Genre Film Festivals in the USA, Sorted by State, Then Date

The table below is a scrollable directory of genre film festivals in the United States of America, organized by state, then date (the date that the event begins).

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Event NameAlternate NameType of EventCityState (full name)State (postal abbre-viation)Regular Submission DeadlineEvent Beginning DateEvent Ending Date
Anchorage International Film FestivalAIFFFilm FestivalAnchorageAlaskaAKTBD12/01/2312/09/23
American Horror Film Festival Film FestivalTempeArizonaAZ05/07/2209/16/2209/16/22
Arizona Underground Film FestivalAZUFFFilm FestivalTucsonArizonaAZ06/17/2209/16/2209/24/22
Chandler International Film FestivalCIFFFilm FestivalChandlerArizonaAZ06/25/2201/21/2301/29/23
Apex Short Film + Music Video Festival Film FestivalTucsonArizonaAZ08/31/2202/25/2302/25/23
Arizona International Film Festival Film FestivalTucsonArizonaAZ01/30/2304/19/2304/30/23
Apocalypse Later International Fantastic Film FestivalALIFFFFilm FestivalPhoenixArizonaAZ07/01/2310/07/2310/09/23
El Dorado Film Festival Film FestivalEl DoradoArkansasAR06/14/1910/11/1910/13/19
Fayetteville Film Fest Film FestivalFayettevilleArkansasAR05/31/2210/20/2210/22/22
Artemis Women in Action Film Festival Film FestivalSanta Monica and Beverly HillsCaliforniaCAclosed04/22/2104/25/21
Cinema at the Edge Film FestivalCATEFilm FestivalSanta MonicaCaliforniaCA06/30/2109/24/2109/26/21
Asians on Film Festival of Shorts Film FestivalLos AngelesCaliforniaCA09/01/2101/01/2201/31/22
DTLA Film Festival Film FestivalLos AngelesCaliforniaCA06/01/2209/14/2209/18/22
Berkeley Video & Film Festival Film FestivalBerkeleyCaliforniaCA08/10/2210/28/2210/30/22
Cinequest Film & VR FestivalCQFFFilm FestivalSan Jose and Redwood CityCaliforniaCA10/14/2202/28/2303/12/23
FirstGlance Film Festival Los Angeles Film FestivalLos AngelesCaliforniaCA11/23/2203/16/2303/19/23
Beverly Hills Film FestivalBHFFFilm FestivalLos Angeles and Beverly HillsCaliforniaCA10/31/2204/12/2304/16/23
Cine Gear Expo Film Series Screening Film FestivalLos AngelesCaliforniaCA02/10/2306/01/2306/04/23
Film Invasion Los AngelesFilm Invasion L.A.Film FestivalLos AngelesCaliforniaCA01/15/2306/08/2306/08/23
Dances With FilmsDWF:LAFilm FestivalHollywoodCaliforniaCA02/15/2306/15/2306/25/23
Etheria Film NightEtheria Film FestivalFilm FestivalLos AngelesCaliforniaCA12/19/2206/23/2306/25/23
Comic-Con International Independent Film FestivalCCI-IFFFilm FestivalSan DiegoCaliforniaCA02/01/2307/20/2307/23/23
Brainwash Drive-In Bike-In Walk-In Movie Festival Film FestivalDoyleCaliforniaCA05/01/2308/25/2308/27/23
Catalina Film Festival Film FestivalLong Beach and AvalonCaliforniaCA02/01/2309/20/2309/24/23
Burbank International Film FestivalBIFFFilm FestivalBurbankCaliforniaCA02/28/2309/21/2309/24/23
Beyond Fest Film FestivalLos AngelesCaliforniaCA04/15/2309/24/2310/10/23
Les Femmes Underground International Film FestivalLEFUFFFilm FestivalLos AngelesCaliforniaCA05/15/2309/30/2309/30/23
Death's Parade Film Festival Film FestivalRed BluffCaliforniaCA09/01/2310/21/2310/21/23
