Genre: Comedy
- Own Voice
Eitr
Director
Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller
Writer
Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller
Cast
Augusto Bitter, Guled Abdi, Mostafa Shaker
Producer
Farah Abdo
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interest
BIPOC Stories
Original Language
English
Dead Lover
A foul-smelling gravedigger's romance ends in tragedy, spurring her to attempt a resurrection through a madcap series of science experiments. Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie’s film is a zany DIY horror that zaps fresh life into Mary Shelley's classic.
Director
Grace Glowicki
Producers
Yona Strauss, Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie
Genres
Comedy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Original Language
English
- Own Voice
Les Amours Imaginaires (Heartbeats)
With Heartbeats, Xavier Dolan captures the beautiful absurdity of unrequited love. Two friends fall for the same enigmatic stranger, and their friendship slowly unravels under the weight of fantasy and projection. Stylish, playful, and emotionally raw, the film examines how desire often says more about our own longing than about the person we chase. Dolan’s pop-infused aesthetic turns heartbreak into something both painfully relatable and strangely glamorous.
Director
Xavier Dolan
Dolan is an acclaimed filmmaker and actor, whose films have won over 90 awards internationally. J’ai tué ma mere and Heartbeats both won the Regards Jeunes Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Laurence Anyways won the Queer Palm at Cannes, and Best Canadian Feature at TIFF, and Mommy won the Jury Prize at Cannes, 10 Jutra awards and nine CSAs. He also directed Tom at the Farm, It’s Only the End of the World, Matthias & Maxine, and others.
Writer
Xavier Dolan
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Languages
English, French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day
Directors
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
The New Romantic
Director
Carly Stone
Writers
Carly Stone, Kyle Mann
Cast
Jessica Barden
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
- Own Voice
Please, After You
Director
Rob Michaels
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
Asian Filmmaker, BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Newcomer Stories
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Canadian Distributor
Vortex Media
Holy Days
Director
Nat Boltt
Writer
Joy Cowley
Cast
Miriam Margolyes
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interest
Family Relationships
Original Language
English
Folichonneries (Follies)
Director
Eric K. Boulianne
Writers
Alexandre Auger, Eric K. Boulianne
Cast
Eric K. Boulianne, Catherine Chabot, Erin Margurite Carter
Producers
Eric K. Boulianne, Hany Ouichou, Laurie Pominville
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
French
Ababouiné (Ababooned)
Director
André Forcier
Writers
Jean Boileau, Laurie Perron, André Forcier
Cast
Alexandre Bélanger, Miguel Bédard, Julien Bernatchez
Producers
Louis Laverdière, Roger Frappier, Linda Pinet
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French
It’s All Sunshine and Rainbows
Director
Natalie Dale
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
- Own Voice
Shiva Baby
Director
Emma Seligman
Writer
Emma Seligman
Cast
Danny Deferrari, Molly Gordon, Rachel Sennott
Producers
Lizzie Shapiro, Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Scared Shitless
Director
Vivieno Caldinelli
Cast
Chelsea Clark, Daniel Doheny, Steven Ogg
Producer
Brandon Cohen
Genres
Comedy, Horror
Original Language
English
Oublie pas le gruau (Don’t Forget the Oatmeal)
You've never seen anything like this before: There's a man named The Barbarian who's been cursed to work at a thrift shop for his crimes. Casual ghosts. An alcoholic special-ed teacher. Fatal erections. A Martial Arts Fight that may result in the end of the world… All these surreal threads come together beautifully in Writer/Director Olivier Godin’s newest feature, Oublie pas le gruau (Don't Forget the Oatmeal), a sweetly hallucinatory tale of a man looking for meaning in his life before it all ends. Beautifully shot, cleverly funny, and sneakily moving, it’s got the low-stakes charm of About Schmidt alongside the gentle fantasies of Bergman’s Wild Strawberries.
Director
Olivier Godin
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French
Night of the Zoopocalypse
After a mysterious meteor crashes at Colepepper Zoo, unlikely friends Dan, a short-tempered mountain lion, and Gracie, a fierce teenage wolf, team up to stop the unleashed virus that is transforming their friends into “zoombies”.
Chock-full of both scares and laughs, this gorgeously animated family-friendly horror-comedy is fun for kids and adults alike.
