2026 Screening Schedule

Documentary Short 

D: Jessica Hall

P: Teri Snelgrove 

Saturday is a short-form, personal documentary about filmmaker Jessica Hall’s sister, Katherine, and her journey navigating life with an intellectual disability.

Short Drama/Comedy 

D: Ace Kazkayasi

P: Maytham Jbara

Caught between tradition and her desire for childhood joy, Rümeysa, a 7 year-old, defies her mother’s insistence on early maturity, determined to hold onto her playful spirit despite societal expectations of marriage in their village.

Short Drama/Comedy 

D: Tammy Salzl

P: David Baron, Tammy Salzl

Ellie, a gifted 10-year-old with a boundless imagination, is eager to begin her newest project. Carrying art supplies to her backyard studio shed, memories of her beloved grandmother—who taught her to sew beauty into the world—linger in her mind. But Grandma now sits unresponsive after a traumatic illness, leaving Ellie to channel her grief into secret work. 

Experimental

D: Justin Stephenson

P: Andrew Burashko

"From Jazz to Jackboots" is an experimental animated dance film exploring the Nazi regime's methodical restriction of jazz through their "10 Rules for Dance Bands." 

Best Feature Documentary *New

D: Kent Donguines

P: Jacob Crawford, Kent Donguines, Bailey Wood

Filipino Canadian filmmaker Kent Donguines travels back to the Philippines to reconnect with his roots. In a nation with over 134,000 years of history and centuries of colonization — under Spanish, American, and Japanese rule.— Donguines notes a shared feeling of weakened traditional identity among many Filipinos he knows and meets. 

Lifestyle

D: Chris McIvor

P: Libby Lea

Dave Brown visits actor and artist Bruce Horak at a Niagara-on-the-Lake studio, where they paint portraits of each other and reflect on art, vision, and storytelling. Their creative exchange reveals how we each see—and interpret—the world differently.

Documentary Short 

D: Monique Barrie

P: Monique Barrie, Griffin Cork

Paul Brandt confronts human trafficking in his own backyard, challenging the myth that exploitation only happens somewhere else and calling communities everywhere to act.

Best Feature Documentary *New

D: Shane Belcourt

P: Tanya Talaga

Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising, tells the little-known 1974 story of Anishinaabe youth who staged an armed occupation at a Kenora, Canada park, along with members of the American Indian Movement. 

Factual Documentary Series

D: Kevin Eastwood, Clayton Mitchell, Simon Shave

P: Kevin Eastwood, Simon Shave, Clayton Mitchell

Episode 1 description: Residents of Lytton, BC recall the day when a wildfire destroyed 90% of their village; an Initial Attack crew in the Kootenays responds to a wildfire before it becomes something bigger; and members of the 'Rattlers' Unit Crew from Lytton describe what it was like to be fighting a fire in another community, the same day their own homes burned down.

Animation

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D: Vinson Chan

P:  Vinson Chan, Simon Chan 

A desperate animator tries to show his wiener to animation legend Don Hertzfeldt.

Short Drama/Comedy 

D: Melanie Kaklamanis

P: John Sobey

Bumbershoot is a silent comedy about a hapless man desperate to find an umbrella strong enough to make his life whole.

Documentary - Science/ Nature / Technology

D: Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne, Angus Cockney

P: Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne, Angus Cockney

Inuusivut Sapirnaqtuq - Our Life is Very Tough is a short documentary that explores the devastation caused by coastal erosion in Tuktoyaktuk through the eyes of local Deva-Lynn Pokiak and researcher, Dustin Whalen as they work to better understand the erosion before the the community is forced to relocate.

Documentary - History & Culture

D: Alice Shin

P: Alice Shin, Eiko Kawabe Brown

Two doctors recount their journeys between Canada and Japan during the Second World War. Despite their circumstances, these memories of displacement, imprisonment, and the horrors of atomic destruction vividly uncover a history of hope and home abroad.

Short Drama/Comedy 

D: Michael Barber

P: Michael Barber, Cadderly Kingsbury

A rundown accountant has a discouraging visit with his psychiatrist.

Best Feature Drama/Comedy *New

D: Trevor Cameron

P: Anand Ramayya, Kelly Balon, Doug Cuthand, Juliette Hagopian

CARLSEN and VANESSA, are vanlife influencers, processing the suicide of CLINT, his brother and her ex-boyfriend. After a year on the road Vanessa is ready to go back to ‘reality’, while Carlsen, haunted by Clint, has found a community in vanlife.

Lifestyle

D: Ray Hope

P: Jackie Hope, Ray Hope

Midlife Mavericks is a series about redefining what’s "over the hill" -because reaching the peak doesn’t mean the journey is over-it’s only just begun. In this episode, Sandra is a 65 year old woman who defies limits with her triathlon of rowing, cycling, and paddle boarding. One woman. Three sports. Zero excuses. 

Factual Documentary Series

D: Lisa Unrah

P: Brent Kawchuk, Ell MacEachern, Saxon d'Coq, Hannah Hermanson

John Loeppky explores different topics on disability history in Canada and is then tasked with summarizing it all in one minute. In this episode, he tackles Wheelchair Rugby.

