Are you a fest junkie? Do you wanna be? Dish & dig the dirt on all things film festival.
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Scandinavian Film Fest L.A. (5-13, 2008)
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Fest (11-13, 2008)
Palm Springs International Film Fest (8-19, 2009)
San Diego Black Film Fest (31-Feb.3, 2008)
Berlin & Beyond Film Fest (10-16, 2008)
Santa Barbara International Film Fest (24-Feb.3, 2008)
Las Vegas Celebration of Jewish Film (16-20, 2008)
Slamdance Film Fest (17-25, 2008)
Sundance Film Fest (17-27, 2008)
TromaDance Film Fest (18-25, 2008)
Northwest Asian American Film Fest (24-27, 2008)
Sedona Internat'l Film Fest & Workshop (27-Mar.2, 2008)
Pan African Film & Arts Fest (7-18, 2008)
Sacramento Jewish Film Fest (2-3, 2008)
San Francisco Indie Fest (7-19, 2008)
San Francisco Ocean Film Fest (1-3, 2008)
Boulder International Film Fest (14-17, 2008)
Durango Independent Film Fest (27-Mar.2, 2008)
Miami International Film Fest (28-Mar.9, 2008)
Through Women's Eyes Film Fest (1-2, 2008)
Lake County Film Fest (28-Mar.2, 2008)
Kansas Silent Film Fest (22-23, 2008)
Magnolia Independent Film Fest (14-16, 2008)
True/False Film Fest (28-Mar.2, 2008)
Show-Me Missouri International Film Fest (20-24, 2008)
Big Sky Documentary Film Fest (14-20, 2008)
Dam Short Film Fest (7-9, 2008)
Nevermore Film Fest (22-24, 2008)
New York Int'l Indie Film & Video Fest (28-Mar.6, 2008)
George Lindsey UNA Film Fest (6-9, 2008)
Arizona Black Film Showcase (27-30, 2008)
Ozark Foothills FilmFest (22-Apr.1, 2007)
The Method Fest (27-Apr.3, 2008)
Lalo Guerrero Film & Arts Fest (23-24, 2007)
Fest of Native Film and Culture (5-9, 2008)
Sacramento International Film Fest (29-Apr.6, 2008)
San Diego Latina Film Fest (6-16, 2008)
San Francisco Irish Film Fest (6-8, 2008)
San Luis Obispo International Film Fest (7-16, 2008)
Tiburon International Film Fest (13-21, 2008)
The Other Venice Film Fest (16-18, 2007)
DC Independent Film Fest (1-11, 2007)
Environmental Film Fest (11-22, 2008)
Delray Beach Film Fest (13-18, 2007)
Florida Film Fest (28-Apr.6, 2008)
Independent Black Film Fest (26-29, 2008)
Chicago Irish Film Fest (2-7, 2007)
Maine Deaf Film Fest (16-17, 2007)
Boston Underground Film Fest (20-23, 2008)
Ann Arbor Film Fest (25-30, 2008)
East Lansing Film Fest (12-20, 2008)
Central Michigan International Film Fest (22-Apr.1, 2007)
Finger Lakes Environmental Film Fest (31-Apr.6, 2008)
New Directors/New Films (26-Apr.6, 2008)
Orphan Film Symposium (26–29, 2008)
Cleveland International Film Fest (6-16, 2008)
Longbaugh Film Fest (29-Apr.1, 2007)
Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Fest (27-Apr.13, 2008)
Beaufort Kaleidoscope Film Fest (6-9, 2008)
Memphis International Film Fest (27-30, 2008)
South x Southwest Fest (7-15, 2008)
Women's Film Fest (14-23, 2008)
VCU French Film Fest (28-30, 2008)
Williamsburg Film Fest (5-8, 2008)
Phoenix Film Fest (3-10, 2008)
Arizona International Film Fest (18-27, 2008)
Beverly Hills Film Fest (9-13, 2008)
Fest of Film Noir (12-May 2, 2007)
Polish Film Fest (24-May 1, 2008)
Malibu International Film Fest (13-16, 2007)
Newport Beach Film Fest (19-29, 2007)
Riverside International Film Fest (11-20, 2008)
San Francisco International Film Fest (24–May 8, 2008)
Santa Cruz Film Fest (9-17, 2008)
