This November 11-13, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival in Toronto will be hosting a mini-conference (minicon) in partnership with the Independent Media Arts Alliance at the 401 Richmond St. building with selected hybrid events.
Over 3 days, delegates will be invited to participate in IMAA organized events: namely panels on how the IMAA Fee Schedule and the Resource Access Network support artists and Independent Media Arts Advocacy at the federal, provincial and local levels. In addition, IMAA will be hosting a number of hybrid caucus meetings (festival, distribution, and others). This is an exciting opportunity to connect with colleagues and to meet artists. In conjunction with IMAA-led activities, attendees will be invited to Reel Ideas, Reel Asian’s professional development stream of activities. The festival will also offer second-week in-cinema screenings as well as panel discussions and demos on XR work through the Sari-Sari XChange conference/symposium to Minicon delegates.
Reel Asian’s 29th festival opens on November 5, 2025, and delegates to the Minicon will receive complimentary Industry-badge accreditation – so local Minicon delegates are encouraged to use their badge benefits for the festival’s in-cinema presentations prior to the Minicon days. Reel Asian is able to provide booking access to its hotel partner at a specially-discounted festival rate to out-of-town delegates of the Minicon.
All registered Minicon participants will also receive full VOD access to Reel Asian’s digital festival offerings, available via the CineSend platform at watch.reelasian.com from 10:00AM on Monday, November 10, thru 11:59PM on Monday, November 24, 2025. Access is available online across Canada.
The Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) is a member-driven non-profit national organization working to advance and strengthen the media arts community in Canada. Representing over 100 independent film, video, audio, and new media production, distribution, and exhibition organizations in all parts of the country, the IMAA serves over 16,000 independent media artists and cultural workers.
Barbora Racevičiūtė (she / her)National Director
dir@imaa.ca
Barbora Racevičiūtė is a curator and cultural worker based in Montréal. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto and an MFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design. She has worked as an arts administrator at the8fest, Images Festival, and Workman Arts. She co-runs the curatorial collective shell.
Tessa Hill (she/her)Operations Coordinator
coord@imaa.ca
Tessa is an emerging arts cultural worker and artist hailing from Tkaronto (Toronto). She works primarily in film and literary arts, and her short films have screened internationally. Tessa is a graduate of the University of King’s College and she is currently pursuing an MA in Creative Writing at Concordia University.
Marilyne Parent (she / her)Communications and Membership Manager
info@imaa.ca
Marilyne is a cultural worker involved in the associative media arts based in Montreal. She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Communication at UQAM. She is also committed to the development of good practices and the creation of safer spaces through her involvement in night culture as an event and festival organizer. Composer/performer in electronic music, she had the chance to perform at the Festival de musique émergente en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (FME) as well as in Mexico, California and Italy.
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Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from Asia and the Asian diaspora. Works include films and videos by artists in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world. As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.
401 Richmond Street West, The Commons (Suite 448)
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8 Canada
(416) 703 – 9333
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