After a brief hiatus, Vancouver Web Fest is back and reimagined for 2025 under new management! As the digital entertainment landscape continues to evolve, VWF remains at the forefront—bringing together innovative storytellers and creators from around the world to Discover, Experience, and Participate in the future of online content.

The 2025 edition of VWF will be fully virtual, making it more accessible than ever. Attendees can look forward to exclusive online screenings, interactive workshops, and thought-provoking panels featuring top industry experts—all streamed online.

This year also features a dedicated Online Content Creator Day, with special guest panels and keynotes from leading voices in the digital space.

While we won’t be hosting an in-person gala, the festival will culminate in a dynamic virtual awards ceremony, celebrating excellence in digital storytelling.

Awards & Prizes

Each season, Vancouver Web Fest celebrates excellence in digital storytelling by recognizing outstanding achievements across a variety of genres and disciplines. Awards will be presented in the following categories:

Best Pilot

Best Animation

Best Comedy

Best Drama

Best Dramedy

Best Family

Best Fantasy

Best Horror

Best Science Fiction

Best Documentary & Reality

Best Short Film

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Sound Design

Best Composing

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

These awards aim to honor creativity, technical excellence, and powerful storytelling across all formats of online content.

Rules & Terms

GENERAL GUIDELINES
1.- All submissions must be made through FilmFreeway.

2.- Submission fees are non-refundable and are charged in US dollars.

3.- All submitters must be 18 years of age or older.

4.- All submissions must be available online via a video hosting platform (e.g., Vimeo, YouTube) with access granted to the VWF programming team. If your content is set to private, please include access passwords in your submission.

5.- Submissions must be the intellectual property of the submitter(s), or submitters must have legal permission for the use of all content, including visuals and music.

6.- All non-English submissions must be subtitled or dubbed in English.

7.- VWF reserves the right to use submitted materials—including trailers, teasers, and stills—for promotional purposes and the virtual awards presentation.

8.- No proxy submissions are allowed.

9.- Only selected entrants will be notified via email.

10.- To enter the Best Web Series category, your project must have at least three completed episodes. Only the first episode is required at the time of submission. If selected, you will be asked to provide the remaining two.

ELECTION & SCREENING CRITERIA
1.- All selected projects will be officially announced via email.

2.- Each submission is judged by a panel of local, national, and international industry professionals.

3.- Judging decisions are final and based on creative originality, production quality, storytelling, performance, and overall impact.

4.- As the festival is fully virtual in 2025, all screenings and events will be hosted online.

5.- Participants will be provided with detailed instructions upon selection.

LEGAL TERMS & CONDITIONS
By submitting your work, you agree to:

1.- Grant Vancouver Web Fest the right to screen and promote your project.

2.- Indemnify and hold harmless Vancouver Web Fest, its affiliates, and partners from any claims related to copyright, publicity, or content ownership.

3.- Abide by all festival rules and Canadian federal and provincial laws.
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  • TVTVonline .

    Had a great time. Staff and volunteers were very friendly, helpful and welcoming. A beautiful venue in a beautiful city. Looking forward to returning again soon!

    May 2018
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much for the kind words! It was an absolute pleasure meeting you and having you be part of VWF18! We sure hope to see you next year! Can't wait to see more episodes! :-)

  • James Boo

    The Vancouver Web Fest team puts a tremendous amount of effort into this festival, to ensure that the experience of attending is pretty much seamless. The volunteers and staff really are wonderful at ensuring that everything goes smoothly throughout the weekend.

    While the space was impeccable and interactive events like "speed dating" stood apart from other festival programs, what I found VWF does really does well is bring together a tremendous range of talented filmmakers from across the world. It was a privilege to meet many of the people in attendance, and a joy to see their work on the big screen (and on VR headsets).

    Thanks, Vancouver Web Fest!

    May 2018
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much for your kind words James! It's an absolute pleasure to have a festival where we can give back to the creators and their teams and show them how much they are appreciated. We love 1 minute Meal and look forward to more episodes! Hope to see you at VWF19! Cheers :-)

  • Shilpa Mankikar

    The Festival is at Vancouver's Best Location - the main Conference Center. The view is incredible - of mountains and the water. The staff was very friendly. The Pitch Fest was very good for Networking. I met many Producers who may produce my next project or Canadian outlets to release this current project. The panels were very interesting, and I sometimes tried to catch more than one in the 90 minute session. The only thing is, there should have been more Women on the panels. Many panels were just Men, and especially for Directing or Producing, there were a lot of qualified Women even in the audience.

    May 2018
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much for your kind words and your wonderful feedback. Yes we tried to get as many women speakers as we could. We were really happy with Women in Media: Fireside Chats With Prem Gill and Catherine Winder. But will definitely continue to bring more women in film in future years as keynote speakers, panelists, and participating in workshops. Hope to see you at VWF19. Cheers! :-)

  • Lungelo Mdlalose

    Suzette and the Team are just incredible, enjoyed the selection of speakers they had at the festival and the content selection was amazing. Plus we’ll forever love Vancouver Webfest cause we won our first award outside of Africa there.

    May 2018
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much for your kind words. It was an absolute pleasure meeting you. Sorry to see you didn't feel you received full value or networking at our festival. That's a shame. Perhaps we can change that for your next trip!

  • This is a Spoon Studios LTD

    Awesome festival, our team had an amazing time, did some great networking and learned a lot from the panels. This year was the best one yet!

    May 2018
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much, your comments and review are greatly appreciated! We strive to make VWF a place where everyone has the best time and gets the most value. Can't wait for VWF19 :-) Sure hope to see you there!