List of film festivals in Canada
This is a list of film festivals that take place in Canada. Where relevant, the list below notes when a festival is considered a qualifying festival for the purposes of the Canadian Screen Awards.
National
Alberta
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Artifact Small Format Film Festival | Calgary | ||
| Banff Mountain Film Festival | Banff | ||
| Banff World Media Festival | Banff | Yes | |
| Bleak Midwinter Film Festival | Calgary | Animation | |
| Calgary International Film Festival | Calgary | Yes | |
| Calgary Underground Film Festival | Calgary | ||
| Dreamspeakers International Film Festival | Edmonton | Indigenous films | Yes |
| Edmonton International Film Festival | Edmonton | Yes | |
| FAVA Fest | Edmonton | Yes | |
| Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival | Calgary | LGBT film | |
| Marda Loop Justice Film Festival | Calgary | Documentary films | |
| Northwestfest | Edmonton | Documentary films | Yes |
| Rainbow Visions Film Festival | Edmonton | LGBT film | |
| Reel Shorts Film Festival | Grande Prairie | Yes |
British Columbia
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Crazy8s | Vancouver | - | |
| DOXA Documentary Film Festival | Vancouver | Documentary films | Yes |
| La Tournée Québec Cinéma en Colombie-Brittanique | Vancouver | Francophone films | Yes |
| Vancouver International Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | |
| Vancouver International Women in Film Festival | Vancouver | Yes | |
| Vancouver Asian Film Festival | Vancouver | ||
| Vancouver Queer Film & Video Festival | Vancouver | LGBT films | |
| Victoria Film Festival | Victoria | Yes | |
| Whistler Film Festival | Whistler | Yes | |
| World Community Film Festival | Courtenay and Kelowna | Documentary films |
Manitoba
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| African Movie Festival in Manitoba | Winnipeg | ||
| Afro Prairie Film Festival | Winnipeg | ||
| Canadian International Comedy Film Festival | Winnipeg | ||
| Cinémental | Winnipeg | ||
| Droids and Dragons Film Festival | Winnipeg | ||
| Freeze Frame Film Festival | Winnipeg | Yes | |
| Gimli Film Festival | Gimli | Yes | |
| Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival | Winnipeg | Documentary films | Yes |
| Riding Mountain National Park Film Festival | Wasagaming | ||
| Reel Pride | Winnipeg | LGBT films | |
| Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival | Winnipeg | Indigenous films | |
| Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival | Winnipeg | Yes | |
| Winnipeg Underground Film Festival | Winnipeg |
New Brunswick
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie | Moncton | Yes | |
| Indigenous Film Festival | Fredericton | Indigenous films | |
| Silver Wave Film Festival | Fredericton | Yes |
Newfoundland and Labrador
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Nickel Film Festival | St. John's | ||
| St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival | St. John's | Yes |
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Atlantic Film Festival | Halifax | Yes | |
| Devour! The Food Film Fest | Wolfville | Yes | |
| Emerging Lens Film Festival | Halifax | Yes | |
| Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival | Halifax | Yes | |
| OUTeast Film Festival | Halifax | LGBT films |
Nunavut
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Nunavut Children's Film Festival | Iqaluit |
Ontario
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival | Ottawa | Indigenous films | |
| Barrie Film Festival | Barrie | ||
| Belleville Downtown DocFest | Belleville | Documentary films | |
| Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival | Toronto | ||
| Bloody Horror International Film Festival | Ottawa | Yes | |
| Breast Fest Film Festival | Toronto | ||
| Buffer Festival | Toronto | ||
| CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival | Toronto | Short films | |
| Canadian Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | |
| CaribbeanTales Youth Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | |
| Cinéfranco | Toronto | Francophone films | Yes |
| Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival | Sudbury | Yes | |
| Female Eye Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | |
| Festival Objectif Cinéma Desjardins | Ottawa | Francophone films | |
| Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories | Toronto | ||
| Film North – Huntsville International Film Festival | Huntsville | ||
| Forest City Film Festival | London | ||
| Future of Film Showcase | Toronto | Short films | |
| Grand River Film Festival | Cambridge | ||
| Guelph Film Festival | Guelph | Documentary films | |
