Festival Radar is the filmmaker's trusted guide to navigating the global festival circuit. We provide filmmakers with transparent, data-driven insights to help them find the right festivals for their films, understand submission strategies, and build trustworthy relationships with likeminded, credible and professional film festival organizations.

Every filmmaker faces the same challenge: which festivals are right for my film? With thousands of festivals worldwide, each with different eligibility requirements, submission fees, and submission success rates, filmmakers waste countless hours researching and making costly submission mistakes. Festival Radar solves this by aggregating festival data, real filmmaker experiences, and AI-driven matching to cut through the noise.

Who We Serve

Festival Radar exists for filmmakers at all stages of their careers—from first-time festival submitters with short films to seasoned directors working on features. Whether you're seeking your first selection, building a festival circuit strategy, or evaluating which submissions will maximize your film's chances, our tools help you make smarter decisions about where to submit and when.

We also serve festival organizers who want to build trust with the filmmaker community, claim their festival listings, showcase their credibility, and connect with filmmakers through our verified directory and promotional tools.

Built by Filmmakers, for Filmmakers

Festival Radar was founded by filmmakers who experienced firsthand the frustration of festival submission uncertainty. Our team includes festival programmers, documentary directors, and independent producers who understand the pressures, costs, and emotional stakes of festival submissions. We built this platform because we wish it existed when we started our own filmmaking journeys.

Every feature we build is informed by filmmaker feedback. We are committed to transparency, ethical data practices, and ensuring that payment never influences our ratings, recommendations, trust indicators, or filmmaker reviews. Our mission is to empower creators with information that helps them succeed—not to extract value from filmmaker desperation or festival insecurity.

Festival Radar is a filmmaker-first platform that helps independent filmmakers discover, compare, and evaluate film festivals through transparent data, experience-based reviews, smart matching tools, and independent trust signals.

Welcome to the Filmmaker's Trust Check — your personalised festival radar for film submissions.