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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]
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Air Canada enRoute Film Festival | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and aboard domestic Air Canada flights | Short films | [2] | |
Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF) | Locations throughout Canada | Established in 2009 | [3] | |
National Canadian Film Day | Locations throughout Canada | [4] | ||
Tournée Québec Cinéma | Locations throughout Canada | Francophone films | Yes | [5] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Abbotsford Film Festival | Abbotsford | Yes | [26] | |
Chilliwack Independent Film Festival | Chilliwack | Yes | [27] | |
Crazy8s | Vancouver | [28] | ||
DOXA Documentary Film Festival | Vancouver | Documentary films | Yes | [29] |
Fake Flesh Film Festival | Kamloops | Horror shorts | [30] | |
Festival Cinéloops | Kamloops | Francophone films | [31] | |
Gender Equity in Media Festival | Vancouver | Yes | [32] | |
Homeground Festival | Vancouver | Yes | ||
International South Asian Film Festival Canada | Vancouver | Yes | [33] | |
Invermere Film Festival | Invermere | Yes | [34] | |
Kamloops Black Film Festival | Kamloops | [35] | ||
Kamloops Film Festival | Kamloops | Yes | [36] | |
Kamloops Independent Short Shorts Film Festival | Kamloops | [37] | ||
Ma Boli International Punjabi Film Festival | Surrey | [38] | ||
Mena Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | [39] | |
Powell River Film Festival | Powell River | [40] | ||
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth | Vancouver | Films catered towards youth audiences | Yes | [41] |
Rendez-Vous French Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | [42] | |
Run N Gun 48 Hour Film Festival | Vancouver | [43] | ||
Salt Spring Film Festival | Saltspring Island | Yes | [44] | |
Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival | Victoria | Yes | [45] | |
Spark Animation Festival | Vancouver | Animation festival | Yes | [46] |
Stseptékwles re Sk’elép (Coyote Stories) Indigenous Film Festival | Kamloops | Yes | [47] | |
Vancouver Asian Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | [48] | |
Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | [49] | |
Vancouver International Black Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | [50] | |
Vancouver International Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | [51] | |
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival | Vancouver | Films about outdoor adventure, recreation and mountain culture | Yes | [52] |
Vancouver International Women in Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | [53] | |
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | [54] | |
Vancouver Queer Film & Video Festival | Vancouver | LGBT films | [55] | |
Vancouver Short Film Festival | Vancouver | Short films | Yes | [56] |
Vancouver Web Fest | Vancouver | Yes | [57] | |
Victoria Film Festival | Victoria | Yes | [58] | |
Whistler Film Festival | Whistler | Yes | [59] | |
Wild & Scenic Film Festival | Invermere | [60] | ||
World Community Film Festival | Courtenay and Kelowna | Documentary films | [61] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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African Movie Festival in Manitoba | Winnipeg | Yes | [62] | |
Afro Prairie Film Festival | Winnipeg | Yes | [63] | |
Canadian International Comedy Film Festival | Winnipeg | Yes | [64] | |
Cinémental | Winnipeg | Francophone films | Yes | [65] |
Freeze Frame International Film Festival | Winnipeg | Yes | [66] | |
Gimli Film Festival | Gimli | Yes | [67] | |
Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival | Winnipeg | Documentary films | Yes | [68] |
NSI Film Exchange Canadian Film Festival | Winnipeg | Defunct | [69] | |
Riding Mountain National Park Film Festival | Wasagaming | [70] | ||
Reel Pride | Winnipeg | LGBT films | Yes | [71] |
University of Winnipeg Film Festival | Winnipeg | Presented by the University of Winnipeg | [72] | |
Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival | Winnipeg | Indigenous films | Yes | [73] |
Winnipeg International Film Festival | Winnipeg | Defunct | [74] | |
Winnipeg Jewish Film Festival | Winnipeg | [75] | ||
Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival | Winnipeg | Yes | [76] | |
Winnipeg Underground Film Festival | Winnipeg | [77] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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DocTalks Festival and Symposium | Fredericton | Documentary films | Yes | [78] |
Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie | Moncton | Francophone films | Yes | [79] |
Indigenous Film Festival | Fredericton | Indigenous films | [80] | |
Pink Lobster Film Festival | Fredericton | LGBTQ films | [81] | |
Saint John Jewish Film Festival | Saint John | Jewish films | [82] | |
Silver Wave Film Festival | Fredericton | Yes | [83] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Bonavista Film Festival | Bonavista | [84] | ||
