Documentary Screenings Toronto

2026 CBC Massey Lecture: Housing Inc.

{ SOLD-OUT } Since 1965, [CBC IDEAS](http://cbc.ca/ideas) has broadcast the Massey Lectures, exploring the ideas that make us who we are. We attend the Massey Lecture every year. **Housing is not a luxury. It is a requirement for human existence.** In the 2026 CBC Massey Lectures, **Leilani Farha**, *global director of The Shift and former UN special rapporteur on the Right to Housing*, reckons with a crisis engineered by governments and perfected by financial firms. In her first Massey Lecture, “Home,” she explores how our homes shape our sense of dignity, identity, and security. Because home is so fundamental to our lives, she argues, our housing system is inextricably linked to the question of who lives, who dies, and who counts. **Ticket link here: ($26-$50) Any seat on any level is a great seat!** https://www.rcmusic.com/concert/the-2026-cbc-massey-lectures-housing-inc-456801 https://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/ihrp-alumni-spotlight-leilani-farha https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-to-get-tickets-to-leilani-farhas-cbc-massey-lectures-9.7256001

🎬 "MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT" (1986) | Downtown screening

Being Heumann True Story Drama at TIFF 2026 + Dinner (TIFF Lightbox)

**On Saturday September 19th,** join me to **see Being Heumann at the 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)**. *Heumann* is the opening and closing show for TIFF 2026. Featuring a breakout performance by Ruth Madeley and Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo, this inspiring historical drama from Oscar-winning filmmaker Siân Heder (*CODA*) celebrates the paradigm-shifting activist Judy Heumann, “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement.” Every bit as moving as her Best Picture Oscar winner, *CODA*, *Heumann* tells the remarkable true story of the woman who led a world-changing campaign for accessibility. Judy Heumann rallied a handful, then dozens, then hundreds of ordinary Americans with disabilities to push the US government to live up to its commitments. Though set in the past, *Being Heumann* couldn’t be more pertinent to our present. When change can seem overwhelming, we need heroes like Judy to galvanize us. **Purchase Being Heumann on Saturday September 19th at 6pm. There is one extra ticket (seated together) available for purchase; message me if you're interested.** **COST** Regular Cost: $35.73 includes all fees Meetup Organizer Fee: $5 **Ticket Policy**: All sales are final, no refunds or exchanges. **SIGNING-UP** * **RSVP Yes confirming if you will join for dinner after. (Everyone goes on the waitlist until they post their seat number or state they will be doing Rush.)** * **[Purchase](https://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/1000650B07682680)** **your own ticket for Saturday, September 19th at 6pm**, post your seat number and I will move you to going. Note: tickets are currently showing as sold out, but that can change at any time as they release more tickets or people make exchanges. * Alternately, you can message me for the extra ticket, and it will be confirmed once payment is received by etransfer. Ticket will be provided at the event start time. * Rush is also possible, requiring you to line up 1 hour before showtime. 15 mins prior to start time, an attendance check is completed and any available seats are sold at regular price + $2 A reminder will be sent the day before with my cell and reminder details where to meet and when. RSVPs close 1 day prior. Cancellations will result in a No Show and impact future attendance. **MEETUP TIME** **Meet me at: 5:30pm inside TIFF Lightbox at 350 King St. W**, **on the ground floor** **to the right side of the box office after scanning your tickets.** **Start: 6pm** Length: 2 hours 7 mins After: meet outside the auditorium to chat about the show and head out for dinner near by. Enjoy and please post your comments in the Event after.

🎬 Free Film: "SOFTIE / PETITE NATURE" (Downtown)

AGO Talks: What is Impressionism? ($15)

We'll attend this PANEL talk on ***The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse*** Ticket for the **TALK** is $10-$15 (depending on your AGO membership level). If you're **NOT an AGO member**, then gallery admission is extra. FYI. \*\*\*Join Caroline Shields, Curator, European Art and Stephan Jost, Michael and Sonja Koerner Director, and CEO in **conversation about the Impressionist movement**. Take a fresh look at these familiar artists and the style that shocked the world. Since joining the AGO in 2017, Caroline Shields has curated the exhibitions *Impressionism in the Age of Industry* (2019) and *Cassatt—McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds* (2023). **Newly opened exhibition:** https://ago.ca/exhibitions/impressionist-revolution-monet-matisse-dallas-museum-art **Ticket link for the TALK-**- https://ago.ca/events/what-impressionism

Virtual World vs Real World

Virtual World, Real World Today’s younger generation is growing up across two spaces at once: the world we physically experience and the world we encounter through screens. How do these two realities shape identity, relationships, attention, belonging, and the way we see ourselves? Can we still draw a clear line between what is “virtual” and what is “real”? At Auravista Gathering 6, we’ll explore these questions together, not to reject technology, but to better understand what it means to grow up between two realities.

