2024 CSFF is a wrap

The 33rd annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival was screened at the Winchester Street Theatre, in Cabbagetown to a full house. already looking forward to next year!

SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED STARTING APRIL 2025….stay tuned!

14 Fantastic Films have been selected to screen at the 32nd annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival! We will see original films from Canada, USA, Afghanistan, Syria, Belgium, France, Spain and more! The Gala Live screening will take place at the Winchester Street Theatre in the heart of Cabbagetown on Wednesday September 6th and the films will stream across Canada from September 7-10. Tickets available at: 2023TICKETS

2023 CSFF now submission deadline Extended to July 15 on FilmFreeway

The 31st annual festival will present the Gala Screening at the historic Winchester Street Theatre in the heart of Toronto, September 6 and will Stream across Canada, September 7-9. In addition to Comedy, Drama, Documentary and Animation, Smartphone Films has been added to the list of accepted catagories for submission.

Please submit your entries through FilmFreeway. Deadline for submissions has been extended to July 15, 2023.

Cabbagetown Short Film Festival proudly accepts entries on FilmFreeway, the world's #1 way to enter film festivals and creative contests.

Congratulations to all the talented filmmakers who were selected for the 31st Cabbagetown Festival, screening at the Live Gala on September 7th at the Winchester Street Theatre in Toronto and Streamed across Canada, September 8-10. Here are the Award Winners:

FIRST PRIZE: Les Larmes de la Seine (France, Animation) Directed by Yanis Belaid, Eliot Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur; Animators: Eliott Fenard, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur

SECOND PRIZE: Game (USA, Drama) Directed by Jeannie Donohoe

THIRD PRIZE: LOOP (Spain, Argentina, Animation) Directed by Pablo Polledri

BEST DOCUMENTARY: bee-roll (USA) Directed by Alexandra Guillossou

PEOPLES CHOICE: 2nd CLASS (Sweden, Drama) Directed by Jimmy Olsson

We are thrilled to announce that tickets are now available for the 2022 Cabbagetown Short Film Festival! We will screen the program of outstanding international shorts at the Live Gala at the Winchester Street Theatre in the heart of Cabbagetown, Toronto, on September 7th and Stream the program across Canada, September 8-10. Tickets are available at : CSFF2022

See you there!

Applications to the 2022 Cabbagetown Short Film Festival are now closed. Only selected filmmakers will contacted directly.

Please check back for a list of selected titles after August 20th.

Thank you for your interest and submissions!

Now accepting submissions for the 2022 festival!

The application page is now open and we look forward to receiving your submissions for the annual CSFF, streaming and screening in September 2022. It is still absolutely FREE to enter your work. Maximum running time is 15:00 (including credits) and non-English shorts must have English subtitles. There is no requirement regarding the production date or previous screenings. Cash prizes are awarded to the best films as selected by the jury and Peoples Choice.

So what are you waiting for? Submit your best short film today!

Thank you to the talented filmmakers who submitted their work, the generous sponsors and our loyal patrons. Together, you all made the 30th annual festival an outstanding success.

Congratulations to our 2021 awardees:

First Prize: SUNDAY DINNER, (USA) Directed by Kevin Mead

Second Prize: ROBERTO, (Sprain) Directed by Carmen Cordoba

Third Prize: PARTICULES FINES, (France) Directed by Gregory Robin

Peoples Choice: HEY GRAY, (Russia) Directed by Nikita Khozyainov

The votes are in and the 2021

People’s Choice is: HEY, GRAY

A moving film about a thriving businessman who, when at death’s door, meets his old dog Grey, whom he heartlessly threw out on the street many years ago…can he be forgiven?

Congratulations to Director, Nikita Khozyainov and his outstanding team and to the canine star of the show: Grey Hardy

Credits

Director: Nikita Khozyainov , Scriptwriters: Nikita Khozyainov, Olga Kostyanova, Maksim Mikhailov, Andrey Ermakov Producer: Maksim Mikhailov, Andrey Ermakov Cinematographe / DP: Anton Kobzar Art Director: Maria Leshchinskaya Composer: Maksim Mikhailov Editor: Ilona Morozova Sound Designer: German Shumakher

cast

Mikhail Sakulin, Artur Vakha, Aleksey Toshchevikov, Ekaterina Kobba, and (Dog)Grey Hardy

Screening Virtually across Canada, September 8-10, 2021

To celebrate 3 decades of outstanding films, we are screening not one, not two but THREE one-hour long programs of shorts from Canada, USA, Russia, Spain, France, Austria and Morocco. The programs will include Animation, Drama, Documentary and Comedy, as short as 1:00 or a long as 15:00

Your All Access Pass will allow you to unlock all three programs to watch over the three days of the festival. Take your time, and savour each line-up or binge all 20 titles at once! Either way, you are sure to enjoy another great year of shorts!

