Toronto Shorts International Film Festival ()

Festival start: 07 November 2019      Festival end: 11 November 2019

Toronto Shorts International Film Festival provides a showcase for the best short-form cinema and its creators in the world. We feel that short form cinema and its creators should have their own premier film festival in Toronto deserving similar recognition given to the feature film and its creators. The heart of the festival will be our quality and scope of extraordinary film programming.

Toronto stands as the largest media market in Canada, it boasts the world-renowned Royal Ontario Museum, the massive Art Gallery of Ontario, the Soulpepper Theatre Company, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and now a premiere international short film festival.

In order to showcase the best short films and its filmmakers from around the world, we created the Toronto Shorts International Film Festival. Toronto Shorts is a where films from a wide spectrum intersect. Animations, documentaries, comedies, narrative, genre, and graduation short films from some of the finest film schools. Just relax and enjoy the thrill.

Grand Prize
Best International Film
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Animation
Best Experimental
Best Documentary
Best Canadian Film

2019 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Films must NOT have screened in Toronto prior to our festival.

Films must have been completed after Jan. 1, 2018

All non-English films must have English sub-titles.

Films must be submitted via online screener.
Works-in-progress will be considered, provided they will be completed prior to the festival.

Please do NOT send stills or press kits. If your film is selected we will ask you to email us a still image.

You may submit more than one film, but you must complete a separate entry form and pay entry fee for each film.

DEADLINES
Early Deadline: June 21, 2019
Regular Deadline: July 26, 2019
Late Deadline: August 30, 2019
Extended Deadline: September 27, 2019

ENTRY FEES
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS:
Open to filmmakers based outside of Canada. All genres are accepted with total running time under 45 minutes.

Early Deadline: $39
Regular Deadline: $49
Extended Deadline: $59
Late Deadline: $69

CANADIAN SHORTS:
Open to filmmakers based in Canada with shorts filmed (principal photography / film production) in Canada. All genres are accepted with total running time under 45 minutes.

Early Deadline: $35
Regular Deadline: $45
Extended Deadline: $55
Late Deadline: $65

MADE IN TORONTO:
Open to filmmakers living in Toronto. Shorts must have been filmed (principal photography / film production) in Toronto. All genres are accepted with total running time under 45 minutes.

Early Deadline: $32
Regular Deadline: $42
Extended Deadline: $52
Late Deadline: $62

Entry fees are non-refundable

Entries will not be viewed without entry fee payment

SELECTION

Film selection for the festival will be made by the screening committee.

All filmmakers will be notified via email of acceptance.

AWARDS

Grand Prize
Best International Film
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Animation
Best Experimental
Best Documentary
Best Canadian Film