Deux femmes en or (Two Women)

Director Chloé Robichaud
Year 2025
Run Time 100min
Genre Comedy, Drama
Two mothers living next door to each other each feel overwhelmed by societal pressures, and undervalued in their respective marriages. When one enters into a spontaneous affair, it sends both of them on a journey of self-realization.
 

Director

Chloé Robichaud

Writer

Catherine Léger

Cast

Laurence Leboeuf, Mani Soleymanlou, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman

Producers

Martin Paul-Hus, Catherine Léger

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Interests

Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

French

Mille secrets, mille dangers (Lovely Day)

Director Philippe Falardeau
Year 2025
Run Time 119min
Genre Comedy, Drama
In this new comedy from Philippe Falardeau, a neurotic groom finds his anxieties and insecurities bubbling to the surface as plans start to go awry on the day of his wedding, threatening to spoil the big day.

Director

Philippe Falardeau

Quebecois director and screenwriter Falardeau has won more than 32 international awards for his films, which include Monsieur Lazhar, La moitié gauche du frigo, C’est pas moi, je le jure!, The Good Lie, Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre, and My Salinger Year. He also directed the TV shows Le temps des framboises, and Lac-Mégantic - ceci n’est pas un accident

Writers

Philippe Falardeau, Alain Farah

Cast

Rose-Marie Perreault, Clodine Desrochers, Georges Khabbaz

Producers

Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Interests

Family Relationships, Literary Adaptation

Original Language

French

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

Directors Andy Jones, Michael Jones
Year 1986
Run Time 110min
Genre Comedy
2026 spotlight contributor Mary Walsh
Faustus Bidgood is a man torn between very different realities. In one, he’s a mundane clerk at the Newfoundland Department of Education, diligently fulfilling his duties. In the other, he’s a prophet and revolutionary that is unexpectedly leading Newfoundland’s quest to secede from Canada. 

This brilliantly wacky and satirical cult comedy took almost a decade to make and was the first film to be produced entirely in Newfoundland. It was nominated for three Genie Awards including Best Screenplay.

Directors

Andy Jones, Michael Jones

Writers

Andy Jones, Michael Jones

Cast

Andy Jones, Greg Malone

Producers

Andy Jones, Michael Jones

Genre

Comedy

Interest

Cult & Offbeat Cinema

Original Language

English

Boxcutter

Director Reza Dahya
Year 2024
Run Time 93min
Genre Comedy, Drama
2026 spotlight contributor Adam Nayman
Rome (Ashton James), an aspiring rapper, has a golden opportunity to share his work with a top record producer. But tragedy strikes as thieves break into his apartment, and steal his laptop with the only copies of his demos. With his career hanging in the balance, Rome goes on a quest across Toronto to recover his music before it’s too late.

This inspiring first feature from longtime radio host Rez Dahya won the award for Outstanding Direction in a Feature Film at the Reelworld Film Festival and went on to play at South By Southwest.

“It is a portrait of a city that feels both nuanced and universal” — Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail

Director

Reza Dahya

Writer

Chris Cromie

Cast

Zoe Lewis, Ashton James

Producers

Soko Negash, Reza Dahya, Alison Almeida, Kirthiga Rajanayagam

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Interest

Arts and Culture

Original Language

English

The End of Sex

Director Sean Garrity
Year 2022
Run Time 87min
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
2026 spotlight contributor Emily Hampshire
Gifted a brief reprieve from the pressures of parenthood with their kids off at a sleepaway camp, Josh (Jonas Chernick) and Emma (Emily Hampshire) decide to use the opportunity to attempt to rekindle the passion in their relationship. Their efforts to spice things up quickly lead to a series of hilarious misadventures with unexpected complications.

Featuring outrageous performances by a terrific cast, this witty look at long term relationships is a fun and fresh entry into the romantic comedy genre.

“Heartfelt and funny in all the right places.” — Rachel Ho, Exclaim!

Director

Sean Garrity

Writer

Jonas Chernick

Cast

Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire

Producer

Justin Rebelo

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Interest

Family Relationships

Original Language

English

Endless Cookie

Directors Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver (Cree)
Year 2025
Run Time 97min
Genre Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama
2026 spotlight contributor Staff Pick
Seth Scriver, living in Toronto, has always looked up to his half-brother Pete, a gifted storyteller who lives in Shamattawa, a First Nations reserve in Northern Manitoba. Using his signature psychedelic animated style, Seth brings Pete’s stories to life, intersplicing them with satirical vignettes about Canadian culture and perspectives.

