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United  States  Film  Festivals
Jan-Feb • March-April • May-June • July-Aug • Sept-Oct • Nov-Dec

Arizona film festivals • California film festivals • Los Angeles / Hollywood film festivals • New Mexico film festivals

The New York International Independent Film & Video Festival [est. 1993]
in NYC, L.A., Las Vegas & Miami

First Nations / First Features 'a showcase of indigenous film & media'
in Washington, DC & New York City [May 2005] { defunct 2009 }

New York Midnight [est. 2002] year-long multicity events
Chautauqua Classic Film Series in Boulder, Colorado

Hump Film Festival Road Show [2018-2019] to 30+ cities
'The Very Best of Hump' Road Show [2018-2019] to nine cities

                    
festival info on Magic Lantern's The Sundance Companies Page

"Sundance Film Festival Collection: Celebrating 25 Years of Independence" DVD Box Set [2005] Sundance Channel Home Ent. DVD set [12/2005] 11 disks - out of prodn/used contains 10 major, award-winning independent feature films plus bonus disk: "Sex, Lies and Videotape" [1989] by Steven Soderbergh; "Clerks" [1994] by Kevin Smith; "The Usual Suspects" [1995] by Bryan Singer; "Smoke Signals" [1998] by Chris Eyre & Sherman Alexie; "Boys Don't Cry" [1999] starring Hilary Swank; "American Movie" [1999]; "In The Bed-room" [2001] by Todd Field; "Real Women Have Curves" [2002] starring America Ferrera; "Capturing The Friedmans" [2003]; and "American Splendor" [2003]; bonus materials include a booklet and 11th disc with behind-the-scenes footage from the Sundance Institute Labs and never-before-seen interviews with filmmakers and founder Robert Redford

SlamDance Film Festival [Jan 2020 = #26] in Park City, Utah
Freedom Cinema Festival [Jan 2005 = #2] in Park City, Utah
'Laugh Is Hope' Comedy & Film Festival [Jan 2004 = #1] in Houston, Texas
Trail Dance Film Festival [Jan 2010 = #4] in Duncan, Oklahoma
Poison Peach Film Festival [Jan 2016 = #8] at the Imperial Theatre in Augusta, Georgia
The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival [Jan 2016 = #4] in New York City

Reel Music Film Festival [Jan-Feb 2006 = #23] in Portland, Oregon

Portland [Oregon] Intl. Film Festival [Feb 2006 = #29]
  Sedona [Arizona] Intl. Film Festival & Workshop [Feb 2016 = #22]
  Boulder [Colorado] International Film Festival [Feb 2013 = #9]
The Texas Black Film Festival [Feb 2011 = #4] in Dallas, Texas
A.F.I. / White House Student Film Festival [Feb 2014 = #1]
Oxford Film Festival [Feb 2015 = #12] in Oxford, Mississippi

  South By Southwest Film Festival [March 2010 = #17] in Austin, Texas
  Environmental Film Festival [March 2009 = #17] in Washington, DC
Ann Arbor [Michigan] Film Festival [est 1963; March 2010 = #48]
Hump Film Festival [March 2018 = #14] in New York City is followed by a 'road show' to 30+ cities
Monster-Mania Con [March 2011 = #17] in Cherry Hill, NJ
  Omaha [Nebraska] Film Festival [March 2014 = #9]
Cinefest 31 [March 2011 = #31] in Liverpool (Syracuse), New York
  Cleveland Intl. Film Festival [March 2012 = #36]
  True/False Documentary Film Festival [March 2012 = #9] in Columbia, Missouri
'Stache Film Festival [March 2012 = #1] at the Moustache Pageant [2012 = #5] in Portland, Maine

Key West [Florida] Indie Fest [Easter Weekend]
Sarasota [Florida] Film Festival [March-April 2006 = #9]

