Your Tomorrow

Directed By Ali Weinstein

With an historic public park set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff live out its final year while confronting its controversial transformation into a private spa and waterpark.

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Filming for nearly 100 days with a fully observational approach, YOUR TOMORROW documents a transitional moment in the landscape of a city. The film follows a security guard who has worked at the waterfront park for forty years, a pair of Taiwanese retirees who visit daily and mark the changing seasons in the film, a swimmer/self-described “cyborg” who leads his cult following in year-round lake dips — plus a wider chorus of artists, urban explorers, birdwatchers, government officials, and environmentalists. The film asks viewers to consider what our modern cities should look like and what a diverse urban society needs to thrive, while shedding light on the values of our generation.

Ali Weinstein is an award-winning documentary filmmaker living in Toronto, Canada whose character-driven work often centres on people searching for a sense of belonging. Her latest feature YOUR TOMORROW (TVO) premiered at TIFF 2024 where it won a runner up Audience Choice Award. Her first feature documentary MERMAIDS (Super Channel), about a group of women living a mermaid lifestyle, debuted at Hot Docs 2017 and has since been broadcast in Canada, Brazil, France, Israel, and Germany. In 2018, she co-directed THE IMPOSSIBLE SWIM (TSN) about a 16-year-old girl attempting to swim across Lake Ontario at its widest point. In 2020, she directed #BLESSED (CBC) about the stunning success of an Evangelical church amongst the youth of downtown Toronto, and that same year she produced the feature documentary THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE THIS PLACE, ANYPLACE (CBC) about the redevelopment of the iconic Honest Ed’s block in Toronto, which was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards and won an Audience Choice Award at Hot Docs. Ali has also worked as an Associate Producer on films directed by acclaimed Canadian documentarians Alan Zweig, Nicholas de Pencier, and Kevin McMahon. She holds an MFA in Documentary Media Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University, and for four years served as a board member of Breakthroughs Film Festival, the only short film festival showcasing work exclusively by women and non-binary filmmakers in Canada.

Toronto International Film Festival 2024

Atlanta Film Festival 2025

Available Light Film Festival 2025

Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2025

Capital City Film Festival 2025

TIFF 2024 - second runner up, People's Choice Documentary Award

Toronto Film Critics Association - nominated for Best Canadian Documentary of the Year

"Eschewing a more traditional documentary structure, Weinstein instead adopts a poetic fly-on-the-wall approach, familiar to such acclaimed documentarians as Wiseman."
Globe & Mail