We were having a conversation today with a pass holder who said they got a headache trying to pick which films they wanted to watch. "Nothing's bad, everything's interesting, and there's no Brad Pitt so I have no idea how to pick". The bigger we get,...
The international shorts selections at Pendance are one of the highlights each year. As a festival that's always seeking and open to programming films from anywhere and everywhere—there are always a handful of short films that come to Pendance as their first or only North...
Five female filmmakers and films from 6 different countries headline a strong 10-feature-lineup for the 2021 Pendance Film Festival. Apart from being held virtually for the first time, the fourth year at Pendance marks a lot of firsts—a World Premiere feature, two documentary features, a...
Short films have always been a huge part of our programming at Pendance, and as the festival goes virtual in 2021 for the first time, we were bound to break a few records. Fun Fact: there are more Canadians selected to Pendance 2021 than there...
The Pendance Film Festival is going virtual on March 26-28, 2021 via Eventive. Passes go on sale March 9th. With 2020 being a generally slow year for the film industry, we're absolutely humbled to announce that our shorts programme may be our best one yet....
In this article, I'm going to lay out the entire short film playbook—festival strategies, maximizing your festival experience, cost-cutting on submissions, marketing ideas, and how to execute your distribution and release. Look—short films are basically a rite of passage. Anyone who has ever picked up a...
Clara Lezama's short film 'Emma' screened at a host of South American festivals, including Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine & Festival Piriápolis de Película, winning best Uruguayan Short Film at both. 'Emma' came to Pendance for its North American Premiere on December, 15, 2017...
While Hollywood still has a gender disparity problem with women behind the camera, film festivals have usually been marginally better at celebrating female voices. These are some of those voices. Whether it's Goya-winner Carlota Pereda, Sundance-favourite Eliza Hittman, or a filmmaker you've never heard of,...
