JULY 24, 2026 l 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
PARADISE THEATRE TORONTO

DIRECTED BY AMÉLIE HARDY

18:02mins l Documentary

Welcome to Mississauga where lawns are clipped, neighbors are watchful and no blade of grass dares misbehave. Except at Wolf Ruck’s place. His lawn grows wild, and so does the trouble.

JULY 24, 2026 l 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
PARADISE THEATRE TORONTO

CREATED BY DAVID ANTHONY NGO AND ERIC WILLIAMS-WEIR

DIRECTED BY STEPHEN MCCALLUM & DAVID ANTHONY NGO

1:49:28hr l Documentary, Comedy, True Crime l Eastern Canada Premiere

Barry Cooper was a highly decorated Texas narcotics officer - until he turned on the police force, busting crooked cops and teaching drug users how to hide their stash.

JULY 25, 2026 l 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM EST
PARADISE THEATRE TORONTO

DIRECTED BY LUVLEEN HUNJAN

12:52mins l Drama l Ontario Premiere

As her wedding approaches, a young woman's relationship with her fiancé is tested by a disturbing encounter with a stranger.

JULY 25, 2026 l 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM EST
PARADISE THEATRE TORONTO

DIRECTED BY JESSE PAVDEEN

16:23mins l Nightmare Comedy | Ontario Premiere

A locksmith's date night becomes a waking, liminal nightmare. 

JULY 25, 2026 l 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM EST
PARADISE THEATRE TORONTO

DIRECTED BY BRYCE HODGSON

1:33HR l Drama, Fantasy l Toronto Premiere

Based on a true story… Elephants is a queer love fantasy that follows two teenage boys who escape an abusive youth lockdown detention center while high on LSD. They steal the center’s van and drive 400 km’s to a big-box store parking lot, determined to start an alternative youth commune in a nearby suburban forest.

Content Warnings: Depictions of child abuse, Depictions of sexual abuse, Flashing Images, Depictions of suicide

July 26, 2026 l 3:00 PM- 5:15 PM EST
PARADISE THEATRE TORONTO

DIRECTED BY CHARLIE MAROIS

11:44mins l Experimental l Canadian Premiere

An impressionistic exploration of the canopy, captured frame by frame.

Content Warning: Strobe Effect for Photosensitive Viewers

JULY 26, 2026 l 3:00 PM- 5:15 PM EST
PARADISE THEATRE TORONTO

DIRECTED BY CHARLOTTE ZHANG

1:28:40HR l Experimental, Crime, Coming-Of-Age | Canadian Premiere

Los Angeles on the cusp of the 2028 Summer Olympics: a series of devastating livestock viruses have wiped out meat and poultry production across the nation, leaving genetically-modified cockroaches the most viable alternative. Meanwhile, a cockroach infestation of biblical proportions overwhelms the city, triggering a rash of eminent domain abuses. Two young grifters dream up their next big score in a paranoid landscape perpetually reshaped by the collapse between legitimized and illegitimate forms of celebration and theft.  

Content Warning: Strobe Effect for Photosensitive Viewers

JUNE 26, 2026 l 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM EST
PARADISE THEATRE TORONTO

DIRECTED BY JÉRÉMY COMTE

16:19 mins | Drama, Horror, Experimental l Ontario Premiere

Overwhelmed by crippling anxiety, a young sculptor finds himself trapped in his studio.

JUNE 26, 2026 l 8:30 PM - 11:00 PMEST
PARADISE THEATRE TORONTO

DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER BEAULIEU

1:19:19 HR l Drama | Toronto Premiere

A young photographer living with her parents drifts between precarious jobs and an unfinished art project as she struggles to find a place of her own in an increasingly unaffordable Toronto.