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Upcoming Toronto Festivals
Mar 15 - Apr 5, 2025 Toronto Serbian Film Festival
  Toronto's annual showcase of Serbian cinema.
Mar 24 - 29, 2025 Canadian Film Fest
  Homegrown cinema.
Mar 28 - 30, 2025 Toronto Queer Film Festival
  Representing the under-represented.
Mar 28 - 30, 2025 Toronto Irish Film Festival
  Cinema from the emerald isle.
Mar 29 - 30, 2025 Terriblefest
  Brace yourselves for the onslaught of off-kilter cinema in this final installment of Adam Riot Thorn's event.
TBA -- Mar 2025? Filmist Estonian Film Festival
  The cinema of Estonia.
Apr 1 - 4, 2025 Toronto Indie Horror Fest
  New blood from Canada and around the world.
Apr 1 - 4, 2025 ICFF Youth
  The city's yearly round-up of Italian-language cinema reaches out to the city's youth with weekday school presentations.
Apr 4 - 6, 2025 Toronto International Spring of Horror & Fantasy Film Festival
  Horror and fantasy spring eternal.
Apr 9 - 13, 2025 Toronto Animation Arts Festival International
  Sharpen your imagination.
Apr 10 - 13, 2025 TIFF Next Wave
  World cinema for teens, tweens and young adults. Most screenings free for anyone under 25!
Apr 10 - 14, 2025 Images Festival
  Screen art, from experimental features and shorts to gallery installations.
Apr 11 - 13, 2025 Toronto Silent Film Festival
  Where the images (accompanied by live music, naturally) do the talking.
Apr 16, 2025 Canadian Film Day
  All Canada, all day, all over the city (and the country).
Apr 21 - 24, 2025 Toronto Film Week
  Independence, both international and domestic, with an edge
Apr 24 - May 4, 2025 Hot Docs
  Toronto's annual celebration of reality-based cinema.
Apr 24 - 27, 2025 Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival
  Ukrainian culture in Toronto.
May 5 - 15, 2025 Toronto Jewish Film Festival
  A yearly celebration of worldwide Jewish culture on film.
May 22, 2025 Toronto Horror Film Festival
  Films that curdle blood and tingle the spine.
May 23 - Jun 1, 2025 Inside Out
  The queer cinematic experience.
TBA -- May 2025 Mayworks
  An annual celebration of labour, art and politics that usually includes a couple of thematically appropriate film screenings.
Jun 3 - 8, 2025 ImagineNative
  Aboriginal media, from the global to the local.
Jun 16 - 19, 2025 Vaughan Film Festival
  Indie cinema in the suburbs
Jun 20 - 29, 2025 Toronto Arab Film Festival
  Arab cinema in Toronto.
Jun 27 - Jul 20, 2025 Italian Contemporary Film Festival/Lavazza Inclucity Festival
  New Italian cinema in Toronto, plus a culturally diverse selection of films from other countries.
TBA -- Jun 2025? Toronto Japanese Film Festival
  Genre-spanning contemporary Japanese cinema.
TBA -- Jun 2025 Future of Film Showcase
  Emerging filmmakers point the way forwards.
Jul 16 - 20, 2025 Female Eye Film Festival
  A different gaze.
Jul 28 - Aug 3, 2025 Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival
  South Asian cinema comes to Canada.
TBA -- Jul 2025? The 8 Fest
  Small-gauge filmmaking.
TBA -- Jul 2025? Insomniac Film Festival
  Toronto's young filmmakers create rather than sleep.
TBA -- Jul 2025? Reel HeART Film Festival
  Independent film, from script to screen.
Aug 7 - 10, 2025 Diffusion
  Artist-centered film and video from underrepresented perspectives. Presented by the re:assemblage collective.
Aug 28 - 31, 2025 Toronto Shorts International Film Festival
  Short-form cinema.
TBA -- Aug 2025? Mulan International Film Festival
  From China to Toronto.
