The Toronto Arab Film Festival is a non-for-profit festival dedicated to bringing films from, and about the Arab world, to Toronto audiences. TAF began because of a need to fill a void that exists in film programming in Toronto, specifically a lack of films from the Arab regions and a desire to reinstate a tradition of going out to watch films that has been lost.

The 3rd annual festival will take place May 26 - 29, 2022 in Toronto.

Awards & Prizes

Audience Choice Award - Short Film
Jury Prize for Most Promising Filmmaker - Short Film
Best Arab/Canadian Film - Any length
Best Feature Film Award - Feature Film

Rules & Terms

ELIGIBILITY
All submissions:

- must have been completed after January 1, 2020
- 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

Feature films will be automatically entered into competition:
- Best Feature Film Award
2 Reviews
Overall Rating
Quality
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Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Suzannah Mirghani

    This super-stylish festival is run by a cool collection of individuals, all seeking to highlight the many stories, perspectives, and alternative visions of the Arab world and its diaspora communities. The organizers are pretty social media savvy too, so LOTS of online exposure for filmmakers!

    June 2021
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you Suzannah! It was an absolute delight having your film at the festival this year.

  • Essa Grayeb

    An amazing initiative by an amazing team, such an honor to be part of this.

    May 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Shukran Essa! It is our pleasure to have your film in our festival. Hope to see more of your work in the future.