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Experimental film festivals
We list 114 experimental film festivals across 28 countries. The most are in the United States (20), Canada (7) and Brazil (6). Dated editions cluster in November and July.
Coming up in the next six months
- South Carolina Underground Film FestivalNorth Charleston, United StatesNovember 6–8, 2026
- Calgary Underground Film FestivalCalgary, CanadaNovember 18–22, 2026
- Art Experimental Screenings Film Festival Fresh StreamGeorgiaNovember 26–27, 2026
- Tampa Bay Underground Film FestivalTampa Bay area, United StatesDecember 3–6, 2026
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By country
All experimental film festivals
- The Film-Makers' CooperativeUnited States
- Lausanne Underground Film and Music FestivalLausanne, Switzerland
- Boston Underground Film FestivalBoston, United States
- BeFilm the Underground Film FestivalUnited States
- CUFF - Community Underground Film FestivalUnited States
- New York Underground Film FestivalNew York City, United States
- Hamilton Underground Film FestivalHamilton, New Zealand
- Sydney Underground Film FestivalSydney, Australia
- VideoexZurich, Switzerland
- Brooklyn Underground Film FestivalBrooklyn, United States
- Copenhagen Underground Film FestivalCopenhagen, Denmark
- New Haven Underground Film FestivalUnited States
- Seoul International Experimental Film FestivalSeoul, South Korea
- Melbourne Underground Film FestivalSt Kilda, Australia
- ONED Art/Experimental Film FestivalFrance, France
- Calgary Underground Film FestivalCalgary, CanadaNovember 18–22, 2026
- Chicago Underground Film FestivalChicago, United StatesJune 9–13, 2027
- Denver Underground Film FestivalDenver, United States
- EXiS Experimental Film and Video FestivalSeoul, South Korea
- Paris Festival for Different and Experimental CinemasL'Archipel, France
- UNDERDOX Film FestivalMunich, Germany
- 25 FPS International Experimental Film and Video FestivalZagreb, Croatia
- Onion City Experimental Film + Video FestivalChicago, United States
- G Underground Film FestivalMelbourne, Australia
- Cannes Indie International Film Festival || Experimental, Feature & ShortCannes, France
- Druid Underground Film FestivalLos Angeles, United States
- Alchemy Film and Moving Image FestivalHawick, United Kingdom
- Arizona Underground Film FestivalTucson, United States
- Celluloidra Revolverrel - Hungarian Experimental Film FestivalHungary
- Experimental Film Guanajuato
- Istanbul International Experimental Film FestivalIstanbul, Turkey
- Liverpool Underground Film Festival
- Moviate Underground Film Festival
- Movieate Underground Film FestivalHarrisburg, United States
- NOOGA Underground Film Festival
- Pile of Bones Underground Film FestivalCanada
- Saigon Experimental Film FestivalVietnam
- Style, Experimental, Fashion Film Festival
- UnderGround Film FestivalIreland
- Athens Avant-Garde Film FestivalAthens, Greece
- CineAutopsia - Festival de Cine Experimental de Bogotá
- Engauge Experimental Film Festival
- Experimental Forum
- Experimental Superstars
- Experimental, Dance & Music Film FestivalCanada
- Kansas City Underground Film Festival
- Los Angeles International Underground Film FestivalLos Angeles, United States
- Milwaukee Underground Film FestivalMilwaukee, United States
- non-syntax Experimental ImageJapan
- permanente.ciclo - experimental arts festivalArgentina, Argentina
- Bogotá Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsiaBogotá, Colombia
- DIAMETRALE. Experimental Film FestivalAustria, Austria
- FEDAXV - Festival Diseño Audiovisual Experimental Valdivia
- FENDA - Experimental Festival of Film ArtsBrazil
- Fetifest in Hamburg: Japans Underground Film FestivalJapan
- Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film & Video
- Kinodot Experimental Film Festival
- London Experimental
- MagikalCharm Experimental Video & Film Festival
- Pan-Cinema Experimental - Curitiba Int`l Exp. Film FestivalCuritiba, Brazil
- South Carolina Underground Film FestivalNorth Charleston, United StatesNovember 6–8, 2026
- Video Art and Experimental Film Festival
- Alternative Night of Experimental Film
- Art Experimental Screenings Film Festival Fresh StreamGeorgiaNovember 26–27, 2026
- Atlanta Underground Film FestivalAtlanta, United StatesAugust 12–15, 2027
- BYRON BAY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVALAustralia, Australia
- Festival International de video y cine experimental Vallecas Puerta del Cine
- Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival (FLEX)
- Moscow International Experimental Film Festival
- Rivercity Underground Film Festival
- South Texas Underground Film FestivalCorpus Christi, United States
- South Texas Underground Film Festival (STUFF)
- Tampa Bay Underground Film FestivalTampa Bay area, United StatesDecember 3–6, 2026
- TRANÅS AT THE FRINGE - International Screening of Experimental Films and VideopoemsJuly 14–17, 2027
- Video Art and Experimental film works
- Celaya Experimental Film
- CineToro Experimental Film FestivalColombia
- Experimental BrasilBrazil
- Miami Underground Film Festival
- Proceso de Error - Festival Internacional de Video ExperimentalChile
- Squat Betty Avant Garde Film Night
- Sudbury's Tiny Underground Film FestivalCanada
- BIEFF Bucharest International Experimental Film FestivalBucharest, Romania
- Bucharest International Experimental Film FestivalBucharest, Romania
- Burnt Video Art and Experimental Film FestivalCanada
- Carbunari International Experimental Film Festival
- International experimental film and arts festival „Suspaustas Laikas“Lithuania
- Kinoskop - Analog Experimental Film Festival
- Nur Box Experimental Film FestivalCanada
- PDXtreme - Portland Underground Film Fest
- Portland Underground Film FestivalPortland, United States
- Prague Underground Film Festival
- Wunderground Film FestivalBelgium, Belgium
- BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival
- CODEC Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental y Vídeo
- EFEA - Experimental Film East Anglia
- Manchester Experimental Film Festival
- éphémère ~ London experimental film
- FeX - Festival eXperimental de CinemaBrazil
- Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival
- Los Angeles Underground Film Festival
- Strangloscope – Experimental Video/Film, Audio, Performance International FestivalBrazil
- The Unforeseen - International Experimental Film Festival
- 01 NFT | New Media | Experimental | Digital Arts Film Festival | United Kingdom
- Catacumba Underground Film Festival
- Experimental Fiction Filmmaking Festival (INEFF)
- LA Underground Film Forum
- Oakland Underground Film Festival
- Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art FestivalCanada
- Ribalta Experimental Film FestivalItaly
- Strangloscope - Experimental Audio, Video / Film and Performance FestivalBrazil
- Experimental Film Festival ProcessLatvia
- International Experimental Film FestivalGreece
- San Diego Underground Film Festival
Built from our directory of 15,028 festivals. Dates are listed only when we could source them (Wikidata or the festival’s own site). Spot a mistake? Tell us.