List of film festivals in Canada
This is a list of film festivals that take place (or took place) in Canada . The list below notes when a festival is considered a qualifying festival for the purposes of the Canadian Screen Awards .[ 1]
Overview
A variety of genre-specific, regional and specialty film festivals take place throughout the year, with important festivals in this class including Toronto's Hot Docs and Vancouver's DOXA for documentary films, Toronto's Inside Out for LGBT -themed films, Montreal's Fantasia for horror, science fiction and thriller genre films, and the Ottawa International Animation Festival for animated films.
The primary "festival season", comprising the largest and most important general-interest film festivals, takes place almost entirely in the months of September and October, including the Toronto International Film Festival , the Vancouver International Film Festival , the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival , the Calgary International Film Festival , the Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal and the Atlantic International Film Festival in Halifax. Many, though not all, Canadian films will screen at one or more of these festivals before going into commercial release later in the fall or sometime in the following year.
The final significant film festival of the year is the Whistler Film Festival in early December, whose Borsos Competition provides a significant platform for independent films by emerging Canadian filmmakers.
National
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Name
City
Notes
CSA
Ref
Alianait Arts Festival
Iqaluit Film screenings as part of a larger music and arts festival
Yes
[ 103]
Nunavut International Film Festival
Iqaluit Free festival devoted to children's films; formerly called the Nunavut Children's Film Festival
[ 104]
Ontario
Name
City
Notes
CSA
Ref
Ageless Film Festival
Toronto Films about senior citizen issues
[ 105]
AGH Film Festival
Hamilton [ 106]
aluCine Latin Film and Media Arts Festival
Toronto Latin American films
[ 107]
Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival Ottawa Indigenous films
Yes
[ 108]
Barrie Film Festival Barrie Yes
[ 109]
Belleville Downtown DocFest Belleville Documentary films
[ 110]
Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival Toronto Yes
[ 111]
Bloody Horror International Film Festival
Ottawa Yes
[ 112]
Blue Mountain Film Festival
Collingwood [ 113]
Breakthroughs Film Festival
Toronto Devoted to short films by emerging women and non-binary filmmakers
Yes
[ 114]
Breast Fest Film Festival Toronto [ 115]
Buffer Festival Toronto Yes
[ 116]
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival Toronto Short films
[ 117]
Canadian Film Festival Toronto Yes
[ 118]
Canadian Sport Film Festival
Toronto Films about the cultural, social and political context of sports
[ 119]
CaribbeanTales International Film Festival Toronto Yes
[ 120]
CineFAM Film Festival
Toronto Films by BIPOC wonen
Yes
[ 121]
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Sudbury Yes
Cinéfranco Toronto Francophone films
Yes
[ 123]
County Adaptation Film Festival
Picton Festival devoted exclusively to film adaptations of literature
[ 124]
European Union Film Festival
Toronto European films; one film from each EU country screened free
[ 106]
Female Eye Film Festival Toronto Yes
[ 125]
Festival Objectif Cinéma Desjardins
Ottawa Francophone films
Yes
[ 126]
Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories Toronto [ 127]
Film North – Huntsville International Film Festival Huntsville [ 128]
Forest City Film Festival London Yes
[ 129]
Future of Film Showcase
Toronto Short films
Yes
[ 130]
Global Tourism Film Festival
North Bay Films about tourism and travel
[ 131]
Grand River Film Festival
Cambridge Yes
[ 132]
Guelph Film Festival Guelph Documentary films
Yes
[ 133]
Hamilton Film Festival Hamilton Yes
[ 134]
Hamilton Black Film Festival
Hamilton [ 135]
Hamilton Queer Film Festival
Hamilton LGBTQ films
[ 136]
Hollywood North Film Festival
Picton , Quinte West , Belleville Independent films
[ 137]
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto Documentary films
Yes
[ 138]
Images Festival Toronto Yes
[ 139]
ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Toronto Indigenous films
Yes
[ 140]
Indigenous Film Festival
Forest Indigenous films
[ 141]
Inside Out Ottawa Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival Ottawa LGBT films
Yes
[ 142]
Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival Toronto LGBT films
Yes
[ 143]
International Film Festival of Ottawa Ottawa Launched in 2020
Yes
[ 144]
International Film Festival of South Asia
Toronto South Asian films
Yes
[ 145]
Italian Contemporary Film Festival Toronto Italian and Italian-Canadian films
Yes
[ 146]
Junction North International Documentary Film Festival Sudbury Documentary films
Yes
[ 147]
Kingston Canadian Film Festival Kingston Canadian films
Yes
[ 148]
Lambton Film and Food Festival
Forest [ 149]
Latin American Film Festival
Toronto Latin American films
Yes
London Lesbian Film Festival London LGBT films
Yes
[ 150]
Lost Episode Festival Toronto Toronto Yes
[ 151]
Making Scenes Film and Video Festival Ottawa LGBT films. Defunct 2005, replaced with Ottawa edition of Inside Out.
