List of film festivals in the Netherlands
The list includes the names of the film festivals that take place in the Netherlands . The following are also mentioned: the year of the respective first festival edition, the place (city) in which the respective festival venue (s) are located, and the content specialization of the respective festival. The term international is used here if there are no geographical restrictions with regard to the production countries of the films. The list is arranged in ascending order according to the year of foundation, a change in color in the rows marks a change in the decade of the foundation date.
| since | Name of the film festival | place | Alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Cinestud | Amsterdam | international student films |
| 1972 | International Film Festival Rotterdam | Rotterdam | international; u. a. Specialization in digital cinema |
| 1979 | Noordelijk Film Festival | Leeuwarden | European films |
| 1981 | Nederlands Film Festival | Utrecht | Dutch feature , short , documentary and television films |
| 1984 | Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | Amsterdam | international fantasy films , horror films , anime , thrillers and science fiction films |
| 1987 | Africa in the Picture | Amsterdam u. a. | african cinema |
| 1987 | Cinekid | Amsterdam u. a. | international children's films (film, television, new media) |
| 1988 | International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) | Amsterdam | international documentaries |
| 1987 | Holland Animation Film Festival | Utrecht | international animated films |
| 1990 | Beeld for Beeld (Image by Image) | Amsterdam | ethnographic documentaries |
| 1996 | Impakt Festival for Audiovisual Arts | Utrecht | digital cinema, international |
| 1996 | De Roze Filmdagen (Pink Film Days) | Amsterdam | lesbian and gay movies; international |
| 1997 | Cinépremières | Groningen u. a. | French and French language films |
| 1999 | Film by the Sea | Vlissingen | international; u. a. Specialization in literary adaptations |
| 2000 | Arab Film Festival Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Films from the Arab world |
| 2000 | Nieuwe Blikken | Arnhem | Films by young Dutch filmmakers |
| 2000 | Shadow Festival | Amsterdam u. a. | international documentaries |
| 2002 | Festiberico | Delft | Films from Spain and Portugal |
| 2002 | Joods Film Festival | Amsterdam u. a. | international films on the subject of Judaism |
| 2003 | 8mm festival | Kampen | international 8mm films |
| 2003 | Black Soil | The hague | international hip-hop films |
| 2003 | Deaf in the picture | Amsterdam | international films about and for deaf people |
| 2003 | Himalaya Film Festival | Amstelveen | Short, documentary and feature films from the Himalayan region |
| 2004 | CinemAsia Film Festival | Amsterdam | asian cinema |
| 2005 | Dejima Japanese Film Festival | Amsterdam u. a. | japanese cinema |
| 2005 | Latin American Film Festival Utrecht | Utrecht | Films from Latin America |
| 2006 | Big Rivers movie | Dordrecht | international music films |
| 2006 | Maastricht Film Festival | Maastricht | international |
| 2006 | Leids Film Festival | Suffer | international |
| 2006 | MCM Filmfest Venlo | Venlo | Short films from the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium |
| 2007 | Asiascope Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Films from the Asian diaspora |
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