Worldfest Houston [Texas] Intl. Film Festival [April 2003 = #36]
Wisconsin Film Festival [April 2010 = #12] in Madison, Wisconsin
Florida Film Festival [April 2011 = #20] in Maitland (Orlando), Florida
Miami [Florida] Latino Film Festival [April 2003 = #6]
Roger Ebert's Film Festival [April 2013 = #15] in Champaign, Illinois
Dallas [Texas] International Film Festival [April 2011 = #5]
  Full Frame Documentary Film Festival [April 2010 = #13] in Durham, NC
  Buffalo Niagara Film Festival [April 2012 = #6] in Buffalo & Tonawanda, NY
Riverrun International Film Festival [April 2010 = #13] in Winston-Salem, NC
free TromaDance Film Festival [April 2011 = #12] in Ashbury Park, New Jersey
Cinema Wasteland Movie & Memorabilia Expo [April 2011 = #14 - also Oct] in Ohio
Hill Country Film Festival [April 2011 = #2] in Fredericksburg, Texas
  Kansas City FilmFest [April 2012 = #4] in Missouri
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee [April 2012 = #16] in Missouri
Portland [OR] Jewish Film Festival [April 2012 = #20]

Tribeca Film Festival [April-May 2006 = #5] in New York City
Sunscreen Film Festival [April-May 2009 = #4] in St. Petersburg, Florida

Tribeca Underground Film Festival [May 2006 = #3] in New York City
High Desert Shorts Intl. Film Festival [Memorial Day Weekend 2011 = #6] in Pahrump, Nevada
Big Island Film Festival [May 2012 = #7] in Waikoloa, Hawai'i

Memphis [KY] Film Festival [June 2003 = #32]
Maui [Hawai'i] Film Festival [June]
A.F.I. Docs (formerly Silverdocs) Presented by Audi [June 2013 = #11] in Washington, DC
Little Rock Film Festival [June 2010 = #4] in Downtown Little Rock, Arkansas
Gen Art Film Festivals [June 2011 = #16] in New York City
Gen Art Film Festivals [June 2009] in Chicago {folded 5/2010}
'What The Hell Did I Just Watch?' Comedy Video Festival [June 2009 = #4] in Seattle, Washington
Lake Placid [NY] Film Forum [June 2009 = #3]
Brooklyn Intl. Film Festival [June 2010 = #13] in Brooklyn, NY
Snake Alley Festival of Film for short films [June 2013 = #2] in Burlington, Iowa
H-Town Multicultural Film Festival [June 2013 = #1] in Houston, Texas

The Martha's Vineyard Film Festival [June-Aug 2010 = #7] in Chilmark, Massachusetts

St. Louis [MO] Filmmakers Showcase [July 2005 = #5]
  Woods Hole [MA] Film Festival [July 2009 = #18]
Hawaii Ocean Film Festival [July 2011 = #6] on Kauai, Hawai'i
'Slapsticon' silent comedy film festival [2003-2013 in Arlington, VA
San Diego Comic Con Independent Film Festival [July 2012 = #17]

Roxbury [Boston MA] Film Festival [Aug 2002 = #4]
ACEfest [Aug 2010 = #4] in New York City
Landlocked Film Festival [Aug 2010 = #4] in Iowa City, Iowa
  Rural Route Film Festival [Aug 2011 = #10] in New York City

  Coney Island [NY] Film Festival [Sept 2009 = #9]
Cinesation Film Preservation Festival [Sept 2010 = #20] in Massillon, Ohio
New York City Short Film Festival [Sept 2008 = #4]
Telluride [CO] Indie Fest [Sept]
Cheyenne [WY] Western Film Festival [Sept] = call 307/635-4646
Bluegrass Independent Film Festival [Sept] in Louisville, KY
Condé Nast Traveler Intl. Film Forum, New York City [one-time only Sept 2003]
Toofy Film Festival [Sept 2006 = #3] in Boulder, CO
Ashfield Short FilmFest [Sept 2011 = #5] in Ashfield, Massachusetts
Yellowstone [MT] Film Festival [Sept]
Central Florida Film Festival [Sept 2010 = #6] in Orlando, FL
Williamsburg Intl. Film Festival [Sept 2010] in Brooklyn, New York
Emerald Eye Short Film Festival [Sept 2003 only] in NC
Tulsa Intl. Film Festival [Sept 2011 = #1] in Tulsa, Oklahoma (on Facebook)
Spirit Quest Film Festival [Sept 2009 = #1] in Erie, PA
Elgin Short Film Festival [Sept 2010 = #2] in Elgin, Illinois
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival [Sept 2009 = #11] in Birmingham, AL
Fantastic Fest [Sept 2010 = #6] in Austin, Texas
  DC Shorts Film Festival [Sept 2010 = #7] in Washington, DC
  Rome [GA] Intl. Film Festival [Sept 2011 = #8]
Denver Silent Film Festival [Sept 2017 = #7]
Alamo Drafthouse Fantastic Fest [Sept 2012 = #8] in Austin, Texas

