| Festival | Date / Info | Location | website |
| Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival | May | Lancaster, CA | http://www.aviff.com/ |
| Black Point Film Festival | April | Lake Geneva, WI | http://www.blackpointfilmfestival.com/ |
| Carolina Film and Video Festival | April | Greensboro, NC | http://www.uncg.edu/bcn/cfvf/ |
| Cinequest/San Jose Film Festival | February - March | San Jose, CA | http://www.cinequest.org/ |
| CineVegas International Film Festival | June | Las Vegas, NV | http://cine.vegas.com/ |
| City of Lights, City of Angels | April | Los Angeles, CA | http://www.cityoflightsfestival.org/ |
| Cleveland International Film Festival | March | Cleveland, OH | http://www.clevelandfilm.org/ |
| DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival | April | Durham, NC | http://www.ddff.org/festival.cfm |
| George Lindsey/UNA Television & Film Festival | April | Florence, AL | http://www2.una.edu/universityrelations/filmfestival/festivalindex.htm |
| Hamptons International Film Festival | September | East Hampton, NY | http://www.hamptonsfest.org/ |
| Hi Mom! Film Festival | April | Chapel Hill, NC | http://www.ibiblio.org/cpg/himom/ |
| Long Island Film Festival | May - June | Long Island, NY | http://www.lifilm.org/ |
| Maryland Film Festival | May | Baltimore, MD | http://www.mdfilmfest.com/ |
| MethodFest | April | Pasadena, CA | http://www.methodfest.com/ |
| Moondance International Film Festival | January | Boulder, CO | http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/ |
| New York Underground Film Festival | March | New York, NY | http://www.nyuff.com/ |
| NYC Horror Film Festival | October | New York City | http://www.moodudefilms.com/ |
| Newport International Film Festival | June | Newport, RI | http://www.newportfilmfestival.com/ |
| Ozark Foothills Filmfest | April | Batesville, AR | http://www.ozarkfoothillsfilmfest.org/ |
| Rochester International Film Festival | May | Rochester, NY | http://www.rochesterfilmfest.org/ |
| San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival | March | San Francisco, CA | http://www.naatanet.org/festival/ |
| Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) | May - June | Seattle, WA | http://www.seattlefilm.com/ |
| Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival | September | Birmingham, AL | http://www.sidewalkfest.com/ |
| South By Southwest Film Festival | March | Austin, TX | http://www.sxsw.com/ |
| Taos Talking Picture Festival | April | Taos, NM | http://www.ttpix.com/ |
| Telluride IndieFest | August - September | Telluride, CO | http://tellurideindiefest.com/ |
| Waterfront Film Festival | June | Saugatuck, MI | http://www.waterfrontfilm.com/ |
| Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival | May | Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada | http://www.yorktonshortfilm.org/ |