This Week

Upcoming Toronto Festivals
Dec 5 - 8, 2024	Jayu Human Rights Film Festival
	Taking stock of human rights abuses in North Korea and beyond.
Dec 6 - 8, 2024	Breakthroughs Film Festival
	Emerging female directors break through.
Dec 7 - 8, 2024	Filmi
	South Asian cinema culture.
TBA -- Jan 2025?	Kokatsu: Japanese Cinema
	The Consulate General Of Japan amd the Japan Foundation team up for this annual free movie event. All screenings are free but an RSVP is required.
TBA -- Feb 2025?	Cinéfranco Youth Festival
	The city's yearly round-up of recent French-language cinema reaches out to the city's youth with weekday school presentations.
TBA -- Feb 2025?	Pendance Film Festival
	For the love of story.
TBA -- Feb 2025?	Toronto Black Film Festival
	Discovery, from Africa to the diaspora.
TBA -- Mar 2025?	Canadian Film Fest
	New homegrown fare.
TBA -- Mar 2025?	Filmist: Estonian Film Festival
	The cinema of Estonia.
TBA -- Mar 2025?	Human Rights Watch
	Fighting injustice, inspiring hope.
TBA -- Mar 2025?	Toronto Irish Film Festival
	Cinema of the emerald isle.
TBA -- Mar 2025?	Toronto Queer Film Festival
	Representing the under-represented.
TBA -- Mar 2025?	Toronto Short Film Festival
	Short-form cinema.
TBA -- Apr 2025?	Canadian Film Day
	All Canada, all day.
TBA -- Apr 2025?	Hot Docs
	Ten days of reality-based cinema. The cream of the Sundance/SXSW/Tribeca slate, plus many World and North American premieres.
TBA -- Apr 2025?	Images Festival
	Screen art, running the gamut from intriguing features to experimental shorts and gallery installations.
TBA -- Apr 2025?	No Arms In The Arts
	Counter-programming Hot Docs to protest that festival's donor Scotiabank and their investment in Israeli arms manufacturing.
TBA -- Apr 2025?	Spring Of Horror
	Fresh blood.
TBA -- Apr 2025?	TIFF Next Wave
	World cinema for teens, tweens and young adults. Most screenings free for anyone under 25!
TBA -- Apr 2025?	Toronto Animation Arts Festival International
	Sharpen your imagination.
TBA -- Apr 2025?	Toronto Film Week
	Free shorts from the international indie set.
TBA -- Apr 2025?	Toronto Silent Film Festival
	Where the images (accompanied by live music, naturally) do the talking.
TBA -- Apr 2025?	Toronto Ukranian Film Festival
	Ukrainian culture in Toronto.
TBA -- May 2025?	Inside Out Lesbian And Gay Film Festival
	Eleven days of the queer cinematic experience.
TBA -- May 2025?	Toronto Serbian Film Festival
	Toronto's annual showcase of Serbian cinema returns.
Jun 3 - 8, 2025	ImagineNative
	Aboriginal film and video.
Jun 5 - 15, 2025	Toronto Jewish Film Festival
	A yearly celebration of worldwide Jewish culture on film.
TBA -- Jun 2025?	Future Of Film Showcase
	Emerging filmmakers, new films.
TBA -- Jun 2025?	Italian Contemporary Film Festival/Lavazza Inclucity Festival
	Italian cinema returns to Toronto.
TBA -- Jun 2025?	Toronto Arab Film Festival
	Arab cinema in Toronto.
TBA -- Jun 2025?	Toronto Japanese Film Festival
	Genre-spanning Japanese cinema.
TBA -- Jun 2025?	Toronto Smartphone Film Festival
	Shot small, shown big.
TBA -- Jun 2025?	Vaughan Film Festival
	Indie cinema in the suburbs.
TBA -- Jul 2025?	Female Eye
	Another gaze.
TBA -- Jul 2025?	Reel HeART Film Festival
	Independent film, from script to screen.
TBA -- Jul 2025?	The 8 Fest
	Small-gauge filmmaking.
TBA -- Aug 2025?	Diffusion
	Artist-centered film and video from underrepresented perspectives. Presented by the re:assemblage collective.
TBA -- Aug 2025?	Mulan International Film Festival
	From China to Toronto.
TBA -- Aug 2025?	Toronto Shorts International Film Festival
	Short-form cinema.
TBA -- Sep 2025?	Cabbagetown Short Film And Video Festival
	Cabbagetown loves cinema.
TBA -- Sep 2025?	Caribbean Tales
	Stories from the islands.
