Please read the following instructions before submitting your film to the 22nd Annual Regent Park Film Festival, which will be online and in-person in November 2024.
Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) is an award-winning, community-based, non-profit organization, and Toronto’s longest-running, FREE film festival.
RPFF’s mission is two-fold: to amplify and center marginalized communities and their stories, providing a platform for the work of emerging and established artists, while opening up access to the film and television industry; and to ensure art is free and accessible to everyone, regardless of fifinancial status.
Founded in 2003 when Regent Park was Canada’s oldest public housing neighbourhood, RPFF has remained true to its mission to make art, creativity, and storytelling accessible to everyone, regardless of financial status. While the neighbourhood has evolved and margins are shifting, RPFF works within this dynamism to honour its history and the communities it has collaborated with throughout the years.
The 22nd Annual Regent Park Film Festival will take place in-person: November 28-December 1, 2024
RPFF's School program will take place online: November 18-29, 2024
RPFF's School program will take place in-person: November 28-29, 2024
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We invite films for the following categories:
General Program: Feature and short works from Indigenous filmmakers, Black filmmakers and filmmakers of colour. We invite films that explore themes of difference and solidarity, immigrant experiences, urbanization, cultural identity and that resonate with the inner-city, community-based, transnational and varied realities of Regent Park, as well as similar communities in Toronto, in Canada, and all over the world.
School Program: Short films suitable for Grades 1-8, featuring themes relevant to and engaging for youth. This program encourages self-representation and seeks to promote dialogue among students, educators, filmmakers and the wider community. Films will be made available online with an in-person screening for elementary school students.
Please note:- There are no submission fees
- Maximum of 10 films per distributor or filmmaker can be submitted
- All filmmakers will be contacted about their submission status by early November 2024 at the latest
If you have any accessibility concerns, or questions about the submission process please contact:
submissions@rpff.ca 