‘Peak Everything’ among 10 Canadian films up for Windsor International Film Festival prize
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An eco-anxiety love story and a cautionary tale about late-stage capitalism are among the movies up for the Windsor International Film Festival’s top prize.
The southwestern Ontario film festival announced the 10 nominees for the $25,000 WIFF Top Canadian Film Prize on Wednesday.
They include Anne Émond’s “Peak Everything,” in which a man falls in love while grappling with climate crisis-induced anxiety, and Mathieu Denis’s “The Cost of Heaven,” about a Montrealer who digs himself into a financial hole while striving to climb the class ladder.
Also in the running are the multiverse comedy “Compulsive Liar 2,” directed by Émile Gaudreault; wedding day stress fest “Lovely Day,” directed by Philippe Falardeau; and fast-paced thriller “In Cold Light,” directed by Maxime Giroux.
The contenders also include Xiaodan He’s “Montreal, My Beautiful,” a cross-cultural sapphic romance, and Quebec sex comedy “Two Women” from Chloe Robichaud.
The documentaries in the running are “The Pitch,” directed by Michèle Hozer, about soccer player Diana Matheson and her bid to launch a women’s league in Canada, and Matt Gallagher’s “Shamed,” about a man who posed as teenage girls online to try to catch predators.
Rounding out the nominees is Brigitte Poupart’s “Where Souls Go,” a family drama centred around an 18-year-old girl who requests medical assistance in dying.
WIFF will announce the winner on Oct. 26. The festival runs from Oct. 23 to Nov. 2.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 10, 2025.