List of Canadian films of 2025
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This is a list of Canadian films released in 2025:
| Title | Director | Cast | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Crickets | Zha Babaieva | |||
| 100 Sunset | Kunsang Kyirong | [1] | ||
| After the Ashes (Oraison) | Laetitia Demessence | Diana Leon, Francis Ducharme, Louise Bédard, Martin Dubreuil | [2] | |
| Agatha's Almanac | Amalie Atkins | Agatha Bock | [3] | |
| Aisha's Story | Elizabeth Vibert, Chen Wang | [4] | ||
| Akashi | Mayumi Yoshida | Mayumi Yoshida, Hana Kino, Ryo Tajima, Kunio Murai | [5] | |
| Aki | Darlene Naponse | [6] | ||
| Ambush (Kameen) | Yassmina Karajah | [7] | ||
| Ancestral Beasts | Tim Riedel | [8] | ||
| Anna Kiri | Francis Bordeleau | Catherine Brunet, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Rosalie Bonenfant, Maxime de Cotret, Benoît McGinnis, Caroline Néron | [9] | |
| Another Light on the Road: Robert Frank and June Leaf's Canadian Home | Katherine Whalen, John Parlante | [10] | ||
| Any Other World | Ben Pickles | Bruce Greenwood | [11] | |
| The Art of Adventure | Alison Reid | |||
| At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te’kmujue’katik) | Bretten Hannam | Forrest Goodluck, Blake Alec Miranda, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes | [12] | |
| Aversion | Thom Fitzgerald | [13] | ||
| Ballistic | Chad Faust | [14] | ||
| Barbie Boomer | Marc Joly-Corcoran | [9] | ||
| Bassima's Womb (Le ventre de Bassima) | Babek Aliassa | Maxine Denis, Nico Lagarde, Antoine Yared, Martine Francke, Isabelle Cyr, Marie Tifo | [15] | |
| The Bearded Girl | Jody Wilson | [13] | ||
| Bedrock | Kinga Michalska | [4] | ||
| Best Boy | Jesse Noah Klein | Caroline Dhavernas, Aaron Abrams, Marc Bendavid, Lise Roy | [16] | |
| Betrayal | Lena Macdonald | [17] | ||
| Bif Naked | Pollyanna Hardwicke-Brown, Jennifer Abbott | Bif Naked | [18] | |
| Blood Lines | Gail Maurice | Dana Solomon, Derica Lafrance, Gail Maurice, Tamara Podemski | [19] | |
| Blue Heron | Sophy Romvari | Eylul Guven, Amy Zimmer, Ádám Tompa, Iringó Réti | [20] | |
| Blueberry Grunt | Sherry White | Joel Thomas Hynes, Liisa Repo-Martell | [21] | |
| BOA | Alexandre Dostie | [22] | ||
| Bots | Rich Williamson | [7] | ||
| A Breed Apart | Adam Belanger, David Lafontaine | Joshua Close, Isaac Highams, Krista Bridges, Stuart Hughes | [23] | |
| Brief Somebodies | Andy Reid | Aldrin Bundoc, Matt O'Connor, Noor Kaur Dhandha | [24] | |
| The Bruce Peninsula | Matthew Poitras | |||
| Buffet Infinity | Simon Glassman | Kevin Singh, Claire Theobald, Donovan Workun | [25] | |
| Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda) | Rohan Parashuram Kanawade | Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap | India-Canada-UK coproduction | [26] |
| Calorie | Eisha Marjara | Ellora Patnaik, Anupam Kher, Ashley Ganger, Shanaya Dhillon-Birmhan, Dolly Ahluwalia | [18] | |
| Can You Feel It Now? | Isak Vaillancourt | |||
| Casas Muertas | Rosana Matecki | [17] | ||
| Chiennes de faïence | Marie-Hélène Panisset | Sonia Quirion, Megan Saunders, Charles Papasoff, Jeremyah Mogni, Skye Dorval, Nabila Ben Youssef | [27] | |
| The Chinatown Diner | Lawrence Le Lam | Aileen Wu, Curtis Lum, Andrea Bang, Olivia Cheng, Tzi Ma | [28] | |
| Clan of the Painted Lady | Jennifer Chiu | [5] | ||
| Clear Sky | Shawn Clearsky Davis, Michael Del Monte | |||
| Compulsive Liar 2 (Menteuse) | Émile Gaudreault | Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Antoine Bertrand, Catherine Chabot, Luc Senay, Véronique Le Flaguais, Didier Lucien, Rémy Girard, Pierrette Robitaille, Martin Drainville | [29] | |
| Conceiving Clara | Tarique Qayumi | [30] | ||
| Copper (Cobre) | Nicolás Pereda | [31] | ||
| The Cost of Heaven (Gagne ton ciel) | Mathieu Denis | Samir Guesmi | [19] | |
| Crise d'ado | Marc-André Lavoie | Iani Bédard, Rose Choinière, Antonin Bouffard, Vanel Lavoie, Sonia Vachon, Réal Bossé, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Maxime Morin | [32] | |
| Crocodile Eyes | Ingrid Veninger | [30] | ||
