T.O. Webfest

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Come celebrate the 13th edition of WebSeries Canada's Toronto-based web series festival! On September 29 & 30, WebSeries Canada will host the 2026 edition of T.O. Webfest. The festival is designed to support, connect, promote, and celebrate independent short-form digital content creators and podcasters from Canada and around the world, while the festival's industry conference offers engaging keynotes, panels, networking sessions, screenings, and an awards gala! As of 2026, we are excited to be offering submissions under a new category: Best Short Film Pilot. This category is for filmmakers who have a short film that they wish to use as a pilot episode or proof of concept for a short-form digital series. HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WEB SERIES: 1. Determine whether your project is eligible. See (a) and (b) below. a) What is an eligible web series/short-form digital series? A series of at least 4 episodes, scripted or unscripted, designed primarily for online digital streaming, with a runtime of less than 30 minutes per episode. Series must have been produced for total budgets under $1 million USD. b) What is an eligible podcast? A fiction podcast or unscripted podcast (interview, variety, documentary). **Running times are not fixed, but the jury will only listen to up to 30 minutes. 2. Confirm whether your release date qualifies Your series or podcast must be released between January 1, 2025, and July 1st, 2026, to be eligible. 3. Next, pick your genre category: SHORT-FORM DIGITAL SERIES CATEGORIES: Comedy Drama Documentary Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror/Thriller Lifestyle/Variety/Musical Children's/Youth PODCAST CATEGORIES: Fiction Podcast Unscripted Podcast Once you apply with your selected genre, you will automatically be considered for the craft award categories (see awards list below).

Last updated Sep 4, 2026

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• Filmmaker

  We were so thrilled to be part of the 2024 TO WebFest with our fiction podcast Hovering. Amazing festival, really well organised and lovely staff.

• Filmmaker

  While I wasn't able to attend, T.O. WebFest is the primo web festival. "All-American Ruins" has fortunately been featured at a variety of web festivals, and T.O. WebFest is among the most professional, distinguished, and thoughtful. In a sea of lackluster festival experiences, I couldn't be more thrilled with the team at T.O. WebFest taking care of my work, and I can't wait to see how the festival continues to grow and transform. Thank you!

• Filmmaker

  I highly recommend TO WebFest because you have a wide range of networking and pitching opportunities for your film. They are helpful and kind. Awesome! Thank you so much.

• Filmmaker

  Yolanda Brown Melián

• Filmmaker

  After paying the fee to enter, being selected, AND nominated for two awards, it was extremely disappointing to learn weeks before the event that our show would not be screened. Upon reaching out to the festival, we were told non-attendees could not be screened due to funding cuts. If you are going to collect and keep the fees for entering, you can afford to run a 30 second sound trailer in your program for selectees.

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