[ 152]
Meaford International Film Festival
Meaford Yes
[ 153]
Milton Film Festival
Milton Yes
[ 154]
Mirror Mountain Film Festival
Ottawa Independent, underground and alternative films
Yes
[ 155]
Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival
Mississauga Yes
[ 156]
Mosaic Nights Film Festival
Alliston , Barrie International films, centred on films from a different specific country each year
[ 157]
Mulan International Film Festival
Toronto Chinese films
Yes
[ 158]
Muskoka Queer Film Festival Bracebridge , Huntsville [ 159]
Muslim International Film Festival
Toronto [ 160]
North Bay Film Festival
North Bay [ 161]
North by Northeast Toronto Yes
[ 162]
Northwest Film Fest Thunder Bay [ 163]
Oakville Festivals of Film and Art Oakville Social issues festival - screens Canadian and international features, documentaries, shorts
Yes
[ 164]
One World Film Festival
Ottawa Documentary films
[ 165]
Open Roof Festival
Toronto Yes
[ 166]
Ottawa Black Film Festival Ottawa Yes
[ 167]
Ottawa Canadian Film Festival Ottawa Yes
[ 168]
Ottawa International Animation Festival Ottawa Animated films
Yes
[ 169]
Ottawa International Film Festival Ottawa Defunct
[ 170]
Ottawa Film Festival
Ottawa Program of short films screened at the University of Ottawa
[ 171]
Pendance Film Festival
Toronto [ 172]
Planet in Focus Toronto Yes
[ 173]
Punjabi International Film Festival
Toronto [ 174]
Queer North Film Festival Sudbury LGBT films
Yes
[ 175]
Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans Film Festival Kitchener-Waterloo LGBT films
Yes
[ 176]
Reel Stories
Barrie Documentary films
Yes
[ 177]
ReelAbilities Film Festival
Toronto Films about physical and mental disability
Yes
[ 178]
Reelout Queer Film Festival Kingston LGBT films
Yes
[ 179]
Reelworld Film Festival Toronto Yes
[ 180]
ReFrame Film Festival
Peterborough Documentary films
[ 181]
Regent Park Film Festival Toronto Yes
[ 182]
Rendezvous with Madness
Toronto Films about mental health
[ 106]
Routes to Roots Film Festival
Norfolk County Centres on films with local connections to the Haldimand-Norfolk region
[ 183]
Sault Film Festival
Sault Ste. Marie Independent films by Northern Ontario filmmakers
[ 184]
Sex Workers' Film and Arts Festival
Hamilton Films about sex work
[ 185]
Shadows of the Mind Film Festival
Sault Ste. Marie Films about mental health
[ 186]
Shorts That Are Not Pants
Toronto Short films
[ 106]
South Western International Film Festival Sarnia Yes
[ 187]
Stratford Film Festival Stratford Defunct
[ 188]
Stratford Winter Film Festival
Stratford New in 2024
[ 189]
Sudbury Outdoor Adventure Reels (SOAR) Film Festival Sudbury [ 190]
Sudbury's Tiny Underground Film Festival (STUFF)
Sudbury One-day festival of underground and experimental films, launched 2022
[ 191]
Take 21
Toronto Defunct; student films
[ 192]
TIFF Kids
Toronto Children's films
Yes
[ 193]
TIFF Next Wave Toronto Canadian and international feature films of youth interest and short films by amateur youth filmmakers
[ 194]
Timmins Film Festival
Timmins [ 195]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Toronto Yes
[ 196]
Toronto Arab Film Festival
Toronto Yes
[ 197]