TBA -- Sep 2025?	Commffest
	Bringing communities together through film.
TBA -- Sep 2025?	Mari Torocsik Hungarian Film Festival Toronto
	Hungarian cinema comes to Toronto.
TBA -- Sep 2025?	TO Web Fest
	Made for the Internet.
TBA -- Sep 2025?	Toronto Indie Film Festival
	Riding the festival wave in the name of micro-budget cinema.
TBA -- Sep 2025?	Toronto International Film Festival
	The big kahuna of Toronto film festivals.
TBA -- Sep 2025?	Toronto Palestine Film Festival
	Presenting the narrative of a disposessed people.
TBA -- Sep 2025?	Woman, Life, Freedom Festival
	Highlighting women's struggles and achievements, inspired by the Iranian people's uprising.
Oct 15 - 19, 2025	Toronto After Dark
	New horror, fantasy and action cinema.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Ageless Film Festival
	Cinema reflects on living long.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Alucine
	Presenting the work of Latino film and video makers.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Architecture & Design Film Festival
	Design directs.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Cyrus International Film Festival
	Contemporary Iranian cinema. Formerly known as CineIran.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Greek International Film Festival Toronto
	From Greece to Toronto (and across Canada).
TBA -- Oct 2025?	International Film Festival of South Asia
	From South Asia to just West of Toronto.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Macedonian Film Festival
	Broadening awareness of Macedonian talent.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Nuit Blanche
	Artists take us deep into the Toronto night.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Planet In Focus
	Taking stock of this hunk of rock we call home every autumn.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Reelworld Film Festival
	Celebrating cultural diversity through film.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Rendezvous With Madness
	Illuminating mental illness and addiction with both screenings and panel discussions.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
	New independent talent. Free!
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Toronto Chinese Film Festival
	Bridging cultural divides through cinema.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Toronto Indie Horror Fest
	New blood.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Toronto Latin American Film Festival
	Hispanic cinema.
TBA -- Oct 2025?	Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival
	Big wheels on screen.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Blood In The Snow
	Warm blood for the cold Canadian winter.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Brazil Film Fest
	A dose of Brazilian cinema holds off the imminent winter chill.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Buffer Festival
	Online content creators congregate in a physical space.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Canadian Sport Film Festival
	Giving the armchair quarterback a festival to call his own.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Cinéfranco
	Recent French-language cinema.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Diaspora Film Festival
	Illuminating the immigrant experience.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festial
	Polish cinema returns to Toronto.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	European Union Film Festival
	The member countries of the European Union showcase continental culture for the benefit of us in the colonies.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Muslim International Film Festival
	Celebrating Muslim excellence in film.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Reel Asian
	Toronto's annual collection of films from Asia and the Asian diaspora.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Regent Park Film Festival
	Shining the spotlight on a Toronto neighbourhood in revival.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Shorts Not Pants Festival
	Quick takes.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	South African Film Festival
	The culture, history and politics of South Africa.
TBA -- Nov 2025?	Toronto International Music Video Festival
	Music marries image across the globe..
Out Of Town
Missing In Action: Toronto
Last Seen: Sep 2023	Corazon Latino Film Festival
	From Mexico to Toronto.
Last Seen: Jul 2023	Toronto Beaches Film Festival
	Beach life, inside.
Last Seen: Jun 2023	Get Reel Film Fest
	Cinema sparks conversation about mental health.
Last Seen: Jun 2023	Together We Rise
	Scarborough shines the spotlight on Asian arts and culture.
Last Seen: May 2023	Czech That
	Czech cinema travels to you!
Last Seen: May 2023	Korean Film Festival
	Free Korean films, presented by the Korean Film Council and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea.
Last Seen: May 2023	Reel Abilities
	Cinema by and about people with disabilities.
Last Seen: Mar 2023	Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival
	South Asian cinema comes to Canada.
Last Seen: Nov 2022	Video Drunk
	Drink deeply from the fountain of cinema.
Last Seen: Nov 2022	Canadian Labour International Film Festival
	The world of work and those who do it.
Last Seen: Nov 2022	Syria Film Festival
	Moving pictures convey the Syrian struggle.
Last Seen: Oct 2022	Lebanese Film Festival In Canada
	Lebanon through film.
Last Seen: Oct 2022	Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival
	From Nigeria to Toronto.
Last Seen: Oct 2022	Toronto Food Film Festival
	Food on screen, snacks in the belly.
Last Seen: Oct 2022	Horror-rama
	Toronto's annual celebration of horror includes a selection of horror shorts from around the world.
