Oscar-qualifying festival for short films, with over $60,000 in cash and prizes. Open to international narrative, documentary, animated, experimental, short, and feature films.
Open to short, documentary and feature films from around the world across multiple categories, including animation, experimental, student, and youth work.
Regional Premiere status is especially important, with feature films required not to have screened publicly in the city before the festival, including online, broadcast, local festival, or cast and crew screenings.
Priority is also given to short films that have not screened locally and have not been available online.
English subtitles are required for non-English-language films.
Regional Premiere
Oscar-Qualifying Festival in Canada - Member Area