  HaydenFilms Online Film Festival for Student & Independent Filmmakers [5.0 deadline Fall 2012]

West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival [Oct 2012 = #12]
  IndieMemphis Film Festival [Oct 2009 = #12] in Memphis, TN
Hawaii International Film Festival [Oct 2010 = #30] based in Honolulu
Syracuse [NY] International Film Festival [Oct]
Buffalo [NY] International Film Festival [Oct 2010 = #4]
Denver [CO] Indigenous Film & Arts Festival 'Connections' [Oct 2013 = #10]
Sun Valley [Idaho] International Film Festival [March 2013 = #14?]
Kansas Intl. Film Festival [Oct 2010 = #10] in Overland Park, Kansas
Midwest Film Festival [est. Oct 2003] in Scottsbluff, NE
Eerie Horror Film Festival [Oct 2009 = #6] in Erie, PA
San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival [Oct 2004-2013 = defunct]
Chicago Intl. Children's Film Festival [Oct 2010 = #27]
Chicago Intl. Film Festival [Oct 2013 = #49]
FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival [Oct 2009 = #12]
Ellensburg [WA] Film Festival [Oct 2009 = #5]
G.I.A.A. Festival of Short Films & Videos [Oct 2010 = #4] in New York City

Asheville [NC] Film Festival [Nov]
  Northwest Film & Video Festival [Nov 2004 = #30] in Portland, Oregon
St. Louis [MO] International Film Festival [Nov 2005 = #14]
Red Rock Film Festival [2011 = #5] at Zion Canyon, Utah
Starz Denver Intl. Film Festival [Nov 2013 = #36] in Colorado
  Big Apple Film Festival [Nov 2010 = #7] in Tribeca, New York City
  Cucalorus Film Festival [Nov 2009 = #15] in Wilmington, NC
  Fort Lauderdale Intl. Film Festival [Nov 2011 = #26] in Florida

Myrtle Beach [SC] International Film Festival [Dec 2009 = #5]
Black Maria Film + Video Festival [Dec 2009 = #29] in Jersey City, NJ

Arizona  Film  Festivals

  Sedona [AZ] Intl. Film Festival & Workshop [Feb 2017 = #23]
Western Film Festival [March 2003 = #13] in Scottsdale, Arizona
Phoenix Film Festival [April 2010 = #10] in Arizona
Tombstone [AZ] Western Film Festival & Symposium [July 2005 = #5]
Winslow [AZ] Film Festival [Oct 2003 = #2]
International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #6] in Phoenix, Arizona
Tucson [AZ] Film & Music Festival [Oct 2010 = #6]
The Wild Bunch Film Fest [Oct 2018 = #3] in Downtown Willcox, Arizona
multi-venue Film Fest Tucson [Oct 2019 = #5]
9-day Loft Film Fest [Nov 2019 = #10] in Tucson, Arizona
traveling International Uranium Film Festival in the U.S.A. [Nov 2013 = #1] in Arizona & New Mexico

California  Film  Festivals

Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival [Jan 2007 = #5]
Palm Springs [CA] Intl. Film Festival [Jan 2009 = #20]
Santa Barbara [CA] Intl. Film Festival [Jan-Feb 2012 = #27]
San Luis Obispo [CA] Intl. Film Festival [March 2007 = #13]
Sebastopol [California] Documentary Film Festival [March 2010 = #3]
Mexico International Film Festival & Awards [Spring 2011 = #4] in San Diego, California

Newport Beach [CA] Film Festival [April 2010 = #11]
San Francisco Intl. Film Festival [April 2019 = #62!]
International Family Film Festival [April 2004 = #10] in Valencia, California
Tiburon International Film Festival [April 2017 = #16] in Tiburon, California
California Independent Film Festival [April 2010 = #12] in Orinda, California
Monsterpalooza [April 2011 = #3] in Burbank, California
Palm Springs [CA] Arthur Lyons Noir Film Festival [May 2009 = #9]
Coachella Independent Film Festival [May 2004 = #5] in Indio, California
Catalina Island Museum Silent Film Benefit [May 2017 = #30]

