CSFF 2023
November 17 - 18
TIFF Bell Lightbox
November 17 - 23
Digital
Canadian Sport Film Festival
CSFF 2023
That’s a wrap on the 15th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival CSFF 2023 November 17 and 18, 2023 at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.
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Check out our CSFF 2023 Festival lineup in cinema at TIFF.
CSFF digital screenings were available online across Canada November 17-23 via digital TIFF Bell Lightbox.
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Read the CSFF 2023 Festival Programme for more about our festival films.
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Festival Schedules
CSFF 2023 Films In Cinema
Friday, November 17, 2023 | Saturday, November 18, 2023 |
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*All in cinema screenings at: TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. West, Toronto | Saturday 1 p.m. Cinema 20.5 Meters – with The Winner |
Saturday 4 p.m. Cinema 4Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest – with Broken Breath | |
Opening Night 7 p.m. Cinema 3 JessZilla – with Man to Man | Closing Night 7 p.m. Cinema 4Red, White and Brass – with Friday Night Blind |
CSFF Digital Festival Films
Available online across Canada November 17-23 |
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CSFF Digital Screening 1 JessZilla – with Friday Night Blind |
CSFF Digital Screening 2Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest – with Broken Breath |
CSFF Digital Screening 30.5 Meters – with The Winner |
Festival Lineup
CSFF 2023 Festival Films
Opening Night
Friday, November 17, 7 p.m.
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 3
Feature
JessZilla
Jesselyn ‘JessZilla’ Silva is a three-time National Boxing Champion. On the cusp of making the U.S. Olympic team, she faces her toughest battle yet: a cancer diagnosis.
Screening with
Man to Man
Malcolm brings his son Dion to a boxing ring to ‘make a man’ out of him. Tensions fly as Dion decides he cannot be the kind of man his father wants him to be, and refuses to learn how to fight.
Saturday 1 p.m.
Saturday, November 18, 1 p.m.
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 2
Feature
0.5 Meters
Gonzalo, a film director, is paralyzed in a car accident. He joins a wheelchair basketball team and starts filming their stories from the inside, and his life at 0.5 meters from the ground.
Screening with
The Winner
Vahid’s new bike, which his dad bought for him so he could compete in a race, seems to resemble another boy’s bike that was recently stolen.
Saturday 4 p.m.
Saturday, November 18, 4 p.m.
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 4
Feature
Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa battled racism, gender discrimination and political opposition in her quest to become the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest in 1993.
Screening with
Broken Breath
A world champion free diver overcomes loss and grief to rediscover the importance and power of the breath.
Closing Night
Saturday, November 18, 7 p.m.
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 4
Feature
Red, White and Brass
Maka, a Tongan superfan, will do whatever it takes to get tickets to the Tonga vs France Rugby World Cup match – even if it means forming a brass band with his friends so they can perform before the game. Inspired by a true story.
Screening with
Friday Night Blind
Three visually impaired friends introduce us to their Friday night bowling league where there is no shortage of strikes, spares, gutter balls, trash talking, and victory dancing.