documentary / feature

The Sandbox

Synopsis

Through meditative, cinematic landscapes, The Sandbox explores global borders where surveillance and AI decide who lives and who dies.

From the Arizona desert to the Mediterranean sea, suffering is clinically managed while control is packaged as security.

But if there is no opting out, who is The Sandbox really protecting?

EYESTEELFILM and TVO present
a COMPY FILMS production
produced with the participation of the CANADA MEDIA FUND, TELEFILM CANADA, and ONTARIO CREATES
in association with FORD FOUNDATION JUSTFILMS
THE SANDBOX
written and directed by KENYA-JADE PINTO
producers SHASHA NAKHAI, KENYA-JADE PINTO
executive producers RICH WILLIAMSON, BOB MOORE and JENNIFER BAICHWAL
commissioning editor, tvo ALEXANDRA ROBERTS
production executive, tvo SHANE SMITH
co-executive producer ROBIN SMITH
director of photography LUC FORSYTH
editor JORDAN KAWAI
music by ROBBIE TEEHAN
production manager STEPHANIE DE BEM

partners COMPY FILMS, EYESTEELFILM, CANADA MEDIA FUND, TELEFILM CANADA, ONTARIO CREATES, TVO, FORD FOUNDATION JUSTFILMS, KNOWLEDGE NETWORK, HOT DOCS, ROGERS TELEFUND, FEDERAL & PROVINCIAL TAX CREDITS

Upcoming Screenings

Check back for more to be announced soon!

Copenhagen, Denmark · March 2026 · CPH:DOX
Prague, Czech Republic · March 2026 · One World Int’l Human Rights FF
Toronto, ON, Canada · April 2026 · Hot Docs Canadian Int’l Doc FF
Vancouver, BC, Canada · May 2026 · DOXA Festival
Washington, DC, USA · June 2026 · DC/DOX
Montreal, QC, Canada · July 2026 · Cinema Sur Les Etoiles
Gimli, MB, Canada · July 2026 · Gimli Int’l Film Festival
Birmingham, AL, USA · August 2026 · Sidewalk Film Festival
Sudbury, ON, Canada · September 2026 · Cinefest Sudbury
Windsor, ON, Canada · October 2026 · Windsor Int’l Film Festival
Canadian Theatres · October 2026 · Full List Here
Italy · October 2026 start · Mondovisioni
New York, NY, USA · November 2026 · DOC NYC

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