An Anti-Hero Production Genre FestAnti-Hero FestFilm FestivalBurbankCaliforniaCA08/31/2310/25/2310/30/23
FANtastic Horror Film FestivalFHFF Film FestivalSan DiegoCaliforniaCA06/30/2310/27/2310/29/23
Culver City Film Festival Film FestivalLos AngelesCaliforniaCA06/16/2311/30/2312/07/23
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival Film FestivalSan FranciscoCaliforniaCA09/01/2312/01/2312/17/23
Accolade Global Film Competition Awards CompetitionLa JollaCaliforniaCAquarterlyquarterlyquarterly
Best Shorts CompetitionBest Shorts AwardsAwards CompetitionLa JollaCaliforniaCAquarterlyquarterlyquarterly
Dickens Horror Film Festival Film FestivalLongmontColoradoCO07/17/2210/08/2210/08/22
Depth of Field International Film FestivalDOFIFFAwards CompetitionRehoboth BeachDelawareDE09/30/2204/01/2304/01/23
DC Shorts International Film Festival Film FestivalWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaDC02/28/2209/08/2209/18/22
DC Independent Film FestivalDCIFFFilm FestivalWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaDC11/20/2203/01/2303/05/23
End of Days Film FestivalEOD film festFilm FestivalMaitlandFloridaFL03/18/2205/14/2205/14/22
Creature Feature Competition (at Necronomicon) Film FestivalTampaFloridaFL09/04/2209/23/2209/23/22
Central Florida Film FestivalCENFLOFilm FestivalMount DoraFloridaFL07/31/2201/20/2301/22/23
Florida Film FestivalFFFFilm FestivalMaitlandFloridaFL11/11/2204/14/2304/23/23
FantaSci Short Film Festival Film FestivalOviedoFloridaFL01/31/2305/13/2305/13/23
FLOW Film Festival Film FestivalHollywoodFloridaFL01/04/2305/24/2305/29/23
Cosmic Film Festival Online Film FestivalFloridaFL05/14/2306/30/2306/30/23
Freak Show Horror Film Festival Film FestivalOrlandoFloridaFL04/24/2310/13/2310/15/23
15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival Film FestivalPalm BayFloridaFL04/30/2310/15/2310/16/23
Atlanta Sci-Fi Film FestivalASCIFFFFilm FestivalAtlantaGeorgiaGA07/01/2110/29/2110/31/21
Atlanta Film FestivalATLFFFilm FestivalAtlantaGeorgiaGA09/29/2204/20/2304/30/23
Atlanta Shortsfest Film FestivalAtlantaGeorgiaGA01/31/2306/02/2306/03/23
Atlanta Underground Film FestivalAUFFFilm FestivalAtlantaGeorgiaGA02/28/2308/04/2308/06/23
Black Cat Picture Show Film FestivalAugustaGeorgiaGA04/23/2308/17/2308/20/23
Buried Alive Film Fest Film FestivalAtlantaGeorgiaGA04/30/2309/22/2309/24/23
Atlanta Horror Film Festival Film FestivalAtlantaGeorgiaGA03/31/2310/13/2310/15/23
Dragon Con Independent Film Festival Film FestivalAtlantaGeorgiaGATBDTBDTBD
Dead in Decatur Film Festival Film FestivalDecaturIllinoisILclosed07/24/2207/26/22
Cinema Soup Film Festival (part of CIL-CON) Film FestivalChicagoIllinoisIL03/31/2309/16/2309/16/23
Chicago Horror Film FestivalCHFFFilm FestivalChicagoIllinoisIL03/18/2309/23/2309/24/23
Chicago International Film Festival—After Dark ProgramChicago Film FestFilm FestivalChicagoIllinoisIL06/12/2310/11/2310/22/23
Chicago International REEL Shorts Film FestivalCIRSFFilm FestivalChicagoIllinoisIL06/12/2311/10/2311/11/23
Cedar Rapids Independent Film FestivalCRIFFFilm FestivalMarionIowaIA01/22/2304/14/2304/16/23
Annapolis Film FestivalAFFFilm FestivalAnnapolisMarylandMD09/15/2203/23/2303/26/23
