Meet Greet & Bye

2025 • Drama

Impact: Community & cultural identity

Directed by Cathy Garcia-Sampana

Meet, Greet & Bye follows Baby, a mother of four who credits her favorite Korean dramas for helping her survive cancer. When her illness returns, she refuses treatment — unless her children can help her fulfill one final wish: to meet the K-drama idol who gave her hope. As they struggle to make it happen, the siblings rediscover love, forgiveness, and the unbreakable bond that holds a family together.

The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue

2025 • Documentary

Impact: War & resilience

Directed by Barry Avrich

The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue follows retired Israeli general Noam Tibon, who on October 7, 2023, received a desperate text from his son: terrorists had stormed his home, and he, his wife, and their two young daughters feared for their lives. With no time to spare, Noam and his wife, Gali, embarked on a ten-hour mission across a country under siege to save their family. Relying only on his instincts and military training, Noam navigated ambushes, roadblocks, and a collapsing security system in a relentless race against time. Directed by acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich, the film retraces every step of that day, blending intimate firsthand testimony with the raw urgency of a survival thriller. Set against the backdrop of one of Israel's darkest days, The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue is both a gripping cinematic retelling of an extraordinary rescue and an unflinching look at the failures and resilience revealed on October 7. At its core, it is a profoundly human story about courage, family, and the power of love in the face of unimaginable terror.

Bau: Artist at War

2024 • Historical Drama

Impact: War & resilience

Directed by Sean McNamara

The inspiring love story of Joseph Bau, artist, forger, holocaust survivor. Using his artistic skills, humor and hope in the camps, Joseph stays alive and helps hundreds to escape. Miraculously, he finds love in the midst of despair.

Bride Hard

2025 • Comedy

Directed by Simon West

Sam (Rebel Wilson) is a world-class secret agent… and a pretty terrible maid of honor. After blowing off bridal duties for an international spy mission, she’s demoted to bridesmaid at her childhood best friend’s wedding. What should’ve been a weekend of reconnecting and celebration turns into a five-star death trap when armed mercenaries crash the big day. Sam’s the only one who can save the bride and hopefully earn back the trust she lost along the way. Dodging bullets and trying not to ruin the floral arrangements, Sam takes on the ultimate wedding crasher, realizing that sometimes the toughest mission isn’t taking down the bad guys, but showing up for the people who matter.

The Unrestricted War

2025 • Drama

Impact: Social justice & human rights

Directed by Yan Ma

A top-tier Canadian virologist and his Chinese wife are suddenly arrested by military secret agents in Beijing. He is threatened with the task of stealing a sample of his own work from his former laboratory, and the situation rapidly turns worse when people begin to fall ill.

Queen of the Ring

2025 • Drama

Impact: Youth & athletic empowerment

Directed by Ash Avildsen

In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the United States, a small town single mother embraces the danger as she dominates America's most masculine sport and becomes the first million dollar female athlete in history.

The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

2025 • Animation

Directed by Peter Browngardt

Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Against all odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world!)...that is if they don't drive each other crazy in the process.

Green and Gold

2025 • Drama

Impact: Community & cultural identity

Directed by Anders Lindwall

Foreclosure looms over Wisconsin dairy farmer Buck (Craig T. Nelson). With mounting debt and the land his family has cultivated for four generations at risk, Buck refuses to give up his legacy without a fight. Buck’s granddaughter (Madison Lawlor) works alongside him but dreams of a career in music. Her aspirations are fanned by an emerging friendship with a famous musician (Brandon Sklenar), but chasing her dreams might take her far from the farm. With time running out, Buck places a daring bet on his beloved Green Bay Packers winning the Championship, risking it all to save everything he holds dear.

Unbankable

2025 • Documentary

Impact: Social justice & human rights

Directed by Luke Willms

An investigative documentary that embarks on a seven-year, seven-country journey to unravel whether Africa’s rich tapestry of tradition, innovation, and experimentation holds the key to Western economic revitalization. Written and produced by Luke Willms, who draws inspiration from his father, the first medical anthropologist in Canada, and his groundbreaking development research in Africa during the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Luke’s cinematic investigation challenges the prevailing narrative that the West is the sole solution provider.

