The Western International Film Festival is an online festival that allows the audience to vote for the winners.
In true Canadian fashion, WCIFF aims to create a community of local and global filmmakers. We offer the opportunity to get in touch, collaborate and engage with other creative minds.
WCIFF does not have a panel of "qualified judges" to choose which films should win. The winners are chosen through an audience vote. By doing this, WCIFF seeks to create a positive, accepting environment, without relying on a few selected individuals, who may have biased opinions.
WCIFF wants filmmakers to have the recognition that they deserve by offering them a festival that is easily available, inclusive and fun. Every filmmaker is important and they all should have a fair chance to win an award.

Awards & Prizes

Participants in this festival will have the opportunity to virtually connect with other filmmakers and collaborate.

The winners of the awards will receive a seal of approval and will always be welcome to vote in future festivals!

Rules & Terms

In order to participate in voting, you must join our Discord server.
Voting rules and explanation can be found on WCIFF.ca

All accepted films will be broadcasted ONCE through our Twitch account.
Twitch videos will be deleted after the festival is over.

We are unable to showcase any nudity over Twitch. We kindly ask that you censor any nudity that may be in your film if you would like for us to play it live. A black bar or a blur effect will make the film acceptable.

Please be aware that we are in partnership with a distribution company, Devonian Design and Special Effects. Any films submitted to our festival may appear on their website without prior notice. Devonian Design and Special Effects offers 75% of all profits directly to the filmmaker. Please email us to let us know the price of which you would like to sell your film. Alternatively, please email us and let us know if you do not want your film to be on their website. If your film has been put onto the Devonian website by mistake, simply let us know and they will take it down immediately and return any profit made by that film through the website, back to the filmmaker instantaneously.

By submitting your film and by watching or participating in anyway, you therefore acknowledge that any unauthorized recordings or similar acts of piracy is against the law in Canada, the USA, etc... and will be met with serious legal repercussions.

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  • Anastasiia Marinich

    Thank you for this opportunity, our team was really happy to receive the award!

    November 2024
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  • Robert Barhite

    Dee Dee motions for Dale to join her on stage.

    November 2024
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  • Donna-Lynne Larson

    Outstanding. Well organized, efficient communication, innovative, with genuine care and attention provided to filmmakers. I will be asking my colleagues with upcoming projects to check out this festival. Top of my list going forward.

    November 2024
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  • Lorraine Wales

    This is a great festival to be part of and Secret world of Squirrels ultrashort where thrilled to be part off. Great communication and updates throughout, amazing festival.

    November 2024
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  • Christopher Darton

    Thank you for giving filmmakers a platform to show their work off to the world. That's always a huge challenge for micro-budget films. We were extremely happy to win Best Horror Feature this year.

    December 2024
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