🎬 TIFF from the Inside: Red Carpets, Premieres & Stars with Alex

From September 10 to 20, downtown Toronto will be all about cinema: **premieres, red carpets, crowds of fans, photographers, and guests from around the world!** We’ll head straight into the heart of TIFF and see how one of the world’s biggest film festivals transforms the city for these ten days. **What to expect:** 🎬 A walk through TIFF’s main festival locations, right in the middle of the action 📽 The story of the festival: how TIFF started in Toronto and grew into a world-class event 🔥 The most talked-about films, premieres, and guests of TIFF 2026 📸 Where the red carpets take place, where fans gather, and where you’re most likely to spot actors and directors during the festival 🎞 How TIFF works from the inside: venues, premieres, festival life, and what usually stays behind the scenes 👀 Stories about filmmakers, stars, and some of the most memorable moments from past festivals **Register here or on [TryToronto website](https://trytoronto.org/events/tiff-2026)** And most importantly, we’ll be exploring Toronto on the evening of September 11, right in the middle of TIFF, when the festival atmosphere is in full swing. This is an easy, relaxed walking tour. You don’t need to be a film expert or follow every premiere. You just need to want to experience the film festival in person. 🎤 **Your Guide:** Alex - one of Toronto’s top guides. With him, a simple walk turns into an adventure. He knows how to tell a story so well that everyone forgets about everyday worries and their phones. 📍 **Meeting Point:** Downtown Toronto, King Street (the exact meeting location will be sent to participants before the tour). **Register here or on [TryToronto website](https://trytoronto.org/events/tiff-2026)** **Our Instagram: [@try_toronto_](https://www.instagram.com/try_toronto_)**

ROM: Weston International Award--Evening with Hanif Abdurraqib ($20)

{ This Author EVENT is Sold-Out } Always a HOT ticket--an important (international) AUTHOR Talk. At the ROM. ($15-$20 only!!) American author **Hanif Abdurraqib has won the 2026 Weston International Award. $75,000** **Overview--** The evening will feature **Hanif Abdurraquib** delivering a talk and having an in-depth conversation with **CBC ARTS.** \*\*\*Join us on Monday, September 14 at the Royal Ontario Museum, for an evening with the 2026 Weston International Award winner, hosted by Ali Hassan of CBC’s Canada Reads. **Hanif Abdurraqib is an American memoirist and poet known for his distinctive style of cultural and artistic criticism through the lens of music,** **sport, and contemporary American issues**. In a creative and wide-ranging talk, he will bring his unique and rare intellect to the role of nonfiction in our society, and his relationship to it as someone from an unconventional background. He’ll then sit down for wide-ranging and free-wheeling conversation with a member of the award jury and author Tessa McWatt. Jurors said his “work sings and stings and brings truths, both personal and communal, as he voices culture and its complexities with bold, compassionate lyricism and a real sense of love,” and that is what he will bring to the stage. ***The $75,000 prize is a companion to the existing Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, which is awarded annually to a Canadian author for a single work of nonfiction.*** The Weston International Award recognizes the career achievement of an international author for a body of nonfiction work. Eligible international authors must have published at least three books of outstanding literary merit, in the genre of nonfiction, that are written in English or else widely available in translation. **Ticket link here:** https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-weston-international-award-presents-an-evening-with-hanif-abdurraqib-tickets-1983560042483?aff=oddtdtcreator **Recent interview on CBC:** https://www.cbc.ca/books/american-author-hanif-abdurraqib-wins-75k-weston-international-award-for-career-achievement-in-nonfiction-9.7235796 SEE you there.

Cabbagetown Architecture Tour & Festival

We will be walking by the grandest homes in Cabbagetown and discussing their unique history and architecture. We will also be visiting the Cabbagetown Fall Festival which includes music, food, a street festival, arts & crafts, yard sales and a farm. This event is free. Highly recommended.