| Hollywood North Film Festival | Picton, Quinte West, Belleville | Independent films | |
| Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival | Toronto | Documentary films | Yes |
| Images Festival | Toronto | Yes | |
| ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival | Toronto | Indigenous films | Yes |
| Inside Out Ottawa Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival | Ottawa | LGBT films | |
| Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival | Toronto | LGBT films | |
| Italian Contemporary Film Festival | Toronto | Italian and Italian-Canadian films | |
| Junction North International Documentary Film Festival | Sudbury | Documentary films | |
| Kingston Canadian Film Festival | Kingston | Canadian films | Yes |
| London Lesbian Film Festival | London | LGBT films | |
| Lost Episode Festival Toronto | Toronto | ||
| Making Scenes Film and Video Festival | Ottawa | LGBT films. Defunct 2005, replaced with Ottawa edition of Inside Out. | |
| Meaford International Film Festival | Meaford | ||
| North by Northeast | Toronto | ||
| Northwest Film Fest | Thunder Bay | ||
| One World Film Festival | Ottawa | Documentary films | |
| Open Roof Festival | Toronto | Yes | |
| Ottawa Canadian Film Festival | Ottawa | ||
| Ottawa International Animation Festival | Ottawa | Yes | |
| Ottawa International Film Festival | Ottawa | ||
| Pendance Film Festival | Toronto | ||
| Planet in Focus | Toronto | Yes | |
| Punjabi International Film Festival | Toronto | ||
| Queer North Film Festival | Sudbury | LGBT films | |
| Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans Film Festival | Kitchener-Waterloo | LGBT films | |
| Reelout Queer Film Festival | Kingston | LGBT films | |
| Reelworld Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | |
| Regent Park Film Festival | Toronto | ||
| South Western International Film Festival | Sarnia | ||
| Take 21 | Toronto | ||
| Toronto After Dark Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | |
| Toronto Black Film Festival | Toronto | ||
| Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | |
| Toronto International Teen Movie Festival | Toronto | ||
| Toronto Jewish Film Festival | Toronto | ||
| Toronto Queer Film Festival | Toronto | LGBTQ-themed experimental film | |
| Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival | Toronto | Yes | |
| Toronto Tamil International Film Festival | Toronto | ||
| Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival | Toronto | ||
| Vox Popular Media Arts Festival | Thunder Bay | ||
| Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema | Waterloo | ||
| Windsor International Film Festival | Windsor | Yes | |
| World of Comedy Film Festival | Toronto |
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Canada Independent Film Festival | Montreal | ||
| Canada China International Film Festival | Montreal | ||
| Carrousel international du film de Rimouski | Rimouski | Yes | |
| Cinemania | Montreal | ||
| Comedia | Montreal | ||
| Fantasia Festival | Montreal | Yes | |
| Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Rouyn-Noranda | Yes | |
| Festival du film de l'Outaouais | Gatineau | Yes | |
| Festival du nouveau cinéma | Montreal | Yes | |
| First Peoples' Festival | Montreal | Yes | |
| IF3 International Freeski Film Festival | Montreal | ||
| Image+Nation | Montreal | LGBT films | |
| International Festival of Films on Art | Montreal | Yes | |
| LeMIAFF! Montreal International Animation Film Festival | Montreal | ||
| Montreal Black Film Festival | Montreal | Yes | |
| Montreal International Children's Film Festival | Montreal | Yes | |
| Montreal International Documentary Festival | Montreal | Documentary films | Yes |
| Montreal World Film Festival | Montreal | Yes | |
| Les Percéides | Percé | Yes | |
| Quebec City Film Festival | Quebec City | Yes | |
| Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma | Montreal | Yes | |
| Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma | Quebec City | Yes | |
| Saguenay International Short Film Festival | Saguenay | Yes | |
| Sommets du cinéma d'animation | Montreal | Yes | |
| Vues d'Afrique | Montreal | Yes | |
| Wakefield Documentary Film Festival | Wakefield | Documentary films | |
| The YoungCuts Film Festival | Montreal |
Saskatchewan
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Queer City Cinema | Saskatoon | LGBT films | |
| Regina International Film Festival | Regina | ||
| Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival | Saskatoon | ||
| Reel Rave International Film Festival | Waskesiu Lake | ||
| Yorkton Film Festival | Yorkton | Yes |
Yukon
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Available Light Film Festival | Whitehorse | Yes | |
| Out North Queer Film Festival | Whitehorse | LGBT films |