Matt and Mara

Director Kazik Radwanski
Year 2024
Run Time 80min
Genre Drama, Romance

Director

Kazik Radwanski

Writers

Samantha Chater, Kazik Radwanski

Cast

Michael Michael Kolberg, Matt Johnson, Deragh Campbell

Producer

Candice Napoleone

Genres

Drama, Romance

Interest

Strong Female Leads

Original Language

English

Sweet Summer Pow Wow

Director Darrell Dennis (Secwepemc)
Year 2025
Run Time 93min
Genre Comedy, Romance

Director

Darrell Dennis (Secwepemc)

Writers

Darrell Dennis (Secwepemc), Katya Gardner

Cast

Joshua Odjick (Algonquin/Anishinaabe), Tatyana Rose Baptiste (Syilx Okanagan), Graham Greene (Oneida)

Producers

Leslie D. Bland, Harold Joe

Genres

Comedy, Romance

Interests

Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

English

Young Werther

Director José Lourenço
Year 2024
Run Time 101min
Genre Comedy, Romance

While on a simple errand to Toronto, a carefree and charming young writer named Werther (Douglas Booth) meets Charlotte (Alison Pill), who he believes love of his life. There's only one thing standing in the way - her engagement to another man. Despite the urgings of his hypochondriac best friend, Werther turns his world upside down in a desperate, misguided and hilarious quest to win her heart.

Director

José Lourenço

Writers

Johann Goethe, José Lourenço

Cast

Alison Pill, Patrick J. Adams, Iris Apatow

Producer

Douglas Booth

Genres

Comedy, Romance

Interest

Strong Female Leads

Original Language

English

Entre la mer et l’eau douce (Between Sweet and Salt Water)

Director Michel Brault
Year 1967
Run Time 85min
Genre Drama, Romance
Claude (Gauthier), an ambitious young singer, leaves his small town for the promise of a career in the big city. When he meets a charming young waitress named Geneviève (Bujold), he is instantly smitten. But when he gets a life-changing opportunity, he is  forced to choose between this blossoming romance and his lifelong dream.

Director

Michel Brault

Writers

Marcel Dubé, Michel Brault, Denys Arcand

Cast

Geneviève Bujold, Claude Gauthier

Producer

Pierre Patry

Genres

Drama, Romance

Interest

Arts and Culture

Original Language

French

Die Alone

Director Lowell Dean
Year 2024
Run Time 91min
Genre Horror, Romance, Thriller
While fleeing to a safe refuge during a zombie apocalypse, Ethan (Smith) suffers an accident and is left suffering with amnesia and mysteriously separated from his girlfriend. When he meets Mae (Moss), a weary survivalist, she offers to help him on his quest to find her, even as their situation becomes increasingly perilous. 

A brilliant blend of romance and horror, Die Alone is a refreshing take on the zombie genre with a heartfelt message at its core. 

“This isn’t just a zombie film; it’s a haunting exploration of love, loss, and what it means to hold on when everything else falls apart.” – Thom Ernst, Original Cin
 

Director

Lowell Dean

Dean began his career as a director with short films such as Juice Pigs, which he co-wrote, and episodes of Canadian TV series such as Dust Up, and Blood, Lies and Alibis. He has gone on to direct six feature films which include comedy-horror Wolfcop, its well-deserved sequel Another Wolfcop, and the action-packed Supergrid. In 2024, he released two films, Dark Match and Die Alone, which premiered at Sitges Film Festival and took home the Midnight X-treme audience choice award. 

Writer

Lowell Dean

Cast

Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, Frank Grillo

Producers

Kevin DeWalt, Danielle Masters, Benjamin DeWalt

Genres

Horror, Romance, Thriller

Interest

Strong Female Leads

Original Language

English

Stand!

Director Robert Adetuyi
Year 2019
Run Time 110min
Genre Drama, Romance
In the spring of 1919, over 30,000 workers in Winnipeg walked off the job in the largest general strike in Canadian history. In this moving musical adaptation, two star-crossed lovers – a Ukrainian refugee and a Jewish suffragette – meet and fall in love as they each take on key roles in this historic fight for improved working conditions. 

Released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike that forever changed the labour movement in Canada, Stand! shows that while we’re now living in a different time, the power of joining together to fight for your rights hasn’t changed.

“A film that is actually about something, made by people who are expert storytellers.” – Neil Weisensel, The Globe and Mail
 

Director

Robert Adetuyi

Adetuyi is a screenwriter and director known for dance and action films. His writing credits include Stomp the Yard, Code Name: The Cleaner, Honey: Rise Up and Dance, and Trouble Sleeping. He wrote and directed Turn It Up, You Got Served: Beat the World, and directed Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack, Trouble Sleeping and Stand!, which won two ACTRA awards. 

