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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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
Concrete Turned to Sand ★★★★ Hot Docs 2026
Ryan Ermacora and Jessica Johnson’s Concrete Turned to Sand is a magnificently shot, contemplative visual essay that blows you away with its meditative immersion in the rising warmth and acidification of the oceans that affect BC oyster farmers. Cortes Island is a coastal paradise in British Columbia’s Discovery Islands archipelago.
Whispers in May ★★★★ 1/2 Hot Docs 2026
Dongnan Chen’s hybrid documentary Whispers in May is an emotional and weighty coming-of-age film that explores the reluctant journey from childhood to adulthood for those given few options – a deeply delicate and caring film. In the remote Liangshan Mountains, 14-year-old Qihuo and her friends Atnyop and Itgop set out
Sheffield DocFest Announces 50 Documentary Projects for 2026 MeetMarket
● 50 PROJECTS CHOSEN FROM OVER 600 SUBMISSIONS● WORK BY FILMMAKERS FROM 42 COUNTRIES TELLING STORIES FROM RIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE● NEW WORK FROM FIRST TIME FILMMAKERS AS WELL AS WORLD CLASS ARTISTS SUCH AS WANG XIAO SHUAI, JACOB PERLMUTTER & MANON OUIMET AND IBRAHIM OMAR Sheffield DocFest, the UK’s leading documentary festival,
Parasisi – ★★★★ Hot Docs 2026
Beautifully sincere, Zaïde Bil and Sébastien Segers Parasisi perfectly choose their moments to hammer home the exploitation affecting the Wayana people. This documentary leaves its mark on you. On the border of Surinam and French Guiana, the indigenous Wayana territory is overrun by intruders. Illegal gold miners poison the river,
Dreams – ★★ 1/2
Dreams is a film rife with missed opportunities to say something important. Instead, the shallowly written characters do little to advance the story, with the performances by Jessica Chastain and Isaac Hernández as the film’s only saving grace. A powerful socialite, Jennifer (Jessica Chastain), and a promising ballet dancer, Fernando
A Letter for Tomorrow (Short) ★★★★★ BFI Flare 2026
A Letter for Tomorrow is a heartfelt and terrific short film that does absolutely everything right and is an absolute must-watch. With a strong script and fabulous performances, it is a film you can’t keep your eyes from. In the midst of a divorce, Vidya (Gayathrie Shankar) lives in a
10s Across the Borders – ★★★★ BFI Flare 2026
Full of authenticity and surprising vulnerability, 10s Across The Borders is a tremendously moving and engaging documentary. Chan Sze-Wei’s film serves as an unconventional tribute to those who are trying to keep their communities thriving. If the world doesn’t accept you and your kind, trailblaze a world that does. Inspired
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