Every Toronto Film Festival (Updated 2021 – Over 130+ Festivals)
Partnering with The City of Toronto itself, we’ve just completed listing the FULL list of over 130 active film festivals in Toronto with eligibility requirements, along with specific “how-to” apply information.
Special thanks to Michele Alosinac for the full festival list.
Yes, there are more festivals in Toronto than just TIFF and Hot Docs. By the way, did you know that there are two “TIFF”s?
One is the TIFF everyone knows, and the other is the “Toronto Independent Film Festival”; a festival you have a hugely greater chance of getting into than the regular TIFF. And the best thing is, you can brag “Hey my movie premiered at TIFF” and technically not be lying.
Toronto International Film Festival (link)
The Toronto International Film Festival is the most prestigious festival in Toronto. I didn’t have to put it first, but ah well.
Genre Restrictions
Multiple films of every kind. No restrictions other than the obvious “no porn.” Unless it’s tasteful porn, and then it can go under the category of “art films you didn’t get.”
Eligibility
International and Canadian short films
Location
350 King St W, Toronto, ON
How-To Apply
Visit their website
indiefilmTO Festival (link)
Yes, a shameless plug, so what? I don’t feel any shame. I want to screen your movies. In fact, we’re screening our festival online on Jan 29th 2021 at 6pm sharp, for free.
Genre Restrictions
None. We accept short films, documentaries, experimental, and narratives. We only care whether your film is GOOD or not. That’s it.
How-To Apply
Check out our FilmFreeway to submit.
Insomniac Film Festival (link)
How-To Apply
Check out their FilmFreeway to submit.
Pendance Film Festival (link)
A film festival that is local to Toronto but has international submissions geared towards exploring innovation in story. What’s different about this festival is also the fact they have live jazz, wine, and an intimate atmosphere for artists to connect. Got to love that!
Genre
They accept shorts and features that have intriguing stories..
How-to Apply?
Contact via email at info@pendancefilmfestival.com for more information
Future of Film Showcase (link)
The team behind the Future of Film Showcase is a group of diverse young filmmakers aged 25 and younger.
Genre Restrictions
None, just make sure you are under 30 years old OR you’re studying film currently. This is to help the up and comers!
Eligibility
Short films but check this out to be sure.
How to Apply
Toronto Film Society’s May Movie Magic Film Festival (link)
April showers bring May movies. And here’s where it brings them to.
How to apply
Their eligibility and dates change frequently so it’s best to just check out their site.
Queer West Film Festival (link)
Genre Restrictions
Deals with LBTQ themes, or by an artist who belongs to that group.
Location
Revue cinema (400 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2M9)
Toronto Queer Film Festival (link)
The Toronto Queer Film Festival is a collectively-run, artist-centered, not-for-profit festival that showcases contemporary, innovative, queer and trans film and video art.
Queer activism. Queer Aesthetics. No corporate sponsors.
The Light Dance Film Festival (link)
The Light Dance Film festival celebrates dance in its diversity and endless possibilities, through live performance, but also in the cinematic medium.
How To Apply
Submit on FilmFreeway here.
Toronto Independent Film Festival (link)
The Toronto Independent Film Festival, not to be confused with TIFF, is a short film festival purely for indie film makers (new or old) to show off their stuff!
Genre Restrictions
Just shorts, no genre restrictions.
Eligibility
International films in the following categories: documentary, short film, LGBT film, animated short, Experimental short, Sci-Fi Short, and music videos
Location
20 Carlton Street at Yonge, Toronto, ON M5B 2H5
How-To Apply
In order to submit your film, you must register via Filmfreeway or Withoutabox. for more information, be sure to click here ( link )
The Festival Doc Shop (link)
The Festival Doc Shop is a source for only the hottest documentaries.
Genre Restrictions
The greatest documentary festival in Toronto. Food for thought!
Eligibility
Documentaries (All Matters) must be English language, subtitled in English or English-versioned
Location
506 Bloor St. W. @ Bathurst, Toronto
Toronto True Crime Film Festival (link)
Toronto True Crime Film Festival is a 2-day film festival dedicated to true crime on the big screen and beyond.
