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.
The daughter of filmmaker Larry Weinstein, she premiered her feature documentary debut Mermaids at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2017, before collaborating with her father on the 2019 film The Impossible Swim for the television documentary series Engraved on a Nation.
In 2020 she directed #BLESSED, an episode of CBC Docs POV, 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.
Your Tomorrow premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named second runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries.
References
- Phoebe Knight, "Movie about Ontario Place getting world premiere at TIFF". BlogTO, August 12, 2024.
- Bobby Hristova, "Father-daughter duo co-direct documentary". The Toronto Observer, April 24, 2018.
- Peter Knegt, "Under the sea: This new film lets you become a part of the world of mermaids". CBC Arts, April 27, 2017.
- Pat Mullen, "Review: ‘The Impossible Swim’". Point of View, February 26, 2019.
- David Nickle, "Toronto documentary filmmaker takes a clear-eyed look at millennial church". Toronto.com, July 14, 2020.
- Johanna Schneller, "It was always hard for Canadian filmmakers, and now it just might be impossible". The Globe and Mail, March 26, 2020.
- Etan Vlessing, "Eddie Huang, Raoul Peck, Steve Pink Films Join Docs Lineup at Toronto Film Fest". The Hollywood Reporter, August 7, 2024.
- Steve Pond, "‘The Life of Chuck’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap, September 15, 2024.
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