Magnetic and gorgeous, Georgia Hudson’s short film Body Song takes us on a drifting exploration of finding yourself when at a crossroads. Violet Savage is exquisite here in this affecting film. Violet (Violet Savage) discovers that she is pregnant. Living in a caravan, she is at a crossroads in her
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Fawn ★★★★★ HollyShorts 2026
Molly Mayhew has made an utterly heartbreaking look at childhood trauma with her short stop-motion animation, Fawn. A terrifically sad story backs up gorgeous designs. Exceptional. Following the sudden passing of her parents, Fawn is forced to return to a house she hasn’t called home in a very long time.
The Inheritance ★★★ 1/2 Hollyshorts 2026
The Inheritance is a strong, unsettling short that explores the challenges mixed-race couples face as they delve into their ancestors’ past. Destinee Stewart keeps her audience uncomfortable throughout the fifteen-minute runtime. When Venus (Arie Thompson) joins her wife Harley (Hetty Abbott) on a remote family estate, unsettling visions collapse past
Aurora ★★★ 1/2 HollyShorts Film Festival 2026
Writer/director Angad Aulakh swings for the fences with his fantastic sci-fi short film Aurora. For the most part, he succeeds, especially visually. It’s a short film that deserves your time. Stranded in the farthest reaches of space. When on a mission, the sole survivor, Freddie (Guy Kent), of a catastrophic
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
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
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
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
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
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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