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Upcoming Toronto Festivals
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Feb 3 - 5, 2012
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Giggleshorts
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Levity meets brevity.
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Feb 3 - 9, 2012
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The Great Digital Film Festival
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Hollywood film classics screen digitally.
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Feb 6 - 17, 2012
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Cinéfranco: Youth Program
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Preceding each year's round-up of
recent French-language cinema, Cinefranco reaches out to
the city's youth with weekday school group screenings (also
open to the general public).
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Feb 17 - 18, 2012
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All Balls Don't Bounce Sports Weekend
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Displaying a passion for both sport and film with
a focus on black athletes, screening Joe Frazier doc When The Smoke Clears,
black surfing expose White Wash, West Indian cricket remembrance
Fire In Babylon and Canadian track and field story Mighty Jerome.
Screenings are free.
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Feb 23 - 27, 2012
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Reel Artists Film Festival
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Artists on film. Presented by the Canadian Art Foundation.
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TBA -- Feb 2012?
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Cuban Film Festival
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Cuban cinema. Free!
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TBA -- Feb 2012
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World Of Comedy Film Festival
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Laugh the winter blues away.
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Mar 9 - 10, 2012
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Toronto Irish Film Festival
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Cinema of the emerald isle.
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Mar 17, 2012
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Toronto Nepali Film Festival
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Highlighting the political and social developments of
Nepal.
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Mar 21 - 24, 2012
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Canadian Music Week
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Toronto's other yearly music festival sports a film
sidebar in addition to its performance lineup.
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Mar 21 - 24, 2012
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Female Eye
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Femme-lensed pictures are given their due.
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Mar 21 - 22, 2012
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U Of T Film Fest
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Students past and present of the venerable downtown
learning institution showcase their work.
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Mar 23 - Apr 1, 2012
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Cinéfranco
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Recent French-language cinema, with a predilection
for middle-of-the-road comedies and dramas.
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Mar 29 - 31, 2012
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Canadian Sports Film Festival
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Giving the armchair quarterback a festival to call his own.
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Mar 29 - Apr 3, 2012
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Toronto Silent Film Festival
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Where the images do the talking.
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TBA -- Mar 2012?
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Japanese Short Film Festival
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Bite-sized chunks of Japanese cinema.
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Apr 10 - 22, 2012
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Sprockets
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World cinema for children, comprised of both weekday
school programmes and weekend screenings for the whole family.
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Apr 11 - 15, 2012
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Reel World Film Festival
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Celebrating cultural diversity through film.
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Apr 12 - 21, 2012
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Images Festival
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Ten days of artistic-minded image making that run
the gamut from intriguing features to experimental shorts and
gallery installations.
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Apr 26 - May 6, 2012
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Hot Docs
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Ten days of reality-based cinema. The cream of the
Sundance/SXSW/Tribeca slate, plus many World and North American
premieres.
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May 5 - 13, 2012
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Toronto Jewish Film Festival
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A yearly celebration of worldwide Jewish culture on film.
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May 17 - 27, 2012
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Inside Out Lesbian And Gay Film Festival
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Eleven days of the queer experience, mixing films that
tackle the subject head on with works that have a more tangential
relationship to gay culture.
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TBA -- May 2012?
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Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts Festival
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Films made by deaf and hard of hearing creators.
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TBA -- May 2012?
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Toronto Romanian Film Festival
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Charting the flourishing course of Romanian cinema.
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TBA -- May 2012?
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Toronto Russian Film Festival
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Post-Soviet Russian cinema.
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Jun 5 - 10, 2012
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Worldwide Short Film Festival
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Brevity crosses all borders in this yearly helping of
cinema for the short of attention.
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TBA -- Jun 2012?
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North By Northeast
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Toronto's annual weekend out at the live music clubs
also includes this sidebar of music-related celluloid.
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TBA -- Jun 2012?
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Parkdale Film + Video Showcase
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The cinema of Parkdale.
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TBA -- Jun 2012?
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Reel HeART Film Festival
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Exposing indedendent film, with much "heart" promised.
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TBA -- Jun 2012?
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Toronto Greek Film Retrospective
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The legacy of Greek cinema.
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TBA -- Jun 2012?
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Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
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Young filmmakers look for an audience.
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TBA -- Jul 2012
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Shinsedai
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The new generation of Japanese filmmakers.
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TBA -- Aug 2012?
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Bicycle Film Festival
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The moving image on two wheels.
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Sep 6 - 16, 2012
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Toronto International Film Festival
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The big kahuna of Toronto film festivals.
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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Brazilian Film & TV Festival Of Toronto
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The heat of Brazilian cinema holds off the
imminent autumn chill.
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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Caribbean Tales
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Stories from the islands.