Thank you to all our 2021 Sponsors, we couldn’t do it without your generous donations!

CSFF Celebrates Love February 14-20, 2021

with a virtual retrospective of some of our favourite shorts from past programs ~ all on the theme of Love & Relationships ~ and believe me, there is a lot of comedy! Just say’n. Check it out here: Cabbagetown Celebrates Love

The 2021 Cabbagetown Short Film Festival is now accepting submissions for consideration.

We plan to stream the selected program across Canada as well as at a Gala Screening for a Live Audience. Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of this exciting and beloved tradition in Toronto, Canada, celebrating our 30th year in 2021! The festival supports filmmakers by remaining Free to submit your work for consideration and we continue to award Cash Prizes to the top films as selected by our jury and the voting audience .

Thank you to the extraordinary creative artists around the world who continue to share their work with us. We truly love you all!

The votes are in!

Congratulations to Writer and Director, Fabrice Bracq, winner of the Peoples Choice Award for his original and darkly hilarious, BURQA CITY.

Our first virtual festival!

It’s been a real adventure getting the 29th annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival online and because of your wonderful support and the support of eventive.org. the festival has been great success!

Peoples Choice will be announced Friday, September 18. Thank you all for participating!

Cabbagetown Short Festival Online Edition!

The 2020 Cabbagetown Short Film Festival will be presented online this year, with tickets available for purchase starting August 13, 2020. The streaming window will be available in Canada, from Wednesday September 9 - Friday, September 11. Watch in one 2 hour sitting or spread it out over the three days of streaming. And don’t forget to vote for the your favourite film to win the People’s Choice Award.

We are looking forward to sharing this year’s program of outstanding shorts with you.

Application deadline extended!

Submissions for the 2020 festival are now be accepted for consideration in the 2020 festival. The Deadline for submission is July 15, 2020. The 29th annual festival screening is scheduled for September 9-11.

Looking forward to seeing your work!

Thank you.

2019 People’s Choice Award Announced

On Wednesday, September 4th , after watching 11 diverse and entertaining shorts that addressed many contemporary issues with style and originality, the audience voted.

MARISOL

written by Tim Eliot and directed by Zoe Salicrup Junco , took the People’s Choice Award.

2019 Festival Line-Up Announced

11 Films selected for screening at the 28th Annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival, from 400 submissions! 4 Prizes Awarded!!!

The selection jury met on the evening of August 7 to review  the shortlisted productions and select those to be screened at the one-night-only festival and pick the festival award winners. 

Many thanks to all who submitted their work for consideration and to the shortlisted filmmakers for their outstanding work.  

the following films which will be screened at the Winchester Street Theatre in Toronto on Wednesday, September 4th

Trios Francs Six Sous - Directed by Clemence Ottevaere, Florence Blain, Louise Lebliind, Varoon Indalkar, Morgane Ladjel, Hugo Valdelievre 

Cocodrilo - Directed by Jorge Yudice

Tribes and Trance - Directed by Jessica Devnani

Canusa Street - Directed by Perry Walker

Angel’s Mirror - Directed by Cheng Chao

Sparviddshinder (The Traffic Separating Device) FIRST PRIZE - Directed by Alla Medverkande

Let’s Go To Antarctica! - TIED FOR SECOND PRIZE - Directed by Gonzga Manso

o28 - Directed by Otalia Causse, Geoffroy Collin, Louise Graddel, Antioine Marchand, Robin Merle, Fabien Meyran

Bread for the Journey - Directed by Allyson Kenny

Gastos Incluidos (Bills Included) - TIED FOR SECOND PRIZE - Directed by Javier Macipe

Marisol - THIRD PRIZE - Directed by Zoe Salicrup Junco

The Application page to submit for screening at this year’s festival is now closed.

Thank you to all the talented filmmakers who submitted their work for consideration. Only selected filmmakers will be contacted directly by August 15.

Mark your calendars for January 1, 2020 for next year’s application page.

Tickets for the 28th annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival September 4th screening are now available online at Universe.com

Applications for the 2019 festival will be accepted from January 1, 2019-June 30, 2019.