Toronto Black Film Festival Toronto [ 198]
Toronto Food Film Festival
Toronto Yes
[ 199]
Toronto Independent Film Festival
Toronto Yes
Toronto International Film Festival Toronto Yes
[ 200]
Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival
Toronto Yes
Toronto International Teen Movie Festival Toronto Defunct
[ 201]
Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Toronto Yes
[ 106]
Toronto Jewish Film Festival Toronto Jewish films
Yes
[ 202]
Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival
Toronto Stories told through the lens of motorcycling
[ 106]
Toronto Palestine Film Festival
Toronto Yes
[ 106]
Toronto Queer Film Festival Toronto LGBTQ-themed experimental film
Yes
[ 203]
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Toronto Yes
[ 106]
Toronto Short Film Festival
Toronto Yes
Toronto Tamil Film Festival Toronto Tamil films
[ 204]
Toronto Urban Film Festival
Toronto [ 127]
T.O. Webfest
Toronto Yes
[ 205]
Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival Toronto [ 206]
Videodrunk Film Festival
Whitby Underground film
Yes
[ 207]
Vox Popular Media Arts Festival Thunder Bay [ 163]
Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema Waterloo Animated films
[ 208]
Weengushk International Film Festival Manitoulin Island Indigenous films
Yes
[ 209]
Willson Oakville Film Festival Oakville Yes
[ 210]
Water Docs
Toronto Documentary films about water and environmental protection
[ 106]
Windsor International Film Festival Windsor Yes
[ 211]
Windsor Jewish Film Festival
Windsor [ 212]
World of Comedy Film Festival
Toronto Defunct
[ 213]
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
See also
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^ Jordan Gill, "Pink Lobster showcases LGBT filmmakers" . CBC News New Brunswick, March 18, 2023.
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^ Patrick Butler, "Bonavista accueille des cinéphiles au 1er festival du film terre-neuvien en région rurale" . Ici Radio-Canada Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, July 5, 2019.
^ Don Bradshaw, "Grenfell professor planning province’s first ever pride film festival" . CJON-DT , January 22, 2020.
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^ Emelie Peacock, "Films with NWT links dominate Yellowknife Film Festival line-up" . Cabin Radio, October 15, 2019.
^ Jordan Parker, "Animation Festival hits cinemas in Halifax" . Halifax Today , May 10, 2018.
^ Jordan Parker, "FIN Stream presents a different film festival medium, with same selection pedigree" . Halifax Today , August 19, 2020.
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^ "The Canadian Film Festival levels up and embraces Filth" . Now ^ Kerry Gillespie, "Canadian Sport Film Festival shines spotlight on social change" . Toronto Star
^ Bee Quammie, "Caribbean stories and artists get a place to shine at CaribbeanTales International Film Festival" . Toronto Star
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^ Greg Cowan, "MIFF to be streamed online this year amid COVID-19 pandemic" . Owen Sound Sun-Times
^ Steve Pecar, "Film festival brings hidden gems to Milton this weekend" . In Halton , January 27, 2023.