Last Seen: Sep 2022	Glenn Gould @ 90
	A celebration of all things Glenn Gould, including films about his work and his own contributions to cinema.
Last Seen: Jul 2021	Vector Festival
	Born digital.
Last Seen: Jun 2019	Toronto True Crime Film Festival
	Truth > fiction. Docs, docudramas and lectures.
Last Seen: Jun 2021	Lavazza Drive-In Film Festival
	One-time COVID-afflicted nations fill the Toronto summer evening with the sights and sounds of cinema. Presented by ICFF.
Last Seen: Apr 2019	Cinéfranco Perspective Québec
	New, vibrant French-language cinema from La Belle Provence.
Last Seen: Mar 2021	Toronto Korean Film Festival
	Taste kimchi cinema.
Last Seen: Feb 2021	JFF Plus Online Festival
	From Japan to you, by way of the internet.
Last Seen: Aug 2019	Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
	Young filmmaking stars shine.
Last Seen: Dec 2019	Sinolux
	Chinese favourites. In this year's spotlight: Lou Ye!
Last Seen: Oct 2020	What The Film Festival
	Eccentric cinema, courtesy Laserblast. This year screening free as part of Canzine!
Last Seen: Oct 2020	Coalition Of South Asian Film Festivals
	South Asian cinema in solidarity.
Last Seen: Sep 2020	Culture Days
	An annual cross-Canada weekend of culture, including film.
Last Seen: Aug 2020	Insomniac Film Festival
	Toronto's young filmmakers create rather than sleep. In lieu of an in-person gathering, this year the festival has collected short films into a feature-length movie.
Last Seen: Apr 2019	Bloody Mary Film Festival
	Celebrating women in horror, sci-fi and fantasy.
Last Seen: Mar 2019	Waterdocs
	For the love of H20.
Last Seen: Jan 2020	indiefilmTO Fest
	Adding value.
Last Seen: Nov 2019	Pomegranate Film Festival
	Fresh filmic takes on Armenian culture.
Last Seen: Nov 2019	Estdocs
	The Estonian documentary film festival.
Last Seen: Oct 2019	Toronto Middle Eastern And North African Film Festival
	Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Tunis and more.
Last Seen: Oct 2019	Toronto Spanish Film Festival
	New films from Spain, doled out one title per week.
Last Seen: Jul 2019	Multicultural Film Festival
	The cinema mosaic at work.
Last Seen: Jun 2019	Contact Dance International Film Festival
	The momentum of dance takes to the screen.
Last Seen: May 2019	Turkish Film Week
	Turkish cinema.
Last Seen: Mar 2019	Cine Cuba Toronto
	Cuban cinema.
Last Seen: Oct 2018	Nollywood Travel Film Festival
	From Nigeria to Toronto.
Last Seen: Sep 2016	Parkdale Film + Video Showcase
	The cinema of Parkdale.
Last Seen: Sep 2018	Canadian International Faith And Family Film Festival
	Artists In Christian Testimony present films of faith.
Last Seen: Aug 2018	Lost Episode Festival
	Fans fill in the genre blanks.
Last Seen: Aug 2018	Toronto Anime Matsuri
	Pop-culture Japan in Toronto - anime, J-Rock, fashion and more!
Last Seen: Jun 2018	Contemporary Croatian Cinema
	The latest from Croatia.
Last Seen: May 2018	Toronto Nepali Film Festival
	Highlighting the political and social developments of Nepal.
Last Seen: Apr 2018	Toronto International Porn Festival
	The former Feminist Porn Awards expands to explore the diversity of human lust.
Last Seen: Apr 2018	Italian Contemporary Film Festival Youth Edition
	A youth-oriented spin on contemporary Italian cinema.
Last Seen: Nov 2017	Reel Awareness - Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival
	Human rights issues on film.
Last Seen: May 2017	Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts Festival
	Showcasing deaf culture on film.
Last Seen: Oct 2016	Explore Experience Evolve Film Festival
	Toronto's spiritual film festival.
Last Seen: Oct 2016	Eatable
	Food + film.
Last Seen: Oct 2016	DGC Awards Film Festival
	The Directors Guild Of Canada prepares for its annual awards ceremony with a week of nominees. Free!
Last Seen: Oct 2016	Brazilian Film & TV Festival Of Toronto
	The heat of Brazilian culture holds off the imminent autumn chill.
Last Seen: Jul 2016	Silver International Film Festival
	Building connections between filmmakers and filmgoers.
Last Seen: Jun 2016	World International Film Festival
	World cinema screens around the globe.
