Theatrical, Web & Streaming
HFFd is a distribution arm of the Hamilton Film Festival with a focus on Canada, streaming and the web.
We are not seeking submissions at this time. Our titles have appeared on screens the in Greater Hamilton area, YouTube, Tubi, FibeTV1, YesTV, Cable14
We are not seeking submissions at this time. Our titles have appeared on screens the in Greater Hamilton area, YouTube, Tubi, FibeTV1, YesTV, Cable14
To license our titles inquire: email
Current Title
Phone: The Musical Series
Web Series / Musical / Drama / Comedy / Canada / 2026
8 Episodes
TRT: 45min
Synopsis: A teenage girl's phone is stolen while she tries to locate the recording studio where her debut session is.
Cast: Fiona Short, Greg Solomon, Ashley Sloggett
Web Series / Musical / Drama / Comedy / Canada / 2026
8 Episodes
TRT: 45min
Synopsis: A teenage girl's phone is stolen while she tries to locate the recording studio where her debut session is.
Cast: Fiona Short, Greg Solomon, Ashley Sloggett
No Time To Wait
Feature / Drama-Comedy / Canada / 2026
When midlife slaps you in the face, you realize there's no time to wait.
Coming Soon
Feature / Drama-Comedy / Canada / 2026
When midlife slaps you in the face, you realize there's no time to wait.
Coming Soon
Titles
Three Wolves
Thriller / Drama / Found Footage / Canada / 2025
83m
Licensed: Found TV
Thriller / Drama / Found Footage / Canada / 2025
83m
Licensed: Found TV
East End
Drama / Canada / 2024
87m
Licenced: Tubi
Drama / Canada / 2024
87m
Licenced: Tubi
Wild Child
Series / Family / Canada / 2022
7x 24m
Licensed: FibeTV1, YesTV, Tubi, YouTube Movies & TV (AVOD/SVOD), Relay, Fawsome, Xumo, Stash TV, Roku Channel
Series / Family / Canada / 2022
7x 24m
Licensed: FibeTV1, YesTV, Tubi, YouTube Movies & TV (AVOD/SVOD), Relay, Fawsome, Xumo, Stash TV, Roku Channel
Songs From The Hammer
Series / Interview / Entertainment
14 x 24 min
Licensed: FibeTV, streaming on YouTube
Series / Interview / Entertainment
14 x 24 min
Licensed: FibeTV, streaming on YouTube
Let Him Be
Drama / Found Footage / Canada / 2009
82m
Two film students discover a video of an elderly man resembling John Lennon and set out to investigate if it's really him, still alive, by tracking him down in remote Canada using hidden cameras to document their search.
Dir: Peter McNamee
Cast: Kathleen Munro, Sean Clement, Mark Staycer, Graham Wignall
Drama / Found Footage / Canada / 2009
82m
Two film students discover a video of an elderly man resembling John Lennon and set out to investigate if it's really him, still alive, by tracking him down in remote Canada using hidden cameras to document their search.
Dir: Peter McNamee
Cast: Kathleen Munro, Sean Clement, Mark Staycer, Graham Wignall
News
The 19th Annual Hamilton Film Festival is set to launch a distribution arm, HFFd, specifically targeting theatrical in Canada.
Hamilton - The 19th Annual Hamilton Film Festival will launch HFFd later this year with a goal of getting feature length movies into theatres across Canada.
“It has been on my mind for a number of years now. Seeing great features on our screens during the festival is great, but is something that people should experience year-round at cinema’s in Canada. There are also so many great indie theatres in this country where these films could be a great fit. Also, having distribution in place is still a requirement for many Canadian funds, so in the future, this could really be important for indie film in this country.” - Says Nathan Fleet, Executive Director of the Hamilton Film Festival.
During the film festival, the event has the challenging task of promoting 150 films, with HFFd, the focus would be on just a few films at a time to market correctly, and build a relationship with theatres. The theatrical experience is one that HFFd will exclusively focus on. “We’ve run 18 years with well over 1000 films in theatres, this is the experience we know, and love.” - Says Fleet.
The Hamilton Film Festival is no stranger to starting small. Having operated out of the 67-seat Staircase Theatre for all of it’s first 10 years, it has now grown into a multi-venue festival with it’s main home in the 450-seat Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre (AMAC), where it has a year-round film education program, the Hamilton School of Media Arts, with about 200 students. The Hamilton Film Festival has also been running a film market component for about 8 years. While very small, and primarily online, several films have been acquired through this opportunity. Films opting into this, will also have the eyes of HFFd on them.
The first feature film to be launched through HFFd will be the drama, East End. A personal film written and directed by Fleet, tells the story of a recovering alcoholic with a gambling debt, attempting to make amends with his teenage daughter. “I was going to do this festival / theatrical run anyway, and if it worked, HFFd would re-create the model with other films, so why not just start with this one.” East End will have its world premiere at the Hamilton Film Festival this year, out of competition, on Saturday October 26th at the 400-seat AMAC. It will also screen as a special presentation the following day at the Playhouse Cinema, and The Westdale Theatre. A short festival run will follow, with the goal of getting it into theatres across Canada in 2025.
With few options for short film distribution in Canada, HFFd could also be an opportunity to pair a short with a feature, and send it across Canada. This soft rollout will determine what the venture will do going forward.
Hamilton - The 19th Annual Hamilton Film Festival will launch HFFd later this year with a goal of getting feature length movies into theatres across Canada.
“It has been on my mind for a number of years now. Seeing great features on our screens during the festival is great, but is something that people should experience year-round at cinema’s in Canada. There are also so many great indie theatres in this country where these films could be a great fit. Also, having distribution in place is still a requirement for many Canadian funds, so in the future, this could really be important for indie film in this country.” - Says Nathan Fleet, Executive Director of the Hamilton Film Festival.
During the film festival, the event has the challenging task of promoting 150 films, with HFFd, the focus would be on just a few films at a time to market correctly, and build a relationship with theatres. The theatrical experience is one that HFFd will exclusively focus on. “We’ve run 18 years with well over 1000 films in theatres, this is the experience we know, and love.” - Says Fleet.
The Hamilton Film Festival is no stranger to starting small. Having operated out of the 67-seat Staircase Theatre for all of it’s first 10 years, it has now grown into a multi-venue festival with it’s main home in the 450-seat Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre (AMAC), where it has a year-round film education program, the Hamilton School of Media Arts, with about 200 students. The Hamilton Film Festival has also been running a film market component for about 8 years. While very small, and primarily online, several films have been acquired through this opportunity. Films opting into this, will also have the eyes of HFFd on them.
The first feature film to be launched through HFFd will be the drama, East End. A personal film written and directed by Fleet, tells the story of a recovering alcoholic with a gambling debt, attempting to make amends with his teenage daughter. “I was going to do this festival / theatrical run anyway, and if it worked, HFFd would re-create the model with other films, so why not just start with this one.” East End will have its world premiere at the Hamilton Film Festival this year, out of competition, on Saturday October 26th at the 400-seat AMAC. It will also screen as a special presentation the following day at the Playhouse Cinema, and The Westdale Theatre. A short festival run will follow, with the goal of getting it into theatres across Canada in 2025.
With few options for short film distribution in Canada, HFFd could also be an opportunity to pair a short with a feature, and send it across Canada. This soft rollout will determine what the venture will do going forward.