Press release · November 5, 2025

Clairtone

Films We Like presents Ron Mann's film Clairtone, coming to theatres across Canada this December.

Step back into the sleek world of hi-fi glamour — when martinis were dry, suits were sharp, and music came from furniture that looked like it could fly.

Films We Like is thrilled to drop the needle on Ron Mann’s latest pop-culture foray, Clairtone, opening in theatres across Canada beginning December 5, 2025.

Clairtone explores the remarkable rise and fall of the Clairtone Sound Corporation — the audacious mid-century Canadian electronics company founded by Peter Munk and David Gilmour, whose visionary stereo and television designs became international symbols of sophistication, modernity, and cultural cool.

However, within seven years of its meteoric ascent, Clairtone crashed spectacularly, undone by over-expansion, government ambition, and the shifting tides of consumer taste.

Where to see it

  • Dec 5Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema · Toronto, ONTickets ↗
  • Dec 7VIFF Centre · Vancouver, BCTickets ↗
  • Dec 8Vic Theatre · Victoria, BCTickets ↗
  • Dec 10Metro Cinema · Edmonton, ABTickets ↗
  • Dec 11Globe Cinema · Calgary, ABTickets ↗
  • Dec 12Carbon Arc Cinema · Halifax, NSTickets ↗
  • Dec 13Cinémathèque québécoise - Montreal · Montreal, QCTickets ↗
  • Dec 17Mayfair Theatre · Ottawa, ONTickets ↗
  • Dec 18Screening Room · Kingston, ONTickets ↗
  • Dec 19 – Dec 25Kingsway Theatre · Toronto, ONTickets ↗
  • Jan 8Sackville Film Society - Amherst Theatre · Amherst, NSTickets ↗
  • Apr 11Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion - Those Other Movies - Film Circuit · Haliburton, ONTickets ↗
  • Apr 15Regent Theatre · Picton, ONTickets ↗
  • Apr 16Architecture + Design Film Festival · Winnipeg, MBTickets ↗
  • May 30Cinéma du Musée · Montreal, QCTickets ↗
  • Aug 4deCoste Performing Arts Centre · Pictou, NSTickets ↗
  • Sep 10London Public Library, Central Branch · London, ONTickets ↗

RON MANN
Ron Mann (Carmine Street Guitars, Altman, Comic Book Confidential) is renowned for his genre-bending approach to documentary cinema that explores art forms and contemporary popular culture with vision and verve.

NINA MUNK
Nina Munk is a Canadian-American journalist and author whose articles have appeared in The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. She is the author of four books including The Art of Clairtone - the Making of a Design Icon 1958 - 1971.

MAIRÉAD FILGATE
Mairéad Filgate is an award-winning contemporary dancer, choreographer based in Montreal and Toronto. She is recognized for her extensive performance career, collaborative work with the Throwdown Collective, and independent site-specific creations.

About Films We Like

Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include Urchin, Köln 75, and the Academy Award-winning film Flow.