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,...
When we launched Pendance in 2017, we had one thing going for us—great mentors. As filmmakers ourselves, we'd had so many opportunities to talk to and connect with programmers at film festivals we respected in order to understand the day-to-day grind of putting on a...
Past selections, festival favorites, cinema classics, roundtable discussions and video essays, all in one place. The Pendance Library represents a renewed focus from the Pendance Film Festival to bring great content to our audience, year-round. Boasting over 50 new titles on launch with the promise...
Straight Up | Feb 21, 8:00pm | TIFF Bell Lightbox BUY TICKETS Starring Katie Findlay (The Killing), Randall Park (Aquaman), Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad), James Scully (You Season 2) and the uber-talented James Sweeney, this film is a winner. It's hilarious, and one of the best-written films...
The Pendance Film Festival is excited to announce a new partnership with Via Rail Canada to create the new Rise Canada program. Rise Canada is a program open to all Canadian filmmakers 30 or under. The program provides full travel to Toronto for the Pendance...
We're pleased to welcome the first 6 short films selected to Pendance 2020. The Van - Erenik Bequiri (Albania) The Van finally stops, the doors open and Ben comes out alive. A few more fights and he will be able to pay his way out of Albania,...