Sonoma Valley Film Fest (9-13, 2008)
Denver Pan African Film Fest (25-29, 2007)
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Fest (25-May 4, 2008)
Palm Beach International Film Fest (10-17, 2008)
Sarasota Film Fest (Apr.4-13, 2008)
Robert Osborne's Classic Film Fest (10-13, 2008)
Atlanta Film Fest (10-19, 2008)
Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Fest (16-20, 2008)
HIFF Spring Showcase (20-26, 2007)
Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Fest (23-27, 2008)
Chicago Latino Film Fest (4-16, 2008)
Lake Forest Film Fest (20-22, 2008)
Indianapolis International Film Fest (23-May 3, 2008)
Iowa City Internat'l Documentary Film Fest (3-5, 2008)
Cedar Rapids Independent Film Fest (4-5, 2008)
New Orleans Int'l Human Rights Film Fest (10-20, 2008)
Johns Hopkins Film Fest (12-15, 2007)
Independent Film Fest of Boston (23-29, 2008)
Minneapolis-St.Paul International Film Fest (10-26, 2008)
Crossroads Film Fest (3-6, 2008)
Oxford Film Fest (10-13, 2008)
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee (16-20, 2008)
Garden State Film Fest (4-6, 2008)
Havana Film Fest in New York (11-17, 2008)
New York Underground Film Fest (2-8, 2008)
Tribeca Film Fest (23-May 4, 2008)
Syracuse International Film & Video Fest (16-22, 2007)
Full Frame Documentary Film Fest (3-6, 2008)
RiverRun International Film Fest (23-28, 2008)
Athens International Film & Video Fest (25-May 1, 2008)
Bare Bones International Film Fest (17-27, 2008)
Ashland Independent Film Fest (3-7, 2008)
DisOrient Film Fest (27-29, 2007)
Philadelphia Film Fest (3-15, 2008)
Nashville Film Fest (17-24, 2008)
USA Film Fest (24-May 1, 2008)
WorldFest-Houston Int'l Film & Video Fest (11-20, 2008)
Seattle Polish Film Fest (18-27, 2008)
Appalachian Film Fest (17-19, 2008)
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Fest (1-8, 2008)
Mendocino Film Fest (29-June 1, 2008)
Palm Springs Film Noir Fest (29-June 1, 2008)
Boulder Adventure Film Fest & Dirt Days (11-13, 2007)
Mountainfilm Fest (23-26, 2008)
Connecticut Film Fest (20-25, 2008)
Jacksonville Film Fest (15-21, 2008)
Maryland Film Fest (1-4, 2008)
Berkshire International Film Fest (15-18, 2008)
Tupelo Film Fest (15-17, 2008)
International Wildlife Film Fest (10-17, 2008)
Montclair International Film Fest (17-20, 2007)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Fest (11-12, 2007)
Ohio Independent Film Fest (4-11, 2008)
Silk Screen: Asian American Film Fest (9-18, 2008)
Los Angeles Film Fest (19-29, 2008)
San Francisco Black Film Fest (7-17, 2007)
Another Hole in the Head (7-15 2007)
Breckenridge Film Fest (5-8, 2008)
Provincetown International Film Fest (18-22, 2008)
Waterfront Film Fest (12-15, 2008)
Solstice Film Fest (19-21, 2008)
CineVegas Film Fest (12-21, 2008)
Fest of Film Noir (15-July 5, 2007)
Brooklyn International Film Fest (30-June 8, 2008)
Human Rights Watch Int'l Film Fest (June 6-19, 2008)
New Fest:New York LGBT Film Fest (5-15, 2008)
Urbanworld Film Fest (21-24, 2007)
deadCENTER Film Fest (11-15, 2008)
Newport International Film Fest (3-8, 2008)
Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Fest (26-Aug.12, 2007)
Action on Film International Film Fest (27-29, 2007)
Mods & Rockers Film Fest (13-Aug.1, 2007)
Sacramento French Film Fest (18-27, 2008)