| Cutting Through Rocks | Sara Khaki, Mohammad Reza Eyni | Multinational coproduction | [26] | |
| Dancing on the Elephant | Julia Neill, Jacob Z. Smith | Mary Walsh, Sheila McCarthy, Amanda Brugel | [21] | |
| Dangerous Animals | Sean Byrne | Hassie Harrison, Josh Heuston, Rob Carlton, Ella Newton, Liam Greinke, Jai Courtney | American-Australian-Canadian coproduction | [33] |
| Dead Lover | Grace Glowicki | Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie | [26] | |
| Death Does Not Exist (La Mort n'existe pas) | Félix Dufour-Laperrière | [34] | ||
| Deathstalker | Steven Kostanski | [20] | ||
| Degrassi: Whatever It Takes | Lisa Rideout | [35] | ||
| Deleau: Cinema Unchained (Deleau : Le cinéma en liberté) | Michel La Veaux | |||
| Demons | Kelly Fyffe-Marshall | [7] | ||
| Designed by Preeti | Gayatri Bajpai | Rashami Rustagi, Ranjita Chakravarty, Anna Khaja, Sangeeta Agrawal, Jay Charan, Frank Lawson | [36] | |
| Désolé, pardon, je m’excuse | Estévan Morin | [9] | ||
| A Dickens of a Christmas | Gillian McKercher | Ashley Newbrough, Kaya Coleman, Chad Rook | [18] | |
| Dinner with Friends | Sasha Leigh Henry | Tattiawna Jones, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell, Alex Spencer, Tymika Tafari, Rakhee Morzaria, Michael Ayres, Leighton Alexander Williams | [1] | |
| Dish Pit | Anna Hopkins | [7] | ||
| Do Us Part | Clare Preuss | Michelle Thrush, Andy Curtis, Imajyn Cardinal, Linda Kee, Katherine Rawlinson, Garret Smith, Joel David Taylor, Telly James | [18] | |
| Dolly Baby: Rhythm and Flesh | Bouchera Tahraoui | |||
| Doom Boogie | George Assimakopoulos | [37] | ||
| The Draft | Jephté Bastien | Iman Ayorinde, Hasani Freeman, Denya Normil, Darragh Mondoux, David La Haye | [38] | |
| Dream Eater | Alex Lee Williams, Mallory Drumm, Jay Drakulic | Alex Lee Williams, Mallory Drumm | [39] | |
| Elsewhere at Night (Ailleurs la nuit) | Marianne Métivier | Camille Rutherford, Garance Marillier, Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon, Émile Schneider, Amaryllis Tremblay | [40] | |
| Endless Cookie | Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver | [41] | ||
| Everest Dark | Jereme Watt | |||
| Fan | Philippe Berthelet | |||
| Fanon | Jean-Claude Barny | Alexandre Bouyer, Déborah François, Stanislas Merhar, Mehdi Senoussi | International coproduction | [2] |
| Fanny | Yan England | Milya Corbeil Gauvreau, Adélaïde Schoofs, Léokim Beaumier-Lépine, Éric Bruneau, Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Claude Legault, Hubert Proulx, Marilyse Bourke, Tanya Brideau | [42] | |
| Feed | Nancy Urich | [8] | ||
| Felt | Blake Williams | [31] | ||
| Finch and Midland | Timothy Yeung | |||
| The Flayed, Part 2 (Les Écorchés, partie 2) | Luca Jalbert | [9] | ||
| Follies (Folichonneries) | Eric K. Boulianne | Eric K. Boulianne, Catherine Chabot | [20] | |
| Forbidden Music | Barbara Hager | [43] | ||
| Foreigner | Ava Maria Safai | Rose Dehgan, Chloë Macleod | [44] | |
| Forward | Nic Collar | Clayton March, Tanner March | [45] | |
| Friends First (Les Copains d'abord) | Thomas Laliberté, Marilou Muller | |||
| Fruit Is Ripe | Yuqi Kang | [18] | ||
| The Furies (Les Furies) | Mélanie Charbonneau | Gabrielle Côté, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, France Castel, Juliette Gosselin, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Debbie Lynch-White, Nathalie Doummar, Sandrine Bisson | [46] | |
| The Future (L'Avenir) | Emmanuel Schwartz | [47] | ||
| The Gardener and the Dictator | Hui Wang | [48] | ||
| The Girl Who Cried Pearls (La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles) | Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski | [7] | ||
| Gold Bars: Who the Fuck Is Uncle Ludwig? | Billie Mintz | [30] | ||
| Hair of the Bear | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Malia Baker, Roy Dupuis, Robert Naylor, Jonathan Lawrence, Catherine Bérubé | [49] | |
| Hangashore | Justin Oakey | Hera Hilmar, James Frecheville, Stephen Oates | [21] | |
| Hank est en ville | Feber E. Coyote | [9] | ||