Morningside

2025 • Drama

Impact: Community & cultural identity

Directed by Ron Dias

Morningside charts the intertwining lives within Scarborough's Morningside community centre and follows the personal struggles, relationships, and societal challenges faced by a diverse set of characters amid the looming threat of gentrification.

Directed by Ron Dias, the film stars Fefe Dobson, Kiana Madeira, Lovell Adams-Gray, Alex Mallari, Oluniké Adeliyi, Joanne Jansen and Brandon McKnight.

The Legend in Me

2025 • Documentary

Impact: Youth & athletic empowerment

Directed by Calvin Hwang

Living in the wake of Canadian sports legend Lionel Conacher (1900-1954), an athlete accomplished in not one but five sports, would be daunting for any relative. But for non-binary great-grandchild Lionel IV, better known as Chas, the road to self-realization and acceptance inspires its own brand of courage and resolve.

Curl Power

2025 • Documentary

Impact: Youth & athletic empowerment

Directed by Josephine Anderson

Curl Power follows a team of teenage girls as they pursue their unusual dream of becoming Canadian National Curling Champions, and seek out their own paths amid the legacies of their world champion mothers. This intimate and imaginative coming-of-age documentary tells a story of angst and ecstasy, following the funny and tender evolution of five best friends as they reckon with their bodies, minds, and the great unknown.

Night of Nights

2025 • Documentary

Impact: Social justice & human rights

Directed by Anonymous (Truman)

Chronicles the early days of the COVID pandemic and the following existential chaos and horror. A nocturnal and semi-surrealistic science fiction portrait of life in two Asian megacities after 2020, shot at night with an hypnotic intensity and with the lens pointing to the future.

Chasing Chasing Amy

2025 • Documentary

Impact: Community & cultural identity

Directed by Sav Rodgers

A documentary that examines the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy on LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers.

Black Box Diaries

2024 • Documentary

Impact: Social justice & human rights

Directed by Shiori Itô

Young journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems.

Reagan

2024 • Drama

Impact: Historical perspectives & leadership

Directed by Sean McNamara

From dusty, small-town roots, to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding the world stage, REAGAN is a cinematic journey of overcoming the odds. Told through the voice of Viktor Petrovich, a former KGB agent whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan’s when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, this film offers a perspective as unique as it is captivating. Dennis Quaid brings to life a story that transcends the boundaries of a traditional biopic, offering a profound exploration of the enduring impact of the power of one man who overcame the odds, sustained by the love of a woman who supported him in his journey.

Ryan's World: The Movie

2024 • Animation

Directed by Albie Hecht

Ryan’s twin sisters, Emma and Kate, get trapped in a comic book world. Ryan enters this realm to rescue them, facing adventures, battles, and mishaps while attempting to bring them back before his parents discover their disappearance.

Wings Over Water

2025 • Documentary

Impact: Environmental justice & climate action

Directed by Andrew Young

A documentary filmed in stunning 3D high definition for IMAX.
Wings Over Water tells the story of the epic journeys of three amazing bird families – the Sandhill Crane, the Yellow Warbler and the Mallard Duck – with extraordinary footage of their fascinating behaviors.

The Inventor

2024 • Animation

Impact: Historical perspectives & leadership

Directed by Jim Capobianco &
Pierre-Luc Granjon

The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment freely, inventing flying contraptions, incredible machines, and study the human body. There, joined in his adventure by the audacious princess Marguerite, Leonardo will uncover the answer to the ultimate question - “What is the meaning of it all?”

Carol Doda: Naked at the Condor

2024 • Documentary

Impact: Historical perspectives & leadership

Directed by Marlo McKenzie & Jonathan Parker

A daring young woman ignites the flame of the 1960s sexual revolution and becomes an international icon and symbol of sexual liberation in Carol Doda Topless at the Condor, a revealing documentary from directors Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker.

Copa 71'

2024 • Documentary

Impact: Youth & athletic empowerment

Directed by Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine

The 1971 Women’s Soccer World Cup is witnessed by record crowds but is largely written out of sporting history. The pioneering women who participated tell their extraordinary stories.

On The Adamant

2023 • Documentary

Impact: Community & cultural identity

Directed by Nicolas Philibert

On the Adamant follows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric centre with a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine river in Central Paris.

