List of Canadian films of 2026
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This is a list of Canadian films slated for release in 2026:
| Title | Director | Cast | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After Love | Marjan Hashemi | [1] | ||
| Agnes | Leah Vlemmiks | [2] | ||
| Ancestral Beasts | Tim Riedel | [3] | ||
| Au revoir Pluton | Sarianne Cormier | Sarah Jeanne Audet, Zachary Belharbi, Raphaëlle Morissette | [4] | |
| Black Zombie | Maya Annik Bedward | [5] | ||
| BYEEEE | Chell Stephen | Romina D'Ugo, Augustus Rivers, Katie Boland, Maddy Foley | [6] | |
| Cabbage Daddy | Grace An | [2] | ||
| CFNY: The Spirit of Radio | Matt Schichter | [7] | ||
| Crash Land | Dempsey Bryk | Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, Noah Nemo Parker | [8] | |
| Don't Forget the Oatmeal (Oublie pas le gruau) | Olivier Godin | Jean-Marc Dalpé, Kayo Yasuhara, Eric Jacobus, Dennis Ruel | [9] | |
| François.e | Jean-François Asselin | Louis Morissette, Pascale Drevillon, Geneviève Schmidt, Robin Aubert, Rachel Graton, Denis Marchand, Irdens Exantus | [10] | |
| Gold Blooded | Matt Campagna, Andre Rehal | Ari Millen | [11] | |
| Hantée | Rafaël Ouellet | Jade Brind'Amour, Virginie Fortin, Évelyne Brochu, François Létourneau, Emma Bao Linh, Claude Legault, Katherine Levac | [12] | |
| Holy Days | Nathalie Boltt | Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes | Canada-New Zealand co-production | [6] |
| Homicide involontaire | Noël Mitrani | Elliott Mitrani, Mélanie Elliott, Laurent Lucas, Noémie Godin Vigneau, Guillaume Rodrigue, Leilia Gagné, Richard Jutras, Camile Foley | [13] | |
| How Brief | Kelly McCormack | [2] | ||
| Hyena | Matthew Ninaber | [14] | ||
| Hypernormalized | Justin McConnell | Michelle D'Alessandro Hatt, Adam Buller, Adrian Patterson, Robert LaSardo, Caryn Richman, Duane Whitaker, Matt Farley, Hiroshi Watanabe, Victor Miró | [15] | |
| Kairos | Jennifer Alleyn | Philippe-Audrey Larrue-Saint-Jacques, Théodore Pellerin, Emmanuel Schwartz | [16] | |
| Lunar Sway | Nick Butler | Noah Parker, Douglas Smith, Liza Weil | [17] | |
| Ma fille tu seras libre | Bachir Bensaddek | [18] | ||
| Mihnea | Mike Doaga | [19] | ||
| The Myth of a Real Man | Lee Filipovski | Milica Gojković, Filip Đurić, Bogdan Diklić, Vesna Trivalić, Cynthia Ashperger | [20] | |
| Nightmare's Advice (Cauchemar Conseil) | Renaud Després-Larose, Ana Tapia Rousiouk | [9] | ||
| Nina Roza | Geneviève Dulude-De Celles | Galin Stoev, Chiara Caselli, Michelle Tzontchev, Mart Lachev | [21] | |
| Nobody Sees Me Like You Do | Keith Hodder | Joelle Farrow, Eric Osbourne, Robert Bazzocchi, Neeky Dalir | [22] | |
| Nuisance Bear | Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman | Feature expansion of the 2021 short film Nuisance Bear | [23] | |
| The Outer Threat | William Woods | Constance Wu, William Fichtner, Mark O'Brien | [24] | |
| Paradise | Jérémy Comte | [25] | ||
| Pauline Julien: femme pays | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Suzanne Clément, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, Steve Gagnon, Kathleen Fortin, Violette Chauveau, Véronique Côté | [26] | |
| Los Rios | Ryan Fyfe-Brown, Dale Bailey | [19] | ||
| Rock Springs | Vera Miao | Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Jimmy O. Yang | [27] | |
| A Safe Distance | Gloria Mercer | [28] | ||
| The Sandbox | Kenya-Jade Pinto | [29] | ||
| Seahorse | Aisha Evelyna | Aisha Evelyna, Joseph Marcell, Ruth Goodwin, Brett Donahue, Alden Aldair | [30] | |
| Six Neorealist Portraits (Six portraits néoréalistes) | Robert Morin | [9] | ||
| The Snake | Jenna MacMillan | Susan Kent, Jonathan Torrens, Robin Duke, Dan Petronijevic | [30] | |
| Sorority Shark Attack | David Langlois | Kate Mayhew, Sarah Iranca, Marc Rico Ludwig, Paul Matte, Martin Egas, Lee J. Poichuk, Robert Carradine | [31] | |
| Stranger in Town | Melanie Oates | Sophie Nélisse, Sydney Topliffe, Charlie Carrick | [32] | |
| The Stunt Driver | Michael Dowse | Jay Baruchel, Ed Helms, Ben Foster, Dan Bakkedahl, Laurence Leboeuf | [33] | |
| The Tower That Built a City | Mark Myers | [5] | ||
| Violence du corps de l'autre | Denis Côté | Larissa Corriveau, Pierrette Robitaille, Philippe Rebbot, Louise Deschâtelets, Eve Pressault | [34] | |
| What We Breathe on Tatooine (Ce qu’on respire sur Tatouine) | Ian Lagarde | Louis Carrière, Amaryllis Tremblay, Catherine Brunet, Stéphane Crête, Moe Jeudy-Lamour | [35] | |
| #WhileBlack | Sidney Fussell, Jennifer Holness | [30] |
See also
References
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Iran’s Madakto Pictures acquires Marjan Hashemi’s After Love". Playback, March 9, 2026.
