Keep an eye on film festivals here and Irish film festivals abroad.
This list will be updated throughout the year as festival dates are announced.
If there’s a festival you are involved with or know of that we haven’t listed, please do let us know at filmireland@gmail.com
Film Festivals in Ireland:
Dublin Smartphone Film Festival (25 January 2020)Silk Road Film Festival Dublin ( 21 - 25 January 2020)Psychoanalytic Film Festival (31 January - 1 February 2020)Rathmullan Film Fest Donegal (20 – 23 February 2020)Dublin International Film Festival (26 February– 8 March 2020)Irish Adventure Film Festival Westport, Co. Mayo (29th February 2020)Cork French Film Festival (TBA)First Cut! Youth Film Festival (11 – 14 March 2020)The Catalyst Film Festival Limerick (20 - 21 March 2020)(20 - 21 March 2020)Ireland Wildlife Film Festival Galway, Dublin, Westport (23 - 26 March 2020)Fresh Film Festival Limerick (23 28 March 2020)International Student Documentary Festival Cork (23 - 24 April 2020)East Asia Film Festival Ireland Dublin (30th July - 5th August))Belfast Film Festival (1 - 9 April 2020)Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival Cork (20 – 24 May 2020)Galway Film Fleadh (7 – 12 July 2020)Still Voices Short Film Festival Longford (13 – 16 August 2020)IFI Documentary Festival Dublin (21– 27 September 2020)GAZE International LGBT Film Festival Dublin (30th September - 4th October)Wexford Documentary Film Festival (October 2020)
Disappear Here Film Festival Donegal (25 - 27 September)Spook Scene Cork (29th October - 1st November)Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival Belfast (1 - 31 October 2020)Kilkenny Animated (2 - 4 October)OFFline Offaly (3 - 11 October)IndieCork (4 -11 October 2020)Her International Film Festival
(10 - 14 October)Dublin Animation Film Festival (18 -19 October)Kerry Film Festival (15 – 18 October 2020)Richard Harris International Film Festival Limerick (20 - 26 October)IFI Horrorthon Dublin (22 - 26 October 2020)Dublin Independent Film Festival (4th November)Science on Screen Film Festival (5 - 8 November)
Cork Film Festival (8 – 15 November 2020)Carlow International Film Festival (14 – 17 November 2020)Iffy Short Film Festival Dublin (November 2020 TBC)Waterford Film Festival (20 - 22 November)Subtitle European Film Festival (23 - 29 Nov 2020)Luminous Void Experimental Film Festival Cork (TBA)Junior Galway Film Fleadh (10 - 14 November 2020)IFI French Film Festival Dublin (11 - 22 November 2020)Dublin International Comedy Film Festival (3rd December 2020)
Foyle Film Festival Derry (26–28 November.)Dublin Arabic Film Festival (11 - 13 December 2020)