𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺. 𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳… 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮: …𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 … 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦?....𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵… 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘸, 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 #2 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦… 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦… 𝘩𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭… 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨… 𝘰𝘩, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘺! 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 – 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯! 𝘖𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘍𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 25𝘵𝘩, 2026, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘦-𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴. 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺!
Images Festival is a platform for the exhibition and discourse of independent film and media art. Created in 1987 as an alternative to the only other Toronto film festival at the time, Images has spent the last 36 years presenting media works that are challenging in their form and content. The Festival showcases the intersection of emerging and established practices and invites open critical dialogue in the film and media arts community around the political histories of moving image production, distribution, exhibition, and representation.