| Have You Heard Judi Singh? | Baljit Sangra | [4] | ||
| Healer | Chelsea McMullan | [7] | ||
| L'Héritier des secrets | Mohamed Nadif | Younes Bouab, Nadia Kounda, Mounia Zahzam, Nisrin Erradi, Mehdi Bahmad | International coproduction | [2] |
| Hemela | Pirouz Nemati | |||
| Honey Bunch | Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli | [50] | ||
| The Human Under the Bed | Euan O'Leary | |||
| I Am Pleased | Vanessa Magic | Millie Davis, Chris Locke, Emma Hunter, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll | ||
| I Fear Blue Skies | Salar Pashtoonyar | [7] | ||
| I Lost Sight of the Landscape (J’ai perdu de vue le paysage) | Sophie Bédard Marcotte | [51] | ||
| In Cold Light | Maxime Giroux | Maika Monroe, Allan Hawco, Troy Kotsur, Helen Hunt, Patrick Sabongui | [52] | |
| In Good Hands | Naomi Okabe | [37] | ||
| In the Room | Brishkay Ahmed | Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Vida Samadzai, Nelofer Pazira | [36] | |
| Inner-Walls (Au pied du mur) | Alexandra Elkin | [9] | ||
| Invisibles | Junna Chif | Nadia Essadiqi, Catherine Bérubé, Stéphane Crête, Floyd Lapierre-Poupart | [2] | |
| It Comes in Waves | Fitch Jean | Adrian Walters, Nendia Lewars, Oluniké Adeliyi | [53] | |
| Ivan | Damian Fannon | [54] | ||
| James Bay 1975 (Baie James 1975 : le choc des Nations) | Mélanie Lameboy, Myriam Berthelet, Mathieu Fournier | [2] | ||
| Jazz Infernal | Will Niava | [7] | ||
| Karupy | Kalainithan Kalaichelvan | [7] | ||
| King Arthur's Night | John Bolton | Niall McNeil, Marcus Youssef, Veda Hille | [55] | |
| King's Court | Serville Poblete | [56] | ||
| Klee | Gavin Baird | [7] | ||
| Levers | Rhayne Vermette | Val Vint, Andrina Turenne, Will George | [31] | |
| Lhasa | Sophie Leblond | Lhasa de Sela | [57] | |
| Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery | Ally Pankiw | [35] | ||
| Little Lorraine | Andy Hines | Stephen Amell, J Balvin, Sean Astin | [58] | |
| Lloyd Wong, Unfinished | Lesley Loksi Chan | [59] | ||
| Love, Harold | Alan Zweig | [18] | ||
| Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers) | Philippe Falardeau | Neil Elias Abdelwahab, Hassan Mahbouba, Rose-Marie Perreault, Paul Ahmarani | [60] | |
| Loya | Sibel Guvenc | [13] | ||
| Lullabies for Little Criminals | Sarah Gadon | [61] | ||
| Lunar Sway | Nick Butler | [57] | ||
| Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story | Kate Kroll | Luna Vachon | [30] | |
| Mad Dog (Molosse) | Marc-Antoine Lemire | [9] | ||
| The Mechanics of Borders (La mécanique des frontières) | Hubert Caron-Guay | Dylan Walsh, Sophie Fekete, Ben Peters, Robert Montcalm | [2] | |
| Made for U | Nathanael Draper | |||
| Magnetosphere | Nicola Rose | [62] | ||
| Mangittatuarjuk (The Gnawer of Rocks) | Louise Flaherty | [63] | ||
| Mare's Nest | Ben Rivers | [20] | ||
| Marriaginalia | Hannah Cheesman | [7] | ||
| Masterpiece | Evan Bard | [37] | ||
| Maurice | Serge Giguère | [64] | ||
| Maya & Samar | Anita Doron | [65] | ||
| La Mayordomía | Martin Edralin | [66] | ||
| Meadowlarks | Tasha Hubbard | Michael Greyeyes, Carmen Moore, Alex Rice, Michelle Thrush | [35] | |
| Messy Legends | Kelly Kay Hurcomb, James Watts | [9] | ||
| Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon | Alison Duke | Michelle Ross | [67] | |
| Middle Life | Pavan Moondi | Leah Fay Goldstein, Peter Dreimanis, Luke Lalonde, Norah Sadava, Colin Burgess | [68] | |
| Mile End Kicks | Chandler Levack | Juliette Gariépy, Barbie Ferreira, Devon Bostick, Stanley Simons | [69] | |
| Modern Whore | Nicole Bazuin | Andrea Werhun | [6] | |
| Montreal, My Beautiful (Montréal, ma belle) | Xiaodan He | Joan Chen, Charlotte Aubin | [70] | |
| Morgenkreis | Basma al-Sharif | [31] | ||
| Mortician | Abdolreza Kahani | Nima Sadr, Rahim Bahrami, Golazin Ardestani | [71] | |
| The Music Box | Jay Dahl | [13] | ||
| My Friend the Green Horse | Alanis Obomsawin | [72] | ||
| My Memory-Walls (Mes murs-mémoires) | Axel Robin | Rose Lévesque | [56] | |
| My Son Came Back to Disappear (Mon fils ne revint que sept jours) | Yan Giroux | Marie-France Marcotte, Francis Lahaye | [73] | |
