M Works Film Festival
Welcome to the third annual M Works Film Festival! Get ready for a night of cinematic magic at the Innis Town Hall Theatre. Join us on Tuesday May 6th, 2025 at 7:00 PM for a showcase of incredible films from talented filmmakers. Immerse yourself in the world of storytelling and creativity as we celebrate the art of filmmaking. Don’t miss… Continue Reading M Works Film Festival
CSI presents: Drabness and Ethics (on the Values of Formalism)
This talk takes as a starting point an aesthetic evaluation that greets the arrival of brutal death squads in Wes Anderson’s 2014 film, The Grand Budapest Hotel: “I find these black uniforms very drab.” Using the problem of drabness, and a reciprocal term that is yoked to it in the film—that of glimmer—Prof. Brinkema considers how… Continue Reading CSI presents: Drabness and Ethics (on the Values of Formalism)
Shorts Screening | With Love, We Watch
Join us for With Love, We Watch, a short film program spotlighting emerging filmmakers from marginalized communities—particularly those who are racialized, Muslim, and other communities underrepresented in mainstream cinema. These films explore the many expressions of love—personal, familial, even imaginary—while confronting themes of identity, belonging, and quiet defiance. They speak to a yearning for justice and… Continue Reading Shorts Screening | With Love, We Watch
Toronto Film Week presents: Canadian Cinema Now
Canadian Cinema Now Thursday April 24, 20257PMThis screening session includes 8 Canadian (short) films, with a total running time of approximately 90 minutes. All films are in English OR have English subtitles.@ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Free Tickets Preview Goin’ Down The Road (Canada) by Brian R. Donnelly Goin’ Down The Road is… Continue Reading Toronto Film Week presents: Canadian Cinema Now
Toronto Film Week presents: Amidst + other shorts
Amidst + other shorts Wednesday April 23, 20257PMThis screening session includes 7 (short) films, with a total running time of approximately 90 minutes. All films are in English OR have English subtitles.@ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Free Tickets Preview Third Wheel (Switzerland) by Kevin Haefelin *** Calgary International Film Festival Samurai comedy about… Continue Reading Toronto Film Week presents: Amidst + other shorts
Toronto Film Week presents: Pierre West + other shorts
Pierre West + other shorts Tuesday April 22, 20257PMThis screening session includes 9 (short) films, with a total running time of approximately 90 minutes. All films are in English OR have English subtitles.@ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Free Tickets Preview Lunch Break (Belgium) by Reinout Jan Swinnen, Bram Van Rompaey Joe is a… Continue Reading Toronto Film Week presents: Pierre West + other shorts
Toronto Film Week presents: All About My State + Shorts
All About My State + Shorts Monday April 21, 20257PMThis screening session includes 8 (short) films, with a total running time of approximately 90 minutes. All films are in English OR have English subtitles.@ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Free Tickets Preview The Lovers Of Avignon (Spain) by Manuel Fernández Ferro The Lovers of… Continue Reading Toronto Film Week presents: All About My State + Shorts
Watch Citizen Jane: Battle for the City — a film on activism & urban change
Join Jane’s Walk Toronto for a special screening of Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, a compelling documentary exploring the life and legacy of Jane Jacobs — urban activist, writer, and champion of community-led planning. This timely film tells the story of Jacobs’ historic fight against top-down urban renewal in 1960s New York and her… Continue Reading Watch Citizen Jane: Battle for the City — a film on activism & urban change
Mayworks presents: Sudan, Remember Us (2024)
Join us for a film screening followed by a guided discussion with Sudan Solidarity Collective. In spring 2019, filmmaker Hind Meddeb captures a jubilant moment of defiance among young Sudanese activists in Khartoum after the overthrow of a long dictatorship, and then chronicles the military crackdown that followed. All Mayworks Festival events are free. Registration required. … Continue Reading Mayworks presents: Sudan, Remember Us (2024)
Mayworks presents: Souleymane’s Story (2024)
Souleymane’s Story (2024) follows an undocumented Guinean immigrant, Souleymane (Abou Sangare) through the bustling streets of Paris for over two days as he makes bike courier food deliveries while preparing for his asylum interview. Part of an underground economy of couriers who rent verified accounts, Souleymane works morning to night, piecing together a life between the… Continue Reading Mayworks presents: Souleymane’s Story (2024)