Pendance Film Festival

Pendance Film Festival

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Pendance Film Festival is a Toronto festival for independent cinema that programs by its motto “Story Over Everything”: every submitted film is watched in full by the programming team, and selection does not depend on budget, buzz or star power. Each winter it presents a small, tightly curated slate of Canadian and international narrative and documentary features and shorts, with dedicated sections for genre “Midnight” shorts, emerging talents, and children’s and animation shorts. Selected filmmakers receive travel support, and past selections stream for free on the Pendance Library, launched in 2021.

The festival was co-founded by its director Robert Misovic; its first edition was a single night of short films at the Regent Theatre in midtown Toronto on 15 December 2017. The tenth-anniversary edition runs 26 February – 5 March 2027 with an expanded lineup and additional screening venues.

Country

Canada

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Feature, Short

Dates

26 February 2027 — 5 March 2027

Awards and prizes

Jury Prize: Best Picture: awarded to the best feature film in competition. Jury Prize: Best Short Film: awarded to the best short film in competition. Best Documentary: awarded to the best documentary feature. Best Director: awarded to the best director in the Features Competition. Best Canadian Short Film: awarded to the best Canadian short film. Carlota Pereda Award: awarded to the director in the Shorts Competition whose work best embodies courage, audacity, conviction and love in filmmaking.

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