| My Stepmother Is a Witch (Ma belle-mère est une sorcière) | Joëlle Desjardins Paquette | Juliette Aubé, Marilyn Castonguay, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Marc-André Leclair | [74] | |
| Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again | Lyana Patrick | [4] | ||
| The Nest | Chase Joynt, Julietta Singh | [75] | ||
| Nesting (Peau à peau) | Chloé Cinq-Mars | Rose-Marie Perreault | [9] | |
| Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising | Shane Belcourt | [76] | ||
| Niimi | Dana Solomon | [7] | ||
| Nika and Madison | Eva Thomas | Ellyn Jade, Star Slade, Amanda Brugel, Gail Maurice, Jennifer Podemski, Shawn Doyle | [77] | |
| Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie | Matt Johnson | Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol | [78] | |
| Nobel and the Kid | James Anthony Usas | [79] | ||
| Northbound | William Scoular | Bruce Dern | [80] | |
| Old Guys in Bed | Jean-Pierre Bergeron | Paul James Saunders, Duff MacDonald, Joan Hart, Vlasta Vrana | [81] | |
| Old Tomorrow | Kane Stewart | |||
| Once Upon My Mother (Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan) | Ken Scott | Jonathan Cohen, Leïla Bekhti, Sylvie Vartan | Canada-France coproduction | [82] |
| Out Standing | Mélanie Charbonneau | Nina Kiri, Vincent Leclerc, Antoine Pilon | [1] | |
| The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes | Jenn Strom | [5] | ||
| Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance | Noam Gonick | [83] | ||
| Paradise | Jérémy Comte | Joey Boivin-Desmeules, Daniel Atsu Hukporti | [84] | |
| Paul | Denis Côté | [50] | ||
| Paulie | Aaron Martini | |||
| Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse) | Anne Émond | Patrick Hivon, Piper Perabo | [34] | |
| Pédalo | Stéphane E. Roy | Marc Fournier, Stéphane E. Roy, Catherine Proulx-Lemay, Camille Felton, Marilyn Bastien | [85] | |
| La Pensée-Machine | Olivier D. Asselin | [86] | ||
| Petite Rose | Geneviève Dulude-De Celles | Sofia Stanina, Ekaterina Stanina, Christian Bégin, Galin Stoev | [87] | |
| Pidikwe (Rumble) | Caroline Monnet | Joséphine Bacon | [88] | |
| Pink Light | Harrison Browne | [7] | ||
| The Pitch | Michèle Hozer | [10] | ||
| A Place Where I Belong | Rheanna Toy | [89] | ||
| Plan C | Scott Cavalheiro | Claire Cavalheiro, Vivica A. Fox, Daniel DeSanto, Jamie Spilchuk, Joris Jarsky, Kris Holden-Ried | [90] | |
| Platanero | Juan Frank Hernandez | Irdens Exantus, Stanley Exantus | [91] | |
| The Players | Sarah Galea-Davis | [92] | ||
| Pool Sharks | Austin Lindsay | |||
| Poster Boy | India Opzoomer | [7] | ||
| Pride & Prayer | Panta Mosleh | [89] | ||
| Pulse of the Continent | Eric González | Jonathan Morris, Adam Meeks, Krys Bialorucki, James Clements, Keith Creel, Oscar del Cueto Cuevas | [18] | |
| The Punk of Natashquan (Le Punk de Natashquan) | Nicolas Lachapelle | Ghislain Viger | [93] | |
| Racewalkers | Kevin Claydon, Phil Moniz | Kevin Claydon, Phil Moniz, Robbie Amell, Greg Bryk, Jess Salgueiro | [94] | |
| Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts | Shervin Kermani | [7] | ||
| Replacer | Randall Okita | [13] | ||
| Révolté | Noël Mitrani | Camile Foley, Elliott Mitrani, Mélanie Elliott, Émilie Massé, Natacha Mitrani, Veronika Leclerc Strickland, Pierre-Luc Brillant | [95] | |
| Ripe (chín) | Solara Thanh Bình Đặng | [7] | ||
| Rising Through the Fray | Courtney Montour | [36] | ||
| Sacred Creatures | Frieda Luk | [13] | ||
| S.A.D. | Vanessa Sandre | |||
| Saints and Warriors | Patrick Shannon | [96] | ||
| Sea Star | Tyler McKenzie Evans | [7] | ||
| Serenity | Frank Tremblay | |||
| Shifting Baselines | Julien Élie | [51] | ||
| Shamed | Matt Gallagher | [17] | ||
| Shrimp Fried Rice | Dylan Pun | |||
| Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man | Sinakson Trevor Solway | [97] | ||
| Silver Screamers | Sean Cisterna | [98] | ||
| Singhs in the Ring | Akash Sherman | Gama Singh, Raj Singh, Bret Hart, Chelsea Green, Yuvraj Singh Dhesi, Lance Storm | [18] | |
