VISIONS International Student Film Festival

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SCENE EVERYWHERE. The VISIONS International Student Film Festival, has been proudly hosted by students of Earl Haig Secondary School and the Claude Watson Arts Program in Toronto for over 30 years. Since its launch in 1996, the festival has provided students with opportunities to have their work shown on an international scale. VISIONS showcases a diverse selection of films created by high school students from around the world. You can view all shortlisted films from our 25th-30th editions of the festival on the Film Arts @ Earl Haig YouTube Channel (youtube.com/@FilmArtsEarlHaig). Below is the list of award winners from the 30th VISIONS: BEST ANIMATION: Seven Minutes - Croatia BEST SOUND EDITING: Signal - Canada BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Orpheus and Eurydice - United States BEST SCREENPLAY: TYLER MESSES WITH TIME TRAVEL - Singapore MOST PROMISING JUNIOR FILMMAKER: Guillaume Pellé and Jérémy Howe - Last Breath - France MOST PROMISING SENIOR FILMMAKER: Megan Antosh - Forever Waiting - Canada BEST EDITING: Peelings - Canada BEST PERFORMANCE: Xinti Lim - Primitive - Malaysia BEST DIRECTOR: Jake Tran - Awkward - Canada BEST PICTURE: HAPPILESS - Canada AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD: Awkward - Canada Next year's festival (our 31st anniversary!) will be taking place in late April, 2027, at Earl Haig Secondary School. Tickets will become available closer to the festival date. Film submissions will open in October or November 2026! You can read over all submission guidelines below. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at visionsfilmfest@gmail.com. We can’t wait to see what the world’s young creatives have in store for this year’s festival! All the best, The 30th VISIONS International Student Film Festival Committee

Last updated Sep 17, 2026

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• Filmmaker

  Submitting to and attending this festival was an incredible experience. It has a great community around it, and the event is very well organised. I would highly recommend it to any student.

• Filmmaker

  Great event, and we're happy to have screened at such an amazing festival!

• Filmmaker

  I won, and I called them several times, and they said they would call me back, but nothing happened. I still haven’t received my award.

• Filmmaker

  Thank you for including our students from Texas, they were so excited to participate. Looking forward to submitting next years student projects. Thanks for creating this opportunity for our youth.

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