Genre Restrictions
True Crime – can be documentary or narrative as long as it is based on a true crime.
Location
Revue Cinema in Toronto.
How To Submit
Toronto Food Film Fest (link)
Enjoy films? enjoy eating food? want to learn about other mouth watering delicates all around the world with independent filmmakers? then this festival is for you!
Eligibility
Whatever film would appeal to an audience passionate about food. You can submit here.
Location
The Royal Cinema.
International Film Festival Of South Asia: IFFSA (link)
Eligibility
Film themes must be based on South Asian Cultures and identities
How- To Apply
Contact them at films@iffsatoronto.com
Toronto After Dark (link)
Toronto After Dark is a horror based film center in Toronto.
Genre Restrictions
Horror. Thriller. Question is, can you take it?
Eligibility
Can you scare or be scared? Seriously, that’s what it says on their site.
How-To Apply
You must contact: info@torontoafterdark.com. There simply is no other way!
Inside Out Film Festival (link)
Toronto’s Queer film festival is a niche market for specific films.
Genre Restrictions
Romance, Queer.
Eligibility
Must have themes that deal with LGBTQ.
Location
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 219, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8 CANADA
How-To Apply
Click this link for more info but when in doubt, contact submissions@insideout.ca.
Toronto New Wave (link)
Curated by active filmmakers and artists, Toronto New Wave (TNW) represents the work of budding creatives of the highest caliber both locally and internationally
Genre Restrictions
Short films (narrative, and documentary)
Canadian International Faith and Family Film Festival (link)
How-To Apply
Contact them at ciff.festival@gmail.com
Sudden Impulse Festival (link)
Eligibility
Must be a Short Film
How- To Apply
Contact them at SuddenImpulse@gmail.com
Real Asian Film Festival (link)
Eligibility
East/South/Southeast Asian/Asian North American and Asian Films
Location
Suit 448, 401 Richmond St., Toronto
Toronto Jewish Film Festival (link)
Jewish Film Festival of Toronto where you sing, dance and film it!
Eligibility
Must deal in subjects of Jewish history and culture
Location
19 Madison Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5R 2S2
How-To Apply
http://form.zonefestival.com/?k=tjff_f1
Planet in Focus (link)
Environmentalism films. Hey watch out for those sexy Panda’s.
Eligibility
Must have ecological and environmental topics
Location
192 Spadina Ave Suite 213, M5T 2C2 Toronto, ON Canada
How- To Apply
Contact them at info@planetinfocus.org
Cinefranco (link)
The French language film festival, where you get to steal the Pink Panther Diamond of films.
Genre Restrictions
Culturally French centric
Eligibility
The film must be in French.
Images (link)
Provides interdisciplinary films which focus on the cutting edge of new media professionalism
Genre Restrictions
Programming considered outside dominant media
Eligibility
All works related to the moving image, interactive processes and digital media are eligible for entry.
Location
401 Richmond St. W. # 448, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 CANADA
How-To Apply
http://www.ima…tallation.php or email: submissions@imagesfestival.com
Open Roof Festival (link)
A not for profit outdoor music and film festival
Location
99 Sudbury St, Toronto, ON. M6J 3C2
How-To Apply
Bring your film to the event: contact@openrooffestival.com
Reel World (link)
Eligibility
Feature racially diverse people in prominent roles in film/video content.
Location
Glenn Gould Studio on opening night, and the Famous Players Canada Square Cinemas afterwards.
European Union Film Festival (link)
Genre Restrictions
The European films that interest Toronto audiences.
Location
608 College Street Toronto, Ontario M6G 1A1
How-To Apply
Be sure to talk to them in Euro’s: jabessira@eutorontofilmfest.ca
Regent Park Film Festival (link)
Regent Park is Film Festival for the neighborhood of Regent Park.
Eligibility
The festival focuses on stories that resonate with the inner-city, community-driven, transient context of Regent Park, as well as with other communities in Toronto, across Canada and around the globe.
