Toronto-based film programmer, writer, and creator of the film zine GLEANING.
NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Desire in Motion: The Queen of My Dreams on May 28th
Desire in Motion is celebrating Asian Heritage Month with The Queen of My Dreams (2023).
Fawzia Mirza (director/writer) and Andria Wilson Mirza (producer) will join us for an in-person Q&A after the screening. The feature film will be preceded by Fawzia Mirza’s Toronto-set short film, Noor & Layla (2021).
There has always been an unmistakable appetite for romance in film. In recent years, we have been treated to a wonderful output of queer Asian romance films that demand everyone’s attention and subvert traditional rom-com expectations. With two breakout hits making waves in 2025, Roshan Sethi’s A Nice Indian Boy and Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet, Desire in Motion is joining the fun by presenting Fawzia Mirza’s The Queen of My Dreams, an instant classic Canadian film that leaps off the screen with a heartfelt energy.
Tickets are on sale now!
The Garden at TIFF Cinematheque on June 8th
I'm honoured to announce that I programmed Derek Jarman's The Garden for TIFF Cinematheque on June 8! Tickets are on sale now.
The Garden, one of Derek Jarman’s most remarkable films, is a grief-stricken protest against the anti-gay discrimination spread throughout England during Margaret Thatcher’s reign in the 1980s.
About
Jacob Crepeault is a Toronto-based film programmer & arts curator.
He graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies in 2018 and completed a practicum with the Canadian Film Institute.
In 2019, Jacob graduated from Centennial College in Toronto with a postgraduate degree in Museum & Cultural Management. During his studies, he worked at Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival as a Programming Intern.
Since 2019, Jacob has programmed films at several Canadian film organizations, including TIFF Cinematheque, Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Pleasure Dome, and Victoria Film Festival.
In 2024, Jacob launched GLEANING, an independent film zine that features an assortment of film essays, personal reflections, and recommendations for films both classic and new.
In 2025, Jacob started a bi-monthly screening series called Desire in Motion at the Paradise Theatre in Toronto about love, intimacy, and relationships through a distinctly Canadian perspective.