Khartoum
In 2022, four Sudanese filmmakers, along with a British director-writer, began filming the lives and dreams of five very different citizens in Khartoum: Street boy LOKAIN (12) and his best friend WILSON (11) embark on a mission in Khartoum’s rubbish dumps to buy two beautiful shirts. KHADMALLAH (28) a single mum and tea vendor engages […]
Urban Disobedience Toolkit
Urban Disobedience Toolkit explores the evolving dynamics of public space in big cities, showing how art can inspire people to reclaim and reshape their urban environments. Through artistic interventions and performative lectures, the film illustrates ways to “take back the city.” These elements are seamlessly interwoven under the direction of artist and filmmaker Vladimír Turner, […]
Fairy Creek Tours Across Nova Scotia This Fall
Cinema Politica is proud to announce that award-winning documentary feature FAIRY CREEK will open in theatres and venues across Nova Scotia. From October 23 to 29.
CP Concordia Launches its Fall Program
Our Fall 2025 lineup is a fertile program of documentary that refutes the premise of a predetermined future — tomorrow is ours to make!
Fairy Creek Premieres in Montreal
FAIRY CREEK documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, a blockade which made international headlines and broke records with nearly 1,200 people arrested for protesting to protect British Columbia’s last old-growth forests.
The Encampments
Few documentaries are more timely than this fast-tracked account of the Gaza protests at Columbia which inspired a wave of support across North American campuses. At the centre of this story is grad student activist Mahmoud Kahlil, who hit the headlines just last month after he was detained by ICE and who is (at time […]
CP Concordia is hiring: Volunteer Coordinator
Cinema Politica Concordia is seeking a dynamic and resourceful Volunteer Coordinator with a passion for community engagement. This role involves recruiting and coordinating new and returning volunteers, actively organizing postering and flyering campaigns, managing on-site event logistics, and conducting community outreach within the Concordia and Montreal communities.
CP Concordia is hiring: Communications Coordinator
Cinema Politica Concordia is seeking a creative Communications Coordinator with experience in social marketing and graphic design. The Communications Coordinator plays a key role in creating graphic materials consistent with our visual identity, promoting our screenings, managing online communications, and supporting outreach efforts within the Concordia and Montreal communities.
Call for Submissions
If you recently completed a politically engaged film and you want it seen far and wide submit your work to Cinema Politica today! We are interested in works of any length that contribute to justice and equality movements, activism, knowledge and discourse.
Trans Liberation
From Canada to the Philippines, Cinema Politica has selected two films that exemplify trans struggle for recognition in a world of neglect and venomous bigotry.
Indigenous Futures: Celebrating Indigenous History Month
To celebrate Indigenous History Month, Cinema Politica curated a program of movies combatting colonial narratives and embracing Indigenous knowledge.
Cinema Politica Presents Queer Cinema For Palestine
Cinema Politica is delighted to co-present the latest edition of Queer Cinema For Palestine: a program of short films at the intersection of queerness and Palestinian resistance. This eclectic slate of titles includes everything from hand-drawn avant-garde works to internet archive collages.
Queer Cinema for Palestine 2025
No Pride in Genocide (June 2025) 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 […]
Fairy Creek Opens In Theatres Across Canada
FAIRY CREEK documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, a blockade which made international headlines and broke records with nearly 1,200 people arrested for protesting to protect British Columbia’s last old-growth forests.
U.S. Go Home: Critiquing American Imperialism
As another Memorial Day rolls around, it’s crucial to oppose the valorization of America’s warmongering enterprise. Cinema Politica offers three movies
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance is a vibrant archival documentary that honours the spirit of queer protest through the lens of community celebration, cultural resistance, and radical joy. Drawing from decades of footage, the film brings to life the dynamic energy of LGBTQ+ parades as spaces of defiance, love, and identity-building. At its […]