Film Festival

In Brief: Maya & Samar to debut at Thessaloniki

Plus: The BCE board slates Louis Vachon as its next chair, Boat Rocker launches a The Next Step-inspired live show, and more.

Four Canadian features to world premiere at RIDM

The Montreal International Documentary Festival revealed its full screening program on Oct. 29.

Youngblood, Akashi among Whistler’s Borsos Award nominees

The Whistler Film Festival revealed the 10 nominees for the Borsos competition this week, along with its opening and closing night films.

Montreal, My Beautiful claims WIFF Prize in Canadian Film

The Windsor International Film Festival award comes with a $25,000 cash prize for writer-director Xiaodan He.

Two feature docs set Vancouver Asian Film Festival debut

Spring After Spring and The Soccer Team from Chinatown will screen in the festival’s WestCoast Tales Program.

Houston Bone’s ‘Son of Sara’ to premiere at Blood in the Snow

The Toronto director’s follow-up to the TIFF ’23 premiere I Don’t Know Who You Are will open the 2025 edition of the horror festival.

Four Canadian projects win at Tasveer Film Fest pitch events

The Oscar-qualifying South Asian film festival held its 20th edition in Seattle from Oct. 8 to 12.

Three Canadian films claim audience awards at VIFF

The Vancouver International Film Festival revealed the audience prizes for its 2025 edition on Oct. 17.

It Comes in Waves leads 2025 Reelworld Film Festival winners

Director Fitch Jean’s drama won five awards at the festival, while Mohamed Ahmed’s A Tribe Called Love won the Audience Choice Award.

In Brief: Telefilm invests over $2 million across 25 film festivals

Plus: Aisling Chin-Yee’s The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs & Who Has Control sets its debut at DOC NYC, the PSP adds three to its board of directors, and more.

Filmoption International boards Fantasia genre feature Lucid

The horror feature from writer-directors Deanna Milligan and Ramsey Fendall is fresh off its international debut at Spain’s Sitges Film Festival.

The Things You Kill, Blue Heron take trophies at VIFF awards

The Vancouver International Film Festival revealed the winners of its juried awards in a ceremony on Oct. 8.