Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is the largest national film festival. Every year in June, on the Black sea coast in Sochi, the top talents of Russian cinema come together: directors, producers, actors, script writers, directors of photography. Founded in 1991.

Short Film and Animation Film Festival in Bristol. The leading competitive short film festival in the UK; strong film industry focus, good prizes for international shorts. The Encounters Short Film Festival is also the place to discover talented new filmmakers and meet key people from the film industry. Founded in 1996.

International Film Festival in New York was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese and Craig Hatkoff to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking capital and to contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The festival has been quite successful so far.

The Raindance Film Festival is the largest and most important independent film festival in the UK. Raindance showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans and filmmakers. Founded in 1993.