# Film Festival Data API (`versusmedia/festival-api-actor`) Actor

Search and retrieve structured data on 1000+ film festivals worldwide. Submission deadlines, fees, categories, genres, composite scores, acceptance rates, submission platforms, and past rosters. Powered by Festival API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/versusmedia/festival-api-actor.md
- **Developed by:** [Ryan Vinson](https://apify.com/versusmedia) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Other, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## Film Festival Data API

Search and retrieve structured data on **900+ film festivals** worldwide — submission deadlines, fees, categories, genres, composite scores, acceptance rates, submission platforms, and past programming rosters.

Powered by [Festival API](https://festivalapi.com).

---

### 🎯 What you can do with this Actor

| Use Case | How |
|---|---|
| Find festivals with upcoming deadlines | Run **Search Festivals** filtered by deadline date |
| Get full details on a specific festival | Run **Get Festival Detail** with a Festival ID |
| Discover top-ranked festivals by score | Run **Get Top Scored Festivals** |
| See what films screened at a festival | Run **Get Festival Roster** with a Festival ID |
| Explore available categories | Run **Get Categories** |
| See festival coverage by country | Run **Get Countries** |
| Feed an AI agent with film festival data | This Actor is compatible with Apify's MCP server for AI-agent tool calling |

---

### 🗺️ Coverage

**900+ film festivals** across **80+ countries** worldwide, from major international film festivals (Cannes, Sundance, TIFF, Berlin, Venice) to niche regional events. Data includes:

- Festival names, locations, and edition years
- Submission deadlines (regular, late, extended)
- Fees and submission platforms (FilmFreeway, Festival, Festhome, Direct)
- Categories (short film, feature, documentary, animation, horror, etc.)
- Genres (drama, comedy, horror, thriller, sci-fi, etc.)
- Festival scores, acceptance rates, and year founded
- Past winners and programming directors
- Historical programming rosters (films that screened)

Data is regularly refreshed from publicly available festival sources.

---

### 🚀 How to use it

#### 1. Select an Operation

| Operation | Description | Input Needed |
|---|---|---|
| 🔍 Search Festivals | Search and filter festivals by name, country, category, genre, deadline, fee | Search query, country, category, genre, deadline, fee |
| 🎬 Get Festival Detail | Full detail on one festival — deadlines, fees, description, past winners | Festival ID |
| 🏆 Get Top Scored Festivals | Festivals ranked by composite Festival Score | Category (optional) |
| 📜 Get Festival Roster | Films that screened at a specific festival | Festival ID |
| 📂 Get Categories | List all festival categories with counts | None |
| 🌍 Get Countries | List all countries with festival counts | None |

#### 2. Configure Filters

- **Festival ID** — numeric ID from Search Festivals results
- **Country** — filter by country name (e.g. `United States`, `Canada`, `Australia`)
- **Category** — filter by category (e.g. `short_film`, `feature`, `documentary`)
- **Genre** — filter by genre (e.g. `drama`, `comedy`, `horror`)
- **Deadline Before** — filter by submission deadline date (YYYY-MM-DD)
- **Max Fee** — maximum submission fee in USD
- **Sort** — sort by `deadline` or `event_date`
- **Max Results** — max items to return (up to 100)

#### 3. Run and Export

Once the Actor finishes, you can:
- View results as a table in the Apify Console
- Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS
- Schedule recurring runs (daily, weekly)
- Connect via webhook to push results into your own system

---

### 📊 Sample Output

Each result row includes:

| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `operation` | string | `search_festivals` |
| `id` | integer | 372 |
| `name` | string | "Sundance Film Festival" |
| `city` | string | "Park City" |
| `state` | string | "UT" |
| `country` | string | "United States" |
| `year` | integer | 2025 |
| `categories` | string | "feature, documentary, short_film" |
| `genres` | string | "drama, comedy, horror" |
| `deadline_regular` | string | "2025-08-15" |
| `event_dates` | string | "January 22 - February 1, 2025" |
| `regular_fee` | number | 45.0 |
| `composite_score` | number | 85.0 |
| `acceptance_rate` | number | 0.02 |
| `submission_platforms` | string | "filmfreeway, direct" |
| `website` | string | "https://festival.com" |
| `_raw` | object | Full API response data |

---

### 🤖 AI Agent Usage

This Actor is compatible with Apify's MCP server, making it callable by AI agents and applications. An agent can:

- **Find festivals with upcoming deadlines** in a specific country or category
- **Get full details** on a festival before recommending submission
- **Compare festival scores** across multiple festivals
- **Look up past programming** to understand what films a festival has selected

This makes the Actor a natural tool for filmmaker assistants, film festival directories, educational tools about the festival circuit, and content discovery applications.

