2023 Festival Submissions are now closed.
DocFest Programmers will open submissions for the 2024 festival in September 2023.
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.

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2023 FILM SUBMISSION FORM (CLOSED)
Submissions will open for the 2024 Festival in September 2023
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.
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