The screenings. The workshops. The community. (And yes, the parties, too.) We rounded up a thorough list of 2020 film festival dates, locations and links for you to plan your year. Remember, team Seed&Spark will be attending many of these to teach crowdfunding, pitching and distribution as well participating in panels and serving as jurors. Come meet us IRL!

Monthly (Year-round)

• NewFilmmakers LA  (Los Angeles, California)
• IndieWorks (New York City)

January 2020

• Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 2-13, 2020 in Palm Springs, California)
• Miami Jewish Film Festival (January 9-23, 2020 in Miami, Florida)
• Borrego Springs Film Festival (January 15-20, 2020 in Borrego Springs, California)
• Santa Barbara International Film Festival (January 15- Jan 25, 2020 in Santa Barbara, California)
• Denton Black Film Festival (January 22-26, 2020 in Denton, Texas)
• Bayou Film Festival (January 22-29, 2020, Layette, Lousiianna)
• Sundance Film Festival (January 23 - February 2, 2020 in Park City, Utah)
• Flathead lake International Cinemafest (January 24-26, 2020 in Polson, Montana)
• Slamdance Film Festival (January 24-30, 2020 in Park City, Utah) 
• San Francisco Independent Film Festival (Jan 29-Feb 13, 2020 in San Francisco California)

February 2020

• Femme Frontera Showcase (February 6, 2020 in El Paso, Texas)
• Cambria Film Festival (February 7-10, 2020) in Cambria, California)
• Pan African Film Festival (February 11-23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California) 
• San Diego Jewish Film Festival (February 13-23, 2020 in San Diego, California)
• Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (February 14-23, 2020 in Missoula, Montana)
• Seattle Asian American Film Festival (February 20-23, 2020 in Seattle, Washington)
• Winter Film Awards International Film Festivals (February 20-29, 2020 in New York City)
• New York International Children's Film Festival (February 21-March 15, 2020 in New York City)
• Sedona Film Festival (February 22-March 1, 2020 in Sedona, Arizona) 
• Athena Film Festival (February 27 - March 1, 2020 in New York City)  

March 2020

• Cinequest (March 3-15, 2020 in San Jose, California)
• The D.C. Independent Film Festival (March 4-8, 2020 in Washington, D.C.)
• TrueFalse Film Festival (March 5 - March 8, 2020 in Columbia, Missouri)
• Portland International Film Festival (March 6-15, 2020 in Portland, Oregon)
• Chicago European Union Film Festival (March 8- April 4, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois)
• SXSW (March 13-22, 2020 in Austin, Texas)
• Fargo Film Festival (March 17-21, 2020 in Fargo, North Dakota)
• Oxford Film Festival (March 18-22, 2020 in Oxford, Mississippi)
• Cinekink (March 18- 22, 2020 in New York City)
• Queens World Film Festival (March 19-29, 2020 in Queens, New York)
• Salem Film Festival (March 20 - March 29th, 2020 in Salem, Massachusetts)
• Ann Arbor Film Festival (March 24-29, 2020 in Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• Garden State Film Festival (March 25 - 29, 2020 in Asbury Park, New Jersey)
• Indie Grits (March 26-29, 2020 in Columbia, South Carolina)
• River Run Film Festival (March 26-April 5, 2020 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
• Phoenix Film Festival (March 26 - April 6, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona)
• Power of Women Film Fest (March 27-31, 2020 in Portland, Oregon)
• Sarasota Film Festival (March 27 - April 5, 2020 in Sarasota, Florida)
• Cleveland International Film Festival (March 27 - April 8, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio)