Location
585 Dundas Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
How-To Apply
http://regentp…m-submissions/ and email them: info@regentparkfilmfestival.com, make sure to sign up for their email to get their latest info: http://regentparkfilmfestival.com/about/contact-us/
Toronto Palestine Film Festival (link)
Genre Restrictions
Palestinian history, culture and politics
Eligibility
Palestinian filmmakers; as well as films on topics related to Palestine by Canadian and International filmmakers
Location
585 Dundas Street East Toronto, Ontario, Canada
How-To Apply
http://topalff.net/submission/ email: submissions@tpff.ca
ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival (link)
Genre Restrictions
First Nation, American Indian and Canadian Indian films.
Eligibility
To be eligible, an Indigenous person (ie. self-identified as Indigenous, Aboriginal or First Peoples and their descendents) must have held a key creative role on the project as a writer, director, or producer. The content of the film/video can be universal
Female-eye film festival (link)
Films which strongly features women
Genre Restrictions
Subjects involving the lives of women.
Eligibility
Female film-makers, or those with a predominantly female cast/crew.
How-To Apply
Email your submission to submitfeff@gmail.com. Include PayPal Transaction Number, FeFF Film Entry Form 2019 (attached). Vimeo to include Film Synopsis and password.
Toronto South African Film Festival (link)
Eligibility
Features and documentaries about the culture, history and politics of South Africa
How-To Apply
Talk to them at terence@tsaff.ca
Brazil Film Fest (link)
A film festival dedicated to Brazilian culture in Toronto.
Genre Restrictions
Documentaries or features that showcase Brazilian culture.
How-To Apply
Visit their webiste. Also, make sure to subscribe to their newsletter or follow them on Twitter at @brazilfilmfest.
Toronto Silent Film Festival (link)
You might think it’s silent, but pictures say more than words!
Genre Restrictions
A curse on the spoken word
Eligibility
Must be a silent film
How-To Apply
Contact them at torontosilentfilm@gmail.com
Scarborough Film Festival(link)
Eligibility
Canadian and world cinema
How-To Apply
info@scarboroughfilmfestival.com
Toronto Web Festival (link)
Eligibility
A festival for independent web series
How-To Apply
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/TOWebFest
Blood in the Snow (link)
Eligibility
Canadian-made shorts, features and documentaries in the horror, underground or grindhouse genres.
How- To Apply
Submit your application to kelly@bloodinthesnow.ca
The Canadian Film (link)
Eligibility
Any Canadian-made film
How-To Apply
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/CanadianFilmFestToronto
8 Fest: Small Gauge Film Festival (link)
Have a tiny camera yet you still want to make films? then this festival is for you! just goes to show that size doesn’t always matter!
Eligibility
Films in any genre
How- To Apply
the8fest@gmail.com with complete submission form.
aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival (link)
Eligibility
Latin-American films by Latin-American artists living in Canada
How- To Apply
Contact them at info@alucinefestival.com
Rendez-vous with Madness (link)
Eligibility
Films designed for the benefit of people living with mental illness or about subjects that touch on that.
TIFF Kids International Festival (link)
Eligibility
Films for Kids
Location
The TIFF Bell Lightbox. (obviously)
Cabbagetown Short Film Festival (link)
Eligibility
For the best short films from around the world, to be shown in the neighborhood of Cabbagetown.
How-to Apply
Application form at this link: link
The Parkdale Showcase (link)
A Film festival who’s organizers hope in promoting the work of the film artists who seek to promote the village of Parkdale through their annual film festival! A little exposure can’t hurt now can it?
Location
Parkdale and Roncesvalles neighborhood
How-to Apply
Visit the submission form here: link
The Breast Film Festival (link)
A festival dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness.
Eligibility
Documentaries and features exploring being young and suffering from breast cancer.
Location
215 Spadina Avenue, Studio 570, Toronto, ON. M5T 2C7
How-to Apply
Submit your film to: allen@rethinkbreastcancer.com
The Pomegranate Film Festival (link)
A film festival who promotes the Armenian culture in the art mediums of filmography
Eligibility
Relevant topics for Armenian culture
How-to Apply
Submit a film to them by following this link: ( link )
The Water Docs Film Festival (link)
A film festival all about the spiritual connection of Water and Ecology
Eligibility
Any documentary, short or feature which deals in preserving clean water
How-to Apply
The Lakeshorts Film Festival (link)
A short film festival for South Etobicoke.
