Kitchener-Waterloo International Film Festival (KWIFF)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
KWIFF 2026 OFFICIAL OPENING FILM
12:00 PM – 12:22 PM
IF DOGS RUN FREE (Canada)
Runtime: 20:23 + 2 min Q&A
SHORT FILM SCREENINGS
12:22 PM – 12:43 PM
SOPHIE (India)
Runtime: 18:55 + 2 min Q&A
12:43 PM – 1:01 PM
THE BORDER AT TOLSTOI (Canada)
Runtime: 15:30 + 2 min Q&A
1:01 PM – 1:09 PM
HIVE MINDSET (Canada)
Runtime: 05:53 + 2 min Q&A
1:09 PM – 1:19 PM
BEG YUH A CALL (Jamaica)
Runtime: 08:06 + 2 min Q&A
1:19 PM – 1:49 PM
BOTTLED LOVE (U.S. Virgin Islands)
Runtime: 27:44 + 2 min Q&A
1:49 PM – 2:01 PM
PATIENT (Canada)
Runtime: 10:13 + 2 min Q&A
2:01 PM – 2:16 PM
THE HOUSEMAID (Canada)
Runtime: 12:46 + 2 min Q&A
2:16 PM – 2:30 PM
WATTLESEED (Canada)
Runtime: 11:51 + 2 min Q&A
2:30 PM – 2:46 PM
THE HOLLOW RABBIT (Canada)
Runtime: 14:00 + 2 min Q&A
2:46 PM – 2:57 PM
ALL TIED UP (Canada)
Runtime: 09:00 + 2 min Q&A
2:57 PM – 3:59 PM
THE LUCKY DRAW (Canada)
Runtime: 58:47 + 3 min Q&A
3:59 PM – 5:41 PM
A NIGHT WITH NATHAN (Canada)
Runtime: 1:38:39 + 3 min Q&A
5:41 PM – 5:46 PM
THE CHASE (Nigeria)
Runtime: 02:22 + 2 min Q&A
5:46 PM – 5:50 PM
APOCALYPSE DEATH PARTY — (United States)
Runtime: 01:29 + 2 min Q&A
5:50 PM – 6:00 PM
ALMOST CUPID (Canada)
Runtime: 07:32 + 2 min Q&A
6:00 PM – 6:14 PM
THE DOUBLE (Canada / Germany)
Runtime: 12:00 + 2 min Q&A
6:14 PM – 6:27 PM
SEMPITERNO (Canada / Peru)
Runtime: 10:29 + 2 min Q&A
6:27 PM – 6:42 PM
MOTHER LANGUAGE (Canada)
Runtime: 13:13 + 2 min Q&A
6:42 PM – 6:46 PM
ALL FOR TOMORROW (United States)
Runtime: 01:03 + 2 min Q&A
6:46 PM – 6:53 PM
THEY ARE KILLING US... (Canada)
Runtime: 05:11 + 2 min Q&A
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
SCREENING PROGRAM
12:00 PM – 12:23 PM
KEEPING CHRISTMAS TOGETHER (Canada)
Runtime: 20:47 + 2 min Q&A
12:23 PM – 1:15 PM
JOHN ERB IN UPPER CANADA (Canada)
Runtime: 50:00 + 2 min Q&A
1:15 PM – 1:40 PM
MARTA VS. THE BUGS (Canada)
Runtime: 23:50 + 2 min Q&A
1:40 PM – 2:21 PM
STORY NARRATED BY ANUHYA (Canada)
Runtime: 38:57 + 2 min Q&A
2:21 PM – 2:42 PM
NIAGARA'S 13 GHOSTS (Canada)
Runtime: 19:09 + 2 min Q&A
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE PRESENTATION
2:42 PM – 3:51 PM
GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH – ZSN II (Canada)
Runtime: 1:06:12 + 3 min Q&A
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE PRESENTATION
3:51 PM – 5:44 PM
THE WORD (Ethiopia)
Runtime: 1:49:58 + 3 min Q&A
KWIFF 2026 OFFICIAL CLOSING FILM
5:44 PM – 7:27 PM
THIS BLOODY COUNTRY (United States)
Runtime: 1:40:00 + 3 min Q&A
KWIFF 2026 OPENING FILM
IF DOGS RUN FREE — Canada
Directed by Christopher Andrew McGruer
A woman living a quiet life on her rural chicken farm is confronted by two unwelcome visitors—a wild dog and the man responsible for her childhood trauma.
KWIFF 2026 FEATURED FILM
THE BORDER AT TOLSTOI — Canada
Directed by Bob Kotyk
At the U.S.–Canada border crossing in Tolstoi, Manitoba, a border guard encounters a strange weapon that separates her mind from her body.
KWIFF 2026 CLOSING FILM
THIS BLOODY COUNTRY — United States
Directed by Craig Packard
In 1869, a frontier journey turns deadly when a guide and a family patriarch clash over how to protect a vulnerable party from an imminent attack.
