Films We Like is thrilled to announce the Canadian release of Vermiglio by Maura Delpero, winner of this year's Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and Italy’s entry for Best International Feature Film to the 97th Academy Awards®.
Films We Like is pleased to announce the Canadian acquisition of documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat by Johan Grimonprez.
Films We Like is pleased to announce the acquisition of hybrid documentary E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea by Beatrice Minger & Christoph Schaub.
Films We Like is proud to present a brand new 4K restoration of BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS by Alan Rudolph, based on a novel of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut.
Hailed by The New York Times as “A Must-See Film” and “Breathtaking”, the Documentary From Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie and Oscar-Nominated Producer Kellen Quinn Follows An Investigation into Abuse and Missing Children at an Indian Residential School in Canada
Films We Like is thrilled to announce the Canadian acquisition of SAMIA by director Yasemin Şamdereli
Films We Like is thrilled to announce the Canadian acquisition of Reinas (Queens) by Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke-Candeloro.
Films We Like is proud to present Sugarcane by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, coming this summer to Canada
Films We Like is pleased to announce the acquisition of Dance First, directed by celebrated British film director James Marsh.
Films We Like, in partnership with Janus Films and Sideshow Pictures, has acquired Canadian distribution rights to 2024 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner All We Imagine as Light, the second highest prize after the Palme d’Or.
Films We Like, in partnership with Janus Films and Sideshow Pictures, has acquired Canadian distribution rights to Alain Guiraudie’s thriller Misericordia (Miséricorde), which had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Films We Like, in partnership with Janus Films and Sideshow Pictures, has acquired Canadian distribution rights to Gints Zilbadolis’ animated adventure film Flow, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Flow marks the second feature by Gints Zalbadolis following his standout debut Away.
Films We Like is pleased to announce the acquisition of Story & Pictures by, the first feature documentary to take audiences behind the scenes to meet the authors and artists who create children’s picture books. Emmy nominated director Joanna Rudnick explores the power and reach of children's picture books through the lens of three of today's most original authors/illustrators.
MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service and production company, has released a new trailer and artwork for Levan Akin’s (And Then We Danced, Sweden’s 2019 Academy Award® entry) latest feature film, Crossing. A moving, compassionate tale of identity, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders and generations, the film will be released in cinemas in Canada on July 26 via Films We Like.
Films We Like is pleased to announce the acquisition of The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane by acclaimed director and film editor Maureen Gosling, who chronicles the extraordinary story of Barbara Dane, an unsung hero of American roots music.
Films We Like is pleased to announce the Canadian acquisition of Caught by the Tides by Jia Zhangke, the multi-award-winning director of Still Life (Venice Golden Lion), A Touch of Sin (Cannes Best Screenplay) and Ash is Purest White (Cannes Competition).
MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service and production company and Films We Like, are pleased to announce the theatrical and streaming release dates for Levan Akin’s (And Then We Danced, Sweden’s 2019 Academy Award® entry) latest feature film, Crossing. A moving, compassionate tale of identity, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders and generations, the film will be released theatrically in Canada on July 26 and will stream from August 30, 2024.
Films We Like and Sideshow and Janus Films are pleased to announce Academy Award® winning director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist (Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai) opens in theatres across Canada Friday, May 10, 2024. Evil Does Not Exist had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, a North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and screenings at the New York Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival where it won Best Film.
Films We Like has acquired Canadian distribution rights to Never Look Away, the directorial debut of actress Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess). Lawless’s unflinching documentary delves into the life and work of swashbuckling CNN combat camerawoman, Margaret Moth, and the personal challenges she faced.
Films We Like is delighted to present THE MONK AND THE GUN, Bhutan writer and director Pawo Choyning Dorji’s follow-up to his 2019 break out debut, the Academy Award nominated Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, which premiered at last year’s Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals.