Call for Submissions: New Toronto Works 2026 & Annual Open Call at Pleasure Dome

Ian Keteku & Komi Olafimihan, Sankofa, 2024

Pleasure Dome’s Annual Call for Submissions Is Now Live

Submission Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2026, 11:59pm ET

Pleasure Dome welcomes submissions for New Toronto Works 2026. Please note that in order to be eligible for New Toronto Works 2026, the artist must be based in Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and the work must have been made in the past 12 months. The Open Call, in contrast, is open to anyone.

Eligibility for New Toronto Works 2026

1. The artist must be based in Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
2. The work was made in the past twelve months

Before submitting your work for consideration, Pleasure Dome encourages you to familiarize yourself with the organization to make sure your work is an appropriate fit. Read about Pleasure Dome’s mandate.

JL Whitecrow, The First Indigenous Female Pornographer, 2024

Artist Fees

All artists selected will be paid professional screening fees at the IMAA/AAMI recommended rates for 2026. Selected artists will also be invited to take part in a roundtable and Q&A with the audience following the screening, for which they will be paid an additional artist professional fee.

How to Submit

Submissions are made through Film Freeway. If you have any questions, please contact Lauren Fournier, Executive Director, at pleasuredomemanager@gmail.com.

Submission Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2026 at 11:59pm ET

For more information, visit the Pleasure Dome website.

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Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario, and the Toronto Arts Council for their continued support of Pleasure Dome’s programming and operations.