Frequently Asked Questions

What is Images Festival?

Images Festival is a platform for the exhibition and discourse of independent film and media art. Created in 1987 as an alternative to the only other Toronto film festival at the time, Images has spent the last 37 years presenting media works that are challenging in their form and content. Images showcases the intersection of emerging and established practices and invites open critical dialogue in the film and media arts community around the political herstories of moving image production, distribution, exhibition, and representation.

When is Images Festival?

Images Festival occurs annually in April.

Where is Images Festival?

Images Festival takes place at venues around the city of Toronto and online. Visit our Venues page to find out more.

Can I submit my work to Images Festival?

Yes! We accept submissions for Screenings, Exhibitions, and Performances. Visit our Submissions page to find out more.

Is Images Festival accessible?

Images Festival is committed to providing an accessible festival and continues to work to reduce barriers to participation in our events. Information about accessibility services are available on our program pages and in our festival catalogue.

How long has Images Festival been running?

Images Festival has been running since 1987! Visit our Archives page to view or download catalogues from our past festival editions.

Who is presenting at Images Festival this year?

Images Festival shows work by over 60 artists every year. Visit our Artists page to find out who’s showing at this year’s festival.

I have a question about accountability to community.

Images Festival’s team and Board of Directors are committed to staying accountable to our community. Visit our Accountability page to find out more. If you have specific questions or feedback, we invite you to contact our Board at board@imagesfestival.com.

Do you rent equipment?

Yes! We have a range of analogue and digital presentation equipment available for rent at sliding scales. Visit our Rentals page to find out more.

Who works at Images Festival?

Images is made up of a small team of permanent and contract team members, and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Visit our About page to learn more about our organisation.

Images Festival operates on land stolen from the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, the Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Tkáron:to is currently home to diverse Indigenous and Métis peoples as well as people who settle on this land. As part of Treaty 13 and the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Covenant, we acknowledge that we all eat from the same bowl and spoon, and must take only what we need, ensuring resources are available for all.

As art workers, artists, and curators, we see the process of untangling ourselves from settler complicity as internal, structural, and ongoing. It is not something to be taken lightly. The inclusion of Indigenous artists and curators into our program is just the first step of necessary and deeper change. Extending from our organizational accountability work, we strive to not only undo forms of complicity, but also actively create an environment and infrastructure that can support Indigenous peoples who work with us.

Images expresses our solidarity with Indigenous people on Turtle Island and globally. We are committed to continuing to learn, critique, and challenge the settler colonial structures we are complicit in.