The Kingston Canadian Film Festival is an annual celebration of the very best in Canadian cinema. The Festival is the largest single showcase of Canadian feature films from across the country. Each year the Kingston Canadian Film Festival showcases 15-25 feature length films, as well as numerous locally produced short films.

The 2007 Festival represented the most successful to date with increased attendance and a strong guest line-up. Between March 7th and 11th, 2007 Kingston once again took the national spotlight and played host to the largest stand-alone showcase of feature films from across the country. Attracting 5,000 attendees, last year's event featured 27 screenings of 18 feature films, a professional shorts package, and 23 locally produced short films, as well as numerous workshops, seminars and special receptions.

The Kingston Canadian Film Festival is a registered not-for-profit organization.

Festival Feedback

"Festivals like this in some cases just allow people the chance to see films. In a place like Kingston, where a lot of films of this Festival would not have had a chance to play, it's really the only chance. It's become an alternate distribution market now."
- Don McKellar, Director - Childstar

"It's very difficult to get a Canadian film shown. A movie theatre 97% of the time shows American films. One of the benefits of the festival circuit, whether it's here in Kingston or Vancouver or Toronto or Halifax or wherever you go, is that it starts to get the word of mouth out."
- David Weaver, Director - Siblings

"I like it because you actually get to see the people after they've seen the film. You actually get to hear what they have to say about it and you get a really good impression of whether or not they liked it. And you get a really good impression of what most people will think when they go to the film."
- Alex Campbell, Actor - Siblings

"The festival circuit is really important to a lot of films. A lot of films get launched through festivals; build their audience through that festival stamp and also through that festival audience talking about the film to other people and the press that comes with it."
- Brent Barclay, Producer - The Dark Hours

"I've heard so many good things about it; I want to be here. The quality of films is one thing, the commitments of the people running the Festival is another, and the quality of the debates is the third thing."
- Jacques Bensimon, Government Film Commissioner & Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada

"I think they're a lot of fun. They are also important to the community. They bring films to audiences that otherwise, these films might never find. I think they are invaluable. Certainly for the Canadian festival here in Kingston, I think it's great. You are building an audience. They get to see some of the finest talent from coast to coast&I think it's an exciting time for Canadian films, It's possible one of the most exciting times for film in Canada."
- Wayne Clarkson, Executive Director Telefilm Canada

"On all accounts, this festival is a huge success. Everyone's loving it and the theatres are full. This is going to grow, grow, and grow."
-Cam Hayes, Director - The Film Circuit Toronto International Film Festival