Check out the accompanying video for this list here, and please, would you just do me a favour and check out www.withoutabox.com? In the future we're going to do a more in depth video about this awesome resource (which includes even more festivals and deadlines than listed here), but for now just go and register and be mindful of the following dates.
TORONTO - CFC WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM FEST - May 31 - June 5 DEADLINE: Fri. Feb. 4
http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com/
ZAGREB - ANIMAFEST ZAGREB World Fest. of ANimated FIlm May 31 - June 5 2011 DEADLINE: Mon. March 1
http://www.animafest.hr/
CANNES - CANNES FILM FESTIVAL May 11 - 22 DEADLINE: Fri. March 11 (competition), Sat. April 9 (inclusion in the Marche Du Film)
http://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html
MARSEILLE - FIDMARSEILLE International Documentary Festival July 6 - 11 DEADLINE: Fri. March 19
http://www.fidmarseille.org/dynamic/
SHANGHAI - SHANGHAI INT. FILM FEST June 11 - 19 DEADLINE: Thurs. March 31
http://www.siff.com/
JERUSALEM - JERUSALEM FILM FESTIVAL July 8 - 17 DEADLINE: Fri. April 1st
http://www.jff.org.il/
MOSCOW - MOSCOW INT. FILM FEST Sometime in June DEADLINE: Fri. April 15
http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/eng/
AUSTIN - FANTASTIC FEST Sept. 22 - 29 DEADLINE: Wed. May 4
http://www.fantasticfest.com/
MONTREAL - FANTASIA FILM FEST July 2011 DEADLINE: Thurs. May 5
http://www.fantasiafestival.com/
CHICAGO - INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL Oct. 21 - 31 DEADLINE: Mon. May 31
http://www.cicff.org/
TORONTO - TIFF Sept. 4 - 13 DEADLINE: Wed. June 1
http://tiff.net/
VANCOUVER - VIFF Sept 29 - Oct 14 DEADLINE: Mon. June 20 (Can) Fri. July 1 (Int.)
http://www.viff.org/
MONTREAL - WORLD FILM FEST August 18 - 28 DEADLINE: Fri. June 10 (Shorts) Fri. July 1 (Features)
http://www.ffm-montreal.org/
CHICAGO - CHICAGO INT. FILM FEST Oct 6-20 DEADLINE: Fri. June 24
http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/
TELLURIDE - TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL Sept. 3-6 DEADLINE: Fri. July 1 (Student and Short) Fri. July 15 (Features)
http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/
PARK CITY - SUNDANCE Jan. 2012 - DEADLINE: September sometime
http://www.sundance.org/festival/
BERLIN - BIFF Feb 2012 DEADLINE: Nov sometime
http://www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html
HONG KONG - HKIFF April 2012 DEADLINE Nov Sometime
http://www.hkiff.org.hk/eng/main.html
AUSTIN - SXSW March 2012 DEADLINE: December Sometime
http://sxsw.com/
TORONTO - HotDocs MAY 2012 DEADLINE: Jan 2012
http://www.hotdocs.ca/
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