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About Festival API
What is Festival API?
Festival API is a developer-focused data API that provides structured, up-to-date information on film festivals worldwide. It covers over 14,000 film festivals across 30 categories, including short films, features, documentaries, and more. The API allows you to search festivals by genre, category, deadline, country, and submission fee, returning detailed profiles with deadlines, fees, eligibility, and contact information.
What problem does it solve?
For filmmakers and platforms, keeping festival listings current is a headache. Festival API eliminates the need for manual scraping or maintaining unreliable databases. It offers continuously refreshed data from official sources, with timestamps and provenance, ensuring accuracy. This saves time and resources, letting you focus on building products or planning submissions instead of data cleanup.
Who is it for?
Festival API is built for developers and businesses creating filmmaker platforms, discovery apps, submission consultants, or any tool that needs festival data. It's also great for individual filmmakers who want an easy way to find suitable festivals for their film. If you need to build a festival-aware application, this API is designed to fit into your stack with Python and Node.js clients, plus integration options for RapidAPI, Apify, Zapier, and n8n.
Real use cases
Use Festival API to power recommendation engines that suggest festivals based on a film's category and genre. Build a discovery app with filters for country and deadline. Create shortlist tools for submission consultants to track deadlines and fees. Integrate festival data into your education platform or blog to keep your audience informed. The API is designed for these and similar scenarios.
Key features
- Festival Search — Search 14,000+ festivals across 30 categories, filter by genre, category, deadline, country, and fee maximum.
- Festival Details — Get full profiles with deadlines, fees, eligibility, venue, and contact info, updated continuously.
- Festival Score — Proprietary 0-100 score ranks festivals by relevance to your film's specifics.
- Multiple Integrations — Use with Python and Node.js clients, or via RapidAPI, Apify, Zapier, and n8n community node.
- High Uptime — 99.9% uptime guarantees reliable access for production apps.
- No Code Required — Get started with a simple REST API and try it with a free demo or live docs.
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Festival API Pricing
Festival API pricing: from $20 one-time. Billing model: Lifetime.
For comparison: the median starting price in Developer Tools is $19.99/month, measured across 301 tools we track. See the full SaaS Pricing Index →
Starter – $20 one-time
2,000 API credits at $0.010 per credit. Ideal for testing and light use.
Pro – $50 one-time
5,000 API credits at $0.010 per credit. For regular use and production integrations.
Business – $200 one-time
22,000 API credits at $0.009 per credit. High-volume API access.
Enterprise – Custom
Custom credit volumes, dedicated support, invoicing, SLA options, and commercial terms.
Get 50 free credits on signup, no credit card required.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Festival API cost?
Festival API uses one-time prepaid credits. Starter is $20 for 2,000 credits, Pro is $50 for 5,000 credits, and Business is $200 for 22,000 credits. There's also a free plan with 50 credits on signup, no credit card required.
Is Festival API free?
Yes, Festival API offers 50 free credits on signup, allowing you to test the API without a credit card. After that, you purchase prepaid credit packs starting at $20.
What is Festival API used for?
Festival API provides structured data on 14,000+ film festivals. Developers use it to build festival discovery apps, recommendation engines, deadline tracking tools, and other film industry software.
Who is Festival API best for?
It's best for developers and SaaS platforms needing reliable film festival data, as well as filmmaker platforms, discovery apps, and submission consultants who want to save time on manual research.
What are top alternatives to Festival API?
Common alternatives include FilmFreeway's public data (though not API), Withoutabox (archived), and manual scraping. However, Festival API stands out with its structured API, festival score, and 99.9% uptime.
Does Festival API have any limitations?
Yes, it's a data API, so it doesn't handle submissions itself. There is no subscription billing—you must buy credits upfront, and purchases are non-refundable.
