This year’s Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) features more than 100 events, including author talks, panel discussions, masterclasses, workshops, book signings, and special performances. Taking place October 29 – November 2, at the historic Victoria University at the University of Toronto, the Festival debuts its new 5-day format.
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Workman Arts’ 33rd edition of the Rendezvous With Madness (RWM) Festival, the largest and longest-running arts festival in the world dedicated to the intersection of mental health and artistic expression, returns to Toronto, Canada this week.
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The Theatre Centre hosts its sixth edition of the Comedy is Art festival, with three nights of can’t-miss comedy with over 20 comics from across Toronto and beyond.
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The time spent at TIFF each year always feels like a blur once the festival wraps up.
This year, I met fellow media friend Emmanuel Akanbi who was covering TIFF for the first time. Emmanuel is a writer and editor with Antler River Media Co-Op, based in London, Ontario, Canada.
We managed to see one film together during the festival but decided to catch up after it wrapped up to discuss our festival experience and some of the films we covered as well.
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Heroes Will Rise. Undead Will Fall.
ZombieCON Vol. 1 is a wild horror-comedy where fan convention chaos spirals into a full-blown apocalypse.
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On September 30, Hollywood Suite will present a special day of programming curated to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and to celebrate the work of Indigenous filmmakers, performers and artists. With a focus on history and storytelling, this year’s programming includes stories from various Indigenous cultures.
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AKI is set on Atikameksheng Anishnawbek (formerly known as Whitefish Lake), this visual art documentary follows the seasons in director Darlene Naponse’s home community in Northern Ontario.
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In 2005, d’bi.young anitafrika wrote and starred in their first biomyth monodrama*, blood.claat, followed by benu, and word! sound! powah!. The multi-award winning trilogy introduced d’bi.young anitafrika’s innovative approach to Black gender-queer feminist dub theatre to the city.
This production of The Sankofa Trilogy features several new-generation designers and production/stage weavers who are part of Black Theatre School (BTS).
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Ontario Culture Days returns with over 1,000 free events happening across the province from September 19 to October 12, 2025.
As part of the Ontario Culture Days 2025 Creatives in Residence series, eight multidisciplinary artists from across Ontario will debut new works exploring themes such as ritual, dreams, ecological interdependence, migration, and cultural histories through diverse mediums and evocative visual language. This collection of artists come together under the banner The Shape of Memory.
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Premiering on CBC Gem this week, Rise of the Raven is an ambitious 10-part historical drama that focuses on the life of 15th-century commander János Hunyadi. The series traces his journey from childhood tragedy to military legend.
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