Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, also known as Cinéfest is an annual film festival in Sudbury, Ontario. It is the fourth largest film festival in Canada.
First held in 1989, Cinéfest quickly became a popular destination for Canadian filmmakers. Unlike the larger film festivals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, Cinéfest offered filmmakers a chance to gain exposure among more typical film audiences in a city with no major venues for screening independent and non-mainstream films. Cinéfest presents an annual programme of over 100 films for both English and French language audiences.
Cinéfest also operates a film circuit which brings non-mainstream films to smaller Northern Ontario communities, and acts as a liaison office for local film industry development.
2008 Audience Choice Award winner was Paul Gross for Paschendaele[1]
2009 Audience Choice Award winner was Jean-Marc Vallée for The Young Victoria
2010 Gala presentations included: Score: A Hockey Musical, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, Casino Jack, "Made in Dagenham", Jack Goes Boating, The Bang Bang Club and Barney's Version.
2011 Audience Choice Award winner was Thom Fitzgerald for Cloudburst.[2] Presentations included Cloudburst, Afghan Luke, Albert Nobbs, A Separation, Gainsbourg, Hardcore Logo 2, Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy, La Sacree, and Take This Waltz