Pärnu Filmifestival | Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival

01/07/2026

We have an announcement for filmmakers and festival guests!

So that we all can see the city of Pärnu in a particularly beautiful autumn leaf fall, the 40th Pärnu Film Festival will take place from October 12th to 25th, 2026!

20/02/2026

https://www.err.ee/1609945151/galerii-ruutelkonna-hoones-anti-ule-riiklikud-preemiad

Mark Soosaar, the head of the Pärnu Film Festival, went to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Culture from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia. 😍

Kolmapäeval andsid peaminister Kristen Michal, haridus- ja teadusminister Kristina Kallas ning kultuuriminister Heidy Purga Rüütelkonna hoone Maapäeva saalis üle riiklikud preemiad.

09/02/2026

We await submissions from all over the world. In the year 2026, our special focus will be on indigenous peoples and their disappearing cultures!

https://www.chaplin.ee/industry-press/

Welcome to the 40 th Pärnu Film Festival!

Submissions for the 2026 festival are now open!

Our 40 th 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!
Pay with PayPal Pay via QR code
Scan QR to pay

https://www.chaplin.ee/industry-press/

26/01/2026

Welcome to the 40 th Pärnu Film Festival!

Submissions for the 2026 festival are now open!

Our 40 th 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!
Pay with PayPal Pay via QR code
Scan QR to pay

https://www.chaplin.ee/industry-press/