Film Festivals & External Screenings
Les Films Du 3 Mars Presents: Simply Johanne
- Sun, Oct 18
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: Nadine Valcin Run Time: 75 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024 Language: French
Starring: Abla Osman, Alanis Obomsawin, Danielle Ouimet, Garihanna Jean-Louis, Isoloy Katshingu, Nadine Jean, Schelby Jean-Baptiste
Abandoned on the doorstep of a Montreal orphanage, Johanne Harrelle eventually rose to prominence as a gifted artist,...
Planet in Focus: Nuisance Bear
- Tue, Oct 20
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 Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman Run Time: 87 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its...
Planet in Focus: Nirilaurta: Let Us Eat
- Wed, Oct 21
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: Malaya Qaunirq Chapman Run Time: 52 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Inuktitut
On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, the community of Taloyoak, Nunavut, is working to feed its families....
Planet in Focus: Wild Inside
- Wed, Oct 21
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: Penny Lane Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
On February 2, 2023, Flaco — a male Eurasian eagle-owl, the largest species of owl in the world...
Planet in Focus: Heat
- Thu, 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: Jacqueline Zünd Run Time: 86 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: German
Starring: Carina Bouali, Emma Ramadan, Francis N., Sophy Njeri Jagnath
Climate change disrupts lives and relationships – especially in the Persian Gulf, where temperatures can exceed 50°C and...
Planet in Focus: The Blueberry Blues (Les Blues du Bleuet)
- Thu, 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: Andrés Livov-Macklin Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: French
Summer unveils a new blueberry season in northern Canada. The fields are covered in blue and workers from...
Planet in Focus: The Wind’s Thirst
- Fri, 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: Alejandro Valbuena Run Time: 84 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
In Colombia’s La Guajira desert, three Wayuu guardians fight corporate powers exploiting their ancestral land, as green energy...
Planet in Focus: In The Forest
- Fri, 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: Pascale Ferland Run Time: 124 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: French, Anishinaabemowin, Innu-aimum
A documentary essay exploring the bonds between humans, animals, and the forest, revealing a complex world where protection...
Planet in Focus: The Family Day
- Sat, 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.
Run Time: 65 min.
Join us for a FREE Family Day including an international film programme and a continental breakfast. Doors Open...
Planet in Focus: In the Path of Giants
- Sat, 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: Fayed Khan, Kirsty Wells Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
In Southern Bangladesh, hungry wild elephants trapped by the world’s largest refugee camp are rampaging over the land...
Planet in Focus: Shorts Program: Clear Cut- Films About Land, Loss and Resilience
- Sat, 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.
Run Time: 71 min.
This program brings six films to Toronto for the first time – each approaching landscapes and our relationship...
Planet in Focus: The Lake
- Sat, 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: Abby Ellis Run Time: 88 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
An environmental nuclear crisis threatens Utah. Two scientists and a politician urgently work to prevent an unprecedented catastrophe...
Planet in Focus: We Are Stardust
- Sun, 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: Elisabeth Rasmussen Run Time: 101 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Norwegian Bokmål
Starring: Elisabeth Rasmussen, Jan Braly Kihle, Jon Larsen, Mike Zolensky
For decades, astronomers around the world have searched for stardust in space and the remotest places on earth....
Planet in Focus: Daughters of the Forest
- Sun, 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: Otilia Portillo Padua Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
Starring: Eliseete Ramírez Carbajal, Julieta Serafina Amaya Pérez
Deep in Mexico’s mushroom-rich forests, two women from indigenous communities have become mycologists. This immersive sci-fi documentary follows...