Corner Brook Pride Film Festival | Corner Brook | LGBT films | [85] | |
Nickel Film Festival | St. John's | Yes | [86] | |
St. John's International Women's Film Festival | St. John's | Yes | [87] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Dead North Film Festival | Yellowknife | Horror, fantasy and science fiction films; defunct | [88] | |
Yellowknife International Film Festival | Yellowknife | Yes | [89] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Animation Festival of Halifax | Halifax | Animated films | Yes | [90] |
Atlantic International Film Festival | Halifax | Yes | [91] | |
Atlantic Jewish Film Festival | Halifax | Jewish films | [92] | |
Devour! The Food Film Fest | Wolfville | Yes | [93] | |
Emerging Lens Film Festival | Halifax | Yes | [94] | |
Halifax Black Film Festival | Halifax | Yes | [95] | |
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival | Halifax | Yes | [96] | |
Hellifax Horror Film Festival | Halifax | Yes | [97] | |
Lunenburg Doc Fest | Lunenburg | Documentary films | Yes | [98] |
OUTeast Film Festival | Halifax | LGBT films | [99] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Ageless Film Festival | Toronto | Films about senior citizen issues | [102] | |
AGH Film Festival | Hamilton | [103] | ||
aluCine Latin Film and Media Arts Festival | Toronto | Latin American films | [104] | |
Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival | Ottawa | Indigenous films | Yes | [105] |
Barrie Film Festival | Barrie | Yes | [106] | |
Belleville Downtown DocFest | Belleville | Documentary films | [107] | |
Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [108] | |
Bloody Horror International Film Festival | Ottawa | Yes | [109] | |
Blue Mountain Film Festival | Collingwood | [110] | ||
Breakthroughs Film Festival | Toronto | Devoted to short films by emerging women and non-binary filmmakers | Yes | [111] |
Breast Fest Film Festival | Toronto | [112] | ||
Buffer Festival | Toronto | Yes | [113] | |
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival | Toronto | Short films | [114] | |
Canadian Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [115] | |
Canadian Sport Film Festival | Toronto | Films about the cultural, social and political context of sports | [116] | |
CaribbeanTales International Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [117] | |
CineFAM Film Festival | Toronto | Films by BIPOC wonen | Yes | [118] |
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival | Sudbury | Yes | [119] | |
Cinéfranco | Toronto | Francophone films | Yes | [120] |
European Union Film Festival | Toronto | European films; one film from each EU country screened free | [103] | |
Female Eye Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [121] | |
Festival Objectif Cinéma Desjardins | Ottawa | Francophone films | Yes | [122] |
Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories | Toronto | [123] | ||
Film North – Huntsville International Film Festival | Huntsville | [124] | ||
Forest City Film Festival | London | Yes | [125] | |
Future of Film Showcase | Toronto | Short films | Yes | [126] |
Global Tourism Film Festival | North Bay | Films about tourism and travel | [127] | |
Grand River Film Festival | Cambridge | Yes | [128] | |
Guelph Film Festival | Guelph | Documentary films | Yes | [129] |
Hamilton Film Festival | Hamilton | Yes | [130] | |
Hamilton Black Film Festival | Hamilton | [131] | ||
Hamilton Queer Film Festival | Hamilton | LGBTQ films | [132] | |
Hollywood North Film Festival | Picton, Quinte West, Belleville | Independent films | [133] | |
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival | Toronto | Documentary films | Yes | [134] |
Images Festival | Toronto | Yes | [135] | |
ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival | Toronto | Indigenous films | Yes | [136] |
Inside Out Ottawa Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival | Ottawa | LGBT films | Yes | [137] |
Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival | Toronto | LGBT films | Yes | [138] |
International Film Festival of Ottawa | Ottawa | Launched in 2020 | Yes | [139] |
International Film Festival of South Asia | Toronto | South Asian films | Yes | [140] |
Italian Contemporary Film Festival | Toronto | Italian and Italian-Canadian films | Yes | [141] |
Junction North International Documentary Film Festival | Sudbury | Documentary films | Yes | [142] |
Kingston Canadian Film Festival | Kingston | Canadian films | Yes | [143] |
Latin American Film Festival | Toronto | Latin American films | Yes | |
London Lesbian Film Festival | London | LGBT films | Yes | [144] |
Lost Episode Festival Toronto | Toronto | Yes | [145] | |
Making Scenes Film and Video Festival | Ottawa | LGBT films. Defunct 2005, replaced with Ottawa edition of Inside Out. | [146] | |
Meaford International Film Festival | Meaford | Yes | [147] | |
Milton Film Festival | Milton | Yes | [148] | |
Mirror Mountain Film Festival | Ottawa | Independent, underground and alternative films | Yes | [149] |
Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival | Mississauga | Yes | [150] | |
Mosaic Nights Film Festival | Alliston, Barrie | International films, centred on films from a different specific country each year | [151] | |
Mulan International Film Festival | Toronto | Chinese films | Yes | [152] |
Muskoka Queer Film Festival | Bracebridge, Huntsville | [153] | ||
Muslim International Film Festival | Toronto | [154] | ||
North Bay Film Festival | North Bay | [155] | ||
North by Northeast | Toronto | Yes | [156] | |
Northwest Film Fest | Thunder Bay | [157] | ||
Oakville Festivals of Film and Art | Oakville | Social issues festival - screens Canadian and international features, documentaries, shorts | Yes | [158] |
One World Film Festival | Ottawa | Documentary films | [159] | |
Open Roof Festival | Toronto | Yes | [160] | |
Ottawa Black Film Festival | Ottawa | Yes | [161] | |
Ottawa Canadian Film Festival | Ottawa | Yes | [162] | |
Ottawa International Animation Festival | Ottawa | Animated films | Yes | [163] |
Ottawa International Film Festival | Ottawa | Defunct | [164] | |
Pendance Film Festival | Toronto | [165] | ||
Planet in Focus | Toronto | Yes | [166] | |
Punjabi International Film Festival | Toronto | [167] | ||
Queer North Film Festival | Sudbury | LGBT films | Yes | [168] |
Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans Film Festival | Kitchener-Waterloo | LGBT films | Yes | [169] |
Reel Stories | Barrie | Documentary films | Yes | [170] |
ReelAbilities Film Festival | Toronto | Films about physical and mental disability | Yes | [171] |
Reelout Queer Film Festival | Kingston | LGBT films | Yes | [172] |
Reelworld Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [173] | |
ReFrame Film Festival | Peterborough | Documentary films | [174] | |
Regent Park Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [175] | |
Rendezvous with Madness | Toronto | Films about mental health | [103] | |
Routes to Roots Film Festival | Norfolk County | Centres on films with local connections to the Haldimand-Norfolk region | [176] | |
Sault Film Festival | Sault Ste. Marie | Independent films by Northern Ontario filmmakers | [177] | |
Shadows of the Mind Film Festival | Sault Ste. Marie | Films about mental health | [178] | |
Shorts That Are Not Pants | Toronto | Short films | [103] | |
South Western International Film Festival | Sarnia | Yes | [179] | |
Stratford Film Festival | Stratford | Defunct | [180] | |
Stratford Winter Film Festival | Stratford | New in 2024 | [181] | |
Sudbury Outdoor Adventure Reels (SOAR) Film Festival | Sudbury | [182] | ||
Sudbury's Tiny Underground Film Festival (STUFF) | Sudbury | One-day festival of underground and experimental films, launched 2022 | [183] | |
Take 21 | Toronto | Defunct; student films | [184] | |
TIFF Kids | Toronto | Children's films | Yes | [185] |
TIFF Next Wave | Toronto | Canadian and international feature films of youth interest and short films by amateur youth filmmakers | [186] | |
Timmins Film Festival | Timmins | [187] | ||
Toronto After Dark Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [188] | |
Toronto Arab Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [189] | |
Toronto Black Film Festival | Toronto | [190] | ||
Toronto Food Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [191] | |
Toronto Independent Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | ||
Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [192] | |
Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | ||
Toronto International Teen Movie Festival | Toronto | Defunct | [193] | |
Toronto Japanese Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [103] | |
Toronto Jewish Film Festival | Toronto | Jewish films | Yes | [194] |
Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival | Toronto | Stories told through the lens of motorcycling | [103] | |
Toronto Palestine Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [103] | |
Toronto Queer Film Festival | Toronto | LGBTQ-themed experimental film | Yes | [195] |
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | [103] | |
Toronto Short Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | ||
Toronto Tamil Film Festival | Toronto | Tamil films | [196] | |
Toronto Urban Film Festival | Toronto | [123] | ||
Toronto Vanguard Film Festival | Toronto | [citation needed] | ||
T.O. Webfest | Toronto | Yes | [197] | |
Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival | Toronto | [198] | ||
Videodrunk Film Festival | Whitby | Underground film | Yes | [199] |
Vox Popular Media Arts Festival | Thunder Bay | [157] | ||
Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema | Waterloo | Animated films | [200] | |
Weengushk International Film Festival | Manitoulin Island | Indigenous films | Yes | [201] |
Willson Oakville Film Festival | Oakville | Yes | [202] | |
Water Docs | Toronto | Documentary films about water and environmental protection | [103] | |
Windsor International Film Festival | Windsor | Yes | [203] | |