Nine Letters gets 2018 Peoples Choice

The votes are in and Nine Letters, written and directed by Linda Kash takes Peoples Choice at the 27th annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival. 

Also attending the s0ld out screening at the historic Winchester Street Theatre Wednesday, September 5 were the films lead actors, Allegra Fulton, Ari Cohen and Megan Murphy, cinematographer, Colin Evans, editor, Stephen Parker and sound editor, Claire Dobson.

Close behind in the voting were L'enfant Chameau, (Camel Boy), directed by Chabname Zariab and Andre the Anti-Giant, directed by Kim Saltarski.

Many thanks to the Winchester Street Theatre staff for making the evening such a wonderful success.  And thanks to our sponsors who made the event possible.

2018 Festival Line-Up Announced

8 Films selected for screening at the 27th Annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival, from the 14 shortlisted titles ~ 3 Prizes Awarded!!!

The selection jury met on the evening of August 21 to review  14 shortlisted productions and select those to be screened at the one-night-only festival, as well as pick the festival award winners. 

Many thanks to all who submitted their work for consideration and to the shortlisted filmmakers for their outstanding work.  

the following films which will be screened at the Winchester Street Theatre in Toronto on Wednesday, September 5th

The Spadina House - BEST  COMEDY - Directed by Taso Alexander 

Over Time - Directed by Miriam Zaidi

Nine Letters - Directed by Linda Kash

Andre The Anti-Giant -BEST DOCUMENTARY - Directed by Kim Saltarski

Hi Stranger - Directed by Kirsten Lapore

El Escarabajo al Final de la Calle (The Beetle at the End of the Street) - GRAND PRIZE - Directed by Joan Vives Lozano

L'Enfant Chameau (Camel Boy) - Directed by Chabname Zariab

Happy Today - Directed by Giulio Tonincelli

The 2018 Short List Announced

14 Films Shortlisted for the 27th Annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival

On  August 21, 2018 the Cabbagetown jury will select the final program and award winners from the shortlist.  The selected titles will be  screened on Wednesday, September 5, 2018  at the Winchester Street Theatre in the heart of Toronto, Canada. 

The 14 Shortlisted Films for are:

Hi Stranger - USA- directed by Kirsten Lepore

InLove - France - directed by Alexis & Jeremie Lopez

Haven - Canada - directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall

Happy Today - France - directed by Guilio Tonincelli

Nine Letters - Canada - directed by Linda Kash

Andre The Anti-Giant - Canada - directed by Kim Saltarski

Goli: A Tale of Threads - Canada - directed by Sara Naimpour

The Spadina House - Canada - directed by Taso Alexander

L'Enfant Chameau - France - directed by Chabname Zariab

Over Time - Canada - Canada - directed by Mariam Zaidi

Cor de Pele - Brazil - directed by Livia Perini

FIFO - Belgium - directed by Sacha Ferbus & Jeremy Puffet

The Beautiful Horizon - France - directed by Jean-Baptiste Huber

El Escarabajo Al Final De La Calle - Spain - directed by Joan Vives Lozano

5 Films About Technology Wins Peoples Choice!

The people have cast their ballots and this year, a comedy has won their hearts and votes !   5 Films About Technology not only takes home the Best Comedy Award, but also the People's Choice Award.  The honour comes with $600 and was awarded to Director ,  Peter Huang.     

15 Outstanding shorts selected from over 300 submissions from around the world!

The 2017 Cabbagetown Short Film Festival jury selected the following shorts for screening at the 26th annual screening, Wednesday, September 6th at the Ada Slaight Theatre, Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. East , Toronto. Tickets are available online. 

The 26th annual program will include:

Little Thing - (Israel) Directed by Or Kan tor

Babe, I Hate to Go - (Canada) Directed by Andrew Moir

Emerge ( France ) Directed by Lucil Lepeuple,Margot Cardinael, Zoe Caudron, Benjamin Bouchard, Camille Gras Marine Boudry

Pink Cuts Pink-(Germany) Directed by Alma W. Bar

Privilage (Canada) Directed by Mike Fly

One Afternoon (Canada) Directed by Mike Fly

M.A.M.O.N MONITOR AGAINST MEXICANS OVER WORLDWIDE- (Mexico) Directed by Alejandro Damiami

MILK-(Canada) Directed by Winnifred Jong

5 Films About Technology- (Canada) Directed by Peter Huang

IF The Poet-(Canada)Directed by Kim Saltarski

Clean Hands-(USA) Directed by Lauren DeFilippo

Parent Teacher- (Canada) Directed by Roman Tchjen

Simon You Ass!- (France) Directed by Claire Barrault

Mai-(Spain) Directed by Marta Gonzalez

Legacy of War- (Canada) Directed by Gina Dineen

Cabbagetown Short Film Festival now accepting submissions to the 26th annual festival!

