Established in 1987, Images Festival is the longest running and most influential moving image festival in Canada. Images presents work that counters dominant mainstream narratives and provides alternative ways of thinking and seeing that expands the understanding of media art through our programming and education-based initiatives. 

Images Festival does not select films based on any particular themes, genres or aesthetic categories but selects moving image works that share formal and political sensibilities which emerge from recent critical discourses between contemporary art, cinema and media arts.

Images Festival will consider works that have been completed in the last three years (from 2021–present), including short, mid-length, and feature-length films as well as video installations.

We understand that many are facing economic hardship, and can offer submissions fee waivers to those currently facing financial barriers. Please contact us at submissions@imagesfestival.com.