Last Seen: May 2016	Bollywood In The Bluffs
	Free South Asian films at the Scarborough Bluffs.
Last Seen: Dec 2015	The Shortest Day
	Ring in the solstice with short films leading up to the year's shortest day. Free!
Last Seen: Nov 2015	Toronto NXT Film Fest
	New voices, new visions.
Last Seen: Oct 2015	Toronto Russian Film Festival
	Post-Soviet Russian cinema.
Last Seen: Aug 2015	Rastafest
	Reggae film.
Last Seen: May 2015	Eastern Breeze
	A taste of Eastern philosophy.
Last Seen: Mar 2015	Reel Artists Film Festival
	Artists on film. Presented by the Canadian Art Foundation.
Last Seen: Feb 2015	Romanian Film Festival Of Toronto
	A spring showcase of Romanian cinema. Presented by Association Rocade.
Last Seen: Oct 2014	Zero Film Festival
	DIY, self-financed films.
Last Seen: Oct 2014	Si Si Cine
	The Spanish-language cinema festival returns as part of the larger Festival Of Images And Words.
Last Seen: Aug 2014	Toronto Veloreel Film Festival
	Movies on wheels. Outdoors at 1 Fraser Ave.
Last Seen: Jun 2014	Pink Latino Diversity Festival
	Just in time for Pride.
Last Seen: Apr 2014	Sex And The Erotic Film Festival
	Sex, love, pleasure.
Last Seen: Mar 2014	U Of T Film Fest
	Students past and present of the venerable downtown learning institution showcase their work.
Last Seen: Mar 2014	Breast Fest
	Rethinking breast cancer.
Last Seen: Nov 2013	Monsters & Martians
	Indie sci-fi.
Last Seen: Sep 2013	Toronto Cornerstone International Film Festival
	Love motivates, messages sent, action taken.
Last Seen: Jul 2013	Hidden Film Festival
	Hide and seek.
Last Seen: Jun 2013	Toronto Greek Film Retrospective
	The legacy of Greek cinema, free of charge.
Last Seen: Mar 2013	The Caribbean Film Festival
	From the islands to the diaspora.
Last Seen: Oct 2012	French Films On Campus
	Free Francophonic Film, an initiative of French Cultural Services In Canada.
Last Seen: Oct 2012	Toronto Creole Film Festival
	Creole culture.
Last Seen: Sep 2012	Abilities Arts Festival
	Cinema provides the impetus to discuss issues surrounding disability. Part of the larger Abilities Arts Festival.
Last Seen: Sep 2012	Stiffed! Film Festival
	This year's Salon De Refuses for rejected TIFF shorts.
Last Seen: Jul 2012	Shinsedai
	The new generation of Japanese filmmakers. The 2013 edition has been cancelled.
Last Seen: Jun 2012	Worldwide Short Film Festival
	Brevity crosses all borders in this yearly helping of cinema for the short of attention. Of special mention are an outdoor screening at Dufferin Grove Park (Jun 3), comedy showcase at The Garrison (Jun 7), a night of shorts at the CN Tower (Jun 9), and an all-night programme (Jun 9). Mostly
Last Seen: Mar 2010	World Of Comedy Film Festival
	Laugh the winter blues away.
Last Seen: Feb 2012	All Balls Don't Bounce Sports Weekend
	Displaying a passion for both sport and film with a focus on black athletes, screening Joe Frazier doc When The Smoke Clears, black surfing expose White Wash, West Indian cricket remembrance Fire In Babylon and Canadian track and field story Mighty Jerome. Screenings are free.
Last Seen: Feb 2012	Giggleshorts
	Levity meets brevity.
Last Seen: Aug 2011	Bicycle Film Festival
	The moving image on two wheels.
Last Seen: May 2011	Toronto Romanian Film Festival
	Charting the flourishing course of Romanian cinema.
Last Seen: Sep 2009	Spinning Wheel Film Festival
	Stories illuminating the history and traditions of the Sikh people.
Last Seen: Mar 2011	Japanese Short Film Festival
	Bite-sized chunks of Japanese cinema.
Last Seen: Feb 2011	Cuban Film Festival
	Cuban cinema. Free!
Last Seen: Sep 2010	Indie Can
	Independent Canadian cinema.
Last Seen: Sep 2010	Toronto Scream Fest
	Short, sharp jabs of bloody horror.
Last Seen: Jul 2010	Human Rights Docfest
	Human rights issues on film.
Last Seen: Jul 2010	Toronto Singapore Film Festival
	Singaporean goodies.