Balticon Sunday Short Science Fiction Film FestivalBSSSFFFFilm FestivalBaltimoreMarylandMD03/31/2305/26/2305/29/23
Baltimore Next Media Web FestBNM Web FestFilm FestivalBaltimoreMarylandMD04/30/2311/02/2311/05/23
Boston Science Fiction Film FestivalBostonSciFiFilm FestivalSomervilleMassa-chusettsMA08/25/2202/15/2302/20/23
Boston Underground Film FestivalBUFFFilm FestivalCambridgeMassa-chusettsMA09/30/2203/22/2303/26/23
Boston International Film FestivalBIFFFilm FestivalBostonMassa-chusettsMA09/30/2204/13/2304/18/23
Ax Wound Film Festival Film FestivalBrooklineMassa-chusettsMA01/01/2309/22/2309/24/23
Flint Fright FilmFest Film FestivalVirtual in 2021MichiganMI07/14/1909/18/2109/19/21
Devil's Night Gallery Film FestivalDetroitMichiganMI08/31/2110/30/2110/30/21
Capital City Film FestivalCCFFFilm FestivalLansingMichiganMI12/05/2204/05/2304/15/23
Desmond District Demons Film FestivalDDDFilm FestivalPort HuronMichiganMI07/14/2310/13/2310/14/23
Diabolical Horror Film Festival Awards CompetitionMissouriMO05/01/2310/28/2310/31/23
Action Figure Stop Motion Film FestivalAFFFFilm Festivalmultiple citiesmultiple states01/28/22multiple dates
Druid Underground Film FestivalDUFFFilm Festivalmultiple citiesmultiple statesTBDTBDTBD
Action on Film MegaFest Film FestivalAOF FestivalFilm FestivalLas VegasNevadaNV03/31/2207/30/2207/30/22
Dam Short Film Festival Film FestivalBoulder CityNevadaNV09/30/2202/16/2302/20/23
Art All Night – TrentonAAN Film FestivalFilm FestivalTrentonNew JerseyNJclosed06/19/2106/20/21
Brightside Tavern Shorts Film Festival Film FestivalJersey CityNew JerseyNJ12/28/2203/04/2303/05/23
First Contact Film Festival Film FestivalJeffersonNew JerseyNJ11/30/2207/04/2307/04/23
Animation Block Party Film FestivalBrooklynNew YorkNYclosed08/12/2208/13/22
Brooklyn SciFi Film FestivalBSFFFFilm FestivalBrooklynNew YorkNY06/30/2210/03/2210/09/22
Adirondack Film Festival Film FestivalGlens FallsNew YorkNY04/08/2210/14/2210/16/22
Blackbird Film Festival Film FestivalCortland and HomerNew YorkNY07/26/2204/27/2304/30/23
Coney Island Film Festival Film FestivalBrooklynNew YorkNY12/16/2205/05/2305/07/23
ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival Awards CompetitionQueensNew YorkNY01/31/2305/25/2305/25/23
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival Film FestivalBrooklynNew YorkNY02/20/2306/01/2306/11/23
Festival of Cinema NYC Film FestivalForest HillsNew YorkNY02/22/2308/04/2308/13/23
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival Film FestivalWilliamsvilleNew YorkNY05/14/2308/18/2308/24/23
Buffalo International Film FestivalBIFFFilm FestivalBuffaloNew YorkNY05/12/2310/05/2310/09/23
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Film FestivalBrooklynNew YorkNY05/14/2310/12/2310/19/23
Animation Nights New York Best of FestANNY Best of FestFilm FestivalNew YorkNew YorkNYrolling11/17/2311/20/23
Aphrodite Film Awards Awards CompetitionNew YorkNew YorkNYrollingquarterlyquarterly
Down East Flick FestDEFFFilm FestivalGreenvilleNorth CarolinaNC07/23/2211/17/2211/20/22
ConCarolinas Short Film Festival Film FestivalCharlotteNorth CarolinaNC04/08/2306/02/2306/04/23
Cucalorus Film Festival Film FestivalWilmingtonNorth CarolinaNC05/26/2311/15/2311/19/23
