The Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival (Inside Out) returns to Toronto with an expansive and vibrant program celebrating queer storytelling from around the world. This year’s festival features 29 feature films and 72 shorts from more than 20 countries.
Sharing my picks of feature films and some industry events for you. The lineup this year is quite exciting and hope you check out to as many films in person or from home.
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Toronto weather seems to be improving these days. That means, more reasons to get out and enjoy the local theatre and performance scene.
Below I list a few performances that I am aiming to attend and hope you do too over the next couple of weeks. Some great options for an evening or weekend outing.
READ MOREThe Canada Ireland Foundation (CIF) brings the second annual Bealtaine Theatre Festival to Toronto, featuring Canadian premieres of some of Ireland’s most captivating contemporary theatre productions.
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Paprika Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary. This year’s festival includes free community events and presentations of new work from nine artists in the Directors Lab, Playwrights Unit, Indigenous Arts Program, and Design Lab 2026 cohort.
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Hot Docs has announced the winning documentaries from this year’s official competition. The awards recognize utstanding achievements of Canadian and international filmmakers with films screening throughout this year’s Festival. A total of 12 awards, along with $67,000 in cash and prizes, was celebrated at the Hot Docs 2026 Awards Presentation.
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Tafelmusik’s Hearing Her Voice brings to life striking music by often forgotten women composers. Through this program, we can discover works by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Barbara Strozzi, Mademoiselle Duval, Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, Maria Teresa Agnesi, Maria Margherita Grimani, and the enigmatic Mrs Philarmonica.
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Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival returns this year with 115 documentaries representing 51 countries featuring World and North American premieres.
Like previous years, Hot Docs offers us a full menu when it comes to documentary films. As it has become my custom, I am sharing some of my personal picks for you to add to your Hot Docs lists.
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Spider-Noir is a live-action series based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir. Spider-Noir tells the story of Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage), a seasoned, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.
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Premiering at TIFF 2025’s Discovery Programme, Little Lorraine (2025) is a strong debut from director Andy Hines. Based on a true story and Adam Baldwin’s song “Lighthouse in Little Lorraine,” the film is set within a very distinct Canadian landscape, geographically and emotionally.
Experienced through the eyes of three best friends (Stephen Amell, Joshua Close, Steve Lund), Little Lorraine tells the true tale of how this unlikely story was born, prospered and imploded over a season in the life of this township.
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As Ukrainian filmmakers continue documenting life under Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival (TUFF) co-presented with St. Volodymyr Institute (SVI) will present a powerful lineup of award-winning films from Cannes, TIFF, and major international festivals.
This year’s program brings together formally daring documentaries, narrative features, and darkly comic works, offering Canadian audiences an urgent window into contemporary Ukrainian life.
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