Italian Contemporary Film Festival

The festival took place fully outdoors at the Distillery Historic District from June 27 to July 26 in Toronto, and other major Canadian cities.

The event poses an opportunity for filmmakers and industry professionals to network and share ideas, which in past editions has led to collaborations and co-production projects.

[40] ICFF Letteratura is an event that hosts poets, novels and poem writers who are the centre of a film or an important part of the story.

The event aims to underline and celebrate the importance of Italian-Canadian writers and poets in Canada, giving them a platform to share their works.

[41] This ICFF annual event brings together film, wine and food in partnership with Two Sisters Vineyards in Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario.

Its aim is to celebrate Italy’s gastronomic culture, flavours and food traditions through a film screening that accompanies the experience at the vineyard.

Call the Shots: Female Power Through Film tackles various themes and subject matter from the perspective of women who have achieved great success and become experts in their respective fields.

In every aspect, in every field, and in every sector - be it filmmaking, journalism, the arts or industrial entrepreneurship - our guests represent the Canadian and Italian-Canadian women making an impact on their community and society as a whole.

The event brings together all car enthusiasts from both Italian and Canadian backgrounds, who have an interest in learning more about the history, culture and manufacturing through films and documentaries.

To use cinema as a tool to enrich students’ analytical and critical skills while learning about key elements of the art of filmmaking.

[47] Eight to ten movies are selected each year for screenings set in Vaughan, Richmond Hill, North York and Toronto.

The films are screened in their original language (Italian, French, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish and Portuguese) with English subtitles,[48] and come with pedagogical material provided to all participating teachers.