Eligibility
Short films from independent filmmakers
Location
The Assembly hall ( 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park)
How-to Apply
Check out this (link)
Ekran – Toronto Polish Film Festival (link)
Ekran Polish Film Association is a grassroots non-profit organization founded in Toronto by a group of individuals who are passionate about showcasing new media arts and films with both a Polish and multicultural focus.
How-to Apply
Please visit http://ekran.ca/contact-us/
Toronto Youth Shorts (link)
Toronto Youth Shorts is a volunteer-run not-for-profit initiative that produces a series of events for young emerging filmmakers in the Greater Toronto and Southern Ontario Area.
Eligibility
The festival values all forms of entertainment and do not wish to impose any limits or forms of censorship, however you can see more by clicking here and going to the Themes and Subject Matter section.
The Toronto Fringe Festival (link)
If you are a theatre actor, you can always gather your troops and put on some live performances.
How-To Apply
The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival general@fringetoronto.com.
Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts Festival (link)
A film for the deaf in Toronto.
Genre Restrictions
Must be for the deaf.
Eligibility
Subtitles a must; intended for a deaf audience.
How-To Apply
Contact them at info@titfaf.ca and arts_submission@tidfaf.ca.
AirCanada enRoute Film Festival (link)
Location
TBD
How-To-Apply
Contact them at info@enroutefilm.com
Augmented Cinema Film Festival (link)
Currently on Hiatus
Breakthrough Film Festival (link)
Devoted to celebrating short films by New Generation female arts. Any genre is eligible from young women all over the world.
How-to-Apply
For inquiry go here
Canadian Sport Film Festival (link)
Festival for films that have to do with sports and promoting physical activity.
How-to-Apply
Check out this (link)
Censured in Canada Film Festival (link)
Eligibility
An underground Canadian-based festival for artists and works rejected and marginalized by Canadian festivals and institutions.
How-to-Apply
For inquiry go here
Christie Pits Film Festival (link)
Eligibility
A local arts organization that programmes a free weekly series of outdoor film screenings each summer in Christie Pits Park. The festival’s programme includes a combination of popular and critically-acclaimed feature films to draw large audiences, and local Canadian short and feature films.
How-to-Apply
For inquiry go here
Cineplex’s The Great Digital Film Fest (link)
Your favourite sci-fi, fantasy and cult films back in cinemas.
CineSiege (link)
Genre Restrictions
Films run the gamut from dramatic fiction, documentary, diarist and experimental.
Eligibility
Got to be an undergraduate student in AMPD’s Department of Cinema and Media Arts
How-to-Apply
Future students and inquire at ampd@yorku.ca. Current students can inquire at oaiss@yorku.ca.
Canadian Music Week (CMW) Film Fest (link)
A music, comedy and film festival.
Location
TBD
How-to-Apply
Go here for inquiry.
COMMFFEST (Global) Community Film Festival (link)
COMMFFEST is a community based film festival that presents a broad range of local and international films representing current affairs and relevant issues that affect our society.
Genre Restrictions
Films of any genres (global and local) cultural, social and community issues accepted combined with independently produced films.
How-to-Apply
Go here for inquiry.
Eatable Film Festival (link)
An innovative and immersive experience, Eatable Films is the first food film festival in Toronto.
How-to-Apply
For inquiry contact info@eatablefilms.com
FILMI: South Asian Film Festival (link)
Genre Restrictions
Features Features, Docs and Shorts of any genre.
Eligibility
You’ll have to be representing the South Asian community for this one.
How-to-Apply
Contact main@filmi.org
Geek Fest Toronto (link)
Geek Fest Toronto is everything Geeky and Nerdy in the form of Films, Documentaries, Speakers, and more.
Location
CineCycle, Behind 129 Spadina Avenue.
How-To Apply
http://geekfesttoronto.com/contact-us/
Gladstone Hotel Film Festival (link)
Celebrate some of Toronto’s best short film talent at the first Gladstone Hotel Film Festival. The Festival will showcase films by Torontonians, either written, directed, starring, produced or all of the above.
