Buddies in Bad Times celebrates its annual Queer Pride Festival, with over 30 shows, concerts, events, and parties taking place throughout the Buddies space.
READ MOREIn The City: Buddies’ Queer Pride Festival 2026
Buddies in Bad Times celebrates its annual Queer Pride Festival, with over 30 shows, concerts, events, and parties taking place throughout the Buddies space.
READ MOREThe Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) is dialling up the suspense with the return of MOTIVE Crime & Mystery Festival, now in its fifth year. Celebrating this milestone year, MOTIVE 2026 will host its most expansive programme to date, featuring more than 55 events, author talks, and immersive workshops designed to captivate crime and mystery lovers of all kinds.
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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.
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The 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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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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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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Canadian Film Fest (CFF), the indie-spirited festival dedicated to celebrating Canadian filmmakers, marks a milestone with their 20th anniversary edition. Celebrating two decades of bringing Canadian stories to Canadian audiences, CFF will present 16 features and 40 shorts from filmmakers across the country continuing its mission to showcase homegrown voices on the big screen.
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