^ Moira Wilson, "A glance at this year’s Mirror Mountain Film Festival" . The Fulcrum
^ Aparita Bhandari, "Mississauga's only film festival shines a much-needed spotlight on South Asian cinema" . CBC Arts , July 30, 2019.
^ "Mosaic Nights Festival coming to Barrie, Alliston this month" . Bradford Today ^ Suzie Cho, "Mulan International Film Festival 2022 Announces Festival Programmes, Opening Night and Closing Night Films" . Asian Movie Pulse , July 22, 2022.
^ "'Exciting, ambitious' Muskoka Queer Film Festival on tap" . Orillia Matters ^ Manal Amir, "First Muslim International Film Festival" . Toronto Observer , November 11, 2020.
^ "Local filmmaker to showcase new feature film to a North Bay audience" . Bay Today ^ Aaron Brophy, "NXNE 20 Years, 20 Memories: A Look Back At Two Decades Of North-By-Northeast Music Fest" . Huffington Post
^ a b "Film fans fight for independent cinema in Thunder Bay" . TVOntario , March 23, 2018.^ Laura Brody, "The 10th annual Oakville Festivals of Film & Arts line-up" . CHCH-DT , June 13, 2023.
^ "One World filmfest focuses on protest and revolt" . Ottawa Citizen ^ Zoe McKnight, "Open Roof Festival finds a home at ground level" . Toronto Star
^ Lynn Saxberg, "Fabienne Colas, founder of the Ottawa Black Film Festival, talks about why it's important to amplify Black voices" . Ottawa Citizen
^ Rachel Williams, "Recap: Ottawa Canadian Film Festival" . The Fulcrum
^ Alex Dudok de Wit, "Ottawa Animation Festival Reveals Competition Selections For 2020 Virtual Edition" . Cartoon Brew
^ Aedan Helmer, "Lights, camera, action on Ottawa International Film Festival". Ottawa Sun
^ Yves Bergeras, "Un tout nouveau festival du film voit le jour à Ottawa" . Le Droit
^ Norman Wilner, "The upstart Pendance Film Festival is aiming big" . Now
^ Norman Wilner, "Film festival of the week: Planet In Focus" . Now
^ Ibad Mukhtar, "Enjoy a long weekend of Punjabi cinema at PIFF" . Toronto.com
^ "Queer North Film Festival announces lineup for second year" . CBC Sudbury , June 1, 2017.^ "Queer Film Festival coming to Waterloo: Rainbow Reels screening 12 films at Princess Twin". Waterloo Region Record
^ K. C. Colby, "Barrie Film Festival reels fans in with lineup of docu-dramas" . CKVR-DT , March 15, 2022.
^ Barry Hertz, "ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto hopes to give platform to ‘joys and tensions’ of disability culture" . The Globe and Mail
^ "We're parading our colours to attract gay American tourists". Ottawa Citizen
^ Marina Hanna, "Toronto filmmakers to watch at Reelworld Film Festival" . Hamilton Spectator
^ Sarah McNeilly, "A sneak peek at what’s coming to the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival" . Kawartha Now , December 22, 2020.
^ "Regent Park Film Festival returns virtually with a lineup of local talent" . CBC News , November 16, 2020.^ "Film festival to debut in October". Simcoe Reformer
^ Christian D'Avino, "New Sault Film Festival to feature independent northern Ontario filmmakers" . CTV Northern Ontario , October 12, 2020.
^ Samantha Beattie, "Sex Workers' Film Festival — a 1st in Canada — aims to inspire empathy, says Hamilton organizer" . CBC Hamilton , August 1, 2024.
^ Christian D'Avino, "First responders celebrated at 21st annual Shadows of The Mind Film Festival" . CTV Northern Ontario , February 27, 2020.
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^ J. A. B. Somerset and James Lindroth, The Stratford Festival Story: A Catalogue-index to the Stratford, Ontario, Festival, 1953-1990 . Greenwood Press , 1991. ISBN 9780313278044 .
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