The Stratford Film Festival was an annual film festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, which was staged from 1956 to 1961 and from 1971 to 1975.[1] One of the first film festivals in North America ever to present international films, it was the preeminent film festival in the Southern Ontario region until the launch of the Festival of Festivals in 1976 resulted in a loss of arts funding and audience support that led the Stratford Film Festival to permanently cease operations that same year.[2]
In 2024, a new, unrelated Stratford Winter Film Festival was launched by a small committee of local residents.[3]
- ^ J. A. B. Somerset and James Lindroth, The Stratford Festival Story: A Catalogue-index to the Stratford, Ontario, Festival, 1953-1990. Greenwood Press, 1991. ISBN 9780313278044.
- ^ Robert Martin, "SOME FESTIVALS BRING OUT THE STARS: Like Montreal's World Film Festival; But for Toronto's, they don't show up". The Globe and Mail, August 27, 1977.
- ^ Cory Smith, "Stratford Winter Film Festival adds to city's cultural scene". Stratford Beacon-Herald, January 8, 2024.