Festive Festivals
Held annually in the "6," this festival just celebrated its 50th anniversary.
What is TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)?
It'll have you shivering with antici...pation.
What is The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
In 2004, his film, Fahrenheit 9/11, became the highest-grossing documentary of all time, a record it held for five years.
Who is Michael Moore?
Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Red Beard (1965)
Who is Akira Kurosawa (Kurosawa Akira)?
History will always remember these two films together thanks to an unfortunate Best Picture mix-up.
What are Moonlight and La La Land?
The 2026 Winter Olympics occurred in the same country as this "Big Five" film fest.
What is Venice Film Festival?
Ayo Edibiri and Rachel Sennott start a fight club to get closer to their crushes in this gory teen film.
What is Bottoms?
Forensics and film collide in this documentary that became instrumental in the release of its subject, Randall Dale Adams.
What is The Thin Blue Line?
She's Gotta Have It (1986), Bamboozled (2000), Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Who is Spike Lee?
After years of advocacy, this group of professionals will finally be recognized with their first competitive Oscar during the 2026 ceremony.
What is casting? (Or casting directors)
This 2006 fantasy film, directed by Guillermo del Toro, holds the record for the longest standing ovation at Cannes.
What is Pan's Labyrinth?
This staple of queer film stars the "Supermodel of the World" in an ironically masculine supporting role.
What is But I'm a Cheerleader?
Most known for this film, Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal made headlines after being detained by Israeli forces in March 2025.
What is No Other Land?
Point Break (1991), Strange Days (1995), Detroit (2017)
Who is Katheryn Bigelow?
Hattie McDaniel became the first Black person to win an Oscar, taking home the trophy for her performance in this controversial civil war epic.
What is Gone With the Wind?
This Sundance alum, who often stars in his own films as "Silent Bob," can credit the festival with kickstarting his career.
Who is Kevin Smith?
After revealing his true identity, this three word phrase is uttered to Jack Lemmon's drag-wearing character at the end of Some Like It Hot, a surprising response considering the film was released in 1959.
What is "Well, nobody's perfect"?
Ava DuVernay's 2019 documentary gets its namesake from this constitutional amendment.
What is the 13th?
Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), Boxcar Bertha (1972), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
Who is Martin Scorsese?
These siblings with a mythological last name hold the distinct honour of being the only pair of brothers to be nominated for the same acting category at the Oscars.
Who are Joaquin and River Phoenix?
Sharing a name with an animated Disney film, this Montreal-based film fest focuses on genre cinema.
What is Fantasia? (or Fantasia Fest/Fantasia International Film Festival)
This Weimar-era film starring Conrad Veidt was partially funded by Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Science and provided an indictment against the criminalization of homosexuality.
What is Different from the Others?
Often credited with pioneering modern reality television, the making of this 70s era docu-series was fictionalized in 2011's Cinema Verite.
What is An American Family?
Diary of an African Nun (1977), Illusions (1982), Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Who is Julie Dash?
Bong Joon Ho, director of Parasite, made this many Oscar acceptance speeches at the 2020 ceremony.
What is three (3)?