International Ethnographic Film Festival
- Margaret Mead Film Festival (New York)
- Bilan du Film Ethnographique (Paris)
- Beeld voor beeld Film Festival（Netherland）
- Gottingen International Ethnographic Film Festival(Germany)
- Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival (Manchester)
- Rassegna International Ethnographic Film Festival（Italy）
- Parnu International Documentary and Anthropological Film Festival (Estonia)
- Astra Film Festival（Romania）
Astra Film Festival is a biennial documentary film festival and has become one of the most important forums for high quality documentary film production from Central-East Europe and the Balkans.
- Freiburger International Ethnographic Film Festival
- FESPACO International Ethnographic Film Festival
- Festival of Visual Culture
International Documentary Film Festival
- YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam （IDFA）
Elk jaar selecteert IDFA uit zo’n 1.500 internationale documentaire films er 25 voor zijn Filmcompetitie. Met recht kan gezegd worden dat IDFA’s filmcompetitie een indicatie is van de stand van zaken in de internationale documentaire wereld.