The 26th annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival will take place on Wednesday, September 6th in downtown Toronto.

Submissions will be accepted until July 31, 2017. 

Free to enter! See  guidelines on the application page.

Cabbagetown Short Film Festival awards $2,000 in Prizes 

Congratulations to the following talented filmmakers who received their awards on September 7th at Daniels Spectrum in the heart of downtown Toronto.  

GRAND PRIZE:  En La Azotea / Spain - written and directed by Damia Serra Cauchetiez

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Kubo's Crickets / Canada- written and directed by Michael Allcock

BEST ANIMATION: Deux Amis / France - written and directed by Natalia Chernysheva

HONORABLE MENTION: Le Clitoris / Canada- written and directed by Lori Malepart-Traversy

PEOPLES CHOICE: Motivational Quotes: An Addiction / Canada - written by Miles Verweel, directed by Alasdair Clarke

Thank you to the following generous sponsors for helping to make these awards possible: 

THE VOTES ARE IN! - Motivational Quotes: An Addiction, starring Miles Verweel, directed by Alasdair Clarke and shot by Ben Ainsworth, takes the 2016 People's Choice Award at the 25th annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival!

This is the second win for the film, which won first place at the Cynecycle Film Fest VI in Toronto earlier this year!

 14 SHORTS SELECTED FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!

The Cabbagetown Short Film Festival jury met on August 16 to determine the final selection of shorts to be screened at the 25th Annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival. From a shortlist of 20 titles, selected from close to 200 submissions, the jury, composed of industry professionals, selected the following 14 outstanding films:

A Stop Gap Story- (Canada) Directed by Taeo Levine and Natalie Plourde

Ships Passing in the Night- (Germany) Directed by Elizabeth Zwimpfer

Motivational Quotes: An Addiction - (Canada) Directed by Alasdair Clarke

The Learning Alliance- (Pakistan) Directed by Muhammad Umar Saeed

Kubo’s Crickets-(Canada) Directed by Michael Allcock

Deux Amis-(France) Directed by Natalie Chernysheva

Venice-(Australia) Directed by Venetia Taylor

Through the Eyes of Children-(Canada) Directed by Anna Maria Mouradian

Cenizo-(Spain) Directed by Jon Mikel Caballero

The Clitoris-(Canada) Directed by Lori Malepart-Traversy

The Plover-(Australia) Directed by Klutch Kable

On the Roof - (Spain) Directed by Damia Serra Cauchetiez

Tiny Tracks-(Canada) Directed by Naomi Hocura

Sequences for the Future-(Italy) Directed by Sebastiano Luca Insinga

Congratulations to the selected filmmakers and sincere thanks to ALL the filmmakers who submitted their work for consideration. We look forward to hearing from you again and wish you all the best in the future. 

SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016- 25th Annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival !

The 25th annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival will celebrate a very special anniversary on Wednesday, September 7th from 7:00-10:00pm with an all new program of exceptional short films at Ada Slaight Hall located in Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. East, Toronto.

Don't miss this gem of a festival, which promises something for everyone, including fans of Drama, Documentary, Animation and Comedy!

Tickets available online at: 

Don't Miss the Deadline for Submission to the 25th Annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival!

July 31, 2016 is the deadline for submission for this year's screening, at which we celebrate a quarter century of exceptional short films from around the world and around the corner! 

Save the Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Don't miss our upcoming celebration of Canadian favourites from the festival archives! We'll represent Canadians from coast to coast to coast.  Screening at the coolest venue in Cabbagetown,   The Parish Hall, St. Simon-the-Apostle,  525 Bloor St. East,  7-10pm.  Its PWYC, with a suggested donation of $15.  Admission + Cash Bar will  support the 25th annual Cabbagetown Short Film Festival, Sept. 7th! 

Upcoming Events

The Cabbagetown Short Film Festival will turn 25 in September 2016!   To celebrate this special anniversary year,  we will revisit some of our favourite titles from the past with several local screenings over the next few months.

Join us for a Free one-hour screening of international favourites on March 4, 7-8pm at the Parliament Street Library. Please plan to arrive early as the seating is limited.  Stay tuned for more news about our all-Canadian shorts screening coming in April.