- Phoenix Cultural Centre of Toronto · Est. 2015
A home for the cinema that refuses to disappear.
- From the Archive
Films Phoenix made happen
The clearest statement of what an institution values is what it chooses to produce.

Pendulum
Produced by the Phoenix Institute

Into Schrödinger's Box
Directed by Amir Ganjavie

Perchance to Dream
Produced by the Phoenix Institute
- Our Festivals
Where the films find their audience
Cyrus International Film Festival
CIFT
An international platform for independent cinema, curated with a point of view rather than a quota.
Toronto Independent Festival of CIFT
Toronto CIFT
The festival’s Toronto edition — bringing the program home to the city where Phoenix began.
- From the Archive
Past events & screenings
Screenings, filmmaker workshops, and concerts — a decade of gathering people around difficult, beautiful films.
Cold Sigh
Sprying
Mariya
About MAYA
Mani Haghighi
I Am Forough
Ghif
The Black Fish
Into Schrodinger's Box
Motreb
Motreb
- Read Phoenix
Three publications, two languages, one sensibility
Universal Cinema
Industry news, criticism, and film culture for an international readership.
Phoenix Journal
Persian-language cultural commentary and reporting for the diaspora.
Phoenix Review
- Latest from Phoenix
On screens, in print, in conversation
Pulls the newest pieces from Phoenix TV, Universal Cinema, and Phoenix Review.
Berlinale 2025 | A Conversation with Nader Saeivar
Phoenix Online TV
Cinema Interview 7 | Ali Samadi Ahadi on Making Seven Days
Phoenix Online TV
Report | Advanced Filmmaking Workshop with Mani Haghighi in Toronto
Phoenix Online TV