FESTIVAL EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 7 2025 @ The Rec Room
Join us at the Rec Room for the 2024 TIMVF Concert Showcase and Art Gallery for a night of live performances by Toronto’s finest local talent! π§ Doors open at 6:30PM. Before the concert kicks off, explore the Art Gallery, grab a drink, and connect with friends while admiring some incredible music-related art.
This is a 19+ event.Β
Show starts at 8:30PM.
Hosted by Unsighted.
Performing artists:
memyself&vi
Melo Griffith
QUIETLOVE
DJ MADAMS
Location: The Rec Room (255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON M5V 3M9)
Saturday, Nov. 8 2025 @ PARADISE THEATRE
Attend the Micro-Budget Showcase, featuring exceptional videos created on a low budget!
Β
VIDEO | ARTIST |
Landmine | Daniel James McFadyen |
OLD VIOLENCE | Uncle Skunk |
I am a God | Golden Toad |
Craches-tu (ton amour) | CΓ©rΓ©ales Dauphin |
Fully Damaged | Albert Hofmann’s World Peace Project |
Glass Cemetery | Ancient Greece |
FASTLANES | Doflame |
Czarne klacze | Prymusz |
Pensando en ti | Erre Tres & Jose Macario |
Bambino | Goldwood |
MdΔ kuKu | KomΔdza |
Halfway Broken | Luna Elle |
To My Father | Sienna Hyun |
Matins Sauvages | IlhoΓ« |
I Do | Micah Sage |
Gia | Yulia Duzy |
Nice | FOX REVETT |
Levitate | ashavari |
Bush | Dornika |
Building from the Ground Up
An industry roundtable featuring Fatty Soprano, Jalal Kazemi, Noah Douglas (LilManPurse), and That Good Graphic.
Join some of the cityβs leading filmmakers as they share how they forged their own paths in the industry β rising from DIY, micro-budget beginnings to creating high-concept music videos seen around the world.
π¬ A candid conversation about craft, community, and building a career from the ground up.
(1 hour)
Directed by: Stephen Chung
Featuring: Broken Social Scene
The intimate behind-the-scenes footage that shows the creation of Canada’s indie-darlings of the early aughts, Broken Social Scene.
Watch the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvjzYb48_ko
(1h50min)
Attend the Canadian Showcase, featuring standout videos from Canadian filmmakers & artists! π¨π¦
Β
Screening List | |
VIDEO | ARTIST |
Hall of Fame | Jerry |
Amiri One | Putak |
Resurrect Me | Arcane |
Hope U Find | Benita |
till the morning | Divine Lightbody |
Father’s House/Restore | Ryan Ofei |
G.Y.S.T. | J3M featuring James Baley |
Crossfire | Frank Walker & Alexander Stewart |
u & the tin man | LΓLΓ |
Gai | handwash feat. xxtilldawn |
Float Away | Ellie Heath |
778′ | Monstrosa |
GOOD PERSON | DEAR GOD |
The Hold | Braden Lam |
Couch Song | Sleepy Gonzales |
(1 hour)
Attend the Official Music Video Showcase, featuring noteworthy and creative music videos from talented filmmakers and artists from around the world!
Β
Screening List | |
VIDEO | ARTIST |
Hammer | MΓ©nades |
MASKARA | Ycon Ydol |
Triptych: Part One | Miss Velvet |
Sliding | Bernadette Novembre |
In Silence | As They Run |
Never Coming Home ft. SIX60 | Hilltop Hoods |
time heals | AIR APPARENT |
American Spirit | Pink Jagg |
bulletholes (prod. food for thought) | Verifiziert |
Mugamoodi | Kaber Vasuki |
Vivir Sin Aire | ManΓ‘ ft CarΓn LeΓ³n |
Melancolica Tonera (feat. MAYLO) | Arba Spak & Dennis Sin Smartphones |
KINTSUGI | HUMBE |
aufnimmawiederschaun | BIBIZA |
(1 hour)
Join us for the ultimate after-party at Teddy Beer following Saturday’s screenings! Celebrate your music videoβs big moment, connect with fellow creatives, and enjoy a fun, space-themed cocktail. It’s the perfect chance to unwind, network, and party with your friends in the MV industryβdonβt miss it!
This is a 19+ event.
Anyone who works in music videos, wants to work in music videos or likes music videos can attend! π€π₯
PLEASE NOTE: Anyone who attends an event during the TIMVF 2025 weekend will automatically be added to the guest list for FREE entry to this After Party at Offworld Bar. Do not purchase this ticket if you are purchasing any other ticket to a screening or the award show!
Guest list or ticket does not guarantee entry, it is first come first serve. Please arrive early!
Sunday, Nov. 9 2025 @ PARADISE THEATRE
Jorden Lee and GOVI will revisit three pivotal music videos from their decade-long collaboration, using them as milestones to trace their creative evolution. Each video will serve as a chapter, starting from their first grant-funded project, moving into work that embraced deeper personal stories, and arriving at films that reflect their most refined creative voices.
