AFX15 is happening May 7-10, 2026!

The full festival schedule is out now! Full of open studios for all ages and stages, film screenings, artist talks, fun events to meet people and mingle… and more!

AFX is completely PWYC/Free! To find out more and reserve your tickets, head to www.anifx.ca

Screening times:
Thursday, May 14, 6:30 PM
Sunday, May 24, 5:30 PM

Sophy Romvari | Canada,Hungary | 2025 | 91m
English, Hungarian with English subtitles

In this assured debut feature based on the filmmaker's childhood, an 8-year-old and her immigrant family have their fresh start interrupted by dangerous behavior from the family's oldest child.

Screening times:
Thursday, May 14, 8:45 PM - followed by Q&A!

Kunsang Kyirong | Canada | 2025 | 99m

In this mesmerizing and enigmatic debut feature, a quiet thief forms a bond with the new tenant inside a large apartment complex housing west Toronto's Tibetan community.

Screening times:
Thursday, April 30, 6:30 PM
Friday, May 15, 6:30 PM
Sunday, May 17, 8:00 PM - show added!

Annemarie Jacir | Palestine, UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan | 2025 | 120m
English, Arabic with English subtitles

1936. As villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless.

Screening times:
Saturday, May 16, 8:30 PM

Colin Higgins | USA | 1980 | 110m

The most lighthearted of our Films of Resistance Retrospective series for May, 9 to 5 still has something to say. Singing along to the theme song IS encouraged.

Screening times:
Sunday, May 17, 5:30 PM

Chandler Levack | Canada | 2025 | 112m

A bright romantic comedy starring Barbie Ferreira as Grace, a 24-year-old music critic who moves to Montréal to figure out life and love.

Screening times:
Thursday, May 21, 6:30 PM - Amir and Dounia Daoud attending!

Julien Cadieux | Canada | 2025 | 75m
French, Arabic, Spanish with English subtitles

Dounia travels the world with her son Amir, who has a rare genetic mutation. Together they embrace life while inviting others they meet along the way to welcome difference.

Original title: La Vallée des Fous

Screening times:
Friday, May 22, 6:30 PM

Xavier Beauvois | France | 2024 | 120m
French with English subtitles

Jean-Paul is going through a rough patch. Up to his ears in debt, he signs up to a ‘virtual regatta’, and commits to sailing around the world… from his garden.

Screening times:
Saturday, May 23, 8:30 PM

Alanis Obomsawin | 1993 | Canada | 119m

A dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka lands in Oka, Québec, set the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness.

Screening times:
Sunday, May 24, 7:45 PM

Jennifer Lynch | USA | 1993 | 107m

A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion.

Screening times:
Thursday, June 4, 6:30 PM
Director Mathieu Denis attending!

Mathieu Denis | Canada | 2025 | 116m
French with English subtitles

Facing financial hardship and craving prosperity, a family man takes progressively darker actions in his desperate pursuit of a better life.