Celebrate three decades of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival with our limited-edition 30th anniversary merch collection!
Shop our festival t-shirt, scarf, cap, and umbrella at our Festival Launch Party, Opening Night Reception, Happy Hour: Make your Mark!, Centrepiece Reception, Closing Night Reception, and at TIFF Shop.
3 Nov. | TIFF Lightbox C3
A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis from rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia.
21 Nov. 10:00 am | Innis Town Hall
Using a remarkable wealth of archival material seamlessly woven into a creative, scrapbook-style tapestry, AN INCOMPLETE CALENDAR centres on a rare and surprising artifact: the vinyl record of Rhymes and Songs for OPEC, or the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
18 Nov. 7:00 pm | Innis Town Hall
Directed by renowned American filmmaker Rea Tajiri and co-written by award-winning Canadian author Kerri Sakamoto, Strawberry Fields is a daring dive into the traumas of the Sansei generation. This narrative feature film is as daring today as it was 30 years ago in 1997, when it had its Canadian premiere at the first Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.
17 Nov. 7:30 pm | Innis Town Hall
Ashley Duong’s BA'S BOOK, Reel Asian’s opening night film, begins with her father’s memoir and unfolds with the process of recreating her family’s history of war, displacement, and migration from Vietnam.
12 Nov. 2:00 pm | 401 Richmond St. W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
How do cinematographers build sustainable careers while developing their craft across different formats, genres, and production models? This all-cinematographer conversation explores the paths that led them to television and film, and how they continue to build their craft and sustain themselves.
18 Nov. 6:00 pm | 401 Richmond St. W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
Hear from directors, producers, and creatives working across music and visual media about building worlds around songs, collaborating with artists, and finding new ways to connect music and image while navigating tight budgets and production schedules.
20 Nov. 7:30 pm | It's OK* Studios
Join this fireside chat with Ana Serrano, president and vice-chancellor of OCAD University and recipient of Reel Asian's 2026 Fire Horse Award, and Romeo Candido, Emmy-nominated director, writer, composer, and Canadian Screen Award-winning producer working across film, television, theatre, and music. They will open our Expanded Dis/Closures exhibition and conference with this fireside chat discussing ever-changing media and the role of creators in the challenges of our time.
13 Nov. 7:00 pm | OCADU Auditorium MCA 190
Hang out with us for Festival Happy Hour, open to the public! Grab a drink and join in on the casual activities each day.
12 Nov. - 15 Nov. | 401 Richmond St. W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
You're invited to our Festival Launch Party as we celebrate before our 30th anniversary kicks off!
3 Nov. 8:00 pm | 401 Richmond St. W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
Writers from Reel Asian’s TV Writing Program bring their original series to the table for a live reading of selected scenes, presented in collaboration with ACTRA Toronto. Professional actors will bring the characters and stories to life, followed by a reception with the writers, performers, and industry guests.
19 Nov. 7:30 pm | It's OK* Studios
Win is a struggling gig worker whose mom is sick — and the hospital bills are about to force them out of their home. By chance, an old schoolmate gives Win the opportunity to make a quick buck by fighting in an underground MMA venue.
19 Nov. 7:00 pm | Innis Town Hall
Join us for a relaxing Happy Hour Day 3: Make your Mark! Try out a letterpress activity with Open Studio where you can stamp your own watchlist, enjoy refreshments from Ginny, and browse new festival merch available for purchase.
14 Nov. 4:00 pm - 14 Nov. 6:00 pm | 401 Richmond St. W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
Drop by for the Means to Enfold opening reception featuring live music and refreshments and bring your infectious energies to the SSX Sing-Along Karaoketo to end the evening at a high note (all singing styles and music genres welcome!).
13 Nov. 7:30 pm - 13 Nov. 11:00 pm | Open Space Gallery
Means to Enfold is an embrace, a remembrance, and a suggestion towards the ways we hold each other together through collective expression. In bringing together interactive installations, a travelling exhibit of works developed at the SSX x InterAccess AR residency, a curated section of student works created in Tech Jams and invited artworks by artists part of the inaugural SSX Artist Residency, this community showcase highlights how collaboration can be a potent means to enfold the meanings in all our relations.
13 Nov. 12:00 pm - 19 Nov. 5:00 pm | Open Space Gallery
The Reel Asian Digital Community Archive was dreamed up to reflect on the festival's history as we approached our 30th anniversary. From cleaning out the office and sorting through boxes of storage materials to public callouts for community members old and new to submit their personal materials, we embarked on a six-month journey of collecting and documenting. The archive is now live and available for anyone interested in looking at the festival through its traces.
11 Nov. | 401 Richmond
Are you preparing to take a project into production? Join representatives from IATSE 873 to learn more about how the union can support your upcoming production and its crewing needs.
18 Nov. 7:30 pm | 401 Richmond St. W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
Drawing on the Disability Screen Office’s newly launched REFRAMING ACCESS: A BEST PRACTICES GUIDE ON DISABILITY INCLUSION IN CANADA'S SCREEN INDUSTRY, this conversation will explore how filmmakers can establish inclusive accessibility practices across all stages of production and beyond.
17 Nov. 6:30 pm | 401 Richmond St. W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
RENT A PLUS-ONE, offers a case study in what happens when filmmakers build for a vertical frame. Its creators unpack their journey from traditional web series to vertical.
16 Nov. 6:30 pm | 401 Richmond St. W (Commons Lobby, 4th Floor)
Remixing Wee Asian with archival short films, this edition reframes what might be discovered in the programme through craft, narratives, and sensory experiences.
21 Nov. 10:00 am | Innis Town Hall
