IN-PERSON screenings and HYBRID Festival Mode: Entering its 10th year, the Toronto & Los Angeles Documentary Festival now gives filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. (All accepted films get all four tiers).

1) Screening #1: Where you will obtain your audience feedback video.

2) Screening #2: (optional) virtual festival (48-hour promotional showcase) on the film festival streaming service.

3) Podcast interview at WILDsound Radio on ITunes

4) Blog interview promoting you and your film.

The first film festival screening gives you our award-winning audience feedback videos made for the short & feature films.

Since 2016, the FEEDBACK Film Festival has been showcasing the best of documentary short films. We now will be showcasing a documentary film festival every month in the heart of downtown Toronto at the Carlton Cinemas.

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NEW OPTION: For limited time: Option to submit and garner an automatic acceptance of your film. Agenda is to create exposure for the filmmaker and their film!

With that acceptance, you will receive an audience feedback video, plus 2 interviews (blog and podcast) to promote the filmmaker and film.

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We also will be showcasing winning documentary treatments at our festival every single month.

Awards & Prizes

The Documentary Short Festival was created for filmmakers. The goal is to showcase the best of documentary talent in film from around the world.

Read daily testimonials: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/?s=testimonial
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  • Don Scioli

    Extremely professional! great feedback from judges and in depth questions and comments .Also, runs an entertaining podcast from the films contestants. One of the best festivals!

    April 2026
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  • Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives

    Great festival! Accessible, great communication and feedback! They have really amplified our film, 'Why We Dance', which is part of the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project that works with survivors of genocide and mass atrocities and graphic artists. Thank you!

    April 2026
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  • Roisin Clarke

    Great communication and opportunities to showcase our film. Delighted to be a part of this festival.

    February 2026
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  • Frank Röhrig

    Thank you for allowing Shanaya's Path to be part of your festival. I can really recommend your festival to others and it is well worth the entry fee. Keep up the good work and I will certainly submit my next film to your festival.

    February 2026
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  • Kelly Siu

    Outstanding organisation and great communication throughout; what impressed me most was the range of practical ways to amplify a film’s reach—like interview podcasts and the audience feedback video—which not only boost exposure but also make filmmakers feel their work is genuinely valued; a real lift for independent filmmakers. I would highly recommend this festival.

    November 2025
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