From South Africa’s The Smell of Apples to Sweden’s Brace Your Heart to South Korea’s The World Before, here are the best acquisition titles (films still seeking distribution in Canada, the US, and/or the UK) at TIFF 2026
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Ep. 193. Theo Rhys’s Stuffed at TIFF starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling
On the podcast, Alex Heeney delves into why Theo Rhys’s taxidermy romance needed to be a musical.
Ep. 192. At the Place of Ghosts + Interview with writer-director Bretten Hannam
On the podcast, Alex Heeney delves into how Bretten Hannam’s At the Place of Ghosts uses genre to tell a story about two people healing from trauma who can’t talk about it — and then talks to writer-director Hannam about crafting the film.
Ep. 191. Why great TV asks for more than a binge
On the podcast, Alex Heeney delves into what we miss about great TV when we binge — and how to reap those rewards on the first or second viewing, not ten years later.
Queer films are for kids, too: InsideOut 2026
Toronto’s InsideOut Film Festival programs so many wonderful queer films — like Gugu’s World and Black Burns Fast — about children for children, if only they could reach them.
Cannes Review: Alexander Murphy’s Tin Castle
lex Heeney reviews Alexander Murphy’s observational documentary Tin Castle about a family of Irish Travellers. The film had its world premiere in the Cannes Critics’ Week sidebar