Telefilm Canada announced last week a funding commitment of $235,000 to support 34 small Canadian film festivals with start dates between April 1 and Sept. 30, 2025, as part of the second intake of Telefilm’s General Admission Festivals Program.
The program provides streamlined funding to small and/or emerging Canadian film festivals aimed at the general public.
Combined with its previously announced $245,000 investment supporting 26 general admission film festivals in the first round of the program, Telefilm is investing a total of $480,000 in fiscal year 2024-2025 to back 60 film festivals across Canada.
The general admission film festivals receiving funding in the program’s second round include:
- 2025 Animation Festival of Halifax (AFX)
- 2025 Architecture + Design Film Festival
- 2025 Artifact Small Format Film Festival
- 2025 Calgary Black Film Festival
- 2025 Dawson City International Short Film Festival
- 2025 FascinAsian Film Festival – Calgary
- 2025 FascinAsian Film Festival – Winnipeg
- 2025 Festival du film de Knowlton
- 2025 Festival Vues sur mer
- 2025 Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival (HIFF)
- 2025 Hudson Festival of Canadian Film
- 2025 International Black & Diversity Film Festival (IBDFF)
- 2025 iSAFF International South Asian Film Festival
- 2025 Mirror Mountain Film Festival
- 2025 Nickel Independent Film Festival
- 2025 Oakville Film Festival
- 2025 Okotoks Film Festival
- 2025 Regina International Film Festival and Awards (RIFFA)
- 2025 Run N Gun Film Festival
- 2025 Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival
- 2025 Three Ears Indigenous Film Festival
- 2025 Toronto Outdoor Picture Show
- 2025 Vancouver International Youth Film Festival
- 2025 Vancouver Short Film Festival
- Cinergie–Festival International du film francophone de Saskatoon 2025
- Comox Valley International Film Festival
- Festival Courts d’un soir 2025
- Festival de films d’auteurs de Val-Morin (FFAVM) 2025
- Festival de films pour l’environnement 2025
- Festival du film de Saint-Séverin (Festifilm de la Beauce) 2025
- Festival Émergence de Montréal 2025
- Festival international du film ethnographique du Québec 2025
- Festival international Présence autochtone 2025
- Les Sommets du cinéma d’animation 2025