(1 hour)
Catch the Nominated Video Screening and watch these top music videos before the award show!
The following nominees will be screened during this block:
KILLER BEES – CARPET EATER (Best Student music Video)
Flames (Best Student music Video)
Kohanie – AntywolnoΕΔ (Best Student music Video)
Quiero renunciar (Best Lyrics Video/Visualizer)
The Mums: CJSPILLA – Stop motion music video (Best Lyrics Video/Visualizer)
There is A Wolf (Best Lyrics Video/Visualizer)
Not Bad (Best Virtual / VFX Production)
Parkway Drive – Sacred (Best Virtual / VFX Production)
RENVTΓ β Petre Stefan – “SETE” (Best Virtual / VFX Production)
Marionette – Ava Della Pietra (Best Performance by an Artist, Best Choreography)
IKINARI (Best Choreography)
ΓSDΓS – Flashback (Best Editor, Best Performance by an Artist, Best Choreography)
Bbno$ – It Boy (Best Editor)
clipping. – Run It (Best Editor)
Foster the People – Lost in Space (Best Director)
Blue For You (Best Canadian Music Video, Best Director, Best Colour Grading, Best Narrative)
bbno$ – two (Best Canadian Music Video, Best Performance by an Artist)
Coi Leray – Can’t Come Back (Best Canadian Music Video)
(2 hours)
Catch the Nominated Video Screening and watch these top music videos before the award show!
The following nominees will be screened during this block:
Giorgio Poi – Uomini contro Insetti (Best Experimental)
Land Lines (Best Experimental)
radiance (Best Experimental)
Drunk Cat & Crashlanders – GO AHEAD (Best Live Performance Video)
Blue Light (by Laila) (Best Live Performance Video)
Insomnia (Live Off the Floor) (Best Live Performance Video)
ALIEN WEAPONRY – Mau Moko (Best Narrative)
Jim’s Plumbing & Electrical – Back on Drugs (MV) (Best Narrative, Best Production Design)
IRL – Lowswimmer (Best Production Design)
LOSER (Best Production Design)
1K – 2DEEP (Best Micro-Budget Music Video)
Mould – Chunks (Best Micro-Budget Music Video)
Tomorrow (Best Micro-Budget Music Video)
Humbe – 1960 (Best Cinematography, Best Colour Grading)
At This Moment… (Best Music Video, Best Director, Best Cinematography)
Klangkarussell x GIVVEN – Afterglow (Best Music Video, Best Colour Grading)
Soap&Skin – Girl Loves Me (Best Music Video, Best Cinematography)
(2 hours)
Attend the Official Award Show and honour the best music videos of the year! Join us as we recognize outstanding talent in filmmaking and music with a night of awards and celebration.
Here are the nominees:
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
β At This Moment…
β Klangkarussell x GIVVEN – Afterglow
β Soap&Skin – Girl Loves Me
BEST CANADIAN MUSIC VIDEO
β Coi Leray – Can’t Come Back
β Blue For You
β bbno$ – two
BEST DIRECTOR
β Foster the People – Lost in Space
β Blue For You
β At This Moment…
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
β Humbe 1960
β Soap&Skin – Girl Loves Me
β At This Moment…
BEST EDITOR
β bbno$ – it boy
β ΓSDΓS – Flashback
β clipping. – Run It
BEST COLOUR GRADING
β Humbe – 1960
β Klangkarussell x GIVVEN – Afterglow
β Blue For You
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ARTIST
β bbno$ – two
β ΓSDΓS – Flashback
β Ava Della Pietra – Marionette
BEST NARRATIVE
β ALIEN WEAPONRY – Mau Moko
β Blue For You
β Jim’s Plumbing & Electrical – Back on Drugs
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
β Jim’s Plumbing & Electrical – Back on Drugs (MV)
β IRL – Lowswimmer
β LOSER
BEST VIRTUAL / VFX PRODUCTION β¨
β Parkway Drive – Sacred
β Not Bad
β RENVTΓ β Petre Stefan – “SETE”
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
β Radiance
β Giorgio Poi – Uomini contro Insetti
β Land Lines
BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO
β Insomnia (Live Off the Floor) – Dallas Rodin
β Blue Light – Laila
β Drunk Cat & Crashlanders – GO AHEAD
BEST LYRIC/VISUALIZER VIDEO
β Quiero renunciar
β There is A Wolf
β The Mums: CJSPILLA – Stop motion music video
BEST MICRO-BUDGET MUSIC VIDEO
β Tomorrow
β Mould – Chunks
β 1K – 2DEEP
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
β Marionette – Ava Della Pietra
β IKINARI
β ΓSDΓS – Flashback
BEST STUDENT MUSIC VIDEO
β KILLER BEES – CARPET EATER
β Kohanie – AntywolnoΕΔ
β Flames
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD will be announced at the Award Show
(2 hours)
**Limited quantity available.