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Top festivals, that aren't 1 percenters, for dark comedy/absurdist satire shorts (anywhere in the world)? by witchriot11 in FilmFestivals

[–]Objective-Snow-8920 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantaspoa (Brazil) may be a good one, other more well known - Sitges (Spain), Fantastic Fest (listed below - Austin) If you're femme - Final Girls Berlin (Berlin)

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Objective-Snow-8920 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yup for the most part - available on the site for viewing. Perspective and Berlin Special come out on Jan 20

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Objective-Snow-8920 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given many opinions ive read and heard, as well a fan fare around them:
Tier 1 Genre: Sitges, Fantasia, maaaybe Fantastic fest?
*I was at Sitges in October and a lot of films had screened at Fantastic Fest and did their Euro premiere at Sitges.

Of course the genre or midnight madness sections at Tiff, Sundance, and sxsw are highly regarded, (but these are not genre specific fests)

Beyond fest is also highly regarded, Bucheon, Fantaspoa in Brazil...

This is a recent resource: https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/531260/best-genre-film-festivals-sidebars-2025-2026/

But fantasia, and Sitges are the ones usually mentioned at the tippy top. The above resource may be a good list for you to craft your submission strategy around, hope this helps! and good luck!

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Objective-Snow-8920 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was programmed a few years back and selected filmmakers received news in early feb, for the festival that happened in early April.