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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Commffest
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Bringing communities together through film.
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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Culture Days
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An annual cross-Canada weekend of culture, including film.
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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Filmi
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South Asian cinema culture.
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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Stiffed! Film Festival
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This year's Salon De Refuses for rejected TIFF shorts.
At the Annex Wreck Room.
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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Toronto Independent Film Festival
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Riding TIFF's considerable coattails in the name
of micro-budget cinema.
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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Toronto Palestine Film Festival
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Presenting the narrative of a disposessed people.
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Oct 18 - 26, 2012
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Toronto After Dark
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Eight wild nights of new horror, fantasy and action cinema,
including mountain climbing thriller A Lonely Place To Die,
racing anime Redline and
Sundance audience-divider The Woman.
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TBA -- Oct 2012?
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Abilities Arts Festival
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Cinema provides the impetus to discuss issues
surrounding disability. Part of the larger Abilities
Arts Festival.
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TBA -- Oct 2012?
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Brazil Film Fest
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The season's second dose of Brazilian cinema holds
off the imminent winter chill.
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TBA -- Oct 2012?
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Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festial
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Polish cinema returns to Toronto.
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TBA -- Oct 2012?
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ImagineNative
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Aboriginal film and video.
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TBA -- Oct 2012?
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Macedonian Film Festival
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Celebrating Macedonian cinema of both yesteryear and today.
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TBA -- Oct 2012?
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Moving Image Film Festival
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Genres clash on screen.
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TBA -- Oct 2012?
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Nuit Blanche
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Artists take us deep into the Toronto night.
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TBA -- Oct 2012?
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Planet In Focus
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Taking stock of this hunk of rock we call home every autumn.
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TBA -- Nov 2012?
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Alucine
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Presenting the work of Latino film and video makers, mostly docs and shorts, alongside other samples of independent world cinema.
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TBA -- Nov 2012?
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Canadian Labour International Film Festival
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The world of work and those who do it. Free!
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TBA -- Nov 2012?
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Diaspora Film Festival
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Illuminating the immigrant experience.
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TBA -- Nov 2012?
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Eh! U - Meet The Europeans
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The member countries of the European Union showcase
continental culture for the benefit of us in the colonies.
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TBA -- Nov 2012?
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Reel Asian
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Toronto's (and now Richmond Hill's) annual collection
of films from Asia and the Asian diaspora.
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TBA -- Nov 2012?
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Reel Awareness - Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival
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Human rights issues on film.
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TBA -- Nov 2012?
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Regent Park Film Festival
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Shining the spotlight of one of Toronto's most notorious neighbourhoods.
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TBA -- Nov 2012?
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Rendezvous With Madness
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Illuminating mental illness and addiction with both screenings and panel discussions.
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TBA -- Dec 2012?
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Japanese Movie Weekend
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The Consulate General Of Japan's annual movie event in Toronto.
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TBA -- Dec 2012?
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Toronto Serbian Film Festival
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The arrival of winter has been known to blow in this
web-phobic showcase of new Serbian cinema.
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TBA -- Jan 2013?
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The 8 Fest
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Small-gauge filmmaking.
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Out Of Town
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Feb 9 - 19, 2012
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Berlin
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Mar 9 - 17, 2012
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SXSW
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Apr 18 - 29, 2012
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Tribeca
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May 16 - 27, 2012
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Cannes
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Jul 19 - Aug 7, 2012
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FanTasia
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TBA -- Aug 2012?
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Montreal
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TBA -- Aug 2012?
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Venice
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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Vancouver
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TBA -- Sep 2012?
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New York
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TBA -- Jan 2013?
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Sundance
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Missing In Action: Toronto
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Last Seen: Sep 2009
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Spinning Wheel Film Festival
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Stories illuminating the history and traditions of the Sikh people.
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Last Seen: Oct 2010
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Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival
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Recent Hispanic cinema.
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Last Seen: Sep 2010
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Indie Can
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Independent Canadian cinema.
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Last Seen: Sep 2010
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Toronto Scream Fest
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Short, sharp jabs of bloody horror.
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Last Seen: Jul 2010
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Human Rights Docfest
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Human rights issues on film.
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Last Seen: Jul 2010
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Toronto Singapore Film Festival
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Singaporean goodies.
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Last Seen: Apr 2010
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Tibet Film Festival
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Sharing the culture of Tibet with Toronto through
recent documentaries and features.
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Last Seen: Dec 2009
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Romanian Film Festival at Toronto
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Montreal's Romanian Fest makes the trip down the 401.
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Last Seen: Nov 2009
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Kino Festival Of Russian Film And Art
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Covering fiction, documentary and even animation, Kino
attempts to present a comprehensive portrait of Russian film culture.