| #skoden | Damien Eagle Bear | [99] | ||
| A Snowman's Dream | Gus Belford, Steve Belford | |||
| A Soft Touch | Heather Young | [7] | ||
| Solitudes | Ryan McKenna | [22] | ||
| Son of Sara | Houston Bone | Chloe Van Landschoot, Tymika Tafari, Garrett Hnatiuk | [100] | |
| Sounds of Glass | Morgan Abele | |||
| Space Cadet | Eric San | [50] | ||
| Spare My Bones, Coyote! | Jonah Malak | [48] | ||
| Starwalker | Corey Payette | Dillan Chiblow, Jeffrey Michael Follis, Stewart Adam McKensy, Jason Sakaki, Jennifer Lines | [101] | |
| Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Angourie Rice, Mallori Johnson, Lauren Lee Smith, Idrissa Sanogo Bamba | [102] | |
| Stereo Girls | Caroline Deruas Peano | Canada-France coproduction | [103] | |
| Still Alive in Kingston | Jay Middaugh | [37] | ||
| Still Single | Jamal Burger, Jukan Tateisi | Masaki Saito | [104] | |
| The Stolen Child | Sebastian McKinnon | [8] | ||
| Sweet Summer Pow Wow | Darrell Dennis | Joshua Odjick, Tatyana Rose Baptiste, Graham Greene | [43] | |
| Sweetness | Emma Higgins | Kate Hallett, Herman Tømmeraas, Justin Chatwin, Steven Ogg, Amanda Brugel | [105] | |
| Thanks to the Hard Work of the Elephants | Bryce Hodgson | Hunter Dillon, Kevin Nguyen, Tony Nappo, Elizabeth Saunders, Ryan McDonald | [5] | |
| There Are No Words | Min Sook Lee | [6] | ||
| They Are Sacred (Ils sont sacrés) | Kim O'Bomsawin | [4] | ||
| The Things You Kill | Alireza Khatami | Ekin Koç, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, Ercan Kesal | Turkey, France, Poland, Canada coproduction | [26] |
| Tie Man | Rémi Fréchette | [9] | ||
| Le Tour de Canada | John Hollands | |||
| The Track | Ryan Sidhoo | [106] | ||
| The Train (Le Train) | Marie Brassard | Thalie Rhainds, Electra Codina Morelli, Larissa Corriveau, Lenni-Kim | [107] | |
| Treasure of the Rice Terraces | Kent Donguines | [5] | ||
| A Tribe Called Love | Mohamed Ahmed | Dalmar Abuzeid, Feaven Abera, Omar Abdi | [36] | |
| True North | Michèle Stephenson | [108] | ||
| Tuktuit: Caribou | Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre | [63] | ||
| Turn It Up! | Samuel Scott | [8] | ||
| Two Women (Deux femmes en or) | Chloé Robichaud | Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Laurence Leboeuf, Félix Moati, Mani Soleymanlou, Sophie Nélisse, Juliette Gariépy | Remake of 1970s film Two Women in Gold | [26] |
| The Undertone | Ian Tuason | Nina Kiri, Kris Holden-Ried, Michèle Duquet, Keana Lyn Bastidas | [109] | |
| Unlabelled | Colette Johnson-Vosberg | [101] | ||
| #Vanlife | Trevor Cameron | Michelle Thrush, Justin Derickson, Dakota Ray Hebert, Tahmoh Penikett, Joel Montgrand | [110] | |
| Veins (Nervures) | Raymond St-Jean | [57] | ||
| Vermillion | Amy Trefry | Lyndie Greenwood, Amy Trefry, Katarina Bakolias | [73] | |
| A View from Home | Mingzhe Zhou | [56] | ||
| Ville Jacques-Carton | Jean-Marc E. Roy, André Forcier | Pierre Curzi, Michèle Deslauriers, Gaston Lepage, Sandrine Bisson, France Castel, Charlotte Aubin | [111] | |
| Violence | Connor Marsden | Rohan Campbell, Maddie Hasson, Greg Bryk, Sarah Grey | [23] | |
| Waiting for the Storms (Le Temps) | François Delisle | [112] | ||
| We Will Not Be Silenced | Catherine Hébert, Elric Robichon | [57] | ||
| We'll Find Happiness (On sera heureux) | Léa Pool | Mehdi Meskar, Alexandre Landry, Aron Archer, Céline Bonnier, Sascha Ley, Jérôme Varanfrain, Joël Delsaut | [113] | |
| Welcome | Jevon Boreland | Emmanuel Kabongo, Shailene Garnett, Brianna Goldie | [114] | |
| A Welcome Distraction | Brian Daniel Johnson | |||
| The Well | Hubert Davis | Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, Joanne Boland, Arnold Pinnock, Sheila McCarthy | [115] | |
| What We Dreamed of Then | Taylor Olson | Hugh Thompson, Parveen Kaur | [21] | |
| What We Leave Behind (Ce qu'on laisse derrière) | Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel | [22] | ||
| Where Souls Go (Où vont les âmes?) | Brigitte Poupart | Sara Montpetit, Micheline Lanctôt, Monia Chokri, Julianne Côté | [70] | |
| While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts | Peter Mettler | [6] | ||
