Toronto Lift-Off 2026

Network Round Features

Monday 29th June – Sunday 5th July 2026

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1. Passenger Jet

Director// Jake Burgess

Writer// Tony Burgess

Producers// George Mihalka, Mackenzie Muir, Susan Curran

Country of Origin // Canada

Synopsis // Set in September of 1971, Lacy, a teenage hitchhiker, gets lost in a remote forest, where she spends many hallucinatory, surrealistic days and nights attempting to escape.

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2. ‘The Other’

Director & Producer // Joy Sela

Country of Origin // United States

Synopsis //A documentary exploring the complex relationship of shared humanity, culture and connection between Israelis & Palestinians—and the transformative journey that follows when they are faced with meeting ‘the other’ amidst the difficulty of the conflict & occupation—providing an extraordinary example of what we are all capable of as humans.

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3. What Lies Between

Director, Writer & Producer // James J Cleary

Country of Origin // New Zealand

Synopsis // While visiting isolated farmland, a writer, haunted by his past, discovers its people and surroundings might not be as unknown to him as he first thinks.

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4. Beneath the Badge

Director, Writer, Producer // Editha Zaragosa Caduaya

Country of Origin // Philippines

Synopsis // Beneath the Badge (Sa likod ng Tsapa) is an intimate documentary that examines the unseen cost of wearing authority. Following a police intelligence officer in the Philippines, the film traces a life shaped by duty, danger, and a system that demands absolute loyalty—yet offers little protection in return.