Cinema Shift Festival is a Toronto-based, curated AI film festival dedicated to narrative, story-driven cinema created through AI-assisted and hybrid production processes. It is a one-day festival and conference taking place on June 5 at
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How Canadian Film Festivals Keep International Filmmakers in the Conversation
When a director flies in from Seoul or Dakar to premiere a film at a Canadian festival, the screening is rarely the hard part. Films travel well. Subtitles carry the story across the room, the
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There was a time when watching the year’s most talked-about films meant booking a flight to Park City in January, queuing in the Toronto cold in September, or hoping a Cannes title might trickle down
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Inside Devour! Fest: Highlights from the World’s Largest Food Film Festival
Few festivals manage to dissolve the boundary between cinema and cuisine as completely as Devour! The Food Film Fest. Held each year in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, the event returns for its 16th anniversary edition from
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Sundar Prize Film Festival on Year Three
As the Sundar Prize Film Festival enters its third year, it continues to carve a unique place in the world of cinema. More than just a showcase for films, Sundar celebrates storytelling that inspires change,
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Leaving Beringia and Its Impact at Victoria Film Festival
In February 2026, the Canadian documentary Leaving Beringia made its world premiere at the Victoria Film Festival, marking a significant moment for Indigenous storytelling in contemporary cinema. Directed by Métis Cree filmmaker Barbara Todd Hager,
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