April 2020

• Aspen ShortsFest (April 1-6, 2020 in Aspen, Colorado)
• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (April 2-5, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina)
• Athens International Film + Video Festival (April 6-12, 2020 in Athens, Ohio)
• San Francisco International Film Festival (April 8-21, 2020 in San Francisco, California)
• Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (April 9-26, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• St. Francis College's Women's Film Festival (April 15-18, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York)
• RAW Film Festival (April 15- April 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California) 
• Tribeca Film Festival (April 15 - April 26, 2020 in New York City)
• Chattannooga Film Festival (April 16-19, 2020 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) 
• OUTshine LGBTQ Film Festival (April 16-26, 2020 in Miami, Florida)
• Chicago Latino Film Festival (April 16-30, 2020)
• Florida Film Festival (April 17-26, 2020 in Maitland, Florida)
• Chicago Palestine Film Festival (April 20- May 2 2020 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Julien Dubuque International Film Festival (April 22-26, 2020 in Dubuque, Iowa)
• Independent Film Festival Boston (April 22-29, 2020 in Boston, Massachussetts)
• Artemis Women in Action Film Festival (April 23-26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California)
• FilmFest DC (April 23 - May 3, 2020 in Washington, DC)
• Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (April 30- May 8, 2020 in Los Angeles, California)
• Bentonville Film Festival (April 29 - May 2, 2020 in Bentonville, Arkansas)
• Maryland Film Festival (April 29- May 3, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland)
• Atlanta Film Festival (April 30- May10, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia) 

May 2020

• 12ºN 61ºW Grenadian Film Festival (May 2-9, 2020 in St George's, Grenada)
• Flyover Film Festival (May 6-9, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky)
• Worker's Unite Film Festival (May 8-23 2020 in New York City)
• NYC Independent Film Festival (May 10-17, 2020 in New York City)
• Los Angeles Film Festival (May 14-31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California)
• Seattle International Film Festival (May 14-June 7, 2020 in Seattle, Washington)
• New Haven International Film Festival (May 15-18, 2020 in New Haven, Connecticut)
• The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (May 29- June 7, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York)

June 2020

• San Francisco Documentary Festival (June 4-18, 2020 San Francisco, California)
• Prescott Film Festival (June 5-13, 2020 in Prescott, Arizona)
• Holly Weird Film Festival (June 7, 2020 in Hollywood, California)
• Chicago Underground Film Festival (June 10-14, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Bozeman Film Celebration (June 11-14, 2020 in Bozeman, Montana)
• DeadCenter Film Festival (June 11-14, 2020 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
• San Francisco Black Film Festival (June 11-14, 2020 in San Francisco, California)
• Palm Springs International ShortFest (June 16-22, 2020 in Palm Springs, California)
• AFI DOCS (June 17 -21, 2020 in Washington, D.C.)
• SeriesFest (June 18-24, 2020 in Denver, Colorado)
• Telluride Film Festival (June 29- July 5, 2020 in Telluride, Colorado)

July 2020

• TOWebFest (July 9-11, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• LA Shorts Fest (July 15-23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California)
• Asian Film Festival of Dallas (July 16-23, 2020 in Dallas, Texas)
• Stony Brook Film Festival (July 16-25, 2020 in Stony Brook, New York)
• Outfest (July 16-26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California)
• San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (July 16 - August 2, 2020 in San Francisco, California)
• Fantasia International Film Festival (July 16-August 5, 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
• Guanajuato International Film Festival (July 17-26, 2020 in San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, Mexico)
• IndieStreet (July 22-26, 2020 in Red Hook, New Jersey)
• Woods Hole Film Festival (July 25 - August 1, 2020 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts)
• Asian American International Film Festival (July 30- August 8, 2020 in New York City, New York)

August 2020

• Rhode Island International Film Festival (August 4-9, 2020 in Providence, Rhode Island)
• North Bend Film Festival (August 6-9, 2020, in North Bend, Washington)
• North Carolina Gay + Lesbian Film Festival (August 13-16, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina)
• HollyShorts (August 13-22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California)
• Monmouth Film Festival (August 14-16, 2020 in Red Bank, New Jersey)
• Jukebox International Film Festival (August 17 - 19, 2020 in Carson City, Nevada)
• Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (August 23-26, 2020 in Middlebury, Vermont)
• Sidewalk Film Festival (August 24-30, 2020 in Birmingham, Alabama)
• Cindependent Film Festival (August 27-29, 2020 Cincinatti, OH)
• Global Impact Film Festival (August 28-30, 2020 in Washington, DC)
• Horrible Imaginings Film Festival (August 28-30, 2020 in San Diego, California)
• Black Harvest Film Festival (August 2020 in Chicago, Illinois)

