January

Palm Springs International Film Festival 2026, USA, 2-13 January 2026

Tromsø International Film Festival 2026, Norway, 19-25 January 2026

Trieste Film Festival 2026, Italy, TBA

Sundance Film Festival 2026, USA, 22 January – 1 February 2026

FIPADOC International Documentary Film Festival 2026, France, 23-31 January 2026

International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026, The Netherlands, 29 January – 8 February 2026

Göteborg Film Festival 2026, Sweden, 23 January – 1 February 2026

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2026, France, 30 January – 7 February 2026

February

DocPoint Helsinki 2026, Finland, TBA

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2026, USA, 4-14 February 2026

Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Victoria Film Festival 2026, Canada, 6-15 February 2026

Available Light Film Festival 2026, Canada, TBA

Berlin International Film Festival 2026, Germany, 12-22 February 2026

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2026, USA, 13-22 February 2026

FESPACO 2027, Burkina Faso, 27 February – 6 March 2027

Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Scotland, 25 February – 8 March 2026

March

IDFF Artdocfest / Riga 2026, Latvia, 1-8 March 2026

Punto de Vista 2026, Spain, 2-7 March 2026

Tempo Documentary Festival 2026, Sweden, 2-8 March 2026

True/False Film Fest 2026, USA, 5-8 March 2026

Tampere Film Festival 2026, Finland, 4-8 March 2026

Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2026, Greece, TBA

SXSW 2026, USA, 12-18 March 2026

Manchester Film Festival 2026, UK, 13-22 March 2026

Vilnius International Film Festival 2026, Lithuania, TBA

HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival 2026, Norway, TBA

BUFF Malmö Film Festival 2026, Sweden, TBA

Visegrad Film Forum 2026, Slovakia, TBA

One World Festival 2026, Czech Republic, TBA

International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) 2026, Canada, 12-29 March 2026

Sofia International Film Festival 2026, Bulgaria, TBA

Fribourg International Film Festival 2026, Switzerland, TBA

CPH:DOX 2026, Denmark, 11-22 March 2026

Regard – Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2026, Canada, 18-22 March 2026

Boston Underground Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Cinéma du réel 2026, France, 21-28 March 2026

Kaboom Animation Festival 2026, The Netherlands, TBA

Ann Arbor Film Festival 2026, USA, 25-29 March 2026

Annapolis Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Hong Kong International Film Festival 2026, Hong Kong, TBA

April

Film & Folklore Festival 2026, Trinidad & Tobago, TBA

Cleveland International Film Festival 2026, USA, 9-18 April 2026

Vues sur mer 2026, Canada, 9-12 April 2026

Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) 2026, Vietnam, TBA

Visions du Réel 2026, Switzerland, 17-26 April 2026

Milwaukee Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Sunny Bunny 2026, Ukraine, TBA

goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film 2026, Germany, TBA

Brussels Short Film Festival 2026, Belgium, TBA

Cameroon International Film Festival 2026, Cameroon, TBA

Independent Film Festival Boston 2026, USA, TBA

Made Here Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Hot Docs 2026, Canada, TBA

Atlanta Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews 2026, USA, TBA

Novi Sad Film Festival 2026, Serbia, TBA

Jeonju International Film Festival 2026, South Korea, TBA

May

IndieLisboa 2026, Portugal, TBA

DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2026, Canada, TBA

Open City Documentary Film Festival 2026, UK, TBA

Documenta Madrid 2026, Spain, TBA

DOK.fest München 2026, Germany, TBA

Docs Barcelona 2026, Spain, TBA

Taiwan Documentary Film Festival 2026, Taiwan, TBA

Cannes Film Festival 2026, France, TBA

Beldocs Internatinoal Documentary Festival 2026, Serbia, TBA

Krakow Film Festival 2026, Poland, TBA

Vienna Shorts 2026, Austria, TBA

Leiden Shorts 2026, The Netherlands, TBA

June

Bali International Film Festival 2026, Indonesia, TBA

San Diego French Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Hamburg Short Film Festival 2026, Germany, TBA

International Film Festival Innsbruck 2026, Austria, TBA

Tribeca Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Sydney Film Festival 2026, Australia, TBA

Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2026, France, TBA

Norwegian Short Film Festival 2026, Norway, TBA

Provincetown International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

FIDADOC 2026, Morocco, TBA

Sheffield Docfest 2026, UK, TBA

Champs Elysées Film Festival 2026, France, TBA

Ouray International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

FIDBA 2026, Argentina, TBA

Brussels International Film Festival 2026, Belgium, TBA

Doc Edge 2026, New Zealand, TBA

Oak Cliff Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

International Film Festival Cologne 2026, Germany, TBA

July

Amman International Film Festival 2026, Jordan, TBA

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2026, Czech Republic, TBA

FID Marseille 2026, France, TBA

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2026, Australia, TBA

Maine International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Golden Apricot – Yerevan International Film Festival 2026, Armenia, TBA

IceDocs 2026, Iceland, TBA

Durban International Film Festival 2026, South Africa, TBA

Jerusalem Film Festival 2026, Israel/Palestine, TBA

Fantasia International Film Festival 2026, Canada, TBA

Ariano International Film Festival 2026, Italy, TBA

Cobb International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

August

Dokufest 2026, Kosovo, TBA

Membrana Film Festival 2026, UK, TBA

Locarno Film Festival 2026, Switzerland, TBA

Melbourne International Film Festival 2026, Australia, TBA

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026, Scotland, TBA

Sarajevo Film Festival 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina, TBA

Norwegian International Film Festival 2026, Norway, TBA

Oslo Pix Film Festival 2026, Norway, TBA

Venice International Film Festival 2026, Italy, TBA

Telluride Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

September

Toronto International Film Festival 2026, Canada, TBA

DMZ International Documentary Festival 2026, South Korea, TBA

Nordisk Panorama 2026, Sweden, TBA

Boston Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Fantastic Fest 2026, USA, TBA

Busan International Film Festival 2026, South Korea, TBA

Nashville Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

San Sebastian International Film Festival 2026, Spain, TBA

Tirana Film Festival 2026, Albania, TBA

Filmfest Hamburg 2026, Germany, TBA

Reykjavik International Film Festival 2026, Iceland, TBA

Zurich International Film Festival 2026, Austria, TBA

New York Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival 2026, Norway, TBA

October

Vancouver International Film Festival 2026, Canada, TBA

Mill Valley Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Altered Images Fest 2026, UK, TBA

International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2026, Lithuania, TBA

Film Fest Gent 2026, Belgium, TBA

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) 2026, Canada, TBA

Silicon Valley African Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2026, Japan, TBA

DocsMX 2026, Mexico, TBA

New York Greek Film Expo 2026, USA, TBA

NatureTrack Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

San Diego International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Philadelphia Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Black Bear Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Adelaide Film Festival 2026, Australia, TBA

Bergen International Film Festival 2026, Norway, TBA

Newport Beach Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Doclisboa 2026, Portugal, TBA

Vermont International Film Festival 2026, USA, 1TBA

Byron Bay International Film Festival 2026, Australia, TBA

Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) 2026, TBA

Planet in Focus 2026, Canada, TBA

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2026, Czech Republic, TBA

BFI London Film Festival 2026, UK, TBA

Jakarta Film Week 2026, Indonesia, TBA

DOK Leipzig 2026, Germany, TBA

November

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Festival dei Popoli 2026, Italy, TBA

Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2026, Argentina, TBA

Tucson Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2026, TBA

Coronado Island Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Indie Memphis Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Zagreb Film Festival 2026, Croatia, TBA

Cinemania 2026, Canada, TBA

Stockholm International Film Festival 2026, Sweden, TBA

PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026, Estonia, TBA

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2026, The Netherlands, TBA

DOC NYC 2026, USA, TBA

Doha Film Festival 2026, Qatar, TBA

Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) 2026, Canada, TBA

Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2026, Indonesia, TBA

Scottsdale International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Norwich Film Festival 2026, UK, TBA

Cairo International Film Festival 2026, Egypt, TBA

Marrakech International Film Festival 2026, Morocco, TBA

December

Red Sea Film Festival 2026, KSA, TBA

Anchorage International Film Festival 2026, USA, TBA

Nuevas Miradas 2026, Cuba, TBA