Events, Festivals and Exhibitions

Film Festivals

Discover amazing world festivals, events and exhibitions
 

Festival Premiers Plans, Angers, France

Angers Angers, France

Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers is an international film festival held in Northern France each January. This year marks the 37th edition of the festival which was established with the aim

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Sundance Film Festival 2025, Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Held in late January / early February each year the Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the US. Along with the Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale), Cannes,

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Berlin International Film Festival – Berlinale 2025

Berlinale Palast Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1, Berlin, Germany

The Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, takes place every year and is one of the most important and most visited film festivals on the planet with films screened from all

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There are many film festivals around the world, from Cannes and the Berlinale, to Sundance and Riverdance, Travel Begins at 40 runs through the best.

The Mostra, Venice International Film Festival

There appears to be an ever increasing number of festivals devoted to movies around the world, especially in Europe, where the original film festival, the Venice International Film Festival or Mostra, which started in 1932, still continues to this day, and is held in September.

Berlinale and Cannes

The other two major festivals in Europe are the Cannes Film Festival, held in the town in the South of France each May, and the Berlin International Film Festival or Berlinale, which rolls out its red caret in the German capital at the end of February.
Other Internatonal Film Festivals
The UK capital introduced its major movie festival a little more recently,  but the BFI London Film Festival is a rival to its continental cousins, and appears in autumn. While of the many offerings from Asia, the Tokyo International Film Festival, which starts just after London, is the stand out.
Indie Festivals
There are also festivals devoted to independent movie makers, such as the Robert Redford inspired Sundance in California (January to February), and Raindance in London in September.You can read our extensive round up of the seven best film festivals around the world.Whether you are a movie buff or just someone who likes going to the flicks, you really should attend a film festival at some stage, and with so many to choose from there really is no excuse.
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