Ali Weinstein

Ali Weinstein is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for her 2024 film Your Tomorrow, which documents the last year Ontario Place was open to the public before closing in 2024 for redevelopment.[1]

The daughter of filmmaker Larry Weinstein,[2] she premiered her feature documentary debut Mermaids at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2017,[3] before collaborating with her father on the 2019 film The Impossible Swim for the television documentary series Engraved on a Nation.[4]

In 2020 she directed #BLESSED, an episode of CBC Docs POV,[5] and was the producer of Lulu Wei's documentary film There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace about the closure and redevelopment of Toronto landmark Honest Ed's and neighbouring Mirvish Village.[6]

Your Tomorrow premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival,[7] where it was named second runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries.[8]

  1. ^ Phoebe Knight, "Movie about Ontario Place getting world premiere at TIFF". BlogTO, August 12, 2024.
  2. ^ Bobby Hristova, "Father-daughter duo co-direct documentary". The Toronto Observer, April 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Peter Knegt, "Under the sea: This new film lets you become a part of the world of mermaids". CBC Arts, April 27, 2017.
  4. ^ Pat Mullen, "Review: ‘The Impossible Swim’". Point of View, February 26, 2019.
  5. ^ David Nickle, "Toronto documentary filmmaker takes a clear-eyed look at millennial church". Toronto.com, July 14, 2020.
  6. ^ Johanna Schneller, "It was always hard for Canadian filmmakers, and now it just might be impossible". The Globe and Mail, March 26, 2020.
  7. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Eddie Huang, Raoul Peck, Steve Pink Films Join Docs Lineup at Toronto Film Fest". The Hollywood Reporter, August 7, 2024.
  8. ^ Steve Pond, "‘The Life of Chuck’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap, September 15, 2024.