Toronto
Indie 2026

Opening shorts programme

• Becoming the Butterfly · Olivia-Autumn Rennie
• Janna Watson – Undercurrent · Mike William Bernard
• Midnight Murungai · Ramiya Pushparajah
• Sunday · Rosanne Kang
• The Curtain Call · Ruben Harjono
• Tiny Dancer · Paige Foskett
• Tough Shit · Kristin Booth

Late-evening shorts programme

• Dance Cops · Dennis Logan
• Dark Parade · Edemilson Morais
• Lunar Day · Ariana Marquis
• North of Harbord · Mateusz Garbulinski
• O-1: Alien of Extraordinary Ability · Colin Taylor, Louie Visone
• Path · Ryan Kilbourne
• The Don · Chris Williams, HJ Moberly
• Voetry · Affrica Spence

Feature film by Jeff Robinson

• Jingleman · Jeff Robinson

Thursday early shorts

• A Small Service · Allegra Fulton
• Co-Parenting · CJ Byrd-Vassell, Violet Grace
• For The Other Side · Duncan Glancy
• Guys You're Friends With · Sofia Baron
• Just Another F*cking Short Film · Sacha Mitchell
• Kensington Blues · Rudy Cimic
• Stewards of the North · Diego Rojas Garcia

Thursday late shorts

• Buck and Burrow · Maya Oster
• Coffee Run · Prajj
• Half-Naked · Ande Brown
• How To Bury A Dog · Magdalena Barys
• I Heard a Buzz · Mathew Ouzounis
• Somewhere, Someone · Amber Ye
• This May Be A Huge Mistake · Adam Labadie

Feature film by Mike David Allan Gallant

• Backpay · Mike David Allan Gallant

Friday early shorts

• A Deal in Liberty · Palmer Wells
• Moments · Mazahir Rahim
• Out of Season · Wanfei Carmen Chen
• Suicidal Tendencies · Timothy Jacob Lopers
• The Tunnel · Pariwash Sundrani

Friday late shorts

• Evocation · Ryan Alexander Stella
• Free Speech · Steve Koven, David Fleishman
• Save The Date · Spencer Litzinger
• SURPRISE! · Gabe Golin
• The Border at Tolstoi · Bob Kotyk

Feature film by Dan Sacco and Max Boer

• Skeleton Park · Dan Sacco and Max Boer

Saturday afternoon shorts

• Apple Blossom · Daniel Yekymov
• Becky and the 4th Wall · Jack Clifford Parnell
• Elevator Pitch · Raghav Kumar
• Hockey Mom · Mikaela Lily Davies
• Mic Drop Magic · Arnav Naraharisetti, Ashish Prudhvi
• Mr. Oak · Callum McKean
• Next Friday: Magical Meow Meow · Jen Nguyen, Mary Ramos

Saturday afternoon shorts

• Aftercare · Mya Ross
• Men Who Fish · Rachel Siegel
• I Love Space · Kirsten Johnson
• No Rest for Her bones · Maria-Crystal Melo
• Sinking · Matt Sturrock
• The Second Assignment · Dwij Patel
• The Session · Idalina Leandro
• The Weight of His Silence · Andreena Hofferden
• When the Observer Becomes the Patient · Grainne R Heaney, Dr. Mike Lang

Saturday evening shorts

• A Fortnight Away · Chelsey Grewar
• Before They Bloom · Emad Jafari
• Born to Shine · Olly Azeez, Akilah Walcott
• C.U.P.I.D. · Ravi Rekhi
• Darling Angel · Blay Armah
• Pink Cuffs · Denzel Watson
• Free Speech · Steve Koven, David Fleishman
• Murder, She Toked · Eric Michael McKenzie
• Revel · Mishki Vaccaro

Saturday late-night shorts

• Consumption · Conrad Kuhlmann
• Super Normal Crew · Rae Harder, Skye Deluz
• The Altar · Jhene Erwin, Andrew Kenneth Martin
• The Butchers · Chad Andrews
• The Litterbox · Ross Jr Mendigorin

Feature film by Rui Martins

• Ding, Dong, Die! · Rui Martins