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Indie · New Zealand
Awards season · NZ · Oscar nominations Jan 2027
Taratoa Stappard's Māori gothic debut, which premiered at Toronto in 2025, has been named Aotearoa's submission for the international feature Oscar, pending the commission's formal notice.
Catherine Crowe · 5 min read
Festivals
TIFF · Cannes · Venice · Sundance · Global
World, international, North American, Canadian: how Cannes, Venice, Sundance and TIFF define each premiere label, and what it tells viewers about a film.
Andrew Lovesey · 4 min read
Film · Canada
In theatres · CA US · 9 Oct to 25 Nov
Ten theatrical releases from now to late November, with Canadian dates checked against each distributor, so the big-screen nights go to the films built for them.
Casie Stewart · 5 min read
Festivals · Canada
In theatres · CA · La Bola Negra from 23 Oct, Netflix 2 Dec
TIFF's 2026 winners are reaching Canadian screens on very different schedules: here is when each one arrives, and which still have no date.
Catherine Crowe · 5 min read
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