Los A geles, CA, July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ve susMedia, a lo g- u i g i depe de t film a d music platfo m fou ded i 2001, today a ou ced the lau ch of Festival API, a develope -fi st REST API built to make film festival discove y faste , clea e , a d easie to i teg ate i to mode filmmake tools.
Festival API helps filmmake s a d develope platfo ms discove active film festival submissio oppo tu ities ac oss 2,000+ festivals, 30+ catego ies, a d 75+ cou t ies.
Festival API a swe s o e di ect questio : which film festivals a e accepti g submissio s ight ow?
The API cu e tly t acks 2,000+ active, ve ified film festivals ac oss 30+ catego ies a d 75+ cou t ies. Develope s ca sea ch a d filte festivals by catego y, ge e, cou t y, submissio deadli e, a d maximum fee, the et ieve st uctu ed festival data i cludi g fees, accepted catego ies, ge es, eligibility equi eme ts, co tact i fo matio , ve ue details, a d festival oste s.
I stead of ma ually sea chi g submissio platfo ms, i dividual festival websites, old listi gs, o sp eadsheets, develope s get clea JSON with the festival submissio data they eed. Festival API also i cludes a p op ieta y Festival Sco e f om 0 to 100 that a ks festivals by eleva ce to a film.
Festival API suppo ts majo film catego ies i cludi g sho t film, featu e, docume ta y, a imatio , ho o , sci-fi, comedy, expe ime tal, music video, stude t film, LGBTQ+, e vi o me tal, faith-based, cultu al a d diaspo a festivals, as well as ewe fo mats such as AI film, VR/360, ve tical sho ts, web se ies, b a ded co te t, a d c eato co te t.
O e of the API’s sta dout featu es is the p op ieta y Festival Sco e, a eleva ce sco e that helps a k festivals based o catego y match, ge e alig me t, fee easo able ess, deadli e p oximity, a d othe submissio -fit sig als. This gives develope s a simple way to build ecomme datio tools, filmmake dashboa ds, festival discove y apps, e te tai me t esea ch p oducts, a d AI-powe ed submissio pla e s.
Festival API is available di ectly at https://festivalapi.com, with p epaid c edit p ici g a d o subsc iptio s. New accou ts eceive 50 f ee c edits with o c edit ca d equi ed. The API is also bei g made available th ough additio al develope ma ketplace cha els fo teams that p efe ma ketplace-based access.
The lau ch also i cludes official lightweight clie t lib a ies fo popula develope e vi o me ts, maki g it easie to add festival sea ch, sco i g, catego y lookup, cou t y filte s, a d festival oste data i to filmmake -faci g p oducts.
As pa t of the lau ch, Ve susMedia has also added a ew Festival Sea ch featu e to the Ve susMedia a tist dashboa d. A tists who have uploaded at least o e video to Ve susMedia ca ow access festival sea ch tools powe ed by Festival API, givi g i depe de t filmmake s a othe way to discove eleva t oppo tu ities fo thei wo k.
“Ve susMedia has always bee about suppo ti g i depe de t voices,” said Rya Vi so , fou de of Ve susMedia. “Festival API exte ds that missio i to the develope ecosystem. We wa t filmmake s, platfo ms, a d c eative tech ology compa ies to have access to the same ki d of st uctu ed data that la ge compa ies take fo g a ted.”
Festival API is desig ed fo filmmake platfo ms, submissio pla i g tools, festival agg egato s, AI age ts, e te tai me t ma ketplaces, dist ibuto wo kflows, studio tools, esea ch p oducts, a d i die c eato s who eed eliable festival data without buildi g a d mai tai i g thei ow c awli g pipeli e.
To lea mo e, visit https://festivalapi.com.
Festival API is a develope -fi st REST API fo film festival discove y a d submissio data. The API t acks 2,000+ active, ve ified film festivals ac oss 30+ catego ies a d 75+ cou t ies, p ovidi g st uctu ed data o deadli es, fees, eligibility equi eme ts, accepted catego ies, ge es, co tacts, ve ues, oste s, a d eleva ce- a ked Festival Sco es.
Fou ded i 2001, Ve susMedia is a i depe de t film a d music platfo m built to suppo t i depe de t c eato s. Ove mo e tha two decades, Ve susMedia has helped filmmake s, musicia s, a d a tists dist ibute a d p omote thei wo k th ough digital platfo ms, st eami g cha els, c eato tools, a d develope APIs. Festival API co ti ues Ve susMedia’s missio of maki g e te tai me t i dust y oppo tu ities mo e accessible to i depe de t voices.
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Rya Vi so Fou de , Ve susMediaWebsite: https://festivalapi.comVe susMedia: https://ve susmedia.comi fo [at] festivalapi.com
