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Women’s History Month
Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Click here to enjoy articles in SCREEN Magazine's HERStory Section.
Ann Arbor Film Festival
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the oldest avant-garde and experimental film festival in North America, founded by George Manupelli in 1963. Internationally recognized as a premiere forum for independent filmmakers and artists, each year's festival engages audiences with remarkable cinematic experiences. The six-day festival presents 40 programs with more than 180 films from over 20 countries...
Cleveland International Film
The Cleveland International Film Festival promotes artistically and culturally significant film arts through education and exhibition to enrich the life of the community. Click here to learn more!
Sunny Side Up Film Festival
SUNNY SIDE UP FILM FESTIVAL is an international film festival. Join us for a family fun weekend, and experience a film festival competition held in the beautiful iconic Coleman Theatre in Miami, Oklahoma! Located on Route 66 and nestled in the four state area of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri & Oklahoma! The Coleman Theatre is a...
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Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival
Onion City is one of the premiere international festivals exclusively devoted to experimental film and video. Onion City was founded in the 1980s by the Experimental Film Coalition. Chicago Filmmakers assumed responsibility for the festival in 2001, and expanded the size and opened it up to video work as well as film. Onion City presents...
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Capital City Film Festival
The CAPITAL CITY FILM FESTIVAL's (CCFF) mission is to celebrate artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experiences for our community. Our festival is a 10-day party with opportunities to connect with artists from around the world *and* Michigan filmmaking legends at mixers and Q&As throughout. We showcase an eclectic mix of traditional...
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Central Film Festival in Missouri
Central Film Festival is one of the only student-led, High School film festivals in the country. Hosted in beautiful Springfield, Missouri.
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Michigan Music Video Awards
The MICHIGAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS celebrates the best music videos by Michigan artists. The Michigan music industry has a rich and diverse history and talent, from Motown to rock, and this festival aims to showcase that.
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Athens International Film and Video Festival
Founded in 1974, the AIFVF has been presenting the best in international film for 49 years. Known globally as a festival that supports cinema from underground and marginalized populations, the AIFVF represents the values that we share as a community. It is a champion of justice and provides a voice for underrepresented artists and viewpoints...
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Chicago Latino Film Festival
The Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF) is produced every April by the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC), a pan-Latino, nonprofit, multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to developing, promoting, and increasing awareness of Latino culture among Latinos and other communities by presenting a wide variety of art forms. The Chicago Latino Film Festival is considered...
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
Founded in 1962, MSP Film Society is Minnesota’s foremost film exhibition organization, and a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We bring the best of international and independent cinema to Minnesota audiences through the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, numerous niche film festivals and series, and daily programming 365-days a year. We promote the art of film as...
Wisconsin Film Festival
Some festivals rely entirely on submissions for their titles, while others are completely curated and programmed without a request for submissions. The Wisconsin Film Festival works both ways in its efforts to showcase emerging local talent while presenting the best films available from around the globe. The Festival presents quality work from outside the mainstream...
AfterImage Film Festival in St. Charles, IL
The AfterImage Film Festival is an annual celebration of independent film held in the Fox Valley region of Illinois. AfterImage strives to present critically-acclaimed films to passionate audiences with the vision of becoming a premier Midwest film festival. Click here for more about this film festival!
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Red Dirt Film Festival
The Red Dirt Film Festival is held in Stillwater, OK, bringing with it a bouquet of cultural flavor in the form of films and live music. Recently named one of FilmFreeway's Top 100 Film Festivals out of the nearly 9,000 worldwide, The Red Dirt International Film Festival is where film and music goes to have...
Columbus International Film & Animation Festival
The Columbus International Film & Animation Festival is the oldest film festival in the United States. The festival introduces central Ohio to the best independent filmmakers from around the world. Through the years, the festival has honored thousands of films, filmmakers, and producers. The festival’s awards remain a revered prize for industry professionals, but the...
Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival
The organization's mission is to encourage independent filmmakers with Iowa ties to continue improving their craft, to provide a place to specifically showcase their films, present a unique cultural event to the community, and to offer networking opportunities for the purpose of building connections between Iowa-connected filmmakers everywhere. Click here for more about this film...
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Indy Film Fest
Indy Film Fest was founded in 2004 to celebrate the art of cinema and to create a shared experience around film in Indianapolis. We are a non-profit, international, independent film festival programming both features and shorts. Our all-volunteer staff strives to bring the best films the industry has to offer to our community from home...
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Branson International Film Festival
Branson International Film Festival is designed to educate, equip and empower Independent Christian Filmmakers while celebrating their creative diversity. At this time, it is the only faith-based film festival being hosted in the Missouri Region.
Milwaukee Film Festival
Much like our 2021 vintage, Milwaukee Film has fully moved to spring, but unlike last year, we're going to be having the party of the year in person! We're excited to be together again for the first time in years, but fear not - if you're not yet ready to join us at the cinema,...
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The Fault Line Film Festival in Cape Girardeau
The Fault Line Film Festival at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau is an annual narrative short film competition for university and high school students throughout the Midwest. The festival, celebrating its 12th year, offers cash prizes and trophies in several categories, as well as a $1000 grand prize to the Best of Festival...
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WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
The oldest Independent Film Festival in the whole wide world! WorldFest gave first awards to giants of the film industry, including Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee, the Coen Brothers, Ridley Scott, John Lee Hancock, Brian de Palma, Randal Kleiser, Oliver Stone, David Lynch and literally hundreds more!
Wildcat Spirit Short Film Festival at Wayne State College
The Wildcat Spirit Short Film Festival at Wayne State College is a great opportunity to meet other filmmakers and grow in your filmmaking skills, with the opportunity to show and discuss your film project at WSC. The festival is open to high school and undergraduate college students from Nebraska, Iowa, & South Dakota only and...
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Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Since 2012 The Julien Dubuque International Film Festival has been dedicated to enriching the community and bridging cultures through the education and promotion of the arts through independent film.
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Iowa City Int’l Documentary Film Festival
The Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (ICDOCS) is an annual event run by students at the University of Iowa. Our mission is to engage local audiences with the exhibition of recent short films that explore the boundaries of nonfiction filmmaking. We seek innovative new works of 30 minutes or less that both complicate and...
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival
Cinema Femme is the voice of the female film experience, a platform for stories by womxn in film and their allies that aims to inspire change in the industry. Our short film festival is an extension of our mission, and the womxn we feature (cinemafemme.com). Click here for more info!
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Doc10 Film Festival
Doc10 is Chicago’s only all-documentary film festival and provides an engaging experience for its audiences, reaching thousands of local cinephile.