Festival API

Festival API is a developer-first REST API for film festival discovery and submission data. The API helps developers, filmmaker platforms, creator tools, entertainment apps, and AI agents answer one simple question: which film festivals are accepting submissions right now? Instead of scraping festival websites, checking FilmFreeway manually, or stitching together scattered listings, Festival API provides clean, structured JSON data that can be searched and filtered in one place. Festival API currently covers 14000+ film festivals across 30+ categories and 159 countries. Developers can search festivals by category, genre, country, submission deadline, and maximum fee. Supported categories include short film, feature film, documentary, animation, horror, sci-fi, comedy, experimental, music video, AI film, VR/360, vertical short, web series, branded content, creator content, kids, environmental, faith, LGBTQ+, cultural festivals, diaspora festivals, and more. Festival profiles may include submission deadlines, fees, accepted categories, eligibility requirements, format requirements, venue details, contact information, roster data, and related festival metadata. The API also includes a proprietary Festival Score from 0 to 100, designed to rank festivals by relevance to a project. The score considers factors such as category fit, genre alignment, deadline timing, fee range, and submission suitability, making it easier to power recommendation engines, filmmaker dashboards, and submission planning tools. Festival API can be used to build: Film festival search tools Filmmaker dashboards Festival recommendation engines Submission planning tools Creator and production apps Entertainment industry platforms Film marketplace features AI agents for filmmakers Media and creator economy products Key features include: Search 14000+ film festivals Filter by category, genre, deadline, country, and fee maximum Access detailed festival profiles Discover festivals across 30+ categories and 159+ countries Find festivals currently accepting submissions Use Festival Score to rank relevant opportunities Get developer-friendly JSON responses Avoid scraping and manual festival research Festival data is sourced from public festival listings, FilmFreeway, festival websites, and industry databases, then verified and refreshed regularly. Festival API is powered by VersusMedia, an independent film and music platform founded in 2001 to support independent creators, filmmakers, and media discovery.