San Francisco Jewish Film Fest (19-Aug.6, 2007)
San Francisco Silent Film Fest (13-15, 2007)
Flashback Weekend (25-27, 2008)
Maine International Film Fest (13-22, 2007)
Woods Hole Film Fest (28-Aug.4, 2007)
Traverse City Film Fest (31-Aug.5, 2007)
Free Range Film Fest (19-28, 2007)
Stony Brook Film Fest (19-28, 2007)
Asian American International Film Fest (19-28, 2007)
Bronx Independent Film Fest (29-30, 2007)
Philadelphia International G&L Film Fest (10-21, 2008)
Nevada City Film Fest (16-19, 2007)
Palm Springs ShortFest (21-27, 2008)
Crested Butte Reel Fest (8-12, 2007)
Telluride Film Fest (31-Sept.3, 2007)
Atlanta HipHop Film Fest (24-26, 2007)
Chicago Underground Film Fest (15-19, 2007)
New York Korean Film Fest (24-Sept.2, 2007)
Rhode Island International Film Fest (7-12, 2007)
H.P. Lovecraft Film Fest (19-20, 2007)
Asian Film Fest of Dallas (23-30, 2007)
Sidewalk Moving Picture Fest (28-30, 2007)
Big Bear Lake International Film Fest (14-16, 2007)
LA International Short Film Fest (5-16, 2007)
San Francisco Documentary Film Fest (27-Oct.7, 2007)
Temecula Valley International Film Fest (12-16, 2007)
Denver Underground Film Fest (21-22, 2007)
Estes Park Film Fest (14-16, 2007)
Rome International Film Fest (6-9, 2007)
Idaho International Film Fest (27-30, 2007)
Embarras Valley Film Fest (18-22, 2007)
Chicago International REEL Shorts Fest (28-30, 2007)
Black Earth Film Fest (20-22, 2007)
Illinois International Film Fest (14-16, 2007)
Route 66 Film Fest (15-16, 2007)
Kansas International Film Fest (19-25, 2008)
Bluegrass Independent Film Fest (7-9, 2007)
Camden International Film Fest (27-30, 2007)
Newburyport Documentary Film Fest (28-30, 2007)
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Fest (26-28, 2008)
New York Film Fest (28-Oct.14, 2007)
Great Lakes Film Fest (26-30, 2007)
Scottsdale International Film Fest (5-9, 2007)
Hot Springs Documentary Film Fest (19-28, 2007)
Berkeley Video & Film Fest (5-7, 2007)
Indie Fest USA + FAIF Film Fest (26-Nov.2, 2007)
Hollywood Independent Film Fest (22-27, 2008)
Lone Pine Film Fest (5-7, 2007)
LA Femme Film Fest (11-14, 2007)
Mill Valley Film Fest (2-12, 2008)
Daytona Beach Film Fest (4-7, 2007)
Fort Lauderdale International Film Fest (19, 2007)
Savannah Film Fest (27-Nov.3, 2007)
Louis Vuitton Hawaii Internat'l Film Fest (23-Nov.1, 2008)
Chicago International Children's Fest (18-28, 2007)
Heartland Film Fest (18-26, 2007)
Reel Pride Michigan:GLBT Film Fest (12-19, 2007)
Montana CINE International Film Fest (1-7, 2007)
Tahoe/Reno International Film Fest (24-28, 2007)
New Hampshire Film Fest (11-14, 2007)
Red Bank International Film Fest (5-7, 2007)
Hamptons International Film Fest (17-21, 2007)
New York City Horror Film Fest (24-28, 2007)
H.P. Lovecraft Film Fest (5-7, 2007)
Black Bear Film Fest (11-14, 2007)
Rhode Island International Horror Film Fest (18-21, 2007)
Indie Memphis Soul of Southern Film Fest (19-25, 2007)
Austin Film Fest (16-23, 2008)
Vermont International Film Fest (11-14, 2007)
Virginia Film Fest (30-Nov.2, 2008)
It Came from Lake Michigan Ind. Film Fest (26-28, 2007)
Anchorage International Film Fest (30-Dec.9, 2007)
Puro Mexicano: Tucson Film Fest (2-8, 2007)
AFI Los Angeles International Film Fest (1-11, 2007)
Desert Jewish Film Fest (1-8, 2007)
