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CSFF 2024

November 7, 8, 9
TIFF Lightbox

November 7-17
Digital Festival

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Canadian Sport Film Festival

CSFF 2024

Join us for the 16th annual Canadian Sport Film Festival CSFF 2024 November 7, 8 and 9 at TIFF Lightbox.

Watch select festival films online across Canada November 7-17, 2024 on our new CSFF digital screening platform.

Join us in cinema or online for CSFF 2024 in November.  #SeeyouatCSFF

Festival Schedule

CSFF 2024 Films In Cinema

*All in-person screenings are in Cinema 3 at TIFF Lightbox, 350 King St. West, Toronto, Ontario.

Opening Night
Friday Night
Saturday Night
Thursday, November 7, 2024
7 p.m. Cinema 3
Right to Fight
screening with The Granny Grommets
Friday, November 8, 2024
7 p.m. Cinema 3
Kelly – Someone Else’s Dream
screening with 4:30
Saturday, November 9, 2024
7 p.m. Cinema 3
Philippe, a lake and a dream
screening with Ultimate Citizens and To Play

CSFF 2024 Film Trailers

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Opening Night

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Right to Fight – screening with The Granny Grommets
7 p.m. TIFF Lightbox
 Cinema 3

Feature

Right to Fight

Canadian Premiere

Resized image of boxer Lady Tyger from the CSFF Opening Night film RIGHT TO FIGHT

In the late-1970s, a group of women in the US battled against the athletic commissions that sanctioned boxing matches for the right to fight. 

RIGHT TO FIGHT trailer →

Screening with

The Granny Grommets

Poster Image from 'The Granny Grommets' CSFF24 short doc about mature women surfers in Australia.

Every Friday morning, the Granny Grommets meet at Middleton Beach to catch a wave, turning the tide on what becomes expected of us as we age.

THE GRANNY GROMMETS trailer →

Friday Night

Friday, November 8, 2024

Kelly – Someone Else’s Dream – screening with 4:30
7 p.m. TIFF Lightbox
 Cinema 3

Feature

Kelly - Someone Else's Dream

Image of young skier Kelly Sildaru from the feature doc 'Kelly - Someone Else's Dream' at CSFF 2024

At age 13, Kelly Sildaru was a medal-winning, telegenic freestyle skier. But she was hiding a dark secret that affected her mental and physical well-being.

KELLY – SOMEONE ELSE’S DREAM trailer →

Screening with

4:30

Canadian Premiere

Wide CU image of a blind pensioner who runs the marathon in '4:30' short doc at CSFF 2024

A blind pensioner plans to run the marathon with a guide in the same average time it takes sighted athletes: 4 hours and 30 minutes.

4:30 trailer →

Saturday Night

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Philippe, a lake and a dream – screening with Ultimate Citizens and To Play
7 p.m. TIFF Lightbox
 Cinema 3

Feature

Philippe, a lake and a dream

Image of 2 swimmers Philippe and Clara in wetsuits on a dock from the CSFF24 closing night film 'Philippe, a lake and a dream' from Québec

A sedentary father, Philippe, has long cherished a crazy dream: to swim 32km across Lac Saint-Jean. A challenge that he undertakes with his teenage daughter.

PHILIPPE, A LAKE AND A DREAM trailer →

Screening with

Ultimate Citizens

Image from 'Ultimate Citizens' short doc at CSFF 2024 - Jamshid and kids on field

A charismatic school guidance counselor uses the sport of ultimate frisbee to help kids heal and build resilience, on and off the field.

ULTIMATE CITIZENS trailer →

Screening with

To Play

Image of two men in wetsuits high-fiving in the waves. From the short doc 'To Play' by Maika Hearson at CSFF 2024.

A surf coach in Nova Scotia brings a 58-year-old man living with dementia on a surf lesson.

TO PLAY trailer →