| Who Killed the Montreal Expos? (Qui a tué les Expos de Montréal?) | Jean-François Poisson | [116] | ||
| Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara) | Zacharias Kunuk | Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, Leah Panimera, Mark Taqqaugaq, Emma Quassa | [88] | |
| Year of the Dragon | Giran Findlay-Liu | [7] | ||
| Youngblood | Hubert Davis | Ashton James, Blair Underwood, Oluniké Adeliyi, Henri Richer-Picard | [19] | |
| Yunan | Ameer Fakher Eldin | Georges Khabbaz, Sibel Kekilli, Ali Suliman, Hanna Schygulla, Tom Wlaschiha | Multinational coproduction | [117] |
See also
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- ^ a b c Anthony D'Alessandro, "TIFF Centrepiece Section Counts 55 Titles Including Pics Starring Shailene Woodley, Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Samara Weaving, Stephen Graham & More". Deadline Hollywood, August 5, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Mona Tabbara, "Locarno unveils 2025 line-up including premieres of Radu Jude’s ‘Dracula’, Kamal Aljafari’s ‘With Hasan In Gaza’". Screen Daily, July 8, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Kelly Townsend, "AIFF unveils four Atlantic features as world premieres for 45th festival". Playback, July 23, 2025.
- ^ a b c Zac Ntim, "Locarno Sets Short & Medium Length Competition Titles, Neo Sora & Salvatore Mereu To Debut New Works". Deadline Hollywood, July 1, 2025.
- ^ a b Jamie Casemore, "Cinéfest’s first wave of titles includes two world premieres". Playback, August 5, 2025.
- ^ James Kleinmann, "SXSW 2025 Short Film Review: Brief Somebodies". The Queer Review, March 8, 2025.
- ^ William Earl, "‘Buffet Infinity,’ A Surreal Horror Comedy Made From Low-Budget TV Ads, Acquired by Yellow Veil Pictures Before Fantasia Premiere". Variety, July 22, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Jeremy Kay, "Sundance 2025 line-up includes new Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Lopez films". Screen Daily, December 11, 2024.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Chiennes de faïence – Film de Marie-Hélène Panisset". Films du Québec, May 21, 2025.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (19 September 2024). "'The Chinatown Diner': First Teaser Revealed For Under-The-Radar Indie Pic Starring Aileen Wu, Curtis Lum, Andrea Bang, Olivia Cheng & Tzi Ma". Deadline. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Production wraps on Émile Gaudreault’s Menteuse". Playback, June 24, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Nicholas Sokic, "Luna Vachon doc among Canadian Film Fest world premieres". Playback, March 5, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Jeremy Kay, "TIFF unveils 25th edition of Wavelengths strand". Screen Daily, August 8, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Crise d’ado – Film de Marc-André Lavoie". Films du Québec, February 15, 2025.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (May 17, 2025). "'Dangerous Animals' Review: A Great, White-Knuckle Horror Movie Featuring a Shark-Obsessed Serial Killer". Variety. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
- ^ a b Coralie Laplante, "Anne Émond et Félix Dufour-Laperrière seront de la Quinzaine des cinéastes à Cannes". Le Devoir, April 15, 2025.
- ^ a b c Anthony D'Alessandro, "TIFF Galas & Presentations: World Premieres ‘Good Fortune’, ‘Nuremberg’, Sydney Sweeney Pic ‘Christy’, Angelina Jolie ‘Couture’; North American Debuts Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’, Dwayne Johnson ‘Smashing Machine’". Deadline Hollywood, July 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Jamie Casemore, "Reelworld unveils 2025 film lineup, Trailblazer Award recipients". Playback, September 23, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Jamie Casemore, "World premieres, sneak peek of B2F’s Doom Boogie set for KCFF". Playback, January 21, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Draft, The – Film de Jephté Bastien". Films du Québec, February 23, 2025.
