The main objective of the Barcelona Asian Film Festival is the promotion and diffusion, in Spain, of Asian cinema produced in the countries of the Far East and Asia. The main competition includes approx. 11 feature, documentary and animated films, 70 minutes or longer. Other festival sections are: Asian Selection; D-Cinema - digital formats; Guest Country - a selection of films from a specific country; Espacio Anime - anime, manga, etc.; and special screenings. The best feature film in the official selection receives the Durián de Oro Award along with the prize of Euro 6,000.

The Catalonia International Environmental Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine del Medi Ambient) accepts documentary films and short fiction that deal with human relationships or the way human beings relate to their environment (i.e. social, natural, cultural, political, ecological, etc.). One non-competitive section of the festival programme presents new feature films and the other, Doc+Doc Section, screens the latest documentary productions by leading TV networks (e.g. National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Documania, Odisea, BBC, etc.).

Barcelona International Women’s film festival has as its objective the promotion of cinema directed by women, making women's audiovisual culture visible, showing films by women filmmakers from all over the world, thus proving the importance of women's contribution to the development in audiovisual creation. After more than fifteen years of history, the International Women's Film Festival of Barcelona has become a stable cultural space and a launching pad for alternative showings that are more and more committed to the debate on creative processes. It is a non-competition festival with Audience Mention to Best Documentary Film and Best Feature Film.

The Barcelona Jewish Film Festival (Festival de Cinema Jueu de Barcelona) was created in 1999 in order to acknowledge and promote Jewish culture. The festival presents feature, documentary and short films by Jewish filmmakers and or films that are related to Jewish culture and issues.

Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) is held annually in September. The festival organizer is Batumi Art-House ARGANI and official partner Batumi city hall. BIAFFprogram includes the following sections: 1. International feature and Doc competition; 2. Silk Road countries section 3. German Cinema 4. Meet the Jury 5. MASTER’S COLLECTION, 6. Young film makers section (International competition).

A competition of full-length feature and short films - advance screenings, debates with filmmakers, special screenings, focus. Audiences vote for the best short film.

Beldocs - Belgrade International Documentary Film Festival caters to curious and adventure-seeking viewers by offering a wide range of interesting and provocative films of high emotional charge. One of the goals of is to make the domestic viewer familiar with the most important, highest quality, best feature-length documentaries made in various parts of the world. The only characteristics that these films must possess are quality, up-to-dateness, originality and provocativeness regardless of their topics and origins. The festival includes the following sections: International Competition (up to 15 selected titles produced over the last three years. Films in the competition deal with universal human values told in comprehensible film language, Best Feature Documentary Award). Regional Competition (up to 10 films produced in the Balkan countries - Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and Serbia, Best Balkan Doc Award). Next edition in May 2012.

The programme of the Belfast Film Festival includes world premieres, a documentary competition, a showcase of the best in new global film, and local productions. The festival offers more than 100 films & events, originating from 25 countries, in 10 venues throughout the city - European cinema, international cinema, local interest and other sections that focus on significant filmmakers, actors or genres.

Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival is the annual cultural manifestation of importance for the city of Belgrade. It is a competitive film festival of works of art in the field of documentary and short film, recorded in both film and video (electronic) technology. The Festival shows domestic and foreign documentary and short films. The Festival program includes a national competition, an international competition and special programmes (non-competitive programs, retrospectives, exhibitions, seminars, workshop).

International Film Festival - feature and documentary films.

Belgrade International Student Film Festival - FSF represents an autonomous student organization, initiated, organized and attended by students. Beside young filmmakers from all around the world, during the years, our festival had also been welcoming distinguished professors and professionals in the field of film pedagogy and filmmaking. They had been moderating workshops and seminars for the participating students and guests.

Organized by Belleville en Vues, this documentary festival is non-competitive, and they're calling for documentaries directed by young European directors and with the common theme of borders, whether geographical, territorial, political but also cultural, social or even imaginary. The films might be the 1st, 2nd or 3rd film of the director and are accepted all the running times.

Bergamo Film Meeting, now 29 years old, was founded in 1983 to promote and spread cinema culture in local as well as national circuits. In 1984 we founded the Association, among whose roles is the organisation of an annual Film Festival.

Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) first took place in 2000 and is the largest andone of the most interesting film festivals in Norway. The festival presents a selection of new feature and documentary films from all over the world. The programme consists of about 150 titles. The main programme is the International Competition in which 15 feature films which have not yet been released in Norway compete for the Jury Award. BIFF also has a comprehensive international Documentary Section with films dealing with contemporary issues; the festival organizes several panel discussions in connection with these. BIFF also has sneak previews of upcoming cinema releases, animation films, fantasy and science fiction, gay and lesbian films, and a Norwegian short film competition. The side bar „Checkpoints“ is a collaboration with the Rafto Foundation for Human Rights and consists of about 25 films. The winner is granted about € 6.500, which is given to the cause of the film or the people it portraits.

Around 350 films are shown every year as part of the Berlinale's public programme, the vast majority of which are world or European premieres. Films of every genre, length and format can be submitted for consideration. The Berlinale is divided into different sections, each with its own unique profile: big international movies in the Competition, independent and art-house productions in Panorama, movies for a young audience in the Kinderfilmfest and its 14plus programme, the most exciting German cinema productions in Perspektive Deutsches Kino, and an in-depth look at films from distant countries and experimental forms in the International Forum of New Cinema. The programme is rounded off by a thematic Retrospective that focuses on the lifework of a great cinema personality. The Berlin International Film Festival sees itself as a showcase for what is happening in cinema. The European Film Market is also part of the festival.

The Festival is a celebration of the diversity at the heart of current filmmaking practice and will accept fictional, documentary and experimental feature or short films, as well as films made by children or young people. The Berwick-upon-Tweed Film and Media Arts Festival is a non-competitive event, which aims to promote quality moving image work. The majority of short and feature films (fiction, documentary, experimental or retrospective) are selected by invitation.

The BFI London Film Festival showcases the best new films from around the world. Presented by the BFI, the Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006. Originally conceived as a 'festival of festivals', screening a selection of strong titles from other European festivals, the first London Film Festival screened 15 films from an impressive array of directors, including Luchino Visconti, Akira Kurosawa and Andrzej Wajda. The festival focuses primarily on bringing film to the public, offering opportunities for people to see films that would not otherwise get a UK screening but also screen films which will get a release in the autumn or spring. In addition to screenings of recent feature, short and experimental films from the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, the programme offers a number of retrospectives and a variety of discussions and seminars led by leading film professionals.

The festival was founded in 1979 and shows the latest German feature, documentary and short films. It is an audience-oriented festival, with film directors presenting their own films and taking part in discussions. The festival also provides a good opportunity for distributors to audience-test their films.

BAB is an international festival of animated films for children taking place every two years as an independent event accompanying significant cultural event Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB). The purpose of the festival is to make possible a comparison of animated films for children produced in various countries, to trace how they are related to book illustrations, to provide the conditions for their evaluation and thus support the overall development of this branch of film art.

The Big Cause Docu Fest is an annual event dedicated to harnessing the power of non-fiction cinema to generate measurable positive change in our community and beyond. We plan to accomplish this by matching selected documentary films with local champions, be them individual activists or social justice organizations, and working together to build active events around their theatrical presentations.

The festival showcases a cross-section of 75-100 non-fiction films from all styles, formats and production dates, from the most innovative and timely new films to classics and rare historic works. One award each is given for the best feature and short documentary released in the previous year. The Big Sky Award is given to one film from the previous year about the American West.

Adelaide Film Festival is a biennial event. It celebrates and explores contemporary screen culture with a unique program of screenings and special events [including live performance and film, groundbreaking exhibitions and inventive installations]. Central to the AFF is a far reaching forum and workshop program which extends the opportunities for audiences and the local film industry to interact with and learn from visiting filmmakers.

The Festival is an annual screening of the best works in world animation. The Festival encourages exchange of creative experience, search of new ideas, styles and technologies as well as integration of Latvian animation into the global cinema process. Another aim of the Festival is the introduction of young animators into the world of professional animation of high artistic standards. The Festival features the following film screenings: competition, retrospective and panorama.

The Biografilm Festival presents documentary films, portraits and biographical films that deal with significant or interesting individuals from all walks of life. During the festival, each day the programme offers a variety of documentary films and portraits that are part of the official competition and also screenings of biographical films dedicated to a particular person, e.g. for its 2006 edition, the Biografilm Festival focused on films about Walt Disney, Enzo Ferrari, Chet Baker, Zheng He and Marc Bloch.

The Birds Eye View Film Festival was created in order to provide a platform for emerging women directors; the programme consists of films made by women directors, and is divided into several categories: 1/ Features, 2/ Shorts, 3/ Documentaries, 4/ Action Aid - for filmmakers from the developing world, 5/ Fine Art to Film, 6/ Meet the Filmmakers, 7/ Electric Ladyland: Music Videos, and also workshops, masterclasses and presentations.