---

### 💰 Pricing

This Actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing based on the operation type:

| Tier | Operations | Price per result |
|---|---|---|
| Light | Search Festivals, Get Categories, Get Countries | $0.005 |
| Heavy | Festival Detail, Top Scored Festivals, Festival Roster | $0.01 |

Results are counted per row pushed to the dataset. A search returning 25 festivals = 25 result charges. A single festival detail = 1 result charge.

---

### 📝 Notes

- **Data is as-is from publicly available festival sources.** Always verify critical details (deadlines, fees, dates) on the festival's official website before submitting.
- **Festival Scores** range from 0 to 100. Higher scores = more established/prestigious festivals.
- **Deadlines** are subject to change by festival organizers. The API tracks regular, late, and extended deadlines when available.
- **Coverage is continuously expanding** — new festivals and countries are added regularly.

---

### 🔗 Links

- [Festival API Website](https://festivalapi.com)
- [API Documentation](https://festivalapi.com/docs/)
- [Terms of Service](https://festivalapi.com/terms/)
- [Contact Support](https://festivalapi.com/contact/)

# Actor input Schema

## `operation` (type: `string`):

Which Festival API operation to run.
## `query` (type: `string`):

Festival name or keyword to search (only used with Search Festivals operation).
## `festivalId` (type: `integer`):

Festival API festival ID — required for Festival Detail, Roster operations.
## `country` (type: `string`):

Filter by country name (e.g. 'United States', 'Canada', 'Australia'). Works with Search Festivals.
## `category` (type: `string`):

Filter by festival category (e.g. 'short_film', 'feature', 'documentary', 'animation', 'horror'). Works with Search and Top Scored.
## `genre` (type: `string`):

Filter by accepted genre (e.g. 'drama', 'comedy', 'horror').
## `deadline_before` (type: `string`):

Filter festivals with submission deadline before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
## `fee_max` (type: `integer`):

Maximum submission fee in USD. Only used with Search Festivals.
## `sort` (type: `string`):

Sort festivals by deadline or event date. Only used with Search Festivals.
## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results to return (up to 100 per page).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "operation": "search_festivals",
  "sort": "",
  "limit": 25
}
````

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("versusmedia/festival-api-actor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("versusmedia/festival-api-actor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call versusmedia/festival-api-actor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=versusmedia/festival-api-actor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Film Festival Data API",
        "description": "Search and retrieve structured data on 1000+ film festivals worldwide. Submission deadlines, fees, categories, genres, composite scores, acceptance rates, submission platforms, and past rosters. Powered by Festival API.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "7UB9EU3Pc8Zzj3wI1"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/versusmedia~festival-api-actor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-versusmedia-festival-api-actor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/versusmedia~festival-api-actor/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-versusmedia-festival-api-actor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/versusmedia~festival-api-actor/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-versusmedia-festival-api-actor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "operation"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "operation": {
                        "title": "Operation",
                        "enum": [
                            "search_festivals",
                            "get_festival_detail",
                            "get_top_scored_festivals",
                            "get_festival_roster",
                            "get_categories",
                            "get_countries"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Which Festival API operation to run.",
                        "default": "search_festivals"
                    },
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Search Query",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Festival name or keyword to search (only used with Search Festivals operation)."
                    },
                    "festivalId": {
                        "title": "Festival ID",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Festival API festival ID — required for Festival Detail, Roster operations."
                    },
                    "country": {
                        "title": "Country",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Filter by country name (e.g. 'United States', 'Canada', 'Australia'). Works with Search Festivals."
                    },
                    "category": {
                        "title": "Category",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Filter by festival category (e.g. 'short_film', 'feature', 'documentary', 'animation', 'horror'). Works with Search and Top Scored."
                    },
                    "genre": {
                        "title": "Genre",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Filter by accepted genre (e.g. 'drama', 'comedy', 'horror')."
                    },
                    "deadline_before": {
                        "title": "Deadline Before",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Filter festivals with submission deadline before this date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
                    },
                    "fee_max": {
                        "title": "Max Fee (USD)",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "maximum": 1000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum submission fee in USD. Only used with Search Festivals."
                    },
                    "sort": {
                        "title": "Sort Order",
                        "enum": [
                            "",
                            "deadline",
                            "event_date"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Sort festivals by deadline or event date. Only used with Search Festivals.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "limit": {
                        "title": "Max Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 100,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of results to return (up to 100 per page).",
                        "default": 25
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```