Sep 3 - 6, 2025 Cabbagetown Short Film Festival
  Cabbagetown loves cinema.
Sep 4 - 14, 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
  The big kahuna of Toronto film festivals.
Sep 9 - 14, 2025 Toronto Independent Film Festival
  Riding the festival wave in the name of micro-budget cinema.
Sep 11 - 22, 2025 Comffest
  Bringing communities together through film.
Sep 24 - Oct 3, 2025 Toronto Palestine Film Festival
  Presenting the narrative of a disposessed people.
TBA -- Sep 2025? Caribbean Tales Internation Film Festival
  Stories from the islands.
TBA -- Sep 2025? T.O. Web Fest
  Made for the Internet.
TBA -- Sep 2025? Mari Törőcsik Hungarian Film Festival
  Hungarian cinema comes to Toronto.
Oct 4, 2025 Nuit Blanche
  Artists take us deep into the Toronto night.
Oct 15 - 19, 2025 Toronto After Dark Film Festival
  New horror, fantasy and action cinema.
Oct 15 - 17, 2025 Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
  New independent talent. Free!
TBA -- Oct 2025? Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival
  Big wheels on screen.
TBA -- Oct 2025? Reelworld Film Festival
  Celebrating cultural diversity through film.
TBA -- Oct 2025? Planet In Focus Environmental Film Festival
  Taking stock of this hunk of rock we call home.
TBA -- Oct 2025? Toronto Latin American Film Festival
  Hispanic cinema.
TBA -- Oct 2025? Cyrus International Film Festival
  Contemporary Iranian cinema. Formerly known as CineIran.
TBA -- Oct 2025? Macedonian Film Festival
  Broadening awareness of Macedonian talent.
TBA -- Oct 2025? Alucine
  Showcasing the work of Latino film and video makers.
TBA -- Oct 2025? Rendezous With Madness
  Illuminating mental illness and addiction with both screenings and panel discussions.
TBA -- Oct 2025? International Film Festival of South Asia
  From South Asia to just West of Toronto.
TBA -- Oct 2025? Ageless Film Festival
  Cinema reflects on living long.
Nov 12 - 15, 2025 Architecture & Design Film Festival
  Design directs.
Nov 13 - 30, 2025 European Union Film Festival
  The member countries of the European Union showcase continental culture for the benefit of us abroad.
Nov 17 - 22, 2025 Blood in the Snow Film Festival
  Warm blood for the looming cold Canadian winter.
Nov 20 - 22, 2025 Canadian Sport Film Festival
  Giving the armchair quarterback a festival to call his own.
TBA -- Nov 2025? Reel Asian Film Festival
  Toronto's annual collection of films from Asia and the Asian diaspora.
TBA -- Nov 2025? Cinéfranco
  Recent French-language cinema.
TBA -- Nov 2025? Ekran Polish Film Festival
  Polish cinema returns to Toronto.
TBA -- Nov 2025? Diaspora Film Festival
  Illuminating the immigrant experience.
TBA -- Nov 2025? Brazil Film Festival
  A dose of hot Brazilian cinema holds off the imminent winter chill.
TBA -- Nov 2025? Regent Park Film Festival
  Shining the spotlight on a Toronto neighbourhood in revival.
TBA -- Nov 2025? Muslim International Film Festival
  Celebrating Muslim excellence in film.
TBA -- Nov 2025? Buffer Festival
  Online content creators congregate in a physical space.
TBA -- Nov 2025? Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
  Young filmmaking stars shine.
TBA -- Dec 2025 Breakthroughs Film Festival
  Emerging female directors break through.
TBA -- Dec 2025? Jayu Human Rights Film Festival
  Taking stock of human rights abuses around the world.
TBA -- Dec 2025? Filmi Toronto South Asian Film Festival
  South Asian cinema culture.
TBA -- Dec 2025? indiefilmTO Fest
  Celebrating emerging filmmakers.