Film North, Huntsville International Film Festival, is the newest place for a small, simple, excellent festival in a remote location.  Huntsville is a two hour drive north of Toronto, in the beautiful lake district setting of Muskoka,  Ontario, Canada. Movie lovers can continue after attending the Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF,  the first two weekends of September, to the lovely setting of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada,  the third weekend of September.  Our mandate is to create a user - friendly environment for emerging Canadian and  International Filmmakers to exhibit, promote, entertain and inform the audience. We are an incorporated non profit organization.  Our board of Directors are from the film, arts and business sectors. The founders are residents of Toronto and Huntsville,  with backgrounds in the Film and Arts professions.

We are creating a category that is an interactive, non-genre, reciprocal relationship between the participating countries for the purpose of promoting and encouraging a borderless film community which circulates emerging filmmaker's work through submissions and attendance at Film North, Huntsville International Film Festival.

With the Film North Film Alliance, we are creating a secure, low key event for film buffs to participate with international filmmakers in a dialogue exclusive to their particular concerns but also inclusive of multi-nationalities. At Film North we offer a safe forum for dialogue where filmmakers from around the world are free to express themselves.  A distinguished moderator will be announced.

We are building cultural bridges through a meeting of minds. By recognizing the  existence of a common love of cinema, the family of man is nurtured.
We invite and welcome filmmakers and film submissions to screen and compete in all our categories.

A Question and Answer Forum Session with participating film makers accompanying their films, will follow each of the four time slotted feature screenings,  in Partners Hall, Algonquin Theatre. The audience and media are invited to participate in these forums

We are proud to announce that Canadian artist Michael Snow will be receiving this years Bull's Eye Award for Lifetime Achievement. A Companion of the Order of Canada, Snow's work includes Flightstop - the installation at the Toronto Eaton Centre, and his experimental film, Wavelengths.