Submit a Film
Welcome to the XL Pärnu Film Festival!
Our 40th International Documentary and Science Film Festival will take place on October 5–18, 2026 in Pärnu and on air of Estonian Television, followed October 12–18, 2026 in other locations of Estonia. The awarded docs will be screened at the Estonian Art Museum in Tallinn as well as at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu.
We await submissions from all over the world. In the year 2026, our special focus will be on indigenous peoples and their disappearing cultures.
Early submission’s entry fee is 10 euros up to May 1, 2026.
Late submission’s entry fee from May 2 to July 1, 2026, is 20 euros.
The selection committee will announce their decision latest by August 1, 2026.
We hope to compose a powerful program of docs of high artistic and scientific quality. From the very beginning, our focus has been on folk arts, disappearing cultures as well as future of young people. In the time of bloody wars, we seek docs with messages for a peaceful world.
Before submitting your film, please read and accept regulations of our festival.
- Read through festival regulations Regulations
- Pay your submission fee 10 or 20 EUR via PayPal
- Fill in and submit the entry form that you will receive after payment
- Deadline for submission is July 1, 2026!
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