imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival: Call for Submissions
The Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
June 3-8, 2025 (Toronto) + June 9-15, 2025 (online)
Get ready to submit your work to the world’s largest Indigenous film and media arts Festival!
The upcoming 25th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will take place in-person at the TIFF Lightbox in Toronto from June 3-8, 2025, and move to our online streaming and iNdigital platforms from June 9-15, 2025.
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is the annual primary event hosted by imagineNATIVE in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We present Artistic and Industry programming over the six-day in-person Festival showcasing Film + Video, Digital + Interactive, and Audio media works created by Indigenous artists (Directors, Producers, Writers, Designers) at all levels of experience. Since 2020, imagineNATIVE has further moved into a hybrid presentation of these works, with an online portion of the Festival. Artistic programming consists of works selected through the general Call for Submissions, guest-curated programs, partnership exhibitions, and special curated initiatives.
As an Indigenous-led and Indigenous artist-centred organization, they support the artistic visions and perspectives of Indigenous artists working in film and media arts in an inclusive and professional manner. As identified in their mission statement, they are committed to a greater understanding by audiences of Indigenous peoples, cultures, and artistic expressions. Works are therefore not required to have overt Indigenous content or themes, and can be productions made at all budget levels. They strive to represent a variety of ideas, themes, and genres, in addition to a diversity of Indigenous languages, Nations, and cultures.
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Enquiries about submissions should be directed to imagineNATIVE. Please always refer to their website for complete details and information.
Please note, this competition is run by imagineNATIVE not the Commonwealth Foundation.
