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Below is the complete list of every Canadian film playing at VIFF 2026, including co-productions and domestic productions. All titles link to VIFF’s official page with screening times and ticket options.
Bagman
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 11min | English | Short
Director: Connor Gaston, Vaughn Gaston
Writer: Connor Gaston, Vaughn Gaston
Distributor: N/A
Ba’s Book
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 102min | English, Vietnamese | Documentary
Director: Ashley Duong
Writer: Ashley Duong
Distributor: Intuitive Pictures
Breath of Fresh Air
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 13min | French | Short
Director: Alexandre Pelletier
Writer: Alexandre Pelletier
Distributor: Welcome Aboard
The Bryce Lee Story
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 88min | English, Mandarin | Narrative
Director: Arnold Lim
Writer: Kyle D’Odorico, Arnold Lim, Connor Gaston, Mo Bradley
Distributor: Mongrel Media
Buddies
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 11min | English | Short
Director: Fraser Wolfe
Writer: Fraser Wolfe
Distributor: N/A
Ceremony
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 84min | English, Nuxalk | Documentary
Director: Banchi Hanuse
Writer: Slts’lani Banchi Hanuse, Jessica Mayhew
Distributor: N/A
Clubfoot
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 70min | English | Narrative
Director: Nathan Donovan
Writer: Nathan Donovan
Distributor: N/A
Collectors
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 15min | English | Short
Director: Andrew Cividino
Writer: Andrew Cividino
Distributor: N/A
Comet
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 12min | French | Short
Director: Julie Charette
Writer: Julie Charette
Distributor: La Distributrice de Films
Death Has No Master
Co-production: Venezuela, Canada,
Italy, Luxembourg | 2026 | 106min | Spanish | Narrative
Director: Jorge Thielen Armand
Writer: Jorge Thielen Armand
Distributor: h264
A Dream Pointing to Aadchit
Co-production: Canada, Lebanon | 2026 | 18min | Arabic | Short
Director: Ghinwa Yassine
Writer: Ghinwa Yassine
Distributor: N/A
Endless Sunlight
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 9min | English | Short
Director: Tyson Houseman
Writer: Tyson Houseman
Distributor: Video Pool Inc.
Fading of Morning Light
Co-production: Canada, Hong Kong | 2026 | 17min | Cantonese | Documentary
Director: Jessamine Yú Fok
Writer: Jessamine Yú Fok
Distributor: N/A
A Fire There
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 95min | Armenian, Georgian | Documentary
Director: Marlene Edoyan
Writer: Marlene Edoyan
Distributor: Les Films du 3 mars
First Comes Love: Nakabingwit
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 65min | English | Documentary
Director: Joella Cabalu
Writer: Joella Cabalu
Distributor: National Film Board of Canada
The Flight
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 97min | Farsi, Kurdish, English | Documentary
Director: Soran Mardookhi
Writer: Soran Mardookhi
Distributor: N/A
Freaks Part II
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 114min | English | Narrative
Director: Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein
Writer: Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Gasmask
Co-production: Canada, United States of America | 2026 | 61min | English | Narrative
Director: Harry Cepka
Writer: N/A
Distributor: N/A
Going Nowhere Fast
Co-production: Canada, United States of America | 2026 | 15min | English | Short
Director: Dylan Paffe
Writer: N/A
Distributor: N/A
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony
Co-production: Canada, Pakistan, United States of America | 2026 | 78min | Urdu, Bengali, English | Documentary
Director: Habiba Nosheen
Writer: N/A
Distributor: N/A
Half a Decade of Projecting
Domestic: Canada | 2025 | 7min | English | Short
Director: Jana Rankov
Writer: N/A
Distributor: N/A
How We Stand
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 110min | English | Narrative
Director: Marie Clements
Writer: Marie Clements
Distributor: N/A
In Alaska
Co-production: Netherlands, Canada | 2026 | 108min | English, Inuktitut | Narrative
Director: Jaap van Heusden, Vinnie Karetak
Writer: Jaap van Heusden, Vinnie Karetak
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
In the Heart of the South
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 56min | English | Narrative
Director: Nyla Innuksuk
Writer: Nyla Innuksuk, Ryan Cavan
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
Invisible Harvests
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 7min | English | Short
Director: Stephanie Dudley
Writer: Stephanie Dudley
Distributor: N/A
Jabber
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 15min | French | Short
Director: Aubert Sénéchal
Writer: Aubert Sénéchal
Distributor: La Distributrice de Films
L’inconvénient
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 13min | Short
Director: Julien G. Marcotte
Writer: Julien G. Marcotte
Distributor: Spira
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 105min | English, French | Documentary
Director: Matthew Rankin
Writer: Matthew Rankin
Distributor: National Film Board of Canada
Letters From Tibet
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 17min | English | Short
Director: Kunsang Kyirong
Writer: Kunsang Kyirong
Distributor: N/A
Lifeline
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 104min | English, Somali | Narrative
Director: Ilhan Abdullahi
Writer: Ilhan Abdullahi
Distributor: Star & Sky Productions
The Lion Does Not Concern Himself
Domestic: Canada | 2025 | 15min | English | Short
Director: Zarrar Kahn
Writer: Zarrar Kahn, Mohammad Ali Hashmi
Distributor: N/A
A Lonely Night
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 19min | French | Short
Director: Camille Beaubi
Writer: Camille Beaubi
Distributor: Beau Travail Productions
A Long Winter
Co-production: Canada, United Kingdom | 2026 | 117min | English | Narrative
Director: Andrew Haigh
Writer: Andrew Haigh
Distributor: FilmsWeLike
Man Eating Pussy
Co-production: Canada, United States of America | 2026 | 13min | English | Short