How- To Apply
contact them at reservations@gladstonehotel.com
Icelandic Film Festival (link)
Festival celebrating film, music and culture from Iceland.
Eligibility
Must have themes based on the Icelandic Culture
How- To Apply
https://icelandnaturally.com/contact-us/
International Diaspora Film Festival (link)
IDFF provides Toronto audiences with an opportunity to experience the cultural mosaic of the present world through the medium of cinema.
How-to-Apply
Contact info@diasporafilmfest.com or call 416-571-2150 for inquiry.
International Fetish Film Festival Toronto (link)
The Toronto International Fetish Film Festival will give audiences the opportunity to experience the best of art house erotica and fetish films from around the globe.
How- To Apply
check out their Filmfreeway
Italian Contemporary Film Festival (link)
Nine days to celebrate the brilliance of Italian contemporary cinema and filmmakers from all over the world.
How-to-Apply
Get your inquiry at info@icff.ca or general info at 416-551-4615
Lost Episode Festival Toronto (LEFT) (link)
Canada’s first and only fan-film festival, also screening indie gems and cult films from around the world. Horror, Sci-Fi, Animation, Shorts, Fan Films & More.
How-to-Apply
You can submit through Withoutabox at this link.
Little Terrors Short Film Festival (link)
Showcasing short films that are mind-opening, twisted, and ultimately entertaining.
How-to-Apply
You can submit via FilmFreeway at this link.
Macedonian Film Festival (link)
How-to-Apply
Follow the submissions form through this link.
Manifesto Festival (link)
Manifesto is a non-profit, youth-powered platform designed to put local artists on the map and unite, inspire and empower diverse communities of young people through arts and culture, year-round.
MINT Made in Toronto Film Festival (link)
Celebrating film and musical performance at the AGO Jackman Hall
How- To Apply
Contact them at films@mintff.org
Monsters & Martians Science Film Festival (link)
Currently on hiatus.
North by Northeast Music & Film Festival & Conference (link)
Multi-disciplinary festival bringing together music, comedy, technology, visual art and film. The conference is also focused on music as well as emerging technologies, interactive, gaming and the intersection of these disciplines.
Location
189 Church St.
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1Y7
How-to-Apply
General inquiries: info@nxne.com
North Korean Human Rights Film Festival (link)
On hiatus for the moment.
Open World Toronto Film Festival (link)
Yet another festival open to all genres and filmmakers from across the globe.
How-to-Apply
You can submit via FilmFreeway through this link, or give a direct submission.
Rastafest: Rastafari/Reggae Film Festival (link)
Rastafest is a multi-disciplined festival showcasing different aspects of the Rastafari culture. The festival draws from the rich and diverse Rastafarian lifestyle and history.
How-To-Apply
Contact them at masani@rastafest.com
Rebels With a Cause Film Festival (link)
Rebels With A Cause is a FREE annual 5-day film festival that showcases artistic reflections of social justice issues and critical documentations of unsung community work.
Currently on Hiatus
Reel Abilities (link)
Experience the largest film festival in North America dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and art of people with disabilities and Deaf people.
How-to-Apply
Get your inquiries here.
Reel Artists Film Festival (link)
Only real artists are allowed to apply. No figments of imagination here.
Currently on Hiatus
Amnesty International Reel Awareness Film Festival (link)
Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights. At the moment; currently on hiatus
Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour (link)
The Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour has been showcasing the very best paddling films. The World Tour screens in more than 120 cities around the world.
How-to-Apply
Contact Dan Caldwell at films@reelpaddlingfilmfestival.com.
ReelCanada Film Festival (link)
REEL CANADA promotes the power & diversity of Canadian film through 3 core programs: our films in our schools, welcome to Canada & national Canadian film day.
Location
TIFF Bell Lightbox
How-to-Apply
Get your inquiries at cara@reelcanada.ca
ReelHeART International Film Festival (link)
Anti-niche indie film festival that celebrates all genres and lengths of films, featuring film screenings, screenplay readings, special gatherings and panel discussions
How-to-Apply
Email your inquiries here.
