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The Calgary International Film Festival returns from September 24 to October 4, 2026, with more than 200 films, and there is a tremendous amount of overlap between this list and the festivals I have been covering all year.
Fight Kid made its world premiere on September 12 at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, screening as part of the Short Cuts programme. For director Michael Del Monte (Art of Documentary), who has spent roughly fourteen years working in documentary, getting there meant learning a new form of filmmaking.
After counting down the top 26 films to watch at TIFF 2026, I wanted to spend some more time specifically on the Canadian side of this year's lineup.
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.
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.
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...
Another year, another “best of” list. These are the movies that hit me hardest in 2025 — the ones that will stick, formally and emotionally, long into 2026.
The nominations for the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards are here. The 41st edition of the awards will once again spotlight the best in independent film and television, with this year’s ceremony set for Sunday, February 15, 2026.
CIFF has become one of Western Canada’s best showcases for major international cinema, and a home for standout Canadian work. This list zeroes in on the latter – from the Centrepiece doc The Pitch to festival darlings like Blue Heron and Mile End Kicks, and the cult-comedy Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.
Top 25 Films Playing at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 50) The 50th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2025), presented by Rogers, runs from September 4–14, 2025. This…