The Canadian Film Festival , formerly known as the Canadian Filmmakers Festival , is an annual film festival in Toronto , Ontario . Showcasing a program of Canadian independent films, it is held in March of each year and usually runs for five days.
5-623: The festival was launched in 2004, and ran annually until 2008 at the Royal Cinema . Although not staged between 2009 and 2011, it was relaunched in 2012 and has run annually since. The festival has been staged at the Scotiabank Theatre since 2017. The festival was formed in association with the Toronto International Film Festival Group, but operates independently of TIFF. It serves commonly, but not exclusively, as
10-528: A dance hall on the second floor. In the 1950s, the theatre was purchased by Rocco Mastrangelo. In the 1990s, the theatre was renamed The Golden Princess. Since early 2007, Theatre D has owned and operated The Royal. During the daytime, it operates as a film and television post-production studio. It hosts film festivals, including the European Union Film Festival, Caribbean Tales International Film Festival and Japanese Movie Week. The Royal
15-639: The Toronto premiere venue for films which premiered elsewhere on the Canadian or international film festival circuits in the previous year but have not yet screened in Toronto, although it also serves as the premiere venue for some films. The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada ; instead, the organizers partnered with the pay TV service Super Channel to provide television and streaming broadcasts of
20-407: The films that had been slated to screen at the festival. With the pandemic continuing into 2021, festival organizers again partnered with Super Channel to present the 2021 edition of the festival under the same model. Several films had been planned for the festival lineup, but were not able to be screened due to the shift from physical to broadcast screening. However, the films were still screened for
25-459: The jury, and remained eligible for the festival awards. Royal Cinema The Royal Cinema is an Art Moderne event venue and cinema in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1939 and owned by Miss Ray Levinsky. When it was built in 1939, it was called The Pylon, with an accompanying large sign at the front of the theatre. It included a roller-skating rink at the rear of the theatre, and
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