Top 10 Canadian Films to Watch at TIFF 2026
After counting down my films to watch at TIFF 2026, I wanted to spend some more time specifically on the Canadian side of this year's lineup.
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September 4, 2026
Top 26 Films to Watch at TIFF 2026 (Toronto International Film Festival)
The Toronto International Film Festival returns from September 10th to 20th, 2026, for its 51st edition, bringing 293 titles to Toronto across one of the broadest festival programmes in the world. And, because it is 2026, 26 films also felt like an appropriately unnecessary number to count down.
August 26, 2026
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Casper Kelly Interview: Buddy’s ’90s TV Look and Hidden Easter Eggs
Buddy is hitting theatres on August 28, after a festival run that started at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and has since included SXSW, the Cleveland International Film Festival, Overlook, and, most recently, Fantasia in Montreal. Somewhere along the way, it also forced me to accept that mascot horror is officially its own subgenre.
August 21, 2026
No Rest for the Wicked Film Review | Shame, Desire, and a Life Without Trees
I caught No Rest for the Wicked as part of the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival, where it made its world premiere and became one of my favourites of the festival. Fantasia’s Cheval Noir jury shared that response. Kasper Kalle received the award for Best Director, while Pilou Asbæk earned an Outstanding Performance Award for his work as Helge.
August 3, 2026
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Home Bodies Film Review | An Automated Retro-Future
It has been 14 years since Casey Walker last brought a film to Fantasia. His horror-comedy A Little Bit Zombie played the Montreal festival in 2012, and he has remained connected to Canadian genre filmmaking since then, including as a producer on The Void and In a Violent Nature.
July 29, 2026
Someone’s Daughter Review | A Subtle Subversion of the Revenge Thriller
Someone’s Daughter begins before it gives us anything to look at. A tense, slowly rising score plays over the opening credits while writer-director Wiebke von Carolsfeld holds back the image. By the time the screen opens up, we are already in the middle of a kidnapping.
July 28, 2026
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Top 15 Films to Watch at Fantasia 2026
The Fantasia International Film Festival returns to Montreal from July 16 to August 2, 2026, and this year marks a big one: the festival’s 30th edition. This film festival preview focuses on 15 feature films that stand out across the Fantasia 2026 programme.
July 8, 2026
Sad Girlz Film Review | Chicas tristes Refuses to Turn Pain Into Spectacle
There is something telling about the path Sad Girlz has taken over the last few months. Written and directed by Fernanda Tovar in her feature debut, the Mexican-Spanish-French co-production premiered in the Generation 14plus section at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won both the Crystal Bear and the Grand Prix of the International Jury for Best Film.
July 2, 2026
Top 25 Films to Watch at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival
This preview focuses only on feature films, narrowing the broader festival programme down to 25 titles that stand out across narrative, documentary, genre, international, and spotlight sections. The goal is not simply to list the biggest names or the most obvious premieres, but to highlight a range of films that reflect what makes Tribeca interesting in the first place...
June 3, 2026
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Standing Still: Paula González-Nasser on The Scout, Community, and Time
The Scout is not really about the mechanics of location scouting, even though it pays close attention to them. It is about what that job reveals. Sofia is always entering spaces, but rarely belonging to them. She is welcomed in, sort of, but only for a purpose. She is expected to observe, photograph, assess, negotiate, and move on. She is intimately present and fundamentally temporary.
May 23, 2026