Colonialism & Indigenous Resistance on Film
A Playlist of films in Support of the Wet’suwet’en protests.
CFS – Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada
The representation of Blackness and the lives of Black people on screen has a long, dynamic and troubled history in Canada.
Twyla Roscovich: A Dedicated Activist and Filmmaker Whose Legacy Will Last Lifetimes
Cinema Politica’s Ezra Winton remembers a friend and ally.
Challenge Nationalism on National Canadian Film Day with These On Demand Docs
Looking for critical Cancon on Canadian Film Day 150? We’ve got you covered.
Four Titles Honouring World Refugee Day
The experience of refugees is one of twofold hardship, torn between unstable or unlivable conditions in their homeland and new, often unwelcoming countries of asylum. In an age of global eruptions and heightened xenophobia amongst western leaders, Cinema Politica invites you to celebrate World Refugee Day w
ith four films extolling the bravery of refugees.
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Queer Cinema for Palestine 2026
No Pride in Genocide (June 2026) Queer Cinema for Palestine began as an alternative ethical space for filmmakers who pulled or refused to show their work in the Israeli government-sponsored TLVFest LGBTQ Film Festival. Over the past six years, hundreds of filmmakers have shown their solidarity in response to the boycott call from queer and […]
Cinema Politica Presents Queer Cinema For Palestine
Cinema Politica is proud to host a Montreal screening for the fourth annual Queer Cinema for Palestine program, a solidarity initiative organized around the slogan “No Pride in Genocide.”
Call for Submissions
Cinema Politica is accepting submissions of critical and urgent political films. We don’t charge submissions fees and our network reaches all across Canada and abroad, offering your film the chance to connect with a diverse range of audiences and activists.
Audience Choice Awards Winners
It’s our pleasure to announce the winner of our annual Audience Choice Award is Karen Cho’s BIG FIGHT IN LITTLE CHINATOWN with Fil Ieropoulos’ AVANT-DRAG! as a runner-up!
Now Streaming: For the Love of Labour
Labour is the backbone of all societies, and yet workers are increasingly threatened with precarity as the ruling class aims to consolidate power. To celebrate International Workers’ Day, we’ve assembled a program of four unmissable labour docs that showcases four tales of workers’ activism.
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
The film attempts to expose how the American government over 50 years has tried to strum up war effort using the media as a tool. WAR MADE EASY gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq.
33 Days
Filmed during the massive Israeli attack on Lebanon in 2006, 33 Days chronicles the lives of four young people working in theatre, media and emergency relief. Through their creativity and commitment, the film tells untold stories that forever marked the lives of those who survived that fateful summer in Beirut.
H2Organize: World Water Day 2026
Water is the lynchpin of organic life, the cornerstone of all ecosystems. Yet despite its centrality to our planet, water remains a precarious resource in need of defense from extractive industries.
Vote For The 2025 Audience Choice Award
The time has come, once again, to vote for the winner of the Cinema Politica Audience Choice Award.
Queer Cinema For Palestine: Call for Submissions!
For the third year, Cinema Politica is partnering with Queer Cinema for Palestine (QCP) to curate a program of solidarity-building, intersectional films.