ReelWorld Film Festival (link)
Supporting filmmakers, build bridges between sectors, and showcase stories that inspire change.
How-to-Apply
For inquiries you can contact contact@reelworld.ca
Ryerson University Film Festival (RUFF) (link)
Student film festival for Ryerson students.
Eligibility
Must be a Ryerson Student
How-To-Apply
Either Contact Page or Here
Short Shorts (link)
Celebrates a variety of short films.
How-to-Apply
Drop an inquiry at info@revuecinema.ca
Shorts That Are Not Pants Film Fest (link)
Toronto certainly doesn’t lack for film screenings. Cinephiles here are spoiled for choice, usually. Submissions WILL reopen
How-To-Apply
Email them at james@shortsnotpants.com
Space and Time Film Festival (link)
The Space and Time Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing films with a thematic focus on “space” and/or “time”.
How-to-Apply
Via FilmFreeway. Click here.
Toronto Animation Arts Film Festival (TAAFI) (link)
Showcasing the best in animated shorts and features. Currently on hold for the moment
TAIS Screenplay Festival & Animation Showcase (link)
Representing some of the best independent animated art being produced in the world, the Showcase is a highlight event for animation lovers each year.
How-to-Apply
Follow the steps here.
TAPFest (link)
Originally created by a collective actors based in Toronto Ontario Canada called The Actors Place (TAP); TAPFest was an opportunity for actors to push themselves forward and to create original films that highlights their abilities as actors and filmmakers.
Eligibilities
films Must be in the GTA to even be considered accepted
How-To-Apply
Check them out on FilmFreeway or email them at theactorsplace416@gmail.com
The Climate Change Film Festival (link)
The Toronto Climate Film Festival features important films highlighting the climate crisis in addition to providing Torontonians with tangible steps to take local effective action
Eligibility
Films must be themed around climate change
How-To-Apply
Contact them at http://www.tcff.ca/contact/
The Daring Independent Film Festival (link)
Currently On Hiatus, Will update when more information is given
The Hidden Film Festivals (link)
Currently on Hiatus, Will update when more information is given
TIFF Next Wave (link)
For the next generation of movie lovers: selections approved by our youth-driven TIFF Next Wave Committee.
Eligibility
Films must be a short film
How-To-Apply
Check out their website at https://tiff.net/nextwave
Toronto African Film & Music Festival (link)
Covering everything from life style, heritage, age, and culture, has nothing dedicated to celebrating African film and music jointly. Currently on Hiatus, if you have any questions, contact them at http://torontoafricanfilmmusicfest.com/index.php/contact-us/
Toronto Arthouse Film Festival (link)
The Toronto Arthouse Film Festival welcomes filmmakers who explore and develop new filmmaking conventions in their quest to realize their visions effectively on a limited budget.
Toronto Beaches Film Festival (link)
The Toronto Beaches Film Festival (TBFF) is a unique, flip-flop friendly film festival that takes place smack dab in the famous “Beaches” community in Toronto, Canada.
Eligibilities
Nothing, everything is accepted
How-To-Apply
Check out their FilmFreeway
Toronto Black Film Festival (link)
The Toronto Black Film Festival is dedicated to giving unique voices in cinema the opportunity to present audiences with new ways of looking at the world.
How-To-Apply
Check out here and their FilmFreeway
Toronto Film Week (link)
The TFW focuses on the unconventional, the unusual, the underground, the intuitive, the innovative, the minimalistic and the true artists of our time.
Eligibilities
Everything is accepted
How-To-Apply
Check out their Filmfreeway
Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival (link)
Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. We work tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for deep rooted change and fight to bring greater justice and security to people around the world.
