Film Festivals - Contra Zoom Pod

345: 2026 TIFF Wrap Up

September 29, 2026

The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 10-20th and we look at the ⁠award winners⁠ and discuss some of…

343: 2026 Toronto International Film Festival Preview

September 8, 2026

The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10-20th and Dakota and Jeff preview four films each they are excited…

341: 2026 Fantasia Festival Wrap Up

August 18, 2026

The 2026 edition of the Fantasia Festival, which was held from July 16th-August 2nd in Montreal and celebrates the best in horror and genre…

334: 2026 Hot Docs

May 19, 2026

The 2026 Hot Docs film festival, celebrating the best in documentary cinema from around the world has come to a close. We discuss eight…

317: 2025 New York Film Festival Diaries

November 4, 2025

Frequent CZP guest Paulo Bautista⁠, had the pleasure of attending the New York Film Festival. He reports back with audio diaries on films he saw.

315: 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival

October 21, 2025

The 44th edition of VIFF just concluded and we are here to talk about some of our favourite films! Joining Dakota and Matthew is Darren Zakus.

313: 2025 Toronto International Film Festival

September 23, 2025

With the conclusion of the 50th edition of TIFF (TIFFTY), we look back at some of the films we saw, discuss the winners of…

312: TIFF50 Preview

September 2, 2025

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival. Dakota and Jeff each pick 3 under the radar choices of movies…

306: 2025 Hot Docs

May 13, 2025

The 2025 edition of ⁠Hot Docs⁠ just finished, and we recap 6 of the films we watched including ⁠Ultras⁠, ⁠The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés⁠ and more.

287: 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival

October 8, 2024

The 2024 edition of ⁠VIFF⁠ just wrapped its 43rd year. We discuss our thoughts on the festival and review some of the films watched.