The festivals under this category select their films according to what can be called ‘genre’ distinctions in the broadest sense.
9.2.1) Film Genre
Fantasy Film Festivals
Horror Film Festivals
9.2.2) Type
Animation Film Festivals
Archive Film Festivals
Documentary Film Festivals
Experimental Film Festivals
Silent Film Festivals
Amateur Film Festival
Science Film Festival
9.2.3) Length
Short Film
9.2.4) Social Concern Festivals
Disability Film Festivals
Environmental Film Festivals
Human Rights Film Festivals
Indigenous Film Festivals
Mental Health Film Festivals
Hunter, Russ. 2018. “Genre Film Festivals and Rethinking the Definition of ‘the Festival Film’.” In International Film Festivals: Contemporary Cultures and History Beyond Venice and Cannes, edited by Tricia Jenkins, 90–106. London, New York: I.B.Tauris.
Hunter, Russ. 2020. “Cult Cinema and Film Festivals.” In The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema, edited by Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton, 244–51. London, New York: Routledge.
Pitter, Robert. 2016. “The Canadian Sport Film Festival, Http://sportfilmfestival.Ca/.” Journal of Sport History 43 (3): 332–35. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/article/635126/pdf. Accessed March 05, 2025.
(Last updated: 16. May 2025)