Welcome to the 9th year of The Great Canadian Comedy Film Festival!

The Great Canadian Comedy Film Festival is an international film festival based in Toronto Canada. We are dedicated to showcasing the works of comedy filmmakers from around the world. We accept short comedy films. Our festival offers cash prizes based on an audience live vote.

We plan to feature 80+ films this year. We watch and review every film submitted.

The festival will be taking place from December 3rd-5th, 2026. Our selected films will be shown at The Revue Cinema.

We will be accepting film submissions from now until October 31st. We will reveal the final selections on November 3rd.

We also produce a Horror Film Festival. Please follow the links below if interested.

Horror:
https://filmfreeway.com/TheGreatCanadianHorrorFilmFestival

Awards & Prizes

The festival gives out the following awards:

Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Writer
Best International Film
Best Canadian Film

Ticket holders for the festival will have the opportunity to vote for best film of the film block they viewed. The film with the most votes will receive an American cash prize.

Best Short Film - $300 USD prize

Note: Our festival features multiple film blocks made from short films. We expect to give away three cash prizes this year. One per best short film blocks.

This may be subject to change based on how many film submissions we receive.

Rules & Terms

Entries must be related to comedy. This includes puppets, animation, performance theatre, web content and music videos.

Entries do not need to be premiers to be submitted

Short Film entries must be under 25 minutes in length

If selected to screen at the festival, entries must be provided in a high resolution (24 fps) ProRes QuickTime format. It is okay to submit films in a lower resolution to review for selection.

Only three entries per filmmaker

No refunds will be given

Foreign films are accepted but English subtitles must be added

The Great Canadian Comedy Film Festival confirms that the festival has the permission to exhibit your film(s) during the festival and/or at any other festival event. Submission of work implies that the festival can employ moving image excerpts and reproduce stills of exhibition promotion. Credit will be given to any filmmaker or screenwriter if such material is used in festival promotion. The original copyright holder retains all rights to their work.
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  • Luce Grosjean

    Great festival with wonderful people. We’re always happy to take part every year!

    January 2026
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  • Gauvain Neme

    I couldn't attend the festival, but I was lucky enough to have a film selected. The team was great at organizing everything and also gave me feedback after the screening!

    Thank you all

    December 2025
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  • Meg Whalen

    Great facilitator, great venue and great films.
    Thank you for having us.

    December 2025
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  • Natasha Krishnan

    What a fantastic festival turnout! I had such a lovely time and I feel grateful for the opportunity and recognition our film received. As filmmakers and creatives, we wait to showcase our work and I appreciated that there was a large audience who was so engaged and responsive. Will definitely submit again and I look forward to seeing the positive growth in this festival in the years to come. Thank you. 😊❤️🙏🏼

    December 2025
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  • Brett Preston

    Without a doubt this is the best festival we have participated in. The theatre is amazing, the quality of the films was amazing and the general atmosphere created by the organizers was amazing! 5-Stars

    December 2025
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