Film Fests Near You
Queer Celluloid
Fairytales International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Calgary, AB
May/June 2006
www.fairytalesfilmfest.com
Vancouver Queer Film & Video Festival
Vancouver, BC
August 2006
www.outonscreen.com
ReelOut Queer Film & Video Festival
Kingston, ON
January 26-February 5, 2006
www.reelout.com
London Lesbian Film Festival
London, ON
April 2006
www.llff.ca
Grrls on Film
* The Female Eye
Toronto, ON
June 2006
www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com
Sugar and Splice Feminist Film Festival
Winnipeg, MB
May 2006
www.sugarandsplice.ca
The St. John’s International Women’s Film and Video Festival
St. John’s, Newfoundland
October 2006
www.womensfilmfestival.com
Diversity on the Screen
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Toronto, ON
November 23-27, 2005
www.reelasian.com
ImageNation Film Festival
Vancouver, BC
February 2006
www.imag-nation.com
* Terres en Vues/Land insights—First Nations Film & Video Festival
Montreal, QC
June 2006
www.nativelynx.qc.ca
ImagineNative Annual Film & Media Arts Festival
Toronto, ON
October 2006
www.imaginenative.org
Reel World Film Festival
Toronto, ON
April 2006
www.reelworld.ca
Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Toronto, ON
May 2006
www.tjff.com
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Vancouver, BC
March 30-April 9, 2006
www.vjff.com
FanTasia Film Festival
Montreal, QC
July 2006
www.fantasiafestival.com
* Le Festivaldu Film Juif de Montreal/Montreal Jewish Film Festival
Montreal, QC
May 2006
www.mjff.qc.ca
* AluCine Toronto Latin@Media Arts Festival
Toronto, ON
March 31-April 8, 2006
www.alucinefestival.com
* Festival de Cinema des 3 Ameriques
Quebec City, QC
March 29-April 2, 2006
www.fc3a.com
Canada Experiments
Media City Annual International Festival of Experimental Film & Video Art
Windsor, ON
February 15-18, 2006
www.houseoftoast.ca/mediacity
Antimatter Underground Film Festival
Victoria, BC
September 2006
www.antimatter.ws
$100 Film Festival: Calgary’s Annual Super 8 & 16mm Festival
Calgary, AB
March 2006
www.csif.org/festival/home.htm
Splice This! Toronto’s Annual Super 8 Film Festival
Toronto, ON
July 2006
www.splicethis.com
Images Festival
Toronto, ON
April 13-22, 2006
www.imagesfestival.com
Politics on the Big Screen
Real Independent Film Festival
Halifax, NS
March 2006
hfxpeace.chebucto.org/content/view/78/2/
Global Visions Film Festival
Edmonton, AB
November 3-7, 2005
www.globalvisionsfestival.com
Planet in Focus Environmental Film & Video Festival
Toronto, ON
September 2006
www.planetinfocus.org
Dis/ability, Mental Health and Addiction
* Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival
Toronto, ON
November 2006
www.rendezvouswithmadness.com
Shadows of the Mind
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
February 2006
www.shadowsfilmfest.com
Picture This
Calgary, AB
February 6-10, 2006
www.ptff.org
* Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts Festival
Toronto, ON
May 10-14, 2006
www.tidfaf.ca
Youth
* Reel-to-Real
Vancouver, BC
March 2006
www.r2rfestival.org
Documentary
* DOXA: Documentary Film+ Video Festival
Vancouver, BC
May 23-28, 2006
www.doxafestival.ca
* Hot Docs: Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
Toronto, ON
April 28-May 7, 2006
www.hotdocs.ca
Shorts
Continental Drift International Short Film Festival
St. John, NB
September 2006
www.cdrift.ca
Dawson City International Short Film Festival
Dawson City, Yukon
April 14-26, 2006
www.kiac.org/filmfest/
Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival
Yorkton, SK
May 25-28, 2006
www.yorktonshortfilm.org
Worldwide Short Film Festival
Toronto, ON
June 13-18, 2006
www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com
More Independent Film Festivals
* Ottawa International Animation Festival
Ottawa, ON
September 2006
www.awn.com/ottawa
* The Nickel Independent Film & Video Festival
St. John’s, Nfld.
July 2006
www.nickelfestival.com
* Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film & Video
Toronto, ON
November 3-6, 2005
www.movingpicturesfestival.com
* Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montreal
Montreal, QC
October 2006
www.nouveaucinema.ca
* Festival du court metrage de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, QC
October 13-23, 2005
www.fcms.ca
* Festival international du cinema francophone en Acadie
Moncton, NB
September 2006
www.ficfa.com
Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival
Victoria, BC
February 2006
www.vifvf.com
NSI FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival
Winnipeg, MB
March 1-4, 2005
www.nsi-canada.ca/filmexchange/general.html
Gimli Film Festival
Gimli, MB
July 2006
www.gimlifilmfestival.com
* Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois
Montreal, QC
Feb 16-16, 2006
www.rvcq.com
* Festival Regard sur le Court Metrage au Saguenay
Chicoutimi, QC
February 2006
www.sagamie.org/regardsurlareleve/Regard2004-20031111.html
* Kingston Canadian Film Festival
Kingston, ON
March 2006
www.kingcanfilmfest.com
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