How-To-Apply
Email them at filmfestival@hrw.org
Toronto International Film & Video Awards (TIFVA) (link)
Toronto Shorts Fest provides a showcase for the best short-form cinema and its creators in the world. We feel that short form cinema and its creators should have their own premier film festival in Toronto deserving similar recognition given to the feature film and its creators. Currently On Hiatus
Toronto International Short Film Festival (link)
Toronto Shorts Fest provides a showcase for the best short-form cinema and its creators in the world. We feel that short form cinema and its creators should have their own premier film festival in Toronto deserving similar recognition given to the feature film and its creators. Currently on hiatus
Toronto International Spring of Horror & Fantasy Film Festival (link)
We accept short films (<45 min), feature films (45< min) and music videos of all lengths that would play well alongside genre films. We are open to all horror, sci-fi and fantasy films. Other films that would fit a genre festival (such as bloody black comedies or dark experimental films) are also cordially welcome.
How-To-Apply
Contact them at http://springofhorror.com/contact.html
Toronto Irish Film Festival (TIRFF) (link)
The Toronto Irish Film Festival celebrates the very best of Irish cinema and promotes the work of Irish filmmakers to the Greater Toronto Irish community and the Toronto film festival public.
How-To-Apply
Contact them at toirishfilmfest@gmail.com
Toronto Japanese Film Festival (link)
Programming addresses popular genres such as historical (samurai), contemporary dramas, comedies and action, literary adaptations, children’s, art-house and anime films. All films shown are North American, Canadian, or Toronto premieres. On Hiatus for the moment
Toronto Nepali Film Festival (link)
The festival features films that pertain to Nepal, and is open to both Nepali and non-Nepali filmmakers. The festival showcases all genres of films including feature length films, documentaries, animation, experimental, and shorts. Currently On Hiatus, will update when it is back
Toronto Online Film Festival (link)
On hiatus for the moment.
Toronto Serbian Film Festival (link)
This festival celebrates the Serbian culture in the best way possible; film! (Yay!)
Eligibility
Films must be based around the Serbian culture
How-To-Apply
Email them at nenad97@yahoo.com
Toronto Short Film Festival (link)
The festival is open to any film in any genre under 50 minutes in length. The festival prioritizes low-budget films of independent spirit and exciting new talent.
Eligibility
Everything is accepted!
How-To-Apply
Check out their FilmFreeway
Toronto Smartphone Film Festival (link)
The Toronto Smartphone Film Festival (TSFF) was created with the goal to encourage aspiring filmmakers to share their stories through film, without having to equip themselves with expensive video equipment, training or field experience.
*Free submissions are only accepted during Early-Bird period.
How-To-Apply
Contact them at info@smartphonefilm.ca
Take 21 (link)
6 min max shorts. 21 or younger. Toronto Student Film Festival:Take 21 has become one of the most exciting opportunities for young filmmakers from all over the world to showcase their short films.
How to apply
Check them out here (link)
University of Toronto Film Festival (link)
Currently On Hiatus, will Update once more information is given
Veloreel (link)
Submissions of any film — fiction, documentary, animation, etc. — Will be accepted, With the exception of you being a bike lover and the piece is about bikes!
Eligibility
Anything is accepted as long as it deals with bikes
How-To-Apply
Submit your films at torontoveloreelsubmissions@gmail.com.
Videodrunk (link)
Videodrunk was founded in 2014 by M Rooney in an effort to create a film festival that shows a variety of genres and styles in a non-cinema environment to small active audiences fueled by their love of film and beer. Videodrunk is a party of a film festival.
How-to-Apply
Submit via FilmFreeway. Click here.
WILDsound MONTHLY Film & Screenplay Festival (link)
The RULES are simple: Make a film. They screen shorts and features of any genre. Length of films screened are from 10 seconds to 3 hours.
Zoom Student Film Festival (link)
Zoom Student Film Festival accepts entries from students aged 18 and younger. They ask that all submissions be kept within a running time of no longer than eight minutes (including credits).
Please refrain from any form of nudity, excessive violence, swearing, gore, or other explicit content.
Toronto Indie Doc Fest (TIDF) (link)
Toronto IDF remains to be an affordable alternative film festival for documentary filmmakers.
How-to-Apply
Via FilmFreeway. Click here.
Canadian Film Fest (link)
The Canadian Film Fest is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting Canadian independent films and cultivating emerging and established filmmaking talent.
Eligibility
Films must be made from Canadian filmmakers
How-To-Apply
Via FilmFreeway. Click Here
