Festival information changes quickly: a new edition may have different dates, deadlines, categories, fees, or submission links than the last one. Festival API now provides a dedicated way for festival organizers and authorized representatives to send those details for review.
Use the Festival API Submit a Festival form when your festival is missing from Festival API, when a listing needs an update, or when you want to give the team a clearer official reference for review.
What the form is for
The form gives festival organizers, directors, submission managers, and communications teams one place to share the details that make a listing useful to filmmakers and the tools they use. It is designed for accurate context, not for a quick, unreviewed database entry.
Every submission is reviewed before publication. Sending the form does not write information directly into Festival API, and it does not guarantee inclusion. The review step helps keep public listing information clear, current, and appropriately sourced.
Information organizers can provide
A complete submission makes it easier to understand a festival and verify its current information. The form can include:
- Festival name and official website
- Submission page for filmmakers who need the current application route
- Location, including country, city, and state or province where relevant
- Event dates and current or upcoming submission deadlines
- Categories or genres the festival programs or accepts
- Submission platforms used by the festival
- Fees and any context organizers want to provide about them
- Additional details that help explain the festival, its program, or a needed correction
The form also asks for contact details and confirmation that the person submitting is authorized to provide the information. That context helps the team follow up when a detail needs clarification.
Why an official website is useful
An official website gives Festival API a reliable starting point for checking names, locations, dates, and submission routes. It also makes a listing easier to maintain when an event changes from one edition to the next. If a festival has a dedicated submission page, include that too: it can be more useful than a general homepage for filmmakers planning an application.
Providing a website is helpful, but it does not automatically authorize scraping. Any future source use is reviewed under applicable website policies and source rules. The submission form is a channel for organizers to share information for review, not a blanket permission for automated collection.
How to prepare a useful submission
Before submitting, gather the information a filmmaker would need to understand whether your festival may be relevant: the official name, a working website, the submission route, event timing, deadlines, categories, platforms, and fees. If information is still being finalized, use the additional details field to explain what is tentative rather than presenting it as confirmed.
For updates to an existing listing, be specific about what changed. A new deadline, a new submission link, a different location, or revised fee information is easier to review when it is identified plainly.
Submit your festival for review
If you represent a festival or are authorized to provide its details, start at festivalapi.com/submit-festival/. The form helps Festival API review the information before any possible publication, while giving organizers a practical way to improve the accuracy of festival discovery data.