Founded in 2009, Toronto Youth Shorts has been the city's only professional forum where all work screened is exclusively by local young talent. What started as a humble screening of 19 short films from a handful of local film schools has now become a full-fledged multi-event festival with an expanded repertoire in programming that reflects the diversity of the city.

Past jury members of the festival include:
-Adam Trozzolo, Acquisitions and Programming Manager, Movieola
-Anne Brodie, Film Critic, Sirius XM Radio
-Erica Proudlock, Manager of Film Programs, Canadian Film Centre
​-Jason Anderson, Short Cuts Programmer, TIFF
-Kara Haflidson, Production Executive Factual & Comedy, Bell Media Independent Production 
-Kiva Reardon, Writer and Programmer
-Lauren Grant, Producer (Picture Day starring Tatiana Maslany)
-Matt Austin-Sadowski, Filmmaker and Actor (Don't You Forget About Me, Power Rangers SPD)
-Mik Perlus, Vice President, Kids and Family, marblemedia
-Nicole Mendes, Executive in Charge of Production - Drama, CBC
-Norman Wilner, Senior Film Writer, NOW Magazine
-Peter Sander, Academy Award-nominated animator (The Selfish Giant)