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Last Seen: Oct 2009
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Cine Cuba Toronto
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Cuban cinema.
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Last Seen: Oct 2009
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MUCK Film Festival
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Movies of uncommon knowledge, confronting assumptions
about the world we live in.
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Last Seen: Sep 2009
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Kino Kultura
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Highlights from the last decade of Polish cinema,
including Andrez Wajda's Katyn, plus animated shorts for the kids and
a programme of music videos.
Part of the larger Roncesvalles Polish Festival.
The hard-to-find schedule can be found at the bottom of this page.
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Last Seen: May 2009
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Over The Top
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A companion film festival to the annual all-ages
music festival of new and rising acts.
Highlights include the Gondry/Carax/Bong omnibus travelogue film
Tokyo!, explosive home invasion thriller PVC-1 and
Viking flick Severed Ways.
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Last Seen: Apr 2009
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Si Si Cine
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The one-time shining light of local Spanish-language
film festivals has scaled back since the arrival of TILFF.
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Last Seen: Mar 2009
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Mpenzi Black Women's Festival
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Black women's issues on film.
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Last Seen: Mar 2009
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Canadian Film Fest
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Homegrown independent cinema is the focus of this
annual festival.
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Last Seen: Mar 2009
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Queer 2 Fly
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Diversity through film.
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Last Seen: Feb 2009
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Australian Film Weekend
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The cinema of down under warms the frigid Canadian winter.
This year's programme includes the Midnight Madness-approved
Ozploitation doc Not Quite Hollywood.
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Last Seen: Nov 2008
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Voices Forward
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Illuminating life in the Middle East via Israeli and Palestinian culture.
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Last Seen: Oct 2008
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Toronto International Latin Film Festival
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Upstart usurper of the Latin film fest crown, showcasing recent cinema from South America and Europe.
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Last Seen: Sep 2008
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Student Shorts
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Occupation: student. Output: film. Length: short.
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Last Seen: Sep 2008
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Microcinefest
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A cornucopia of cinema and video for the TIFF'ed off.
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Last Seen: Jun 2008
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Toronto Portuguese Film Festival
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Portuguese culture on film.
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Last Seen: May 2008
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Contact: Films On Photography
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The yearly city-wide photography festival includes a
sidebar collection of photo-docs.
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Last Seen: Dec 2007
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Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival
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Films dealing in fantasy, science fiction and mythology (but
drawing the line at horror).
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Last Seen: Nov 2007
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Bengali Film Festival
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Bengali culture on film.
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Last Seen: Oct 2007
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DNA Film Festival
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Digital narrative arts.
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Last Seen: Jun 2007
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Balkan Film Festival
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The countries of south-eastern Europe (Bulgaria,
Greece, Serbia and Turkey) represent themselves cinematically.
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Last Seen: May 2007
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Hong Kong Film Festival
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Ten years after the handover of the Hong Kong territory
to mainland China, U of T's Asian Institute shares a decade of
film industry highlights with Toronto audiences.
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Last Seen: Feb 2007
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Prisoner's Justice Film Festival
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Prison activism through cinema.
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Last Seen: Nov 2006
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Toronto Arab Film Festival
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Last Seen: Nov 2006
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ResFest
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Digitally yours. Music videos, shorts and more.
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Last Seen: Nov 2006
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Moving Pictures
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Moving bodies meet the moving image, dance meets film.
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Last Seen: Sep 2006
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RebelFest
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Feeding off TIFF's considerable profile.
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Last Seen: Sep 2006
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First Take
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Last Seen: Aug 2006
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Young Cuts
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Young filmmakers step into the spotlight.
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Last Seen: Jun 2006
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Splice This!
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Toronto's annual celebration of small-gauge filmmking.
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Last Seen: Jun 2005
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Festival Of Italian Cinema
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Upstart competitor in the Italian festival space.
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Last Seen: May 2005
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Classic Movie Festival
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Classics both remebered and forgotten, B-movies and seminal
works of noted directors.
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Last Seen: Apr 2005
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Jack Layton Film Festival
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The leader of Canada's NDP political party lends his name
to this iconoclastic collection of films promoting "social democracy,
the human condition, peace, love & understanding and maybe even a laugh
or two".
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Last Seen: Jun 2004
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Sex And Death
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Last Seen: Apr 2004
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Get Reel
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Last Seen: Feb 2003
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Polish Film Festival
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Last Seen: Jan 2003
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Iced In Black
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Last Seen: Sep 2002
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Planet Indie
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Last Seen: Sep 2002
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Counting Past 2
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Last Seen: Aug 2002
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Teen Movie Festival
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Last Seen: Jul 2002
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BritPics
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Last Seen: Oct 2001
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Digital Image Festival
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