Popularity ranking · Belgium

The 31 most popular Film Festivals in Belgium

This curated ranking covers the 31 largest film festivals in Belgium, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Berlin International Film Festival, Venice Biennale and International Film Festival Rotterdam lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 182k people. Across all 31 entries the average audience size is 8.2k, and the largest, Berlin International Film Festival, reaches around 105k people in Belgium. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with each film festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Belgium and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 31, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Belgium. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Belgium, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Belgium. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Berlin International Film Festival 105k 40.0 56.8% Film festival
2 Venice Biennale 64k 39.7 57.1% Film festival
3 International Film Festival Rotterdam 13k 39.8 49.5% Film festival
4 Cannes Film Festival 11k 42.1 60.0% Film festival
5 Directors' Fortnight 11k 38.0 53.1% Film festival
6 BFI London Film Festival 9k 41.6 59.4% Film festival
7 Venice Film Festival 5.7k 38.4 58.0% Film festival
8 Sundance Film Festival 3.5k 40.0 56.3% Film festival
9 Toronto International Film Festival 2.1k 39.8 57.9% Film festival
10 Tribeca Film Festival 1.9k 39.9 57.2% Film festival
11 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 645 46.0 45.4% Film festival
12 Rome Film Festival 572 29.0 100.0% Film festival
13 Telluride Film Festival 549 34.4 100.0% Film festival
14 Festival Lumiere 534 43.1 52.2% Film festival
15 Edinburgh International Film Festival 292 46.6 68.3% Film festival
16 Sitges Film Festival 285 20.6 57.6% Film festival
17 Chicago International Film Festival 252 50.8 100.0% Film festival
18 Los Angeles Film Festival 220 50.8 71.7% Film festival
19 Raindance Film Festival 217 37.0 54.4% Film festival
20 One World Film Festival 202 29.6 26.8% Film festival
21 Filmfest Hamburg 159 33.4 100.0% Film festival
22 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 151 47.1 14.1% Film festival
23 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 133 43.0 47.9% Film festival
24 Overland Expo 122 38.8 20.8% Film festival
25 Sydney Film Festival 104 26.9 65.0% Film festival

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular film festivals compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Belgium and ranks each film festival by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest film festival in Belgium?

Berlin International Film Festival currently leads with an estimated audience of 105k people in Belgium.

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