Film Festivals & External Screenings
Planet in Focus: Climate in Therapy
- Today, Oct 22
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Nathan Grossman Run Time: 64 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Seven climate scientists meet in a godforsaken meeting room to engage in circle therapy about their shared climate...
Planet in Focus: The End of the Internet
- Today, Oct 22
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Dylan Reibling Run Time: 87 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Disrupt. Dismantle. Decentralize.
Planet in Focus: Ways to Traverse a Territory
- Thu, Oct 23
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba Run Time: 73 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024 Language: Spanish
Starring: Rosalinda Pérez Hernández, Margarita Pérez Hernández, Maribel Pérez Hernández, Doña Sebastiana Hernández, Angelina Pérez Hernández
¿Pertenecemos a un lugar o un lugar nos pertenece?
Planet in Focus: Been Here Stay Here
- Thu, Oct 23
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: David Usui Run Time: 86 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
For generations, fishermen have made their home on Tangier Island, in the heart of the Chesapeake Bay on...

Planet in Focus: Your Higher Self
- Fri, Oct 24
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Annie St-Pierre Run Time: 80 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024 Language: French
Part sympathetic portrait and part exposé of the absurd, Your Higher Self dives into the world of life...
Planet in Focus: The Last Dive
- Fri, Oct 24
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Cody Sheehy Run Time: 88 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Dawn Wilson, Mike McGettigan, Robert Rubin, Joyce Clinton, Terry Kennedy
How far would you go for a friend?
Planet in Focus: The Family Day
- Sat, Oct 25
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 45 min.
Join us for a the free Family Day including an international shorts programme and a continental breakfast. Doors...
Planet in Focus: Snow Leopard Sisters
- Sat, Oct 25
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Sonam Choekyi Lama, Ben Ayers, Andrew Lynch Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
In Nepal’s remote Dolpo region, two Indigenous women form an unlikely friendship to save one of the planet’s...
Planet in Focus: Everest Dark
- Sat, Oct 25
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Jereme Watt Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Mingma Tsiri Sherpa, Nima Temba Sherpa, Nim Tsiri Sherpa, Pem Futi Sherpa, Jaswant Dev Shrestha
The mountain is angry.
Planet in Focus: Canadian Shorts Programme
- Sat, Oct 25
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 93 min.
This program brings four internationally acclaimed films from four different Canadian directors to Toronto audiences for the first...

Planet in Focus: Gaza Sound Man
- Sun, Oct 26
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Hosam Abu Dan Run Time: 44 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024 Language: Arabic
Starring: Mohammad Yaghi
Sound engineer Mohamed Yaghi works tirelessly to record sounds in the Gaza Strip, leading an auditory journey through...
Planet in Focus: YANUNI + Closing Night & Awards
- Sun, Oct 26
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Richard Ladkani Run Time: 112 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Hugo Loss, Juma Xipaia
Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia fights to protect tribal lands despite assassination attempts. Her struggle intensifies after learning she’s...
West End Phoenix: Kensington Diner Screening and Q&A
- Tue, Nov 4
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 100 min.
A Digital Series about a down-on-his-luck cook who opens a pop-up diner inside his ex’s occult bookstore in...

West End Phoenix: How to Shoot a Ghost w/ Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D.
- Wed, Nov 5
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Charlie Kaufman Run Time: 27 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Josef Akiki
Two newly dead young people meet in the streets of Athens, amid the pulsing cityscape and the ghosts...
Toronto International Music Video Festival
- Sat, Nov 8
- Sun, Nov 9
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 60 min.
The Toronto International Music Video Festival (TIMVF) returns for its third annual edition, celebrating the art of music...

THE HANDSOME NED STORY: YOU LEFT ME BLUE
- Sat, Jan 10
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 120 min.
Handsome Ned (June 4, 1957 – January 10, 1987) was a Canadian country singer and songwriter. Although he only released...