Did you know that Toronto has become a worldwide hot spot for film and media festivals, hosting over thirty each year? Click here for more info.

Toronto International Film Festival, a festival which is ranked second only to Cannes, is perhaps the best known of Toronto’s film festivals. TIFF has gone from hosting audiences of 35,000 in 1976 to audiences of 250,000 in 2006. Today, TIFF has an economic impact of $67 million on our city.

Toronto Arts Council invests $900,000 in Toronto’s media arts sector each year. We support, on average, 20 film and media festivals including TIFF. Here’s a list of festivals we support:

  • March
    • Les Nomades Francophone Short
      Film Festival
  • April
    • Hot Docs
    • Images Festival
    • Sprockets: The Toronto International
      Film Festival For Children
  • May
    • Inside Out Gay & Lesbian Film &
      Video Festival
    • Toronto Jewish Film Festival
  • June
    • AluCine Festival
      Toronto International Portugese
      Film Festival
    • Worldwide Short Film Festival
  • September
    • Pomegranate Film Festival
    • Toronto International Film Festival
  • October
    • imagiNATIVE Film Festival
    • Planet in Focus Environmental
      Film Festival
  • November
    • Regent Park Film Festival
    • Rendezvous with Madness Film
      Festival
    • Spinning Wheel Film Festival
    • Toronto Reel Asian International
      Film Festival

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