San Francisco [CA] Silent Film Festival Winter Event [May-June 2018 = #14]
San Francisco [CA] Frozen Film Festival [July 2010 = #4]
San Francisco [CA] Silent Film Festival [July 2009 = #14]

San Francisco [CA] Jewish Film Festival [July-Aug 2003 = #23]
Palm Springs [CA] Intl. Short Film Festival [Aug 2009 = #13]

Big Bear Lake [CA] Intl. Film Festival [Sept 2013 = #14]
Outfest: San Diego [CA] Gay & Lesbian Film Festival [Sept 2003 = #6]
Lake Arrowhead [CA] Celebration of Film [Sept]
Channel Islands Indie F/F in Oxnard, CA [Sept 2003 = #6]
San Diego [CA] Underwater Film Festival [Sept 2003]
Sacramento [CA] Horror Film Festival [Sept 2009 = #3]
Mill Valley Film Festival [Oct 2011 = #34] in Marin County, California
San Diego [CA] Asian Film Festival [Oct 2003 = #4]
Shasta County Arts Council Silent Film Festival [Oct 2018 = #12] in Redding, California
United Nations Association Film Festival [Oct 2010 = #13] at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California
Lone Pine [CA] Film Festival [Oct 2011 = #22]

Bakersfield Independent Film Festival [Nov 2012 = #4] on Facebook
San Diego [CA] Latino Film Festival [Nov 2011 = #17]

Los Angeles / Hollywood Film Festivals
Jan-Feb • March-April • May-June • July-Aug • Sept-Oct • Nov-Dec

A.S.F.L.A. Scandinavian Film Festival [Jan-Feb 2003 = #4]

Hollywood Black Film Festival [Feb]
Pan-African Film Festival [Feb 2004 = #12]
Santa Monica [CA] Film Festival [Feb 2015 = #10]
A.C.F. Freedom Film Festival [Feb 2003 = #6]
Israel Film Festival [Feb-May]

The Other Venice Film Festival [March 2004 = #1] in Venice, CA
Spaghetti Western Film Festival [March 2011 = #1] at the historic El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA
HollyWeb Festival [March 2012 = #1] for web series

American Cinematheque's Festival of Film Noir in April
[1999 = #1] • [2000 = #2] • [2001 = #3] • [2002 = #4] • [2003 = #5] • [2004 = #6]
[2005 = #7] • [2006 = #8] • [2007 = #9] • [2008 = #10] • [April 2009 = #11]
[April 2010 = #12]

L.A. Italian Film Awards Festival [April 2003 = #5]
Polish Film Festival in L.A. [April 2004 = #5]
Going Green Film Festival [April 2012] at The Grove in Los Angeles {website closed}
  L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival [April 2012 = #4] in Los Angeles
Malibu Intl. Film Festival [April 2005 = #6]
City of Lights, City of Angels (COLCOA) Festival of French Cinema [April 2015 = #19]
MethodFest Breakout Independent Film Festival [April 2004 = #6] in Burbank, CA
L.A. Harbor Intl. Film Festival [April-May 2005 = #2]
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles [April 2005 = #3]
Inspiration Film Festival [April 2005 = #1] in Santa Monica, CA

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival [April-May 2005 = #21]
Beverly Hills [CA] Film Festival [May 2004]
FirstGlance Hollywood Film Festival [May 2009 = #9]
Los Angeles [CA] FilmFest [June 2010 = #16]
CineGear Expo [June 2010 = #14] at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA

Dances With Films at Grauman's Chinese Theater [June 2012 = #15]

Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival [July 2004 = #22]

L.A. Chinatown F/F [July-Aug 2003 = #3] [note: pdf file]
InFACT™ Theatrical Documentary Showcase {formerly DOCtober} [Aug 2003]
Feel Good Film Festival [Aug 2009 = #2] in Hollywood, CA
Artivist Film Festival [August 2011 = #8] in Hollywood, CA
Intl. Documentary Assn. [est. 1982] DocuWeek Festival in L.A. [Aug 2007 = #11]
Women's Image Network Film Festival [Aug 2004 = #5]
Don't Knock the Rock Film & Music Festival [Aug 2003 = #1]

