Reelworld Film Festival
Celebrating its 25th year, Reelworld is Canada’s longest-running film festival and screen institute committed to advancing opportunities for Black, Indigenous, Asian, South Asian, and People of Colour in the Canadian screen industries by reducing barriers and fostering authentic stories.
Reelworld: Shorts Program- Grief
- Fri, Oct 17
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.
Grief. The word carries weight. It feels all-encompassing and scary, forcing us to consider what kind of past...
Reelworld: Shorts Program- Entanglements
- Fri, Oct 17
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: 79 min.
These films examine the moments when boundaries blur, when personal choices ripple through larger systems, and when intimacy...
Reelworld: Shorts Program- Genre Fever
- Fri, Oct 17
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: 72 min.
Brace yourself for a cinematic rollercoaster so goddamn dangerous, it’ll blow your socks clean off—only for you to...
Reelworld: Shorts Program- Retrospective
- Fri, Oct 17
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: 95 min.
Reelworld has shaped the Canadian media landscape for a quarter century. As a pioneering screening platform dedicated to...
Reelworld: Rising Through the Fray
- Sat, 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: Courtney Montour Run Time: 88 min. Format: DCP
Set against the hard-hitting, fast-paced world of roller derby, Rising Through the Fray goes on an intimate and...
Reelworld: Circo
- Sat, 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: Lamia Chraibi Run Time: 88 min. Format: DCP
In Rio de Janeiro, Richard dreams of dazzling audiences in the world’s biggest circus tents. But when the...
Reelworld: Foreigner
- Sat, 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: Ava Maria Safai Run Time: 83 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Cassie Collis, Chloe Macleod, Rose Dehgan, Talisa Mae Stewart, Victoria Wardell
Set in 2004, Iranian immigrant Yasamin aka Yasi is the new girl at a Canadian school. Her high...
Reelworld: Have You Heard Judi Singh?
- Sat, 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: Baljit Sangra Run Time: 79 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Gifted jazz singer Judi Singh defied expectations as a Punjabi-Black artist stepping onto the stage in the late...
Reelworld: A Tribe Called Love
- Sat, 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: Mohamed Ahmed Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP
A Tribe Called Love is a Romeo and Juliet story set in the Somali community of Toronto, in...
Reelworld: Treasure of the Rice Terraces
- Sun, Oct 19
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: Kent Donguines Run Time: 75 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Apo Whang-od, Grace Palicas, Kent Donguines, Kim Atienza, Lars Krutak
Filipino Canadian filmmaker Kent Donguines travels back to the Philippines to reconnect with his roots. In a nation...
Reelworld: In the Room
- Sun, Oct 19
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: Brishkay Ahmed Run Time: 76 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Nelofer Pazira, Sahar Parniyan, Shogofa Sediqi, Vida Samadzai
Their voice. Our fight.
Reelworld: Montreal, My Beautiful
- Sun, Oct 19
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: Xiaodan He Run Time: 117 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: French
Starring: Charlotte Aubin, Isabelle Miquelon, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Joan Chen, Pei Yao Xu
Feng Xia (52), a Chinese immigrant, lives in Montreal with her husband and their children. The couple is...
Reelworld: Designed by Preeti
- Sun, Oct 19
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: Gayatri Bajpai Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP
Starring: Anna Khaja, Frank Lawson, Jay Charan, Rashmi Rustagi, Shavya Samala
When the old life no longer fits