{"id":37987,"date":"2016-10-06T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/?p=37987"},"modified":"2016-10-14T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T13:44:57","slug":"top-canadian-film-festivals-for-fall-2016winter-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/2016\/10\/top-canadian-film-festivals-for-fall-2016winter-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Canadian Film Festivals For Fall 2016\/Winter 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Although another Toronto International Film Festival season has come and gone, Canadians don\u2019t have to wait another year to celebrate exceptional filmmaking and homegrown cinematic talent. Canada is home to a wide variety of film festivals, each offering its own unique draw and niche within the film industry. From Vancouver, British Columbia to Kingston, Ontario, cities all over the country will host film festivals of varying scale throughout the course of this year. Here is our roundup of upcoming Canadian film festivals that you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n

Vancouver International Film Festival:\u00a0September 29 \u2013 October 14\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginning shortly after TIFF, the Vancouver Film Festival, or VIFF, is one of the largest film festivals in North America. A truly international festival, VIFF screens films from over 70 countries. What makes this festival unique is its large selection of films from East Asia and its prominent documentary program.<\/p>\n

Whistler Film Festival: November 30 – December 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Referred to as Canada\u2019s \u201cmini-Sundance festival,\u201d the Whistler Film Festival celebrates the best in independent Canadian and international filmmaking. The Whistler Film Festival is known for launching the careers of a number of independent filmmakers, partly due to its sizable cash prizes and prestigious competitions, so attendees of this festival may encounter some of the top up-and-comers in the industry.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Top Ten:\u00a0January, 2017 (Dates TBA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Run by the team at TIFF, Canada\u2019s Top Ten highlights the best in Canadian cinema each year. The festival\u2019s aim is to raise awareness of Canadian achievements in film. The selected films will screen in Toronto at the TIFF Lightbox in January, but also travel on a country-wide tour, hitting cities such as Vancouver and Calgary throughout the following months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although another Toronto International Film Festival season has come and gone, Canadians don\u2019t have to wait another year to celebrate exceptional filmmaking and homegrown cinematic talent. Here is our roundup of upcoming Canadian film festivals that you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":38218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20189],"tags":[25151,25152,2816,25009,25149,25153,25150],"class_list":["post-37987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-canadas-top-ten-festival","tag-canadian-film-festivals","tag-canadian-movies","tag-vancouver-international-film-festival","tag-viff","tag-viff-movies","tag-whistler-film-festival"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37987"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38219,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37987\/revisions\/38219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}