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ANCHOR Fest brings film, music and comedy to Charlottetown as PEI's screen industry grows
ANCHOR Fest is underway in Charlottetown, with film screenings, concerts, comedy shows and an industry conference running through October 18.
OFF//SHOOTS brings new theatre to Ottawa through Oct. 11
OFF//SHOOTS, a new fall theatre festival presented by Ottawa’s Youth Infringement Festival, continues at Arts Court through Sunday, Oct. 11.
Rubaboo Indigenous Arts Festival enters final four days with theatre, art and fashion in Edmonton
Rubaboo Indigenous Arts Festival has four days left in Edmonton, with the final stretch moving from a visual-art exhibition at CO*LAB to cabaret, theatre and a closing fashion show at CKUA’s Beresh Arts Den.
Festival de l’Oie des Neiges returns to Saint-Joachim for 31st edition
Saint-Joachim’s Festival de l’Oie des Neiges returns from Oct. 9, 2026 through Oct. 12, 2026 for a four-day festival that includes family programming, an artisan market, live music and activities tied to the fall migration of Greater Snow Geese through the Côte-de-Beaupré region.
Bala Cranberry Festival 2026: dates, tickets, parking, shuttles and what to know
The Bala Cranberry Festival returns to Bala, Ontario, from Oct 16, 2026 through Oct 18, 2026, bringing juried markets, art, live music, buskers and family programming back to the Muskoka community.
Banff Pride is underway: what’s still ahead this week
Banff Pride is already underway in Banff National Park, but most of the festival’s strongest public programming is still ahead, with drag and burlesque, film, live music, a queer market and several free or low-cost community events running through the week.
Thanksgiving 2026: What to watch, read, hear and see over the long weekend
The Thanksgiving long weekend lands in the middle of a busy stretch for entertainment this year, with new television, films, albums and books arriving just before the holiday and major festivals running from coast to coast.
EIFF at 40: What’s still ahead before the festival closes Oct. 3
The 40th Edmonton International Film Festival heads into its final three days with several Canadian features still on the schedule, filmmaker Q&As, one of this year’s newly announced jury-award winners and a closing-night gala tied directly to Edmonton’s screen industry.
North Bay-shot Foreign Tongue returns to Northern Ontario for Cinéfest Sudbury
Boris Mojsovski’s Foreign Tongue spent three weeks filming in North Bay early last year.
Northern Ontario-shot werewolf western Last Moon heads to Cinéfest Sudbury gala
Brandon D. Cox’s first feature, Last Moon, arrives at Cinéfest Sudbury on Sept. 24 after filming in Powassan, Ontario, last summer. The period werewolf Western has been selected for the festival’s Thursday gala presentation.
Samantha Chater makes directing debut with 16mm short With You at VIFF
Samantha Chater’s first film as director runs five minutes, was shot on 16mm and is structured around archival correspondence.
Joella Cabalu takes the rom-com past the meet-cute in First Comes Love: Nakabingwit
Joella Cabalu grew up in the 1990s watching romantic comedies as, in her words, an “instruction manual” for relationships.
Arnold Lim brings rural B.C. experience to The Bryce Lee Story at VIFF
Thirteen-year-old Bryce Lee wants to make movies, and he wants the kids at his new school on Vancouver Island to take him seriously. He tells them he is related to Bruce Lee.
Musqueam cousins Faith Sparrow-Crawford and Scarlett Sparrow-Felix bring Take Care to VIFF
In October 2024, while her first short as a director, Uncommon Ground, was screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Musqueam filmmaker Faith Sparrow-Crawford was already talking about another film she was developing with her cousin, Scarlett Sparrow-Felix.
B.C. filmmakers Hayley Gray and Kaayla Whachell bring Send the Rain to VIFF
A project Hayley Gray began developing during British Columbia’s 2018 wildfire season will have its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival this fall as a 94-minute feature.
From Mosquers award winner to feature director: Ilhan Abdullahi brings Lifeline to Edmonton
Two years after taking home audience and performance honours at Edmonton’s Mosquers Film Festival, Somali-Canadian filmmaker Ilhan Abdullahi returned to the festival with her feature directorial debut.
P.E.I.’s The Snake makes Canadian premiere at Atlantic International Film Festival
Prince Edward Island filmmaker Jenna MacMillan’s feature directorial debut, The Snake, is making its Canadian premiere as the Atlantic Gala at the Atlantic International Film Festival in Halifax.
Deepa Mehta among TIFF jurors as festival sets 2026 awards
The Toronto International Film Festival has finalized its competitive awards and jury lineups ahead of the festival’s Sept. 10 opening, with Canadian filmmakers Deepa Mehta, Hubert Davis, Zarrar Kahn and Sophy Romvari among those who will help select this year’s winners.
Ed Fest will bring Cranbrook Ed downtown on 100th anniversary of his naming
The free Sept. 18–19 arts and music festival includes a downtown parade with a 16-foot elephant puppet on the centennial date of Charlie Ed’s renaming.
Canadian performers bring spoken word, AI comedy to Edmonton Fringe finale
The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival heads into its final weekend with more than 200 productions on its 2026 program, including Canadian shows built around spoken-word poetry, artificial intelligence and a long-running theatrical version of God in a floral suit.