Pendance Film Festival

We launched the Pendance Film Festival in 2017 on a snow-lashedwinter night at the Regent Theatre in midtown — a near-three-hour showcase of 17 short films and an abundance of audacity. We did not know precisely what we were doing.

Toronto, ON – The Pendance Film Festival is gearing up for its 8th edition with over 70 films from around the world. The lineup features several World Premieres and Canadian Premieres across many genres and is sure to captivate audiences.

L’Indidente (Italy) by Giuseppe Garau grabs the Best Feature Film Award while Santiago Requaejo’s powerful drama 24/Siete becomes the fourth Spanish-language short film in seven years to win Best Short Film. Una Gunyak is awarded Best Director for her powerful directorial debut, Excursion, and Montreal’s...

The 7th Annual Pendance Film Festival features over 40 incredible films, workshops and a bevy of live events for filmmakers and guests. Pendance will take place Feb 22nd through Feb 25th, 2024 in downtown Toronto at the Imagine Cinema Carlton, located at 20 Carlton St.

Four incredible films have just been released on the Pendance Library, including two of our favourite short films from the 2023 lineup, and two of our favourite features of the past decade. MAYONNAISE Directed by Eli Speigel, Mayonnaise follows a quirky production assistant as...

The Pendance Film Festival’s 7th edition will take place February 22-February 25, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. The planned venues include TIFF Bell Lightbox, Isabel Bader Theatre and the Carlton Cinema.

The 6th Annual Pendance Film Festival features a return to in-person screenings. Pendance will take place May 12th through May 14th, 2023 in downtown Toronto at the Imagine Cinema Carlton, located at 20 Carlton St.

Ahead of the release of his short film ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do’ on the Pendance Library, we caught up with Canadian filmmaker Ryan Terk to ask him a few questions about his 26-minute self-funded short film which won Best Canadian Short Film at the... The post How a Canadian Filmmaker Made an Award-Winning 26-minute short for $3500 appeared firs

Luzifer (Austria) by Peter Brunner grabs the Best Feature Film Award while Jose Luis Aparicio’s Cuban fever-dream Tundra becomes the third Spanish-language short film in five years to win Best Short Film. Laura Lehmus is awarded Best Director for her incredibly hilarious and sweet feature directorial debut, Sweet Disaster, and Toronto’s Erica Orofi

61 Films Coming to Ontario, Canada at the Pendance Film Festival March 10-13th, Virtually Feature Films Lineups The features programme at Pendance 2022 features a diverse range of genres and languages; films from the United States, Japan, China, Germany, Austria, Italy and the Netherlands make... The post Pendance Announces 2022 Schedule appeared f