Director: Emily Lawson
Writer: Emily Lawson
Distributor: La Distributrice de Films
Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 96min | English | Documentary
Director: Adrian Buitenhuis
Writer: N/A
Distributor: Network Entertainment
Materia
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 7min | English | Short
Director: Alisi Telengut
Writer: N/A
Distributor: N/A
Nina Roza
Co-production: Canada, Italy, Bulgaria, Belgium | 2026 | 103min | Bulgarian, French | Narrative
Director: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Writer: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Distributor: Entract Films
Nitassinan
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 78min | French, Innu | Documentary
Director: Joséphine Bacon, Kim O’Bomsawin
Writer: Joséphine Bacon, Carlos Ferrand, Émilie Porry
Distributor: Ixion Communications
Nobody’s Violence
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 118min | French | Narrative
Director: Denis Côté
Writer: Denis Côté
Distributor: H264 Distribution
Nuisance Bear
Co-production: Canada, United States of America | 2026 | 90min | Inuktitut, English | Documentary
Director: Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman
Writer: N/A
Distributor: N/A
Pacific Spirit
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 15min | English | Short
Director: Antoine Bourges
Writer: Antoine Bourges
Distributor: La Distributrice de Films
Piluk
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 11min | Short
Director: Elisapie Isaac, Marc Séguin
Writer: Elisapie Isaac, Marc Séguin
Distributor: National Film Board of Canada
Pique-Nique
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 9min | French | Short
Director: Jérémy Gagnon
Writer: Jérémy Gagnon
Distributor: WFG Distribution
Pocket Mirror
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 88min | English | Narrative
Director: Adrian Murray
Writer: Adrian Murray
Distributor: Route 504
Reclaim My Skin
Co-production: Canada, United States of America | 2026 | 168min | English | Series
Director: Marie Clements
Writer: Marie Clements
Distributor: Screen Sirens
Relax, Open Your Eyes
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 87min | English | Documentary
Director: David Ehrenreich
Writer: David Ehrenreich
Distributor: N/A
Run Terry Run
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 108min | English | Documentary
Director: Sean Menard
Writer: N/A
Distributor: Elevation Pictures
A Safe Distance
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 86min | English | Narrative
Director: Gloria Mercer
Writer: Aidan West
Distributor: See Horse Films
Saint & the Sea
Co-production: Canada, Kuwait, Pakistan | 2026 | 16min | Urdu | Short
Director: Abdullah Khan
Writer: Abdullah Khan, Nabiha Rehan
Distributor: Brown Noise Media
Send the Rain
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 94min | English | Narrative
Director: Hayley Gray, Kaayla Whachell
Writer: Hayley Gray, Kaayla Whachell
Distributor: Route 504
Seventeen
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 88min | English, Cree | Narrative
Director: Justin Ducharme
Writer: Justin Ducharme
Distributor: N/A
Shoot the Messenger
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 14min | English, Hindi, Urdu | Short
Director: Pranay Noel
Writer: Pranay Noel, Malcolm McKenzie, Evan Gareth Hoffman
Distributor: N/A
Sitting Bird
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 17min | English, Mandarin | Short
Director: Athena Han
Writer: Athena Han
Distributor: Les Films du 3 mars
Skinny Bottines
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 20min | French | Short
Director: Romain F. Dubois
Writer: Romain F. Dubois
Distributor: Travelling Distribution
Smudge the Blades
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 96min | English | Narrative
Director: Cody Lightning
Writer: Cody Lightning, Samuel Miller
Distributor: Films D’Olive
Soft Transmission
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 23min | English | Short
Director: Sara Wylie
Writer: Sara Wylie
Distributor: N/A
Spag
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 18min | Short
Director: Louis Brousseau
Writer: Louis Brousseau
Distributor: Spira
Still Night, Burning House
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 76min | English, Vietnamese | Documentary
Director: Carol Nguyen
Writer: Carol Nguyen
Distributor: National Film Board of Canada
Strong Son
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 88min | English, Punjabi | Narrative
Director: Ian Bawa
Writer: Ian Bawa
Distributor: N/A
Sweet Captive
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 14min | English | Short
Director: Paul Chotel, Ariane Falardeau St-Amour
Writer: Paul Chotel, Ariane Falardeau St-Amour
Distributor: La Distributrice de Films
Take Care
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 20min | English | Short
Director: Faith Sparrow-Crawford, Scarlett Sparrow-Felix
Writer: Faith Sparrow-Crawford
Distributor: N/A
Tangles
Co-production: Canada, United States of America | 2026 | 102min | Narrative
Director: Leah Nelson
Writer: Leah Nelson, Sarah Leavitt, Trev Renney
Distributor: N/A
Turtle Island Rap
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 97min | English, Diné | Documentary
Director: Alexandra Lazarowich
Writer: Alexandra Lazarowich
Distributor: N/A
Two Hander
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 10min | Short
Director: Norah Sadava
Writer: Norah Sadava
Distributor: N/A
Whatcha Want
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 90min | English, Cantonese, Mandarin | Narrative
Director: Mina Shum
Writer: Mina Shum
Distributor: Mongrel Media
Where the River Begins
Co-production: Canada, Colombia, Norway | 2026 | 102min | Spanish, Emberá | Narrative
Director: Juan Andrés Arango
Writer: Juan Andrés Arango
Distributor: H264
The Wind’s Thirst
Co-production: Canada, Colombia | 2026 | 86min | Wayunaiikii, Spanish | Documentary
Director: Alejandro Valbuena
Writer: Alejandro Valbuena
Distributor: Curare Films
With You
Domestic: Canada | 2026 | 5min | English | Short
Director: Samantha Chater
Writer: N/A
Distributor: N/A
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