“In a world dominated by Pixar and Dreamworks, Night of the Zoopocalypse is a fun reminder that other studios produce good work, and there’s never been a better time to go to the movies and support a Canadian production.” – Matthew Simpson, That Shelf
Directors
Ricardo Curtis, Rodrigo Perez-Castro
Writers
James Kee, Steven Hoban
Cast
Pierre Simpson, Gabbi Kosmidis, David Harbour
Producers
Wes Lui, Joe Iacono, Yohann Comte, Steven Hoban, Mark Smith
Genres
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Horror
Interest
Literary Adaptation
Original Language
English
Language Versions
EN CC, FR Subtitles
Canadian Distributors
Apollo Films, Elevation Pictures
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin
The classic Cinderella fairytale is given an endearing twist, presented by a cast of penguins!
Director
Janet Perlman
Genres
Animation, Comedy
Interests
Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker
Original Language
No Dialogue
Menteuse (Compulsive Liar 2)
A sequel to the smash-hit comedy Menteur (Compulsive Liar), this hilarious film was the highest grossing Canadian film of the year in 2025. Virginie lies all the time, but only because she cares about protecting people’s feelings. As her lies build, her whole world gets turned on its head, when all her lies become true!
Director
Émile Gaudreault
Gaudreault co-wrote Louis 19, le roi des ondes, which Ron Howard adapted into EDtv. Gaudreault both co-wrote and directed De pere en flic (the highest-grossing French-language film in Canadian history), Le vrai du faux, Le sens de l'humour and Mambo Italiano, which earned six Canadian Comedy Award nominations. He also wrote and directed De père en flic 2, and most recently, the comedy Menteur. He also co-wrote the upcoming Lignes de fuite, and is producing the English-language remake of De père en flic, Fathers and Guns.
Writers
Eric K. Boulianne, Émile Gaudreault, Sébastien Ravary
Cast
Catherine Chabot, Antoine Bertrand, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé
Producers
Émile Gaudreault, Marie-Alexandra Forget, André Dupuy
Genre
Comedy
Interests
Family Relationships, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
Immina Films
Mile End Kicks
Director
Chandler Levack
Levack got her start directing music videos, which earned her two Juno Award nominations for Video of the Year. She went on to debut her first narrative short, We Forgot to Break Up, at TIFF 2017. Her first feature film, I Like Movies, premiered at TIFF 2022 and was named to TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten list. She also directed several episodes of the 2024 Crave series My Dead Mom.
Writer
Chandler Levack
Cast
Devon Bostick, Barbie Ferreira, Jay Baruchel
Producers
Matthew Miller, Pat Kiely
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Interests
Arts and Culture, Female Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Language Version
EN CC
Amour apocalypse (Peak Everything)
Director
Anne Émond
Émond's debut feature, Nuit #1, won the Claude Jutra Award for Best Feature by a first time filmmaker at the 2012 Genie Awards. Her other credits include the shorts La vie commence, Sophie Lavoie and Plus rien ne vouloir, and the features Nelly and Les êtres chers, which received seven Jutra Award nominations and won for Best Direction. Her most recent film is Manuel de la vie sauvage.
Writer
Anne Émond
Cast
Gilles Renaud, Eric K. Boulianne, Patrick Hivon, Piper Perabo
Producer
Sylvain Corbeil
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Interests
Environment, Female Filmmaker
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Deux femmes en or (Two Women)
Director
Chloé Robichaud
Writer
Catherine Léger
Cast
Laurence Leboeuf, Mani Soleymanlou, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman
Producers
Martin Paul-Hus, Catherine Léger
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
French
Language Versions
EN Subtitles, FR CC
Mille secrets, mille dangers (Lovely Day)
Director
Philippe Falardeau
Québécois director and screenwriter Falardeau has won more than 32 international awards for his films, which include Monsieur Lazhar, La moitié gauche du frigo, C’est pas moi, je le jure!, The Good Lie, Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre, and My Salinger Year. He also directed the TV shows Le temps des framboises, and Lac-Mégantic - ceci n’est pas un accident.
Writers
Philippe Falardeau, Alain Farah
Cast
Rose-Marie Perreault, Clodine Desrochers, Georges Khabbaz
Producers
Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
Family Relationships, Literary Adaptation
Original Language
French
Language Versions
EN CC, EN Dub, Other Dub