2023 Call for Submissions 

Toronto Arab Film Festival, June 2023

With a successful turn out for our second annual film festival in May 2022, we championed Arab filmmakers around the world while upholding safety protocols for everyone involved. We are eager to move forward on to our 4th annual film festival, which will be held June1-11, 2023, both in-person and online. 

Submissions are now closed. 

Requirements: 
- must have been completed after January 1, 2021
- must be in English, or have English subtitles at the time of submission
- accepted formats: shorts, features, documentaries, fiction, experimental 

Short films will be automatically entered into two competitions: 
  • Audience choice award 
  • Jury Award for most promising filmmaker 
  • Best Canadian Film

Eligible feature films will be entered into competition for the Best Feature Film Award.

Submit via Film Freeway. 
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​Have a question? Email the programming team at programming@arabfilm.ca
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