2022 Festival Submissions are Closed.
DocFest Programmers will open submissions for the 2023 festival in September 2022.
Due to limited resources, only those filmmakers whose films are accepted to the festival will be contacted regarding their film submissions. The Festival is grateful to all filmmakers for their continued interest and support.
DocFest reserves the right to rule on all issues not expressly covered in our film submission guidelines. Please read the full submission guidelines on the Submit a Film page.

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2023 FILM SUBMISSION FORM
Submissions will open: September 2022
Please Note
- We will only accept two submissions from each filmmaker or distributor. If you would like to submit more than two films for consideration, please contact info@downtowndocfest.ca
- Please note that submission guidelines for DocFest are subject to change.
- Read the full Submission Guidelines on the Submit a Film page