AFI Comes to Palm Springs (16-18, 2007)
American Indian Film Fest (2-10, 2007)
International Latino Film Fest (2-8, 2007)
Starz Denver Film Fest (8-18, 2007)
Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Fest (7-11, 2007)
Georgetown Film Fest (15-18, 2007)
Washington Jewish Film Fest (29-Dec.9, 2007)
Cine-World Film Fest (9-18, 2007)
Palm Beach Jewish Film Fest (29-Dec.9, 2007)
Boston Jewish Film Fest (1-11, 2007)
Northampton Independent Film Fest (2-10, 2007)
Santa Fe Film Fest (28-Dec.2, 2007)
Cucalorus Film Fest (7-10, 2007)
Native American Film & Video Fest (2008)
Northwest Film & Video Fest (9-17, 2007)
Three Rivers Film Fest (1-15, 2007)
International Film Fest Rotterdam (23-Feb.3, 2008)
Adelaide Film Fest (19-Mar.1, 2009)
Panafrican Film & TV Fest [FESPACO] (28-Mar.7, 2009)
Berlin International Film Fest [Berlinale] (7-17, 2008)
Bring Your Own Film Fest (21-25, 2008)
Mexico City Int'l Fest of Contemp. Cinema (27-Mar.1, 2008)
Belgrade Internat'l Film Fest: Fest Forward (22-Mar.2, 2008)
Mar del Plata International Film Fest (8-18, 2007)
Bermuda International Film Fest (16-24, 2007)
Canadian Filmmakers Fest (22-25, 2007)
Available Light Film Fest (15-18, 2007)
Hong Kong International Film Fest (20-Apr.11, 2007)
Febiofest: Prague Int'l Film,Video&TV Fest (22-30, 2007)
One World Int'l Human Rights Doc. F.F. (5-13, 2008)
Tampere International Short Film Fest (7-11, 2007)
International Women Film Fest (23-Apr.1, 2007)
Cinéma du réel: Int'l Doc. Film Fest (9-18, 2007)
Thessaloniki Documentary Fest (16-25, 2007)
Milan International Film Fest (22-Apr.2, 2007)
International Film Fest Kino Pavasaris (22-Apr.5, 2007)
Fribourg International Film Fest (1-8, 2008)
International Istanbul Film Fest (31-Apr.15, 2007)
Birds Eye View Film Fest (8-14, 2007)
Human Rights Watch International Film Fest (12-21, 2008)
London L&G Film Fest (21-Apr.4, 2007)
Bradford Film Fest (9-24, 2007)
Buenos Aires Int'l Fest of Independent Cinema (3-15, 2007)
Crossing Europe Film Fest (24-29, 2007)
Hot Docs Canadian Int'l Documentary Fest (17-27, 2008)
ReelWorld Film Fest (2-6, 2008)
Aarhus Fest of Independent Arts (25-30, 2007)
International Women's Film Fest (17-22, 2007)
Cortoons: Internat'l Short Animated Film Fest (13-15, 2007)
Riga International Fantasy Film Fest (26-May 2, 2007)
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Fest (18-25, 2007)
Lisbon International Independent Film Fest (19-29, 2007)
Singapore International Film Fest (18-30, 2007)
Barcelona Asian Film Fest (27-May 6, 2007)
Toronto Jewish Film Fest (5-13, 2007)
International Fest of Animated Films [AniFest] (3-9, 2007)
Cannes Film Fest (16-27, 2007)
Cracow Film Fest (31-June 5, 2007)
Isola Cinema Film Fest (31-June 4, 2007)
ReelHeART International Film Fest (18-23, 2007)
World Wide Short Film Fest (12-17, 2007)
Tremblant Film Fest (20-24, 2007)
Shanghai International Film Fest (19-28, 2007)
Karlovy Vary International Film Fest (29-July 7, 2007)
Midnight Sun Film Fest (13-17, 2007)
International Animated Film Fest (11-16, 2007)
Avignon Film Fest (21-24, 2007)
Norwegian Short Film Fest (14-19, 2007)
Lisbon Village International D-Cinema Fest (18-24, 2007)
Transylvania International Film Fest (1-10, 2007)
Melbourne International Film Fest (25-Aug.12, 2007)
Revelation: Perth Int'l Film Fest/Conference (12-22, 2007)
Motovun Film Fest (24-28, 2007)
Jerusalem Film Fest (5-14, 2007)
Bangkok International Film Fest (TBD, 2007)
Brisbane International Film Fest (2-12, 2007)
Alpinale Film Fest (7-12, 2007)
Montreal World Film Fest (23-Sept.3, 2007)
Deauville American Film Fest (31-Sept.9, 2007)
Venice Film Fest (29-Sept.8, 2007)
Norwegian International Film Fest (17-24, 2007)
Cinemanila International Film Fest (8-19, 2007)
Locarno International Film Fest (1-11, 2007)
Portobello Film Fest (2-22, 2007)
Rio International Film Fest (20-Oct.4, 2007)
Calgary International Film Fest (21-30, 2007)
Edmonton International Film Fest (28-Oct.6, 2007)
Vancouver International Film Fest (27-Oct.12, 2007)
Atlantic Film Fest (13-22, 2007)
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Fest (15-23, 2007)
Rebelfest International Film Fest (2008)
Toronto International Film Fest (4-13, 2008)
Ottawa International Animation Fest (19-23, 2007)
Copenhagen International Film Fest (20-30, 2007)
Helsinki Int'l Film Fest: Love & Anarchy (20-30, 2007)
ContraVision Film Fest (13-16, 2007)
International Short Film Fest in Drama (16-22, 2007)
Haifa International Film Fest (27-Oct.4, 2007)
Pacific Meridian International Film Fest(15-21, 2007)
Donostia-San Sebastian Internat'l Film Fest (20-29, 2007)
Gold Coast Film Fantastic Film Fest (31-Nov.4, 2007)
Vienna International Film Fest (19-31, 2007)
Flanders International Film Fest-Ghent (7-18, 2008)
Banff Mountain Film Fest (27-Nov.4, 2007)
Planet in Focus Film Fest (24-28, 2007)
Zagreb Film Fest (21-27, 2007)
Bollywood Film Fest (11-14, 2007)
International Filmfest Mannheim-Heidelberg (9-21, 2007)
Cinema Vérité Fest (15-19, 2007)
Tokyo International Film Fest (20-28, 2007)
Yamagata International Documentary Film Fest (4-11, 2007)
Big Mountain Short Film Fest (19-21, 2007)
Bergen International Film Fest (17-24, 2007)
Films from the South (4-11, 2007)
Pusan International Film Fest (4-12, 2007)
Sitges International Film Fest of Catalonia (4-14, 2007)
Valladolid International Film Fest (26-Nov.3, 2007)
Shnit Short Film Fest (8-12, 2008)
World Film Fest of Bangkok (25-Nov.4, 2007)
Global Visions Film Fest (1-5, 2007)
Vancouver Asian Film Fest (1-4, 2007)
Toronto Classic Movie Fest (TBD, 2007)
One Take Film Fest (21-23, 2008)
Copenhagen Internat'l Documentary Film Fest (9-18, 2007)
Dominican Republic International Film Fest (8-11, 2007)
Cairo International Film Fest (27-Dec.7, 2007)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Fest (15-Dec.9, 2007)
Amiens International Film Fest (9-18, 2007)
Munich International Fest of Film Schools (18-24, 2007)
Budo Action: Martial Art... (9-10, 2007)
Verzió Human Rights Documentary Film Fest (6-11, 2007)
International Film Fest of India (23-Dec.3, 2007)
Turino Film Fest (23-Dec.1, 2007)
Internat'l Documentary Fest Amsterdam (22-Dec.2, 2007)
Oslo International Film Fest (15-25, 2007)
Int'l Film Fest: Art of Cinematography (24-Dec.1, 2007)
Ljubljana International Film Fest (7-21, 2007)
Stockholm International Film Fest (15-25, 2007)
International Film Fest of Kerala (7-14, 2007)
Jakarta International Film Fest (7-16, 2007)
Rome Pan African Film Fest (1-9, 2007)
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Fest (7-11, 2007)
Dubai International Film Fest (9-16, 2007)