Wildly imaginative and lovingly crafted over the course of nearly a decade, this unique animated documentary won the Audience Choice Award at Hot Docs in 2025 and Best Animated Film from the Toronto Film Critics Association. 

Endless Cookie is not like anything else and yet it is very much like life.” — Jennie Kermode, Eye For Film

Directors

Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver (Cree)

Writers

Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver (Cree)

Cast

Peter Scriver, Seth Scriver

Producers

Daniel Bekerman, Alex Ordanis, Chris Yurkovich, Jason Ryle (Anishinaabe), Seth Scriver

Genres

Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Interests

BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Indigenous Filmmaker

Original Languages

Cree, English

Les furies (The Furies)

Director Mélanie Charbonneau
Year 2025
Run Time 105min
Genre Comedy
2026 spotlight contributor Kim Thúy
When Waterloo gets a new semi-pro men’s hockey team, the local women’s amateur leagues are kicked out of the arena. Determined to avenge their lost ice time, an impulsive hockey player teams up with a local roller derby legend to recruit the town’s outcasts and form an underground roller derby team. 

This bold feminist sports comedy features a hilarious cast of characters that are sure to have you rolling in the aisles.

“Gabrielle Côté puts together all the ingredients of a classic sports comedy, with a healthy dose of ‘girl power’ and female solidarity” — Maxime Demers, Le Journal de Montréal

Director

Mélanie Charbonneau

Quebec-based director Charbonneau started her career directing commercials. Her first short film, Seule (Single), played at several international festivals, including Cannes, and her short film Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous collected over 30 prizes at festivals internationally. Fabuleuses (Fabulous) was her first feature. She has also directed episodes of Je ne suis pas un robot (I am Not a Robot).

 

Writer

Gabrielle Côté

Cast

Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Gabrielle Côté, France Castel

Producers

Émilie Beaulieu, Sarah Châtelain, Stephanie Pages

Genre

Comedy

Interests

Female Filmmaker, Sports, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

French

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

Director Matt Johnson
Year 2025
Run Time 95min
Genre Comedy
2026 spotlight contributor Staff Pick
Based on the hit series Nirvanna the Band the Show, longtime friends and bandmates Matt (Matt Johnson) and Jay (Jay McCarrol) have been trying for over a dozen years to book a show for their band at The Rivoli through zany, unconventional methods. When their latest (and most outlandish) effort leads to them accidentally travelling back in time, they get taken on an adventure that threatens to change everything.

A hilarious romp that goes far beyond just being for fans of the show, this instant cult classic won the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award at TIFF and was named to their Canada’s Top Ten list.

“A comedic delight from beginning to end, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a must-see comedy worthy of spanning time for.” — Courtney Small, That Shelf

Director

Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson is a writer, actor, and director who co-created the cult web series Nirvanna the Band the Show, which he adapted for television in 2016. His first two features, The Dirties and Operation Avalanche were featured at the Slamdance and Sundance film festivals respectively. His third feature, BlackBerry, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2023, and earned 28 awards, including 14 Canadian Screen Awards, and another 31 nominations internationally.

Writers

Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol

Cast

Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol, Jared Raab

Producers

Matthew Miller, Matt Greyson

Genre

Comedy

Interest

Arts and Culture

Original Language

English

Tous toqués! (All Stirred Up!)

Director Manon Briand
Year 2024
Run Time 112min
Genre Comedy, Family
In this heartwarming comedy set in a small Quebec town near the US border, a reviled customs officer convinces a famous chef to mentor her 10-year-old daughter as she prepares to compete in a prestigious local youth cooking competition. 
 

Director

Manon Briand

Briand is a filmmaker and writer whose first short film, Les sauf-conduits, won Best Canadian Short Film at TIFF. She also directed a segment of the anthology Cosmos. Her features include 2 secondes, La turbulence des fluides (Chaos and Desire, for which she won a Jutra Award), Liverpool and Tous Toqués !, all of which she wrote and directed.

Writer

Manon Briand

Cast

Edouard Baer, Martin Gauthier, Julie Le Breton

Producer

Pierre Even

Genres

Comedy, Family

Interests

Arts and Culture, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

French

Paying for It

Director Sook-Yin Lee
Year 2024
Run Time 85min
Genre Comedy

Director

Sook-Yin Lee

Writers

Sook-Yin Lee, Joanne Sarazen

Cast

Andrea Werhun, Dan Beirne, Emily Lê

Producers

Matt Code, Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos

Genre

Comedy

Interest

Female Filmmaker

Original Language

English