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To Busk or Not to Busk

By Alan Ng | June 2026

Somewhere on the sidewalks of Toronto, a musician with a Juno nomination is playing to strangers on purpose in an art form…

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Somewhere on the sidewalks of Toronto, a musician with a Juno nomination is playing to strangers on purpose in an art form known as busking. John Goodblood...

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Stoners robbing a drug lord and surviving on dumb luck alone — director Jamie DeWolf's Smoked Too commits headfirst into this oddball premise. It's a...

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Nonbinary trans writer / director / star Jess McLeod plays Max, who is also nonbinary and trans, in their short film She's Nonbinary. An accidental...

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The opening image of warplanes flying towards battle is a stark juxtaposition to the beautiful beaches and picturesque hotel where writer/director Alicia...

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Director Joyce Licorish's Cheer Dad is the kind of story that reminds us love is the fuel families run on, and if you're part of the cheerleading...

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A tale told in three parts, Pescador is a moving human folk tale from the nimble imagination of Harry Rossi. This is Rossi’s first feature-length film....

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Jeff Hamm's Pickleball takes America's fastest-growing sport and wraps an underdog comedy around it that's as much about family as it is about dinking and...

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A direct-to-streaming offering, Vampire Slayer is a new-age riff on the classic trope of the Vampire Hunter. Here in the world created by Tim Russ and...

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imagineNATIVE 2026 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Proving that there are still edges of the Earth to fall off of is the Canadian outlaw drama Nika & Madison,...

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Aaron M. Abelto's Hypersonic operates in a world of geopolitical espionage. There is a global threat, and the only ones who can stop it are a determined...

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