- ^ a b c Andrew Tracy, "Five Canadian-produced shorts slated for Sundance ’26". Playback, December 18, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Mongrel Media boards Indigenous horror Ancestral Beasts". Playback, December 4, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Au revoir Pluton en salle le 27 mars". Films du Québec, February 19, 2026.
- ^ a b Etan Vlessing, "Kenny Loggins Doc by Dori Berinstein to World Premiere at Hot Docs". The Hollywood Reporter, March 10, 2026.
- ^ a b Andrew Tracy, "Kingston Canadian Film Festival lines up 34 features for 2026". Playback, February 3, 2026.
- ^ "Deals: TVO, Boat Rocker, Blue Ant, Telus". Playback, December 19, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Stunt comedy Crash Land wraps production". Playback, November 27, 2025.
- ^ a b c Charles-Henri Ramond, "La Semaine de la critique revient en force". Films du Québec, December 17, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "François.e en tournage". Films du Québec, May 20, 2025.
- ^ Jesse Whittock, "Western Thriller ‘Gold Blooded’ Launches Through HighballTV & Multivisionnaire Pictures". Deadline Hollywood, December 3, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Rafaël Ouellet tourne Hantée". Films du Québec, September 23, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fin de tournage pour Noël Mitrani". Films du Québec, September 19, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Black Fawn Distribution acquires Matthew Ninaber’s Hyena". Playback, February 11, 2026.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Justin McConnell films across continents for Hypernormalized". Playback, November 25, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Jennifer Alleyn’s Kairos to close 2026 Rendez-vous festival". Playback, March 18, 2026.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Nick Butler’s Lunar Sway acquired for multiple territories". Playback, February 19, 2026.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ma fille tu seras libre en salle le 27 mars". Films du Québec, February 18, 2026.
- ^ a b Jamie Casemore, "Two features to world premiere at Canadian Film Fest". Playback, March 3, 2026.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "The Myth of a Real Man wraps shoot in Serbia". Playback, October 29, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Quebec copro Nina Roza to world premiere in Berlinale Competition". Playback, January 20, 2026.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Keith Hodder rolls on feature debut in Toronto". Playback, October 29, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Canadian doc Nuisance Bear to world premiere at Sundance". Playback, December 11, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "The Coven acquires sales rights to William Woods’ The Outer Threat". Playback, November 12, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Jérémy Comte’s Paradise to premiere at Berlinale". Playback, January 14, 2026.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fin de tournage pour Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette". Films du Québec, December 2, 2025.
- ^ Michael Gingold, "'The Undertone' and more are part of the Midnight features at 2026 Sundance Film Festival". Rue Morgue, December 10, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "B.C. thriller A Safe Distance to world premiere at SXSW". Playback, February 13, 2026.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Kenya-Jade Pinto’s The Sandbox slates CPH:DOX premiere". Playback, February 13, 2026.
- ^ a b c Andrew Tracy, "Jenna MacMillan’s The Snake to world premiere at SXSW ’26". Playback, January 15, 2026.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Sorority Shark Attack wraps shoot in Peterborough". Playback, October 28, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Melanie Oates rolls in B.C. on latest feature Stranger in Town". Playback, November 7, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Protagonist Pictures boards Michael Dowse’s The Stunt Driver". Playback, November 5, 2025.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Denis Côté tourne Violence du corps de l’autre". Films du Québec, September 18, 2025.
- ^ Andrew Tracy, "Cameras roll on What We Breathe on Tatooine adaptation". Playback, December 11, 2025.