World 3-D Film Expo [Sept 2003]
Malibu [CA] International Film Festival [Sept 2004 = #5]
SoCal Independent Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #3] in Huntington Beach, CA
Cinema City International Film Festival [Sept 2009 = #3] in Century City (West Los Angeles)
SingaFest Asian Film Festival [Sept-Oct 2011 = #1] in Westwood (West Los Angeles), CA
Santa Catalina Island Film Festival [Sept 2018 = #8]

Westwood Intl. Film Festival [Oct 2006 = #2] in Los Angeles, CA
Culver City [CA] Film Festival [Fall 2015 = #2]
Marina del Rey [CA] Film Festival [Fall 2015 = #1]
L.A. Femme Intl. Film Festival [Oct 2011 = #7] in Hollywood, CA
Backlot Film Festival [Oct 2009 = #6] in Culver City, CA
ShriekFest: Los Angeles Intl. Horror/SciFi Film Festival [Oct 2010 = #10]

Vietnamese Intl. F/F [Oct-Nov 2003 = #1]
A.F.I. Fest 'presented by Audi' [Oct-Nov 2009 = #23] in Hollywood, CA

Festival of German Cinema L.A. [Nov]
Intl. Buddhist Film Festival [Nov 2003 = #1]
PXL This Film Festival [Nov]
All Sports Film Festival [Nov 2012 = #4] in North Hollywood, CA
Hungarian Film Festival [Nov 2010 = #10] in West Los Angeles, CA
Nihilist Film Festival [Dec 2003 = #5]
Valley Film Festival [Dec 2004] in North Hollywood, CA

New  Mexico  Film  Festivals
Magic Lantern's New Mexico Film Industry Pages

RioFest Intl. Environmental Film Festival [Jan 2007 = #1] in Socorro, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico Italian Film Festival [Feb 2010 = #4]
New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [January 2015] in Santa Fe, New Mexico
New Mexico Italian Film & Culture Festival [Feb 2017 = #10] in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Sin Fronteras {Latino/Latina} Film Festival [April 2006 = #4] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Taos [NM] Picture Show film festival [April 2005 = #2]
Indigenous Independent Film Festival [April 2006 = #1] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Roswell [NM] Intl. SciFi Film Festival [April 2019 = #9]
Organ Mountain Film Festival [May 2005] in Las Cruces, New Mexico

¡Cine Magnífico! Latino Film Festival [May-June 2013 = #1] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [July 2006 = #9]
Festival of Film Noir [July 2012 = #9] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July]
Roswell [NM] Film Festival "1947" [2007 = #1?]
PAHfest Digital Media Festival [July 2006] in Grants, New Mexico
Local Shorts Film Festival [Aug 2007 = #5] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Native Cinema Showcase [Aug 2017 = #17] in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Albuquerque [NM] Film Festival [Aug 2011 = #3] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Future Voices Native Film & Video Festival [Aug 2017 = #8] of Santa Fe, New Mexico

Northern New Mexico Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2] in Las Vegas, New Mexico
Wild Film! International Wildlife Film Festival [Sept 2007] in Taos, New Mexico
White Sands Intl. Film Festival [Sept 2014 = #10] in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Santa Fe Animal Shelter's Bow Wow Film Festival [Sept 2018 = #2] in New Mexico

Santa Fe [NM] Independent Film Festival [Oct 2013 = #5]
Silver City [NM] Short Film Festival [Oct 2008 = #3]
Gallup [NM] Film Festival [Sept 2019 = #8]
Gallup [NM] Inter-Cultural Film Festival [Sept-Oct 2005] = defunct
Way OUT West Film Fest {formerly SW Gay & Lesbian F/F} [Oct 2019 = #15] in Albuquerque & Santa Fe
Taos [NM] Shortz Film Fest [Oct 2019 = #13]
New Mexico Middle-Eastern Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #2]
Duke City DocFest [Oct 2010 = #1] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fiery Film Fest [Oct 2005 = #5] in Clovis, New Mexico
Taos [NM] Mountain Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #5]
Fans of Film Festival for Social & Environmental Change [Oct 2010 = #2] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Pueblo Film Fest [Nov 2018 = #5] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
traveling International Uranium Film Festival in the U.S.A. [Nov 2013 = #1] in Arizona & New Mexico
Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Dec 2019 = #20]

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