The Edmonton International Film Festival Society’s (EIFFS) mission is to present a film festival in theaters that celebrates diverse cinema for audiences. To achieve this, we showcase high-quality films from around the world, providing filmmakers with a platform to engage in a forum that fosters community and positions EIFF on the global film festival map.
We present films produced within 20 months of each festival. These films are curated from submissions and solicited from distributors. The festival also features filmmaker chats, Q&As, gala screenings, a local filmmaker spotlight, ‘buzzy’ films traveling the festival circuit, shorts with lunch, and more.
Films are selected based on story, quality, and originality. All films must be Edmonton premieres.
Located just a couple of hours from the majestic Rocky Mountains, Edmonton is the heart of the Canadian Prairies and the largest northern city in North America.
Each autumn, we raise the curtains on a cinematic feast celebrating film’s power.
The festival features a diverse lineup of over 150 films from more than 50 countries, encompassing a range of genres and formats from short to feature-length, dramatic to documentary, comedy to gut-wrenching, and studio to independent.
Our primary objective is to encourage and support the appreciation of cinema.
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MovieMaker Magazine lists EIFF as a ’50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee’ to 2022
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From 1986
EIFF is pronounced /’aif/
Landmark Cinemas 9 – Edmonton City Centre
10200 102 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 4B7
Metro Cinema at the Garneau
8712 109 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6C 1E9