Carrboro Film Festival Film FestivalCarrboroNorth CarolinaNC08/31/2311/17/2311/19/23
Cape Fear Independent Film FestivalCFIFFFilm FestivalWilmingtonNorth CarolinaNCclosedTBDTBD
Fargo Film FestivalFFFFilm FestivalFargoNorth DakotaND09/01/2203/21/2303/25/23
Fargo Fantastic Film FestivalFFFFFilm FestivalFargoNorth DakotaND07/09/2310/12/2310/15/23
Cleveland International Film FestivalCIFFFilm FestivalClevelandOhioOH10/31/2203/22/2304/01/23
Cinema Wasteland Movie and Memorabilia Expo Film FestivalStrongsvilleOhioOH02/01/2303/31/2304/02/23
Columbus International Film & Animation Festival Film FestivalColumbusOhioOH10/15/2204/14/2304/17/23
F3: Frankly Film Fest Film FestivalPiquaOhioOH02/24/2306/23/2306/25/23
Clean Shorts Film Festival Film FestivalNormanOklahomaOK11/30/2203/03/2303/04/23
Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival Film FestivalMuskogeeOklahomaOK11/30/2204/26/2304/30/23
BendFilm Festival Film FestivalBendOregonOR04/07/2310/12/2310/15/23
Creature Feature Weekend Film FestivalGettysburgPennsyl-vaniaPA12/31/2203/17/2303/19/23
FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia Film FestivalPhoenixvillePennsyl-vaniaPA04/26/2310/20/2310/22/23
Directors Circle Festival Of ShortsDCSFFilm FestivalEriePennsyl-vaniaPA09/09/2311/24/2312/02/23
Flickers' VORTEX Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Film Festival Film FestivalProvidenceRhode IslandRI05/15/2308/07/2308/13/23
Beaufort International Film FestivalBIFFFilm FestivalBeaufortSouth CarolinaSC08/31/2202/21/2302/26/23
AtomaCon Short Film Festival Film FestivalNorth CharlestonSouth CarolinaSC01/31/2305/05/2305/07/23
Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest Film FestivalColumbiaSouth Carolina SC01/20/2305/19/2305/21/23
Frightening Ass Film FestFAFFFilm FestivalVirtual in 2020TennesseeTNclosed10/30/2010/31/20
Chattanooga Film Festival Film FestivalTBDTennesseeTN12/01/2206/23/2306/30/23
CineSpace Day at the Houston Cinema Arts Festival Film FestivalHoustonTexasTX07/15/2211/10/2211/17/22
Austin Revolution Film FestivalARFFFilm FestivalAustinTexasTX08/15/2202/08/2302/11/23
Boomtown Film & Music Festival Film FestivalBeaumontTexasTX01/15/2305/25/2305/27/23
Austin Comedy Film FestivalACFFFilm FestivalAustinTexasTX02/28/2307/02/2307/02/23
Fort Worth Indie Film ShowcaseFWIFSFilm FestivalFort WorthTexasTX11/19/2207/13/2307/15/23
Deep in the Heart Film FestivalDitHFFFilm FestivalWacoTexasTX01/03/2307/20/2307/23/23
Fantastic Fest Film FestivalAustinTexasTX04/21/2309/21/2309/28/23
Austin Under the Stars Film FestivalAUTSFilm FestivalAustinTexasTX02/02/2310/15/2310/15/23
FilmQuest Film FestivalProvoUtahUT07/10/2310/26/2311/04/23
Burien Film FestivalBFFFilm FestivalBurienWashingtonWA08/14/2110/15/2110/25/21
BoneBat "Comedy of Horrors" Film FestivalBBFFFilm FestivalSeattleWashingtonWA03/01/2304/22/2304/22/23
Crypticon Seattle Horror Film Festival Film FestivalSeattleWashingtonWA03/08/2305/19/2305/21/23
American Horrors Film Festival Film FestivalLake GenevaWisconsinWI06/25/2110/29/2110/31/21
Beloit International Film FestivalBIFFFilm FestivalBeloitWisconsinWI07/31/2202/24/2303/05/23