Bagman ★★★★★ (Short) Fantasia 2026

Connor and Vaughn Gaston’s horror short Bagman brilliantly twists the consequences of wanting a character to check something they really shouldn’t. As the mystery turns to horror, we soon learn that maybe some things are left untouched. A fantastic horror mystery that fills you with dread. Graduate researcher Nat (Sam

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Borbulha (Pimple) ★★★★ (Short) Fantasia 2026

Gloriously absurd, Borbulha (Pimple) throws everything it can to shock and surprise its audience. Director Fernando Alle has made a terrific four-minute short that revels in its body horror. A young boy is having a difficult time in life; getting through school as a young adolescent is hard, but having

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The Intimacy Coordinator (Short) ★★★★★

Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s The Intimacy Coordinator is an intense, gut-wrenching short film. A clever film that grips you with a horrible sense of dread. From beginning to end, this is a sensational short film from a filmmaker whose work becomes essential viewing. Kate (Louisa Connolly-Burnham) is an intimacy coordinator working on

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Atəm kʷaθ nan (Namesake) – ★★★★★ Hot Docs 2026

Atəm kʷaθ nan (Namesake) is a tremendously emotional and necessary documentary, showing us how lost some communities are in their efforts to recognise and respect Indigenous people. If we could all live with the attitude of the Tla’amin Nation, we would be a lot better off for it – A

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The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Unveils Its 2026 Programming as AKI and Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) to Open and Close the Festival

May 7, 2026, Tkaronto/Toronto—The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (imagineNATIVE) is pleased to announce the programming for its 26th festival year, taking place June 2–7, 2026, in Toronto and June 8–14, 2026, online. As the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous screen content, imagineNATIVE celebrates Indigenous film and media arts

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Searching for Drug Peace ★★★★ Hot Docs 2026

Searching for Drug Peace is a raw, but careful conversation starter on the benefits of safe drug use and effective but still illegal methods of tackling the overdose crisis. Director Alisher Balfanbayev’s compelling and important documentary will reframe how people think about this highly political topic. Amidst a deadly overdose

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Fantasia 2026 Announces First Wave of Premiere Titles

The Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its upcoming 30th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 16 through August 2, 2026, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screenings and events at Montreal’s Cinéma du Musée. The

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The Tower That Built a City ★★★ Hot Docs 2026

Informative and engaging, The Tower that Built a City shows us the evolution of Toronto through an overly nostalgic lens. The result is a feel-good jaunt that anyone with a love for the city will finish watching with a smile. Since 1976, Toronto’s skyline has been defined by the iconic

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