FILM FOR PEACE
FILM FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL
SEPTEMBER 21 - 28 2024
Experience this year's essential stories of bravery, resilience, peace, and reconciliation at the International Peace Festival. The annual Film for Peace International (FPI) and International Peace Festival return to Toronto this September.
CINEMA FOR CHANGE
Cinema has a great power of influence on society.
The 7th art is a weapon of massive emotion.
This influence must be used in favour of peace and reconciliation processes.
The IPF Film for Peace film programming consists of 10 films each of which has been selected to represent a region of the world. The films showcased at the annual festival represent the following geographical regions:
Africa Asia Central America Eastern Europe European Union Middle East
North America Oceania South America The Caribbean
The films are chosen by the festival's programming division based on the filmmakers' vision in expressing issues of conflict and resolution, including reconciliation processes. Film for Peace International is here to support the creative searches of filmmakers in addressing people's rights to peace, especially with a focus on the right to water, disarmament, women and children's rights, the right to a healthy environment and the right to healthcare
and such issues as drug abuse, mental health, bullying, social isolation, racism, and poverty. Entrants are judged on their ability to effectively communicate, through the medium of film, potential solutions to achieving sustainable peace as a community. Ten films, each of which will originate from a world region mostly aligned with the continent on which the country of film origin is located, will be selected to be showcased at the International Peace Festival | Festival International De La Paix on September 21-28, 2024.
Film for Peace International (FPI) showcases independent film – long, short, narrative and documentary – and animated film and introduces a unique and diverse content, focused on essential stories of bravery, resilience, peace and reconciliation. The festival is committed to exhibiting films that express fresh voices and differing global perspectives to enlighten audiences, educate, provide invaluable exposure for filmmakers, and present inspired entertainment for the sole purpose of global peace. IPF-FIP draws the best films focused on the development of world peace from the international community, with the participation of 289 Consulates and Cultural Institutes. Driven by excellence, the festival showcases hidden gem and award-winning films to the great delight of Canadian and international audiences.