Writers

Rick Chafe, Danny Schur

Cast

Laura Wiggins, Gregg Henry, Hayley Sales

Genres

Drama, Romance

Interests

History, Newcomer Stories, Social Justice & Politics

Original Language

English

Vous n’êtes pas seuls (You Are Not Alone)

Directors Philippe Lupien, Marie-Hélène Viens
Year 2024
Run Time 105min
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Léo, a lonely young pizza delivery man finds little purpose in his life, but that all changes when he falls head over heels for local musician Rita. As their romance begins to blossom, the couple is blissfully unaware of the threat of an alien who has targeted Léo for a mysterious and dangerous purpose.

A heartfelt drama with a sci-fi twist, You Are Not Alone takes you on a mysterious and beautiful journey that is completely captivating.

Vous n’êtes pas seuls prouve, si nous en doutions encore, que notre cinéma est capable de continuer d’innover et de se renouveler.” – Isabelle Hontebeyrie, Le journal de Montréal
 

Directors

Philippe Lupien

Lupien is a director whose short film credits include L'Halloween de Monsieur Simard and Le diable en personne. Together with his partner Marie-Hélène Viens, he has co-directed the short films Bernard Le Grand, Amen and Nous sommes Le Freak Show, and the feature film Vous n'êtes pas seul, which won the Best Canadian Discovery Award at TIFF 2024.  

Marie-Hélène Viens

Viens is a director and screenwriter who has worked in collaboration with Philippe Lupien for many years. Their short films Bernard Le Grand, Amen and Nous sommes Le Freak Show played at numerous festivals and won over 15 awards. Vous n'êtes pas seul was the duo’s first feature film, and won the Best Canadian Discovery Award at TIFF 2024.  

Writers

Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien

Cast

Marianne Fortier, Pier-Luc Funk, Sandrine Bisson

Producer

Fanny-Laure Malo

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Interests

Cult & Offbeat Cinema, Female Filmmaker

Original Language

French

Simple comme Sylvain (The Nature of Love)

Director Monia Chokri
Year 2023
Run Time 110min
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
This newest comedy from director Monia Chokri follows a university professor who is bored with her comfortable marriage, and finds herself drawn to the handsome contractor who’s renovating her summer home. Their budding relationship opens up the question of what happens when romance and class divisions intertwine.

Director

Monia Chokri

Writer

Monia Chokri

Cast

Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Monia Chokri, Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Francis-William Rhéaume

Producers

Nathanaël Karmitz, Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant, Elisha Karmitz

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Interests

Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

French

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Director Ariane Louis-Seize
Year 2023
Run Time 90min
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young vampire Sasha is going to die if she doesn’t kill. Being entirely opposed to taking a human life to feed on, she has long relied on her family’s murderous habits to get her blood, until they suddenly cut her off. Enter Paul, a lonely teen who is considering ending his own life, and is more than willing to do so to help Sasha survive. As they each prepare for the next step in their budding doomed relationship, a true bond forms between them – one that is as sweet as it is inconvenient.

 

This truly unique coming-of-age story is a heartwarming and clever spin on the vampire genre, and has captured awards at festivals around the world.

 

“Ariane Louis-Seize makes her feature-length directorial debut with this daring and daffy horror-comedy that plays like Romeo and Juliet meets Beetlejuice and Amelie [sic].” – Kristy Puchko, Mashable

Director

Ariane Louis-Seize

Writers

Ariane Louis-Seize, Christine Doyon

Cast

Félix-Antoine Bénard, Sara Montpetit

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Interests

Cult & Offbeat Cinema, Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

French

My Animal

Director Jacqueline Castel
Year 2023
Run Time 104min
Genre Drama, Horror, Romance

Living with a curse that turns her into a wolf if she’s out of the house after midnight, Heather (Menuez) is kept on a tight leash by her overbearing parents. But everything changes when she falls for the new girl in town, Jonny (Stenberg). The two form an instant connection, but as their relationship develops, it causes Heather to rebel, increasing the risk that her secret could be exposed – with disastrous consequences.


A stylish and tense horror-romance, this exciting first feature from director Jacqueline Castel features amazing performances from its two emerging leads, brought together with a cast of Canadian icons.


My Animal marks an impressive, confident feature debut for several key talents.” – Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

Director

Jacqueline Castel

Writer

Jae Matthews

Cast

Amandla Stenberg, Bobbi Salvör Menuez

Producers

Andrew Bronfman, Michael Solomon

Genres

Drama, Horror, Romance

Interests

Cult & Offbeat Cinema, Female Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+

Original Language

English