Paying For It + Cocoon - FREE Canadian Film Day Screening
Schedule
Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Small World Centre | Toronto, ON
On Canadian Film Day, we're bringing you a FREE screening of Sook-Yin Lee's Paying For It. The film will be preceded by the short CocoonAbout this Event
We're partnering with Reel Canada on CanFilmDay to bring you a FREE screening of Sook-Yin Lee's feature Paying For It and Juliet Belisario's BFF 2025 winning short film Cocoon.
This is a free event. Your ticket ensures guaranteed admission UP TO 5 MINUTES prior to the event's start. Following that, entry will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Film starts at 6:30 pm EDT, doors open at 6pm.
Film presentation will be followed by a Q&A with directors Sook-Yin Lee and Juliet Belisario.
Paying for It (dir. Sook-Yin Lee, 2025)
In the late ’90s, Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed, romantic couple. When Sonny wants to redefine their relationship, Chester, a painfully introverted cartoonist, starts sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process.
Cocoon (dir. Juliet Belisario, 2025)
After receiving a small gift from a mysterious stranger, 7-year-old Alex begins collecting his own delicate objects, retreating into the quiet sanctuary of his bedroom-his cocoon. But for Alex, no sanctuary is absolute.
Breakthroughs Film Festival (BFF) is dedicated to championing emerging women (cis and trans), trans and non-binary filmmakers who are trying to ‘break through’ into the filmmaking industry. We empower emerging storytellers to showcase films in all genres that inspire thought-provoking conversations.
Where is it happening?
Small World Centre, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto, CanadaCAD 0.00