On Fire

2023 • Drama

Impact: Environmental justice & climate action

Directed by Peter Facinelli, Nick Lyon

A family, living in a trailer home in the woods, are suddenly confronted by a wildfire. Survival becomes their main objective.

Iron Butterflies

2023 • Documentary

Impact: War & human resilience

Directed by Roman Liubyi

In the summer of 2014, sunflower fields and coal mines in eastern Ukraine turn into a 12-square-kilometre crime scene. Directed by Roman Liubyi, Iron Butterflies documents the multi-layered investigation into the downing of flight MH17 and the butterfly-shaped shrapnel found in the pilot’s body that implicated the state responsible for a war crime that remains unpunished today.

The Eternal Memory

2023 • Documentary

Impact: Community & cultural identity

Directed by Maite Alberdi

The Eternal Memory tells a profound and moving love story that balances vibrant individual and collective remembrance with the longevity of an unbreakable human bond. Augusto and Paulina have been together and in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, their lives were forever changed by Augusto’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. As of of Chile’s most prominent cultural commentators and television presenters, August is no stranger to building an archive of memory. Now he turns that work to his own life, trying to hold on to his identity with the help of his beloved Paulina, whose own pre-eminence as a famous actress and Chilean Minister of Culture predates her ceaselessly inventive manner of engaging with her husband. Day by day, the couple face this challenge head-on, relying on the tender affection and sense of humour shared between them that remains, remarkably, fully intact.

Last Film Show

2023 • Drama

Impact: Community & cultural identity

Directed by Pan Nalin

India's Official Entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards! Samay, a 9-year-old boy living with his family in a remote village in India discovers films for the first time and is absolutely mesmerized. Against his father’s wishes, he returns to the cinema day after day to watch more films, and even befriends the projectionist, who, in exchange for his lunch box, lets him watch movies for free. He quickly figures out that stories become light, light becomes films, and films become dreams. Samay and his wild gang of friends move heaven and earth to catch and project light to achieve a 35mm film projection. But little do they know that soon they’ll be forced to make heartbreaking choices as an era is approaching to annihilate everything they love about their 35mm dreams…

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

2023 • Documentary

Impact: Community & cultural identity

Directed by Anna Hints

The first documentary by an Estonian director to compete and win at Sundance, SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD is a deeply moving, intimate and breathtaking approach to issues of trauma, healing, and community. Filmed almost as if a Vermeer or Rembrandt painting, the camera is never intrusive, never mechanical. Rather, the images move as the smoke – lingering, wafting, suspended briefly before disappearing and reappearing. With an authentic voice and authority born of their own heritage, filmmaker Anna Hints has created a transformative experience of being human within a female body, showing women “as they are” with great emotional veracity and deep empathy.

Paradise

2023 • Documentary

Impact: Environmental justice & climate action

Directed by Alexander Abaturov

Paradise is a documentary film from Alexander Abaturov that documents how the effects of global warming have contributed to devastating wildfires in the Siberian subarctic forests. Fueled by extreme droughts and strong winds, this recurring natural disaster is the direct result of human-made climate change.

Unseen Skies

2023 • Documentary

Impact: Environmental justice & climate action

Directed by Yaara Bou Melhem

Yaara Bou Melhem delivers a searing documentary that explores the evolution of state and corporate surveillance. The film follows visionary artist Trevor Paglen as he travels through the desolate Nevada desert with the intention of launching an art exhibit into orbit; once and for all proving that the skies are more than the exclusive playground of the military-industrial complex.

The Territory

2022 • Documentary

Impact: Environmental justice & climate action

Directed by Alex Pritz

Directed by Alex Pritz, The Territory provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon.

¡VIVA MAESTRO!

2022 • Documentary

Impact: Social justice & human rights

Directed by Ted Braun

Viva Maestro! is the inspiring new documentary from acclaimed director Ted Braun. The film follows legendary Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Gustavo Dudamel upon his return to his home country of Venezuela, as he is faced with corruption and deadly protests while on his personal quest to use the power of art to renew and unite the youth of his country.

Writing With Fire

2021 • Documentary

Impact: Social justice & human rights

Directed by Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh

Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh directed the Academy Award-nominated Writing with Fire, which explores the online publication Khabar Lahariya. Set against a cluttered Indian news landscape dominated by men, Khabar Lahariya is the only outlet completely run by Dalit women as they break from journalistic traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.

