FilmFest DC (April 19-29, 2018 in Washington, DC)
• OUTshine LGBTQ Film Festival (April 20 - 29, 2018 in Miami, FL)
• Chicago Palestine Film Festival (Begins April 21, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Independent Film Festival Boston (April 25-May 2, 2018 in Boston, Massachussetts)
• Artemis Women in Action Film Festival (April 26-29, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA)
• Julien Dubuque International Film Festival (April 26-29, 2018 in Dubuque, Iowa)
• Macroproject Film Festival (April 27, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (April 27-May 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, California)
• LA WebFest (April 27-29, 2018 in Los Angeles, California)

May 2018

• Bentonville Film Festival (May 1 - 6, 2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas)
• New Haven International Film Festival (May 2-5, 2018 in New Haven, Connecticut)
• NYC Independent Film Festival (May 7-15, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• CAAMFest (May 10 - 14, 2018 in San Francisco & Oakland, California)
• Nashville Film Festival (May 10-19, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee)
• Seattle International Film Festival (May 17-June 10, 2018 in Seattle, Washington)
• Georgia Film Festival (May 18-20, 2018 in Gainsville, Georgia) 
• Yorkton Film Festival (May 24 - 27, 2018 Yorkton, SK)
• Maryland Film Festival (May 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland)
• RAW Film Festival (May 2018 in Los Angeles, California) 
• TOWebFest (May 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Worker's Unite Film Festival (May 2018 in New York City, New York)

June 2018

• The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (June 2-10, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York)
• Chicago Underground Film Festival (June 6-10, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Prescott Film Festival (June 6-16, 2018 in Prescott, Arizona)
• DeadCenter Film Festival (June 7-10, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
• Bozeman Film Celebration (June 7 - 10, 2018 in Bozeman, Montana)
• AFI DOCS (June 13  - 17, 2018 in Washington, D.C.)
• San Francisco Black Film Festival (June 14-17, 2018 in San Francisco, California)
• SeriesFest (June 22-25, 2018 in Denver, Colorado)
• Palm Springs International ShortFest (June 2018 in Palm Springs, California)

July 2018

• Fantasia International Film Festival (July 12-August 1, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
• Outfest (July 12-22, 2018 in Los Angeles, California)
• IndieStreet (July 15-29, 2018 in Red Hook, New Jersey)
• Asian Film Festival of Dallas (July 19-26, 2018 in Dallas, Texas)
• Stony Brook Film Festival (July 19 - 28, 2018 in Stony Brook, NY)
• Stareable Fest (July 20 - 22, 2018 in Tribeca, NY)
• Woods Hole Film Festival (July 28-August 4, 2018 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts)
• Asian American International Film Festival (July 2018 in New York City, New York)
• Flyover Film Festival (July 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky)
• San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (July 2018 in San Francisco, California)

August 2018

• Rhode Island International Film Festival (August 7-12, 2018 in Providence, Rhode Island)
• HollyShorts (August 9-18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California)
• Kew Gardens Film Festival (August 11, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• North Carolina Gay + Lesbian Film Festival (August 16-19, 2018 in Durham, North Carolina)
• Sidewalk Film Festival (August 20-26, 2018 in Birmingham, Alabama)
• Cindependent Film Festival (August 23 - 25, 2018 Cincinatti, OH)
• Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (August 23 - 26, 2018 in Middlebury, Vermont)
• North Bend Film Festival (August 23 - 26, 2018, in North Bend, Washington)
• Jukebox International Film Festival (August 23 - 24, 2018 in Carson City, Nevada.)
• Black Harvest Film Festival (August 2018 in Chicago, Illinois)
• LA Shorts Fest (August 2018 in Los Angeles, California)

