The Sandbox

  • People in front of many surveillance monitors
  • Aerial shot of 4 people walking through the desert
  • Person controlling surveillance footage

Showings

TIFF Lightbox 1 Sat, Apr 25 8:00 PM
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Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sat, May 2 11:00 AM
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Film Info
Copyright:2026
Country Listing:Canada
Premiere Status:North American Premiere
Runtime:90
Festival Info
Festival Year:2026
Language:English
Arabic
Greek
Somali
Accessibility:Closed Captions
Audio Description
ASL Intro/Q&A
Program:Digital Witnesses
Film Subjects:Immigration, Migration & Refugees
Science & Technology
Social Media & the Internet
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Kenya-Jade Pinto
Producer(s):Shasha Nakhai
Kenya-Jade Pinto
Executive Producer(s):Rich Williamson
Bob Moore
Jennifer Baichwal
Editor(s):Jordan Kawai
Cinematography:