Rewind
Canadian Sport Film Festival
Rewind
REWIND CSFF!
- Scroll down for a look back at past CSFF festivals and events.
- Explore past editions of CSFF Virtual Shorts and our Film of the Month collection.
- Join us online for CSFF Virtual Shorts 5 in April 2025 – details of participating short films coming soon.
Thanks for joining us for the 16th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival held on November 7, 8 and 9, 2024 at TIFF Lightbox.
April 2024
CSFF Virtual Shorts 4
Our annual #CSFFVirtualShorts film series provides free online access to a different sport film each week during the month of April.
Check out the four films that screened in CSFF Virtual Shorts 4 in April 2024:
- April 1-7: Spin Over
- April 8-14: Letting Go
- April 15-21: Regular
- Aril 22-28: Growling Foxes and Crooked Roads
November 2023
CSFF 2023
The 15th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival was held on November 17 and 18, 2023 at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.
CSFF 2023 featured a truly international lineup of films, with features from four continents: JessZilla (USA), 0.5 Meters (Spain), Pasang (Nepal/USA), and Red, White and Brass (New Zealand).
CSFF also included a digital festival, with select screenings available online across Canada.
- Check out our CSFF 2023 lineup
- Read our 2023 Festival Programme
- Watch the CSFF 2023 festival trailer or the trailers for all 8 films in the #CSFF23 Trailers playlist
Thanks to our generous 2023 sponsors and partners for making the festival possible!
April 2023
CSFF Virtual Shorts 3
Our annual #CSFFVirtualShorts film series provides free online access to a different sport film each week during the month of April.
Check out the four films featured in CSFF Virtual Shorts 3 in April 2023:
- April 3-9: Bleach
- April 10-16: Undeniably Young
- April 17-23: She Carries On
- April 24-30: Sensei
November 2022
CSFF 2022
It was great to be back in person at TIFF Bell Lightbox for the 14th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival November 18-19, 2022.
CSFF 2022 presented 10 films in cinema (4 features, 6 shorts) plus 3 digital screenings available online across Canada from November 18-24, 2022 – our first hybrid festival!
Thanks to our generous 2022 sponsors and partners for making the festival possible.
- Check out the CSFF 2022 lineup
- Read our 2022 Festival Programme
November 2021
CSFF Virtual Shorts 2
Our second short film series CSFF Virtual Shorts 2 featured these four sport films – each screening for one week in November 2021:
- November 3-9: Two Laps
- November 10-16: Mama Agatha
- November 17-23: The Language of Ball
- November 24-30: Ride for Promise
May 2021
CSFF 2021
The 13th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival was entirely virtual due to the pandemic. Films were screened online to audiences across Canada from May 14-16, 2021.
CSFF 2021 shone the spotlight on rowing. The festival was thrilled to present the Canadian Premiere of the feature film A Most Beautiful Thing along with two short films about rowing: Boys from the Back of Beyond and Rowing the River.
The festival also offered virtual audiences access to recorded CSFF Q&A sessions with the feature film’s star and special guests.
Thanks to our generous CSFF 2021 sponsors and partners for making the virtual festival possible.
November - December 2020
CSFF Virtual Shorts 1
Our first-ever CSFF Virtual Shorts film series featured free online access to a different short film each week in the Fall of 2020:
- November 24-30: GAME
- December 1-7: The Dream Gap
- December 8-14: Little Rink
June 2020
CSFF 2020
Undaunted by the pandemic, CSFF presented the 12th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival virtually from June 11-13, 2020.
View the CSFF 2020 festival lineup with films focused on combatting anti-Black racism.
Watch the CSFF 2020 festival trailer.
June 2019
CSFF 2019
The 11th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival CSFF 2019 took place in person at TIFF Bell Lightbox June 6-9, 2019.
Watch the CSFF 2019 festival trailer.
June 2018
CSFF 2018
The 10th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival CSFF 2018 was held in person at TIFF Bell Lightbox June 8-10, 2018.
Watch the CSFF 2018 festival trailer.
Read the 10th anniversary CSFF 2018 Festival Programme.
- Watch the CSFF 10th Anniversary festival playlist with special guests
- CSFF 2018 Closing Night film: The Fall (trailer)
June 2017
CSFF 2017
The 9th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival CSFF 2017 took place at TIFF Bell Lightbox from June 9-11, 2017 and featured 23 films.
Watch the CSFF 2017 festival trailer and read these stories to learn more:
- Indigenous struggles highlight Canadian Sport Film Festival
June 7, 2017 – CBC Sports - The Wide World of the Canadian Sport Film Festival
June 8, 2017 – The Gate
May 2016
CSFF 2016
The 8th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival CSFF 2016 took place at TIFF Bell Lightbox over three days, from May 20-22, 2016.
Watch the CSFF 2016 festival trailer.
Read the CSFF 2016 news release.
Canadian Sport Film Festival comes to Brock University – March 2017
Did you know? Before the 2023 film Next Goal Wins by director Taika Waititi, there was a documentary Next Goal Wins that screened at CSFF 2014.
May 2014
CSFF 2014
The 6th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival CSFF 2014 was held at TIFF Bell Lightbox from May 16-18, 2014. The festival featured 22 films, including 14 Canadian premieres and an International premiere.
View the CSFF 2014 poster for screening details.
CSFF 2014 features two films about running – Athletics Ontario:
- Running for Jim (2013, United States, Documentary, 78 minutes)
- Back on Track (2013, Germany, narrative, 105 minutes)
A 70 year-old former Olympic marathon champion, now living in a nursing home, decides to train for the Berlin Marathon.
June 2013
CSFF 2013
The 5th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival CSFF 2013 was held on June 7 and June 8, 2013 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.
Canadian Sport Film Festival celebrates Canada’s game and an infamous moment in Canadian sport history – Athletics Ontario:
- Opening Night: Lace Bite (2012, Canada, documentary) – Forty remarkable women attempt to play the longest continuous hockey game ever, to set a world record and raise money for cystic fibrosis.
- Closing Night: 9.79* (2012, United Kingdom, documentary, 80 minutes) – Revisiting the controversial men’s 100-metre final at the 1988 Seoul Olympics through interviews with all 8 men who ran the race. — Read more about 9.79* at IDFA 2012.