Best Feature Documentary *New

D: Tamara Jones

P: Tamara Jones

Seen through Neil’s past and the current lives of his friends, this film dredges up the underground gang scene and drug culture in the isolated community of Thunder Bay, Northwestern Ontario. This film is a personal inquiry into the death of my nephew, Neil Jones. 

Documentary Short 

D: Erica Bulman

P: Erica Bulman

In this thought-provoking documentary, a seasoned journalist revisits the 1997 Luxor massacre — an attack she narrowly escaped, only to be assigned to cover it. Fifty-eight tourists were killed, including members of the tour group she was meant to join. 

Children's/Youth

D: Bo Shingoose, Jennifer Dawn Bishop,  Allia Janzen 

P: Kyle Burgess, Allia Janzen, Harmony Johnson-Harder, Lee Crowchild

A series of short Indigenous language-based stories featuring common events and themes of the North being passed in the traditional oral story-telling manner from an elder to a child. 

Best Feature Drama/Comedy *New

D: Jocelyn Forgues

P: Kristel Viduka

When Vincent, an unfortunate folk artist in his thirties, learns that he has been diagnosed with tongue cancer, he bursts out laughing! Convinced that he'll be able to put this all behind him in no time, Vincent agrees to undergo vigourous treatments that affect his autonomy to the point where he is forced to accept the services of Renée, a distracted motormouth volunteer driver, and Mike, an amusingly insensitive home care nur

Lifestyle

D: Frederick Kroetsch, Daniel Ennett

P: Rebecca Campbell

As Fred and Danny make their way through the prairie provinces, they visit disabled powwow dancers at the Siksika First Nation and get advice from acclaimed film director Lowell Dean in Regina. However, their attempts at developing photos in the mobile darkroom put their artistic dreams in jeopardy.

Best Feature Documentary *New

D: Jenn Strom

P: Kevin Eastwood, Jenn Strom

For 70 years, E.J. Hughes captured the landscapes of British Columbia in vivid, dreamlike detail. Too shy to attend his own art openings, he struggled in poverty until a twist of fate helped him become one of the most beloved—and highly valued—artists in Canadian history.

Short Drama/Comedy 

D: Mia Mango (Petrovic)

P: Jordan J. Rivera, Steven Hu, Justine Robert, Tristan Miura

Our Monsters is a short film about two kids, Daniel and Peter, who team up to defeat the monster in Daniel’s closet. 

Factual Documentary Series

D: Heather Hawthorn Doyle

P: Sean De Vries, Stephen Sawchuk

Canada’s most popular celebrities and public figures sit down with a group of atypical interviewers, all on the autism spectrum. Featured celebrity guests include Howie Mandel, Russell Peters, Jann Arden, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Arlene Dickinson and Allan Hawco.

Best Feature Documentary *New

D: Lori Kuffner

P: Shayne Putzlocher, Jessica Watch

In 1986, Bob Wilkie spun off the road in a bus carrying him and the rest of the Swift Current Broncos team. Four of the players were killed. For Wilkie, the tragedy consumed his life, throwing him into a downward spiral. In a time when mental health support was dangerously minimal, and under the abusive supervision of their coach Graham James who denied them help to protect his secret, healing was stripped from th

Documentary Short 

D: Dianne Ouellette

P: Dianne Ouellette

This short film portrays a life long friendship, with stories about Oneida family histories, while Métis filmmaker, Dianne learns to bead from the Wolf Clan women.

Documentary - Social / Political

D: Roxanna Woloshyn

P: Laurence Mathieu-Leger, Andrew Culbert, Allya Davidson, Emmanuel Marchand, Mariel Borelli

"764" is a global network of online predators — many are teenagers. They coerce minors to self-harm, maim animals, kill themselves and have even plotted acts of mass violence. Police struggle to contain what’s being called a growing terror threat.

Documentary - History & Culture

D: Charlotte Engel

P: Charlotte Engel

Ever since the fertile fields of PEI have been farmed, there have been cinnamon rolls on the Island. But Islanders like a good debate and there is much to be said over this simple treat. Do you use yeast? Where do you stand on nuts or raisins? What makes a good cinnamon roll? 

Children's/Youth

D: Dianne Ouellette

P: Dianne Ouellette

A story about a girl with a dream or is it a dream?

Factual Documentary Series

D: Jacob Markham

P: Clarke Wayne

A documentary series about exploring unique careers and the people working them.

Documentary Short 

D: Rob Viscardis

This film follows artist Garrett Gilbart, who carves metal and other found industrial materials into evocative sculptural forms, embedded with the plants, land, and histories of the places where the materials were found. 

Documentary - History & Culture

D: Wanda Nolan

P: Liz Cowie, Rohan Fernando 

The Muse is a cross-cultural, cross-generational story about an unlikely relationship between a young Chinese fine-art photographer, Ting Ting Chen, and her muse and best friend, 74-year-old Robert Tilley. 

Documentary - History & Culture

D: Vivian Cheung

P: Shiun Okada, Ian Tan

After 45 years, a second-generation filmmaker embarks on a mission to rediscover her mother's roots and save what's left of her family's fading memories of their refugee journey to Canada. To do so, she must overcome one of the greatest challenges for every Asian kid - talking to their parents about the past.