Captains of Zaatari

2021 • Documentary

Impact: Historical perspectives & leadership

Directed by Ali El Arabi

Two best friends trapped in the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan have an undying dream of becoming professional football players. When a world renowned sports academy visits the camp, they now have a chance to make this dream come true.

Entangled

2021 • Documentary

Impact: Environmental justice & climate action

Directed by David Abel

Award-winning documentary Entangled is a feature-length film that illustrates the effect climate change has had in accelerating the collision between one of the world’s most endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale, and North America’s most valuable fishery, whose lines continue to push the species to the brink of extinction.

Lift Like A Girl

2020 • Documentary

Impact: Youth & athletic empowerment

Directed by Mayye Zayed

With the guidance of her relentless coach, a teen weightlifter emerges from a scrappy training camp in Egypt to compete at the championship level.
Lift Like a Girl is an intimate journey into the inner life of an aspiring athlete and the female weightlifting community of Alexandria. For 4 years, Zebiba goes through victories and defeats, including major losses that shape her, as she finds her way from dust to gold.

3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets

2015 • Documentary

Impact: Historical perspectives & leadership

Directed by Marc Silver

3 1⁄2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn in Jacksonville, Florida on Black Friday, 2012. The film examines the aftermath of this systemic tragedy, the contradictions within the American criminal justice system - particularly the implications of the "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law, and the racial prejudices that ensued. With intimate access, the film follows the trial of Dunn and its deep impact on Jordan's family and friends.

Holy Mountain

2024 • Documentary

Impact: Environmental justice & climate action

Directed by Reinhold Messner

In 1979, the 6,828-metre-high mountain "Ama Dablam", regarded as holy in Nepal, was the scene of a momentous and spectacular rescue mission. This documentary recounts the events in a new light, combining archive footage and re-enactments.

A Place in the Sun

2024 • Documentary

Impact: Social justice & human rights

Directed by Gilles Perret & François Ruffin

AKA: J'veux du soleil! French journalist François Ruffin, now a Member of Parliament, decided to embark on a journey across France with documentary filmmaker Gilles Perret to visit the infamous gilets jaunes (yellow vests), protestors occupying roundabouts since November 2018 to protest pay inequalities. In stark contrast to the scenes of violence being telecast, Ruffin and Perret chose to film the images of hope and anger, tears, laughter, and joy–ultimately, real people longing for a better tomorrow.

To The Four Winds

2024 • Documentary

Impact: Social justice & human rights

Directed by Michel Toesca

Director Michel Toesca presents an inspiring documentary following a French olive farmer on the southeast border of Italy as he tries to help new migrants that have illegally crossed and taken shelter on his land. Instead of displacing these visitors, he welcomes them and provides shelter and food as he undertakes a battle with the government to provide these migrants a pathway to legal status.

SING ME A SONG

2021 • Documentary

Impact: Community & cultural identity

Directed by Thomas Balmès

A new documentary feature film from acclaimed filmmaker Thomas Balmès, Sing Me A Song follows Peyangki, a young monk living in a rural monastery in Bhutan. As TV and the internet eventually come to their remote village we witness how Peyangki is lured by this new technology and its effects on the world he has been sheltered from.

THE GREAT INVISIBLE

2014 • Documentary

Impact: Environmental justice & climate action

Directed by Margaret Brown

Director Margaret Brown documents the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion as seen through the eyes of oil company executives, survivors, and Gulf Coast residents who experienced the devastation firsthand and then were left to pick up the pieces while the world moved on.

WATSON

2019 • Documentary

Impact: Environmental justice & climate action

Directed by Lesley Chilcott

Award-winning director Lesley Chilcott (An Inconvenient Truth) chronicles the life of controversial Greenpeace co-founder and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson. The film documents his 40-year fight to protect our oceans and defend all of their wildlife and habitats.

NOW

2020 • Documentary

Impact: Historical perspectives & leadership

Directed by Jim Rakete

From Greta Thunberg to the Extinction Rebellion, for the young environmentalist, activism is both the means and end in the struggle for the climate of the future. Director Jim Rakete captures the meteoric rise of Greta Thunberg from environmentalist to global icon while giving focus to the extraordinary movement being fostered by the new voices of reason and responsibility, often in contrast with political headwinds and corporate greed.