Jimmy and Stiggs

Blood will flow—buckets of it. Eli Roth’s new media venture, The Horror Section, kicks off with a delirious, blood-soaked ride in the vein of EVIL DEAD and BAD TASTE. Out-of-work filmmaker Jimmy Lang (played by writer-director Joe Begos) is hit with a tidal wave of bad luck, sending him spiraling into a drug-and-booze-fueled meltdown. In … Read more

Bif Naked LIVE

Bif Naked is a force of nature. A poet, a fighter, and a rock ‘n’ roll icon, she’s spent her career rewriting the rules, smashing barriers, and inspiring generations with her unapologetic voice and fearless authenticity. BIF NAKED is the definitive documentary on the life and career of one of Canada’s most unique and enduring … Read more

MegaDoc

A raw, fly-on-the-wall documentary about Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-long journey in creating his self-financed passion project, MEGALOPOLIS. The bold and unrelenting epic returns in Mike Figgis’ (LEAVING LAS VEGAS) portrait of Coppola’s creative process – weaving together archival material, unfiltered cast interviews, and a close-up view of how the legendary filmmaker drew from Roman history, … Read more

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie: VIFF 2025

Almost 20 years into their fruitless quest to book their band a gig at a hallowed Toronto venue, Matt (writer-director Matt Johnson) and Jay (writer-composer Jay McCarrol) decide it’s time to pull out all the stops. But after a publicity stunt parachuting from the CN Tower goes spectacularly awry, a freak accident involving Orbitz (the … Read more

Souleymane’s Story

Racing through the streets of Paris on his bicycle, Guinean immigrant Souleymane (Abou Sangare, in a breakthrough performance) is struggling to stay afloat as an undocumented gig worker, delivering food to middle class Parisians using a “borrowed” account, for which he pays a percentage of his hard-earned wages. In two days, he has to report … Read more

Boys Go to Jupiter

From writer-director Julian Glandner (creator of the cult video game “Art Sqool”) comes BOYS GO TO JUPITER, a dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age musical about a gig worker who encounters a creature from another world. It’s the day after Christmas in suburban Florida and Billy 5000 and his friends pass the seemingly endless days by slacking, shoplifting, … Read more

Influencers (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A!)

Join us for an exclusive Rio Grind Film Festival screening of writer-director Kurtis David Harder‘s INFLUENCERS, the follow-up to his 2022 horror drama, INFLUENCER. In the sun-drenched countryside of southern France, CW (Cassandra Naud, reprising her role from the first installment)  lives a quiet, idyllic life with her girlfriend Diane, hiding a dark obsession with … Read more

She Talks to Strangers (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)

Divorcée Leslie discovers that her deadbeat ex-husband Keith has moved back in to “lay low for a while” and to stake claim on what he feels is owed to him: half the value of her house. In need of an accomplice, Leslie turns to her mother Staci in order to draw from her obsession with … Read more

Coolie

Indian wrier-director Lokesh Kanagaraj (LEO, VIKRAM) is teaming with superstar Rajinikanth on the highly anticipated Tamil-language film COOLIE, which Delves into a man’s relentless quest for vengeance. Since his youth, he’s been driven by righting the past wrongs, which have shaped his his very existence. The story is told in such a way that the audience experiences … Read more