September 2018

• Docutah (September 3 - 8, 2018 in St. George, Utah)
• Skyline Indie Film Festival (September 6-9, 2018 in Winchester, Virginia)
• Camden International Film Festival (September 13-16, 2018 in Camden, Maine)
• Silk Screen Festival (September 14-24, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Oregon Independent Film Festival (September 14-30, 2018 in Portland and Eugene, Oregon)
• Femme Frontera Showcase (September 15, 2018 in El Paso, Texas)
• Los Angeles Film Festival (September 20-28, 2018 in Los Angeles, California)
• Edmonton International Film Festival (September 27-October 6, 2018 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
• New York Film Festival (September 28 - October 15, 2018 in NYC)
• Boise Film Festival (September 2018 in Boise, Idaho)
• Chicago South Asian Film Festival (September 2018 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Connecticut Film Festival (September 2018 in Bethel, Connecticut)
• Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival (September 2018 in Bay City, Michigan) 
• Horrible Imaginings Film Festival (September 2018 in San Diego, California)
• IFP NYC Screen Forward Conference (September 2018 in New York City, New York)
• Les Femmes International Film Festival (September 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona)
• Local Sightings Film Festival (September 2018 in Seattle, Washington)
• South Dakota Film Festival (Septemer 2018 in Aberdeen, South Dakota)
• Telluride Film Festival (September 2018 in Telluride, Colorado)
• Toronto International Film Festival (September 2018 in Toronto, Ontario - Canada)

October 2018

• Chagrin Documentary Film Festival (October 3 - 7, 2018 in Chagrin Fall, OH)
• Orcas Island Film Festival (October 4 - 8, 2018 in Eastsound, Washington)
• Tacoma Film Festival (October 4-11, 2018 in Tacoma, Washington)
• Mill Valley Film Festival (October 4 - 14, 2018 in San Rafael, California)
• Hamptons International Film Festival (October 4-8, 2018 in East Hampton, New York)
• Bend Film Festival (October 11 - 14, 2018 in Bend, Oregon)
• Heartland Film Festival (October 11-21, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana)
• ITVFest (October 11-15, 2018 in Manchester, Vermont)
• New Hampshire Film Festival (October 11-14, 2018 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
• OUTshine LGBTQ Film Festival (October 12 - 21, 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
• Tallgrass Film Festival ( October 17 - 21, 2018 in Wichita, KS
• Milwaukee Film Festival (October 18-November 1, 2018 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Vermont International Film Festival (October 19-28, 2018 in Burlington, Vermont)
• Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival (October 20 - 21, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY)
• Portland Film Festival (October 22-28, 2018 in Portland, Oregon)
• Austin Film Festival (October 25-November 1, 2018 in Austin, Texas) 
• Aspen Film Festival (October 2018 in Aspen, Colorado)
• Chicago International Film Festival (October 2018 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Citizen Jane Film Festival (October 2018 in Columbia, Missouri)
• New Orleans Film Festival (October 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana)
• New York New Work Theatre Festival (October 2018 in New York City, New York)
• Philadelphia Film Festival (October 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Reeling LGBTQA+ Film Festival (October 2018 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (October 2018 in Santa Fe, New Mexico)
• Vancouver International Film Festival (October 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

November 2018

• NYC Web Fest (November 8-10, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• Fairhope Film Festival (November 8-11, 2018 in Fairhope, Alabama)
• DOC NYC (November 8-15, 2018 in New York City, New York)
• AFI Fest (November 2018 in Los Angeles, California)
• Ax Wound Film Festival (November 2018 in Battleboro, Vermont)
• Charleston International Film Festival (November 2018 in Charleston, South Carolina)
• Cucalorus Film Festival (November 2018 in Wilmington, North Carolina)
• Denver Film Festival (November 2018 in Denver, Colorado)
• Rocky Mountain Women's Documentary Film Festival (November 2018 in Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• Southern Screens (November 2018 in Lafayette, Louisiana)
• St. Louis International Film Festival (November 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri)
• Virginia Film Festival (November 2018 in Charlottesville, Virginia)
• Interfaith Film Festival (November 30 - December 2, 2018 in New York, NY)

December 2018

• Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival (December 8 - 9, 2018, India)
• Connect Film Festival (December 2018 in Los Angeles, California) 
• Boston Asian American Film Festival (December 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts)

Know of a rad festival that should be on our list or you wanna bring us to YOUR film festival or event?) Let us know!