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Welcome to 

The International Festival
of Winter Cinema

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IFWC is the world’s greatest free outdoor winter film festival. 

The world is full of opportunities to celebrate winter cinema. IFWC is proud to showcase outstanding films submitted by artists from around the world. Our filmmakers often have fascinating stories to tell and we encourage you to learn more about the creators and the making of their films. Every year, we screen winter, mountain, polar, indigenous, and local films at our snow theatre in Partnership with Silver Skate Festival!

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Watch, Learn, Share.

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Dates & Location

February 6 to 15, 2026

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The International Festival of Winter Cinema is excited to announce that we will be joining Silver Skate Festival for the 9th year in a row and our 3rd in our new location - Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park.

 

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The International Festival of  Winter Cinema (IFWC) celebrates local and international winter, alpine, and polar cinema on our giant snow screen!

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Peak Experiences

What a great festival to be a part of. I was so happy to see my film on the snow screen - which worked amazing well. The staff were amazing! I would recommend this festival to anyone.

Clare Mullen

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IFWC is held every year on Indigenous land in Treaty 6 territory. This place – amiskwacîwâskahikan – is a traditional meeting ground, gathering place, and travelling route of the Nêhiyawak, Anishinaabe, Niitsitapi, Métis, Dene, and Nakota Sioux. Peoples whose histories, languages, and cultures are the basis of our connection to this land. Land settled, travelled, and cared for by Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial to the present day. Treaties have been affirmed. Treaties have been broken. We acknowledge these truths as a reminder that we are all Treaty People bound to one another by the spirit and intent of Treaty.

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