Toronto-based film programmer, writer, and creator of the film zine GLEANING.

NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

Desire in Motion presents The Beast (dir. Bertrand Bonello)
Tickets

Desire in Motion is thrilled to present The Beast by French auteur Bertrand Bonello (Nocturama, House of Tolerance) for our final screening of 2025 on November 18 at 7PM at The Paradise Theatre.

Co-produced by Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan (Mommy), this genre-blending odyssey spans decades as two star-crossed lovers (Léa Seydoux and George MacKay) are continuously drawn to each other despite the prickly obstacles that stand between them. The film was ranked #15 on “The 100 Best Movies of the 2020s (So Far)” list by IndieWire and is as a bold vision of yearning, human connection, and resistance against a dystopian AI future where emotions have become a threat.

GLEANING Issue 03 is here!

The Summer / Fall 2025 issue of GLEANING is here! The theme of this zine focuses on "Saturations & Excesses", exploring topics relating to body horror (it’s Cronenberg Summer, after all), controversial films, sheer excess, camp, style over substance, cinema enhancements, extremities in film, blockbusters and "event" cinema, overstimulation while watching films, and more.

You can read the digital version of the zine for free on this website here.

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.