September 2020

• Edmonton International Film Festival (September 4- October 3, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
• Skyline Indie Film Festival (September 10-13, 2020 in Winchester, Virginia)
• Toronto International Film Festival (September 10-20, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario - Canada)
• South Dakota Film Festival (Septemer 17-20, 2020 in Aberdeen, South Dakota)
• Georgia Film Festival (Sep 18-19, 2020 in Oakwood, Georgia) 
• Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival (September 24-27, 2020 in Bay City, Michigan) 
• Reeling LGBTQA+ Film Festival (September 24- October 4, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Vancouver International Film Festival (September 24- October 9, 2020 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
• New York Film Festival (September 2020 in NYC)
• Boise Film Festival (September 2020 in Boise, Idaho)
• Chicago South Asian Film Festival (September 2020 in Chicago, Illinois)
• Connecticut Film Festival (September 2020 in Bethel, Connecticut)
• IFP NYC Screen Forward Conference (September 2020 in New York City, New York)
• Local Sightings Film Festival (September 2020 in Seattle, Washington)
• San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival (September 2020 in San Francisco, California)

October 2020

• Camden International Film Festival (October 1-4, 2020 in Camden, Maine)
• Nashville Film Festival (October 3-12, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee)
• Mill Valley Film Festival (October 3 - 13, 2020 in San Rafael, California)
• Chagrin Documentary Film Festival (October 7 - 11, 2020 in Chagrin Fall, Ohio)
• Bend Film Festival (October 8-11, 2020 in Bend, Oregon)
• Orcas Island Film Festival (October 8 - 12, 2020 in Eastsound, Washington)
• Hamptons International Film Festival (October 8-12, 2020 in East Hampton, New York)
• Heartland Film Festival (October 8-18, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana)
• Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (October 9-17, 2020 in Hot Springs, Arkansas)
• Tallgrass Film Festival ( October 14-18, 2020 in Wichita, Kansas)
• Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (October 14-18, 2020 in Santa Fe, New Mexico)
• New Orleans Film Festival (October 14-21, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana)
• New Hampshire Film Festival (October 15-18, 2020 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
• Les Femmes International Film Festival (October 15-18, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona)
• Milwaukee Film Festival (October 15-29, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Oregon Independent Film Festival (October 15-30, 2020 in Portland and Eugene, Oregon)
• Stareable Fest (October 16-18 2020 in Brooklyn, NY)
• Austin Film Festival (October 22-29, 2020 in Austin, Texas) 
• Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival (October 24-25, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York)
• ReelAbilities Film Festival (October 2020 in Los Angeles, California)
• Aspen Film Festival (October 2020 in Aspen, Colorado)
• Chicago International Film Festival (October 2020 in Chicago, Illinois)
• New York New Work Theatre Festival (October 2020 in New York City, New York)
• Philadelphia Film Festival (October 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Hobnobben Film Festival (October 2020 in Fort Wayne, Indiana)
• ITVFest (October 2020 in Manchester, Vermont)
• Vermont International Film Festival (October 2020 in Burlington, Vermont)

November 2020

• Docutah (November 2-7, 2020 in St. George, Utah)
• Denver Film Festival (November 4-15, 2020 in Denver, Colorado)
• St. Louis International Film Festival (November 5-15, 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri)
• YoFiFest (November 6-13, 2020 in Yonkers, New York)
• DOC NYC (November 11-19, 2020 in New York City, New York)
• Southern Screens (November 12-15, 2020 in Lafayette, Louisiana)
• Fairhope Film Festival (November 12-15, 2020 in Fairhope, Alabama)
• NYC Web Fest (November 13-15, 2020 in New York City, New York)
• Rocky Mountain Women's Documentary Film Festival (November 15-17, 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival (November 29- December 13, 2020 in San Francisco, California)
• AFI Fest (November 2020 in Los Angeles, California)
• Ax Wound Film Festival (November 2020 in Battleboro, Vermont)
• Charleston International Film Festival (November 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina)
• Cucalorus Film Festival (November 2020 in Wilmington, North Carolina)
• Virginia Film Festival (November 2020 in Charlottesville, Virginia)

December 2020

• Interfaith Film Festival (December 10-13, 2020 in New York City)
• Connect Film Festival (December 2020 in Los Angeles, California) 
• Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival (December 2020, India)
• Boston Asian American Film Festival (December 2020 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!