The 2025 edition of the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the 37th edition in the event's history, will be held from September 13 to 21, 2025 in Sudbury, Ontario.[1] The first film announcements were released on July 31,[2] and a second set of preview announcements was released on August 14,[3] with the full program announced on August 21.[4]
The first announcement included two world premieres, of the Northern Ontario-shot films A Breed Apart and Violence.[5]
Official selections
Gala Presentations
Special Presentations
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Arco |
Ugo Bienvenu |
France
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| Ballistic |
Chad Faust |
Canada, United States
|
| Blue Moon |
Richard Linklater |
United States
|
| A Breed Apart |
Adam Belanger, David Lafontaine |
Canada
|
| Honey Bunch |
Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli |
Canada
|
| If I Had Legs I'd Kick You |
Mary Bronstein |
United States
|
| It Was Just an Accident |
یک تصادف ساده |
Jafar Panahi |
Iran, France, Luxembourg
|
| Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Bill Condon |
United States, Mexico
|
| Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery |
Ally Pankiw |
Canada
|
| Lovely Day |
Mille secrets mille dangers |
Philippe Falardeau |
Canada
|
| No Other Choice |
어쩔수가없다 |
Park Chan-wook |
South Korea
|
| Nouvelle Vague |
Richard Linklater |
France
|
| Omaha |
Cole Webley |
United States
|
| The President's Cake |
مملكة القصب |
Hasan Hadi |
Iraq, Qatar, United States
|
| A Private Life |
Vie privée |
Rebecca Zlotowski |
France
|
| Saints and Warriors |
Patrick Shannon |
Canada
|
| The Secret Agent |
O Agente Secreto |
Kleber Mendonça Filho |
Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
|
| Steal Away |
Clement Virgo |
Canada, Belgium
|
| We'll Find Happiness |
On sera heureux |
Léa Pool |
Canada, Luxembourg
|
Features Canada
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
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| Best Boy |
Jesse Noah Klein |
Canada
|
| The Bruce Peninsula |
Matthew Poitras |
Canada
|
| Compulsive Liar 2 |
Menteuse |
Émile Gaudreault |
Canada
|
| Dancing on the Elephant |
Julia Neil, Jacob Z. Smith |
Canada
|
| Deathstalker |
Steven Kostanski |
Canada, United States
|
| The Cost of Heaven |
Gagne ton ciel |
Mathieu Denis |
Canada
|
| Fanny |
Yan England |
Canada, Japan
|
| Follies |
Folichonneries |
Éric K. Boulianne |
Canada
|
| Hangashore |
Justin Oakey |
Canada
|
| It Comes in Waves |
Fitch Jean |
Canada
|
| Little Lorraine |
Andy Hines |
Canada
|
| Mile End Kicks |
Chandler Levack |
Canada
|
| Nobel and the Kid |
James Anthony Usas |
Canada
|
| Out Standing |
Seule au front |
Mélanie Charbonneau |
Canada
|
| Racewalkers |
Kevin Claydon, Phil Moniz |
Canada
|
| Space Cadet |
Kid Koala |
Canada
|
| The Things You Kill |
Alireza Khatami |
Turkey, Poland, France, Canada
|
| Violence |
Connor Marsden |
Canada
|
| What We Dreamed of Then |
Taylor Olson |
Canada
|
| Yunan |
Ameer Fakher Eldin |
Germany, Canada, Italy, Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
|
Cana-Doc
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
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| Ghosts of the Sea |
Les Enfants du large |
Virginia Tangvald |
Canada, France
|
| Modern Whore |
Nicole Bazuin |
Canada
|
| Silver Screamers |
Sean Cisterna |
Canada
|
| Still Single |
Jamal Burger, Jukan Tateisi |
Canada
|
World Cinema
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
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| Being Maria |
Maria |
Jessica Palud |
France
|
| DJ Ahmet |
Georgi M. Unkovski |
North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia
|
| Everything's Going to Be Great |
Jon S. Baird |
Canada, United States
|
| Fantasy Life |
Matthew Shear |
United States
|
| The Great Arch |
L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche |
Stéphane Demoustier |
France, Denmark
|
| Guess Who's Calling! |
Le Répondeur |
Fabienne Godet |
France
|
| Horseshoe |
Edwin Mullane, Adam O'Keeffe |
Ireland
|
| Köln 75 |
Ido Fluk |
Germany, Poland, Belgium
|
| Little Amélie or the Character of Rain |
Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes |
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han |
France
|
| Luz |
Flora Lau |
China, Hong Kong
|
| The Mastermind |
Kelly Reichardt |
United States
|
| Mermaid |
Tyler Cornack |
United States
|
| Merrily We Roll Along |
Maria Friedman |
United States
|
| My Father's Shadow |
Akinola Davies Jr. |
United Kingdom, Nigeria
|
| Oh, Hi! |
Sophie Brooks |
United States
|
| A Poet |
Un poeta |
Simón Mesa Soto |
Colombia, Germany, Sweden
|
| The Scout |
Paula González-Nasser |
United States
|
| Speak Out |
Dans la peau de Cyrano |
Jennifer Devoldère |
France
|
| Stormskerry Maja |
Myrskyluodon Maija |
Tiina Lymi |
Finland
|
| Urchin |
Harris Dickinson |
United Kingdom
|
| The Wonderers |
Qui brille au combat |
Joséphine Japy |
France
|
World Doc
In Full View: Crisis, Conflict, Conscience
Cinema Indigenized (Nishnaabek Dbaajmawaat)
Short Circuit
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
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| 20 Crickets |
Zha Babaieva |
Canada
|
| Bots |
Rich Williamson |
Canada
|
| Can You Feel It Now? |
Isak Vaillancourt |
Canada
|
| Crave |
Mark Middlewick |
South Africa
|
| Dish Pit |
Anna Hopkins |
Canada
|
| Dolly Baby: Rhythm and Flesh |
Bouchera Tahraoui |
Canada
|
| Fan |
Philippe Berthelet |
Canada
|
| The Human Under the Bed |
Euan O'Leary |
Canada
|
| Karupy |
Kalainithan Kalaichelvan |
Canada
|
| Made for U |
Nathanael Draper |
Canada
|
| My Little Girl |
Allez ma fille |
Chloé Jouannet |
France
|
| Old Tomorrow |
Kane Stewart |
Canada
|
| Paulie |
Aaron Martini |
Canada
|
| Pool Sharks |
Austin Lindsay |
Canada
|
| S.A.D. |
Vanessa Sandre |
Canada
|
| The Sentry |
Jake Wachtel |
Cambodia, Norway, United States
|
| Serenity |
Frank Tremblay |
Canada
|
| A Snowman's Dream |
Gus Belford, Steve Belford |
Canada
|
| A Strange Bird |
Jingwei Bu |
China
|
References
- ^ "Cinéfest Sudbury unveils official 2025 festival image, tagline". Sudbury Star, July 31, 2025.
- ^ "Cinéfest Sudbury gives early peek at this year’s festival films". Sudbury.com, August 1, 2025.
- ^ "John Candy doc coming to Cinéfest Sudbury next month". Sudbury Star, August 15, 2025.
- ^ Jenny Lamothe, "Come to Cinéfest Sept. 13-21 and find the unexpected". Sudbury.com, August 21, 2025.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Cinéfest’s first wave of titles includes two world premieres". Playback, August 5, 2025.