List of film festivals in Canada
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This is a list of film festivals that take place (or took place) in Canada. Where relevant, the list below notes when a festival is considered a qualifying festival for the purposes of the Canadian Screen Awards.[1]
National
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Air Canada enRoute Film Festival | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and aboard domestic Air Canada flights | Short films | |
Canadian Labour International Film Festival | Locations throughout Canada | Established in 2009 |
Alberta
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Artifact Small Format Film Festival | Calgary | ||
Banff Mountain Film Festival | Banff | ||
Banff World Media Festival | Banff | Yes | |
Bleak Midwinter Film Festival | Calgary | Animation | |
Calgary International Film Festival | Calgary | Yes | |
Calgary Underground Film Festival | Calgary | ||
Dreamspeakers International Film Festival | Edmonton | Indigenous films | Yes |
Edmonton International Film Festival | Edmonton | Yes | |
FAVA Fest | Edmonton | Yes | |
Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival | Calgary | LGBT film | |
Marda Loop Justice Film Festival | Calgary | Documentary films | |
Northwestfest | Edmonton | Documentary films | Yes |
Rainbow Visions Film Festival | Edmonton | LGBT film | |
Reel Shorts Film Festival | Grande Prairie | Yes |
British Columbia
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Crazy8s | Vancouver | ||
DOXA Documentary Film Festival | Vancouver | Documentary films | Yes |
La Tournée Québec Cinéma en Colombie-Brittanique | Vancouver | Francophone films | Yes |
Vancouver International Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | |
Vancouver International Women in Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | |
Vancouver Asian Film Festival | Vancouver | ||
Vancouver Queer Film & Video Festival | Vancouver | LGBT films | |
Victoria Film Festival | Victoria | Yes | |
Whistler Film Festival | Whistler | Yes | |
World Community Film Festival | Courtenay and Kelowna | Documentary films |
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie | Moncton | Yes | |
Indigenous Film Festival | Fredericton | Indigenous films | |
Silver Wave Film Festival | Fredericton | Yes |
Newfoundland and Labrador
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Nickel Film Festival | St. John's | ||
St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival | St. John's | Yes |
Northwest Territories
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Dead North Film Festival | Yellowknife | ||
Yellowknife Film Fest | Yellowknife | Yes |
Nova Scotia
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Atlantic Film Festival | Halifax | Yes | |
Devour! The Food Film Fest | Wolfville | Yes | |
Emerging Lens Film Festival | Halifax | Yes | |
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival | Halifax | Yes | |
OUTeast Film Festival | Halifax | LGBT films |
Nunavut
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Nunavut Children's Film Festival | Iqaluit |
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Charlottetown Film Festival | Charlottetown | Yes |
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Name | City | Notes | CSA |
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Available Light Film Festival | Whitehorse | Yes | |
Out North Queer Film Festival | Whitehorse | LGBT films |
See also
References
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