City of Toronto Archives: Private Tour (Arts & Culture focus)

**The Toronto Archives** preserves and makes accessible government records, which provide evidence of the decisions, policies, and activities of the City of Toronto. The Archives also collects non-government records from people and organizations that have made significant contributions to the development and history of Toronto. We will have a **PRIVATE** ('behind the scenes' TOUR at the Archives--with a focus on the historical past of Toronto's arts & culture history) The Archives has more than a million photographs in its collection. The earliest date from 1856. Government Office. Government Hours. **PLEASE note the date/time when you sign up. Check your calendars.** *Friday September 11th* (2pm-3:30pm) ***FREE*** Spadina/Dupont area (Short walk from either Dupont TTC or Spadina TTC) 20 spots ONLY. https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/accountability-operations-customer-service/access-city-information-or-records/city-of-toronto-archives/ (We recently had another TOUR here--and it was quite exceptional. The information shared with us 'ties' many of our recent historical walks together--visually)

Toronto Day Trip: High Sociétéa & Casa Loma!

🎬Movie: The Uprising - Food & Drinks after the movie 🍿!

🎬 Let’s Go to the Movies (and Actually Talk… or Not) Whether you're a film nerd, popcorn enthusiast, or just looking for a chill night out with interesting people — this one's for you. We’re heading out to see a movie together, then grabbing food or drinks after. If the film's great (or terrible), we’ll probably talk about it forever. If it’s just okay, we’ll talk about it for 10 minutes and move on to everything else — books, dating apps, weird dreams, how Toronto keeps getting more expensive, etc. The vibe is relaxed, friendly, and not too serious. No film degree needed. No icebreakers. No pressure to “perform.” Just come enjoy the film, connect with some thoughtful people, and see where the night goes Click here to watch trailer! 🎞️ **Movie Title + Trailer:**[ \[Click here to watch trailer!\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVkrhHebz1Q) 📖 **📖 Plot Summary:** During the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, a farmer rises to lead an uprising against royal forces under the rule of the young King Richard II. *** ### 🗓️ **Event Details** 📍 **Meetup Time:** 6:00 PM (Final time + theatre announced Tuesday of event week) 🎬 **Movie Start Time:** TBA ⏱️ **Runtime:** TBA 📌 **Meetup Spot:** To be confirmed (based on theatre) 🎟️ **Cost:** * **$11.50** for *CineClub* members * **$16.00** regular admission 👉 You are responsible for buying your own ticket. **🪑 Reserved Seating:** You must buy your ticket *before* signing up. You'll be asked where you're sitting so we can all sit together! However, members are welcome to sit anywhere that works for them. 🎫 Buy your ticket here: [https://www.cineplex.com](https://www.cineplex.com) 📍🪑 **Where I will be sitting:** 🍿 **After the Movie:** Yes, we’re heading out after! It’s not just a movie night — it’s a social night. Let's talk, laugh, and dissect every plot twist. *** ### ✅ **Before You Sign Up** * Please **buy your ticket first** — seating is limited! * When signing up, let us know your **seat number** so we can try to group everyone together. * You can still sign up or just **show up on the day** if you’re not sure you can make it — we’re flexible! 📲 **Join Our WhatsApp Group:**[ Click here to join](https://chat.whatsapp.com/H59mSCbsAi018gYANrKAnc) 🎟️ **Join Cineplex’s CineClub for discounts**: [https://www.cineplex.com/cineclub](https://www.cineplex.com/cineclub) 🎁 **Get your SCENE Card** for free movies and points: [https://www.scene.ca](https://www.scene.ca) *** ### 🎥 **A Quick Word About Movie Etiquette** We love a great film experience. Please: * Turn off your phone * Don’t talk during the movie * Be respectful of others Repeat offenders will be removed from the group — we take our cinema seriously (but with snacks). *** ### 👥 **About the Group** This event is open to everyone — single, not single, shy, social, new in town or a long-time local. We're a group for people who love movies *and* making real connections. We also do walks, hikes, restaurants, arts & culture — come be part of it! 🎬 **Organized by:** Mathew 📧 Questions? Reach out: **torontomoviesandoutings@hotmail.com**