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A Celebration of Indie Filmmaking at the Paradise Cinema in Downtown Toronto
We’ll screen over dozens of features and shorts over 4 days at the Paradise Cinema, one of Toronto’s favorite indie film venues .
Toronto Indie uses the strength of Toronto’s sizable independent filmmaking community to put on a fantastic festival. It’s an indie film festival by and for indie filmmakers.
The entire film industry in gathered in Toronto in September, which makes the Toronto Independent Film Festival the perfect place to screen your project to sales agents, distributors, and investors. Numerous To Indie projects have been picked up for distribution on the back of their screening at our festival, and our festival team will work with you to help with any deals.
Note that Toronto Indie, aka the Toronto Independent Film Festival, is a separate festival from the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs at the same time.
Submit your film to the Toronto Independent Film Festival
Submit your film to the 2025 Toronto Independent Film Festival Film Freeway.
The Toronto Independent Film Festival accepts Submissions from any country.
Early Submissions Period — Aug 21, 2024 to April 8, 2025
Early Submissions Deadline — April 8
Regular Submissions Period — April 9 to May 13, 2025
Regular Submissions Deadline — May 13
Late Submissions Period — May 14 to June 10, 2025
Late Submissions Deadline — June 10
All filmmakers will be notified before August 1, 2025
The Toronto Independent Film Festival is open to international films in one of the following categories:
Feature Film (budget over $250k USD)
Micro-budget Feature (budget under $250k USD)
No-Budget Feature (budget under $25k USD)
Documentary Feature
Female Director Feature
LGBT film
Short Film
Short Documentary
Animated Short
Experimental Short
Horror / Sci-Fi Short
Short Short (under 5 minutes)
Music Video
Feature Screenplay
Sci-Fi / Horror Screenplay
Fees for feature films are $75 early, $85 regular, $95 late.
Fees for short films are $45 early, $55 regular, $65 late.
Music videos & short shorts are $30 early, $35 regular, $40 late
Fees for feature scripts are $45 early, $55 regular, $65 late.
Please send any related press materials, including electronic press kit, and photos info@film-fest.ca
All submissions must be received electronically, we do not accept DVD’s in the post.
The Toronto Independent Film Festival has been running since 2010
Festival Director
Steve has been the To Indie festival director since its inception. Steve is a journalist and a member of the Toronto Film Festivals Association.
Artistic Director
George is our artistic director and responsible for those amazing festivals posters you’ve seen all over town.
Festival Admin
Penny handles the website and online communications.
Volunteer team
Steve has been the To Indie festival director since its inception. Steve is a journalist and a member of the Toronto Film Festivals Association.
Here's some snaps from our previous festivals.