World of Comedy Film Festival | Toronto | Defunct | [204] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Charlottetown Film Festival | Charlottetown | Yes | [205] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival | Rouyn-Noranda | Yes | [206] | |
Animaze Montreal International Film Festival | Montreal | Animated films | Yes | [207] |
Canada China International Film Festival | Montreal | Yes | [208] | |
Canadian Independent Film Festival | Montreal | [citation needed] | ||
Carrousel international du film de Rimouski | Rimouski | Children's films | Yes | [209] |
Ciné-Sept | Sept-Îles | Yes | [210] | |
Cinemania | Montreal | Yes | [211] | |
Cinoche International Film Festival of Baie-Comeau | Baie-Comeau | Yes | [212] | |
Comedia | Montreal | Program of comedy films screened as part of the Just for Laughs comedy festival | [213] | |
Concordia Film Festival | Montreal | Festival of student films staged by Concordia University | [214] | |
Courts d'un soir | Montreal | Short films | Yes | [215] |
Cuisine, Cinéma & Confidences | Baie-Saint-Paul | Festival of food-related films and culinary events | Yes | [216] |
Eat My Shorts | Montreal | Short comedy films screened in conjunction with Just for Laughs | Yes | [217] |
Fantasia Festival | Montreal | Yes | [218] | |
Festival de films d'auteur de Val-Morin | Val-Morin | [219] | ||
Festival de films pour l'environnement | Saint-Casimir | Environmental films | Yes | [220] |
Festival du film de l'Outaouais | Gatineau | Yes | [221] | |
Festival du nouveau cinéma | Montreal | Yes | [103] | |
Festival Filministes | Montreal | Feminist films | Yes | [222] |
Festival Images en vues | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Short films | [223] | |
Festival Stop Motion Montreal | Montreal | Stop-motion animation | Yes | [224] |
First Peoples' Festival (Presence autochtone) | Montreal | Yes | [225] | |
Hudson Festival of Canadian Film | Hudson | Yes | [226] | |
IF3 International Freeski Film Festival | Montreal | Yes | [227] | |
Image+Nation | Montreal | LGBT films | Yes | [228] |
International Festival of Films on Art | Montreal | Yes | [229] | |
Korean Film Festival Canada | Montreal | Korean films | Yes | [103] |
Longue Vue sur le court | Montreal | Short films | Yes | [230] |
Massimadi Festival | Montreal | Canadian and international films about Black LGBTQ people and issues | Yes | [231] |
Montreal International Black Film Festival | Montreal | Yes | [232] | |
Montreal International Children's Film Festival | Montreal | Yes | [233] | |
Montreal International Documentary Festival | Montreal | Documentary films | Yes | [234] |
Montreal International Film Festival | Montreal | Defunct | [235] | |
Montreal Israeli Film Festival | Montreal | Jewish and Israeli films; formerly the Montreal Jewish Film Festival | [236] | |
Montreal World Film Festival | Montreal | Defunct | [237] | |
Les Percéides | Percé | Yes | [238] | |
Plein(s) écran(s) | Montreal | Short films | Yes | [239] |
Pop Montreal | Montreal | Music-related films screened in conjunction with a music performance festival | Yes | [240] |
Quebec City Film Festival | Quebec City | Yes | [241] | |
Regard – Saguenay International Short Film Festival | Saguenay | Short films | Yes | [242] |
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (Montreal) | Montreal | Yes | [243] | |
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (Quebec City) | Quebec City | Yes | [243] | |
Sherbrooke World Film Festival | Sherbrooke | Yes | [244] | |
Social Impact Film and Art Festival | Montreal | [245] | ||
Sommets du cinéma d'animation | Montreal | Yes | [246] | |
South Asian Film Festival of Montreal | Montreal | South Asian films | Yes | [247] |
Vues d'Afrique | Montreal | Yes | [248] | |
Vues dans la tête de... | Rivière-du-Loup | Yes | [249] | |
Urban Films Festival | Montreal | Qualifying event to select the Canadian submission to France's Urban Films Festival competition | Yes | |
Wakefield Documentary Film Festival | Wakefield | Documentary films | [250] | |
The YoungCuts Film Festival | Montreal | [251] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Cinergie | Saskatoon | Francophone films | Yes | [252] |
Living Skies Student Film Festival | Regina | Festival exhibiting films by University of Regina film students | [253] | |
Mispon: A Celebration of Indigenous Filmmaking | Regina | Indigenous films | Yes | [254] |
Queer City Cinema | Saskatoon | LGBT films | Yes | [255] |
Regina International Film Festival | Regina | Yes | [256] | |
Saskatchewan International Film Festival | Various locations | [257] | ||
Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival | Saskatoon | Yes | [258] | |
Reel Rave International Film Festival | Waskesiu Lake | [259] | ||
Yorkton Film Festival | Yorkton | Yes | [260] |
Name | City | Notes | CSA | Ref |
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Available Light Film Festival | Whitehorse | Yes | [261] | |
Out North Queer Film Festival | Whitehorse | LGBT films | Yes | [262] |