- ^ Earl, William (August 8, 2025). "Buzzy Festival Hit 'Dream Eater' Sets Theatrical Release via Eli Roth's The Horror Section, Reveals Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "Marianne Métivier’s debut feature to film in Quebec, Philippines". Playback, August 21, 2024.
- ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "Animated doc by 2 brothers from Shamattawa, Man., to premiere at Sundance Film Festival". CBC News Manitoba, January 22, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Yan England tourne « Fanny Cloutier »". Films du Québec, August 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Jamie Casemore, "Two Canadian films set for world premiere in Victoria". Playback, January 13, 2025.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "Teen horror film Foreigner to shoot in Vancouver". Playback, August 2, 2024.
- ^ "‘Forward’: A Film About Adaptive Sports and Possibility". Mountain Life, November 14, 2025.
- ^ Charles=Henri Ramond, "Furies, Les – Film de Mélanie Charbonneau". Films du Québec, November 23, 2025.
- ^ Christian Saint-Pierre, "«L’avenir»: le théâtre et son double". Le Devoir, August 27, 2025.
- ^ a b Pat Mullen, "Hot Docs Announces Full Line-up, Fest to Open with Parade". Point of View, March 25, 2025.
- ^ Adrian Mack, "Hair of the Bear searches out psychological thrills in a lethal landscape". Stir, February 25, 2026.
- ^ a b c Jamie Casemore, "Denis Côté doc among Canadian films to screen at Berlinale". Playback, December 17, 2024.
- ^ a b Nicholas Sokic, "Two Canadian docs set for Visions du Réel world premieres". Playback, March 13, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Maxime Giroux’s In Cold Light to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival". Playback, April 17, 2025.
- ^ "Le film « It Comes in Waves » de Fitch Jean sera présenté au Cinéfest". CBON-FM, September 17, 2025.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "Artificial intelligence horror film Ivan wraps in Ottawa". Playback, August 16, 2024.
- ^ Nidhil Vohra, "King Arthur’s Night Review: An Inclusive Peek Behind the Curtain". Point of View, June 27, 2025.
- ^ a b c Jamie Casemore, "Hot Docs unveils award nominees for 2025 festival". Playback, April 16, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Pat Mullen, "Two Docs Among Canadian First Look Spotlight at Locarno". Point of View, July 16, 2025.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "Little Lorraine crime film wraps in Nova Scotia, Ontario". Playback, August 26, 2024.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Lloyd Wong, Unfinished wins short film Golden Bear in Berlin". Playback, February 24, 2025.
- ^ Éric Lavallée, "Cold Feet: Philippe Falardeau Drives Away with ‘Mille secrets mille dangers’". Ioncinema, October 18, 2024.
- ^ Victoria Ahearn, "Sarah Gadon sets plans for feature directorial debut". Playback, September 13, 2022.
- ^ Justin Anderson, "Feature film Magnetosphere ready to roll in Sault Ste. Marie". Playback, July 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Andrew Tracy, "Five Canadian-produced shorts slated for Sundance ’26". Playback, December 18, 2025.
- ^ Justine Smith, "Maurice is an intimate look at Quebec's biggest hockey hero". CBC Arts, February 28, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Politics collide with sensuality in erotic queer drama Maya & Samar". Playback, March 19, 2026.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "Garanti 100% Kréol & La Mayordomia Review: A Double Bill of Good Fortune". Point of View, April 29, 2025.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon Celebrates a Beloved Drag Queen". Point of View, October 8, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Pavan Moondi’s Middle Life wraps production in L.A.". Playback, January 22, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mile End Kicks en tournage". Films du Québec, September 4, 2024.
- ^ a b Nicole Thompson, "'Peak Everything' among 10 Canadian films up for Windsor International Film Festival prize". St. Albert Gazette, September 10, 2025.
- ^ Callum McLennan, "‘Mortician’ Tops Edinburgh Film Festival as Event Balances Discovery, Retrospectives and Industry Debate". Variety, August 20, 2025.
- ^ Nidhil Vohra, "Now Streaming: My Friend the Green Horse Is Alanis Obomsawin’s Ode to Nature". Point of View, June 9, 2025.
- ^ a b Andrew Tracy, "Atlantic Int’l Film Festival unveils full lineup for 2025 edition". Playback, August 13, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ma belle-mère est une sorcière bientôt à l’affiche". Films du Québec, July 11, 2025.
- ^ Nicholas Sokic, "Chase Joynt’s The Nest among Hot Docs world premieres". Playback, March 12, 2025.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "How Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising Harnesses a Call to Spirit". Point of View, September 7, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Eva Thomas directs first solo feature with Nika & Madison". Playback, November 12, 2024.
