Founded by James Warrack in 1999 at Toronto Metropolitan University, the aim of the Image Arts Film Festival (formerly known as RUFF), is to give students a large-scale festival experience and a launching pad into future work in the industry. Taking place in early May, the Image Arts Film Festival takes place over the course of four days. Festivities include a red carpet, a gala, an awards ceremony, daytime panels, daytime, and nighttime screenings, and an after-party.
The Image Arts Film Festival is excited to announce our inaugural Daytime Programme. We will be accepting film submissions from students across all years who are currently enrolled or recent graduates of Film Studies, Photography, Integrated Digital at IMA or RTA at Toronto Metropolitan University. Filmmakers may submit any work (not limited to films made for academic credit) completed from the time they began their studies until the final submission deadline.
We are so excited to see and share your films, and we hope to see you at the Image Arts Film Festival in the spring of 2023!
Daytime Programme Shorts will be automatically entered to compete for awards and cash prizes for the following categories:
BEST SHORT FILM
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD