The Film Festival Data API

Find every festival accepting submissions right now.

Search 14,000+ film festivals across 30 categories. Filter by genre, category, deadline, country, and fee maximum. Built for filmmakers and platforms that need reliable festival data without the scraping headache.

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Also available through RapidAPI, Apyhub, Zapier, API.market, Apify, and n8n.

No credit card required - 14,000+ festivals tracked - 99.9% uptime

Terminal

$ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  https://festivalapi.com/v1/festivals?category=short_film

{
  "festival_id": "SF-SF-042",
  "name": "San Francisco Short Film Festival",
  "category": "short_film",
  "festival_score": 87,
  "deadline": "2026-08-15",
  "submission_fee": 35,
  "details": {
    "genres": ["drama", "comedy"],
    "country": "US"
  },
  "last_updated": "2026-06-28T10:30:00Z"
}

1M+

API Requests Served

14,000+

Festivals Tracked

99.9%

Uptime

Everything you need to build festival-aware apps

One API. All the data. No scraping required.

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Festival Search

Search 14,000+ film festivals across 30 categories. Filter by genre, category, deadline, country, and fee maximum. Find the right festivals for your film.

✓ Short film, feature, documentary
✓ Genre: horror, sci-fi, comedy, animation
✓ Filter by country and deadline

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Festival Details

Full festival profiles including primary submission deadlines, standard fees, accepted categories, and festival details. Continuously refreshed from festival organizers, film commission databases, and public submission platforms, with timestamps and source provenance.

✓ Primary submission deadlines and standard fees
✓ Eligibility and format requirements
✓ Venue and contact details

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Festival Score

Our proprietary Festival Score (0-100) ranks festivals by relevance — matching your film's category, genre, budget, and preferences for quick discovery.

✓ Category and genre matching
✓ Fee and deadline scoring
✓ Relevance-ranked results

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Programming Profiles

See what a festival actually programs, based on its historical roster of screened films, not just what it says it accepts. Years analyzed, dominant categories, award categories, and confidence.

✓ Dominant categories and trends
✓ Common award categories
✓ Sample size + confidence level

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Calendar & Deadlines

A unified, date-sorted feed of upcoming festival events and submission deadlines, plus a closing-soon alert list. Perfect for filmmaker calendars, deadline alerts, and Zapier/n8n workflows.

✓ Upcoming events + deadlines, one feed
✓ Deadlines closing soon (N days)
✓ iCal export for calendar apps

Built for real film industry products

See how Festival API fits filmmaker platforms, discovery apps, and submission research workflows.

Filmmaker Platforms

Power recommendation engines, shortlist tools, and deadline-aware festival discovery for filmmakers.

See filmmaker platform use case

Discovery Apps and Directories

Turn static listings into searchable festival discovery products with country, genre, and deadline filters.

See discovery app use case

Submission Consultants and Agencies

Shortlist festivals faster, track deadlines, and standardize client research with structured data.

See consultant workflow use case

Integrations and developer entry points

Choose the Festival API integration path that fits your stack, workflow, or evaluation style.

Python Client

Install from PyPI and build shortlist tools, dashboards, notebooks, and backend services fast.

See Python integration

Node.js Client

Use npm for JavaScript backends, serverless handlers, and filmmaker product workflows.

See Node.js integration

Apify Actor

Run recurring festival searches, exports, and webhook-friendly jobs without custom schedulers.

See Apify integration

RapidAPI

Try Festival API through a marketplace flow with generated samples and RapidAPI billing.

See RapidAPI page

APIDog

Interactive docs with live endpoint testing and auto-generated code snippets for any language.

Open APIDog docs

Apyhub

Interactive playground with live endpoint testing and one-key billing across the Apyhub catalog.

See Apyhub listing

API.market

Discover and evaluate Festival API through a marketplace workflow with API access and marketplace procurement.

See API.market listing

Zapier

Connect Festival API to Slack, Gmail, Google Sheets, and 9000+ apps — no code required.

See Zapier integration

n8n

Verified n8n node, available in the node panel — search, detail, and roster operations.

See n8n integration

Up and running in minutes

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Grab your API key

Find your key in the dashboard and add it to your request headers.

Start querying

Hit the API and find festivals accepting submissions. Search costs 1 credit.

Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing

Buy credits when you need them. Credits valid for 1 year. No subscriptions, no surprises.

Starter

$20

2,000 credits

$0.01 per credit

Perfect for testing and festival discovery

Pro

$50

5,000 credits

$0.01 per credit

For regular use and production integrations

Business

$200

22,000 credits

$0.009 per credit

High-volume API access at the best rate

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In the Press

Coverage and announcements from around the web.

July 8, 2026

VersusMedia Launches Festival API to Help Developers and Filmmakers Discover Active Film Festivals Worldwide

"Festival API tracks 14,000+ active, verified film festivals across 30 categories and 192 countries, providing structured data on primary deadlines, standard fees, accepted categories, genres, venues, rosters, and relevance-ranked Festival Scores."

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