Toronto Film Series
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100FPS
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To quote their own bio: "Breakneck cinema for speek freaks and
weird geeks"
Venue: Eyesore Cinema |
Ad Hoc Film Collective
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Cinema has no fixed address.
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Chai Tea & A Movie
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The Toronto Jewish Film Festival presents this occasional
series of hot beverages and Jewish-themed films.
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Christie Pits Film Festival
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Outdoor cinema in The Pits.
Venue: Christie Pits Park |
Doc Soup
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Monthly documentary screenings, from October to April,
programmed by the Hot Docs festival.
Filmmaker is usually in attendance.
Venue: Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema |
Docunight
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Iran via documentary.
Venue: Carlton |
Drunk Feminist Films
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Booze-fuelled feminist film fans mock their way through
the lows of Hollywood gender representation.
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Drunken Cinema
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Movies and booze (and games)!
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Free Friday Films
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Weekly free screenings of recent flicks and occasional classics
presented by U of T's Cinema Studies Student Union
(but all are welcome). Prints sources range from 35mm to dvd.
Venue: Innis Town Hall
Upcoming:
Jan 17
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Happiness
(1998, USA, D: Todd Solondz)
Free!
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Inside Out
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Expanding the annual festival of queer cinema to a year-round presence.
Venue: TIFF Bell Lightbox |
Killer B Cinema
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Bad movies go down well with booze.
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Masked At The Movies
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Respirator-mandatory screenings for this COVID era.
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MDFF Presents
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The cutting edge of indie art cinema, screening at a variety of venues
around the city.
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Movies For Mommies
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Baby-friendly screenings of recent releases for new parents dying to
get out of the house.
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Mulan Festival
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Year-round programming from the festival of Chinese cinema.
Venue: Innis Town Hall |
New Circle of Cinema
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Popup microcinema looking beyond streaming.
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Nordic Nights
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Films from the lands of ice and snow.
Venue: Toronto Metropolitan University |
Open Roof Festival
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Film and music, above street level.
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Pleasure Dome
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Year-round screenings of experimental/avant-garde film and video
in a variety of venues, including Cinecycle and Latvian House.
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re:assemblage collective
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Artist-centered screenings.
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Reel Talk
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Two monthly series of new World cinema and Engligh-language
independent film,
followed by discussion with guest filmmakers,
critics, etc. Admission requires a subscription to the entire series.
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Rue Morgue's Cinemacabre
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Monthly screenings of horror flicks courtesy the fine folks at
Rue Morgue magazine.
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Shorts That Are Not Pants
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Not pants, not pants at all. But shorts, most definitely.
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T.O. Picture Show
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Cinema outdoors and all around town.
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Toronto Arab Film
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From the Arab world to Toronto.
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Toronto Film Society
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Programmes several monthly series of classic Hollywood double-bills,
both sound and silent. Admission is by subscription/membership only.
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Toronto Jewish Film Society
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Monthly screenings (with a summer break) of Jewish-themed fare.
Single tickets for non-subscribers go on sale 15 minutes
before showtime.
Venue: Al Green Theatre |
Toronto Movie Club
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From the diaspora to Toronto.
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Toronto True Crime
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Real-life tales of criminality become cinema.
Formerly a film festival, now a monthly series.
Venue: Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema |
Trash Palace
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Cult films once unearthed (on 16mm film, not video) in a studio
space on Niagara Street, then briefly at the west-end Revue Cinema,
now unspooling in their new home.
Venue: Cinecycle |
Trouble Every Day Presents
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Forgotten should-be favourites and hidden gems awaiting discovery.
Venue: Carlton |
Defunct Toronto Film Series
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360 Screenings
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Step into the film with an immersive (and expensive) evening out.
Each screening's title and venue is kept secret until the last minute.
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Accented Cinema
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Monthly screenings on the topic of immigration and integration, presented
by the Diaspora Film Festival.
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Bechdel Tested
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Women as narrative drivers, not window
dressing.
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The Black Museum
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Lurid lectures and sinister screenings for the morbidly curious.
Venue: Royal Cinema |
Critic's Choice
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The Academy Of Canadian Cinema And TV asks local critics
to present a Canadian film.
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Drive-In TO
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The big screen, open skies and your own portable bubble on wheels =
watching movies in viral times.
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Early Monthly Segments
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Experimental film, monthly.
Venue: Gladstone Hotel Art Bar |
The Eclectic Screening Room
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Evenings of film and video oddities curated by the zine of the same name.
Venue: Centre For The Arts |
Fight 'N Fright
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Friday nights are made for fights and frights.
Venue: Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema |
Hollow Moon Movie Club
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"It cannot be unseen." Formerly known as Blind Eye.
Venue: Handlebar |
HS Doc Club
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Doc lovers screen and discuss.
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Hump Day Horrorshow
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Mid-week scares, likely on projected video.
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Kung Fu Fridays
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After nearly a decade, Asian film guru (and Midnight Madness
programmer) Colin Geddes' raucous evenings of fightin' fists and
feet have come to a close. To remember the past and look forward
to the future, check out the related blog.
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L'Altra Italia
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Italian movies for both downtown and the suburbs.
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LATAFF Cineforum
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New Latin American cinema.
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Little Terrors
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Horror shorts, monthly.
Presented by Rue Morgue and Unstable Ground.
Venue: Carlton |
MINT Film Festival
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Connecting Toronto filmmakers, musicians and activists.
Venue: Market Square |
MUFF Society
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The Monthly Underground Female Film Society
puts girl-tastic images on the screen.
Venue: Carlton |
Out In The City
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Taking the queer experience outside of the ghetto.
Presented by the Inside Out festival.
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ReelHeART Monthly
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Indie films.
Venue: Cinecycle |
Refocus
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Sharing indie films in exchange for word of mouth. Venues vary.
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Secret Sessions
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Delivering an interactive immersive movie experience.
Each screening's title and venue is kept secret until the last minute.
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Spoony Toons
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Afternoon cartoons, cereal bar included.
Venue: Cinecycle |
Sprockets Globetrotter Series
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The yearly Sprockets festival presents this monthly series of world
cinema for wee ones.
Venue: The Grande |
Streets To Screens
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Toronto's Public Space committee presents this series of
independent films tackling the issues that arise from urban living.
Venues: Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, Toronto Free Gallery |
TIFF In Your Park
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TIFF on the road, outdoors.
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Toronto Anime Film Festival
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Japanese animation, occasionally.
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Toronto Film Noir Syndicate
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Classic, proto, neo ... all noir.
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Toronto Film Review Presents
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Emerging filmmakers represent.
Venue: Cinecycle |
Toronto Shines
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Comedy, music and film, all from the (relative) comfort of your
four-wheeled motor vehicle.
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Vertical Features
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Bringing vital non-fiction cinema to Toronto.
Venue: Toronto Metropolitan University |
Video Vengeance
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Remembering the VHS age.
Venue: Kitch |
WILDsound Feedback
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Excitingly named, but rather pedestrian-sounding in reality, this
monthly event screens shorts with the expectation of
immediate feedback from the audience for its filmmakers.
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