- ^ Megan Lapierre, "'Nirvanna the Band the Movie' to Premiere at SXSW 2025". Exclaim!, January 23, 2025.
- ^ Brendan Christie, "Cyber-punk thriller Nobel and the Kid kicks off in North Bay". Playback, December 18, 2023.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "Production wraps on William Scoular’s Northbound". Playback, August 21, 2024.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fantasia: Old Guys In Bed en première". Films du Québec, June 10, 2025.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "Un garçon pas comme les autres". La Presse, 4 April 2025.
- ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "Safety of Palestinian documentary filmmaker top of mind at Hot Docs programming event". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 26, 2025.
- ^ Melanie Goodfellow, "Film Constellation Unveils First Look For Jérémy Comte’s Quebec & Ghana-Set Thriller ‘Paradise’ As Elevation Pictures Takes Canadian Rights". Deadline Hollywood, January 14, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Pédalo – Film de Stéphane E. Roy". Films du Québec, March 2, 2025.
- ^ François Lévesque, "«La pensée-machine»: plaidoyer pour une humanité renouvelée". Le Devoir, April 11, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fin de tournage pour Geneviève Dulude-De Celles". Films du Québec, December 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Jamie Casemore, "Zacharias Kunuk’s Uiksaringitara to have world premiere in Berlin". Playback, January 16, 2025.
- ^ a b Karlie Rogers, "Vancouver Queer Film Festival Announces 2025 Programming". Exclaim!, August 14, 2025.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "Actor Scott Cavalheiro turns director for gritty thriller Plan C". Playback, July 26, 2024.
- ^ "« Platanero » de Juan Frank Hernandez se retrouvera en compétition à Sundance". Qui Fait Quoi, December 17, 2024.
- ^ Emma Badame, "New Trailer and Poster for The Players". That Shelf, January 29, 2025.
- ^ "Le punk de Natashquan en première au Festival Regard". Ici Radio-Canada Première, March 19, 2025.
- ^ Emma Badame, "Racewalkers Review: Big Jokes, Big Heart". That Shelf, June 4, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Noël Mitrani tourne « Révolté »". Films du Québec, July 17, 2024.
- ^ Nathan Caddell, "DOXA 2025: Basketball is much more than a game in Saints and Warriors". The Georgia Straight, May 1, 2025.
- ^ Jason Gorber, "Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man Review – Breaking Down the Strong Silent Type". Point of View, April 26, 2025.
- ^ Brendan Christie, "Blue Ice Docs boards Sean Cisterna doc Silver Screamers". Playback, April 29, 2024.
- ^ Marc Glassman, "#skoden Review: The Man Behind the Meme". Point of View, May 1, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Houston Bone’s ‘Son of Sara’ to premiere at Blood in the Snow". Playback, October 27, 2025.
- ^ a b Nicholas Sokic, "Two Canadian world premieres set for Inside Out 2025". Playback, May 2, 2025.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "Clement Virgo’s Steal Away wraps principal photography in Belgium". Playback, July 19, 2024.
- ^ Nick Vivarelli, "Venice Critics’ Week Unveils Brit-Packed Lineup, Including Julia Jackman’s ‘100 Nights of Hero’ Starring Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine and Charli xcx". Variety, July 21, 2025.
- ^ Erin Hershberg, "A documentary about sushi master Masaki Saito will premiere at TIFF". Toronto Life, August 7, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Emma Higgins’ Sweetness to debut at SXSW". Playback, February 7, 2025.
- ^ Matthew Carey, "In ‘The Track’ Young Lugers Pursue Olympic Dreams On A Course Pocked With Scars Of War – True/False Film Fest". Deadline Hollywood, March 1, 2025.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "Festival du nouveau cinéma: Le premier film de Marie Brassard en clôture". La Presse, August 7, 2025.
- ^ Courtney Small, "True North Review: The Power of Student Protest". Point of View, September 6, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Production wraps on Ian Tuason’s feature debut The Undertone". Playback, February 26, 2025.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "Trevor Cameron embarks on scripted film debut with #Vanlife". Playback, August 14, 2024.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fantasia: Première de Ville Jacques-Carton". Films du Québec, June 12, 2025.
- ^ "« Le temps » de François Delisle sera présenté en première mondiale au FIFA". Qui Fait Quoi, February 27, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Léa Pool tourne L’habit du héros". Films du Québec, July 30, 2024.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Breaking Glass Pictures acquires Jevon Boreland’s Welcome". Playback, February 18, 2025.
- ^ Courtney Small, "The Well Review: Something in the Water". That Shelf, July 22, 2025.
- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Netflix asks Who Killed the Montreal Expos? and everyone’s a suspect". The Globe and Mail, October 21, 2025.
- ^ Nicholas Sokic, "Canadian copro Yunan to compete at Berlinale". Playback, January 21, 2025.