This is a list of existing major film festivals, sorted by continent.
The world's oldest film festival is the Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica (Venice Film Festival), while the most prestigious film festivals in the world, known as the "Big Three", are (listed chronologically according to the date of foundation): Venice, Cannes and Berlin. The most prestigious film festivals in North America are Sundance and Toronto.
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America and the Caribbean
Traveling and online festivals
See also
- List of film awards
- List of film festivals in South America
- List of film festivals in Europe
- List of film festivals in North and Central America
- List of film festivals in Oceania
- List of fantastic and horror film festivals
- List of documentary film festivals
- List of short film festivals
- List of women's film festivals
- Lists of films
Notes
References
External links
- Movie festivals and events worldwide at the Internet Movie Database