Last Seen: Apr 2010	Tibet Film Festival
	Sharing the culture of Tibet with Toronto through recent documentaries and features.
Last Seen: Dec 2009	Romanian Film Festival at Toronto
	Montreal's Romanian Fest makes the trip down the 401.
Last Seen: Nov 2009	Kino Festival Of Russian Film And Art
	Covering fiction, documentary and even animation, Kino attempts to present a comprehensive portrait of Russian film culture.
Last Seen: Oct 2009	MUCK Film Festival
	Movies of uncommon knowledge, confronting assumptions about the world we live in.
Last Seen: Sep 2009	Kino Kultura
	Highlights from the last decade of Polish cinema, including Andrez Wajda's Katyn, plus animated shorts for the kids and a programme of music videos. Part of the larger Roncesvalles Polish Festival. The hard-to-find schedule can be found at the bottom of this page.
Last Seen: May 2009	Over The Top
	A companion film festival to the annual all-ages music festival of new and rising acts. Highlights include the Gondry/Carax/Bong omnibus travelogue film Tokyo!, explosive home invasion thriller PVC-1 and Viking flick Severed Ways.
Last Seen: Mar 2009	Mpenzi Black Women's Festival
	Black women's issues on film.
Last Seen: Mar 2009	Queer 2 Fly
	Diversity through film.
Last Seen: Feb 2009	Australian Film Weekend
	The cinema of down under warms the frigid Canadian winter. This year's programme includes the Midnight Madness-approved Ozploitation doc Not Quite Hollywood.
Last Seen: Nov 2008	Voices Forward
	Illuminating life in the Middle East via Israeli and Palestinian culture.
Last Seen: Oct 2008	Toronto International Latin Film Festival
	Upstart usurper of the Latin film fest crown, showcasing recent cinema from South America and Europe.
Last Seen: Sep 2008	Student Shorts
	Occupation: student. Output: film. Length: short.
Last Seen: Sep 2008	Microcinefest
	A cornucopia of cinema and video for the TIFF'ed off.
Last Seen: Jun 2008	Toronto Portuguese Film Festival
	Portuguese culture on film.
Last Seen: May 2008	Contact: Films On Photography
	The yearly city-wide photography festival includes a sidebar collection of photo-docs.
Last Seen: Dec 2007	Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival
	Films dealing in fantasy, science fiction and mythology (but drawing the line at horror).
Last Seen: Nov 2007	Bengali Film Festival
	Bengali culture on film.
Last Seen: Oct 2007	DNA Film Festival
	Digital narrative arts.
Last Seen: Jun 2007	Balkan Film Festival
	The countries of south-eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Turkey) represent themselves cinematically.
Last Seen: May 2007	Hong Kong Film Festival
	Ten years after the handover of the Hong Kong territory to mainland China, U of T's Asian Institute shares a decade of film industry highlights with Toronto audiences.
Last Seen: Feb 2007	Prisoner's Justice Film Festival
	Prison activism through cinema.
Last Seen: Nov 2006	Toronto Arab Film Festival
Last Seen: Nov 2006	ResFest
	Digitally yours. Music videos, shorts and more.
Last Seen: Nov 2006	Moving Pictures
	Moving bodies meet the moving image, dance meets film.
Last Seen: Sep 2006	RebelFest
	Feeding off TIFF's considerable profile.
Last Seen: Sep 2006	First Take
Last Seen: Aug 2006	Young Cuts
	Young filmmakers step into the spotlight.
Last Seen: Jun 2006	Splice This!
	Toronto's annual celebration of small-gauge filmmking.
Last Seen: Jun 2005	Festival Of Italian Cinema
	Upstart competitor in the Italian festival space.
Last Seen: May 2005	Classic Movie Festival
	Classics both remebered and forgotten, B-movies and seminal works of noted directors.
Last Seen: Apr 2005	Jack Layton Film Festival
	The leader of Canada's NDP political party lends his name to this iconoclastic collection of films promoting "social democracy, the human condition, peace, love & understanding and maybe even a laugh or two".
Last Seen: Jun 2004	Sex And Death
Last Seen: Apr 2004	Get Reel
Last Seen: Feb 2003	Polish Film Festival
Last Seen: Jan 2003	Iced In Black
Last Seen: Sep 2002	Planet Indie
Last Seen: Sep 2002	Counting Past 2
Last Seen: Aug 2002	Teen Movie Festival
Last Seen: Jul 2002	BritPics
Last Seen: Oct 2001	Digital Image Festival
Compiled by Don Marks (contact) Font graphics courtesy Web Diner Inc.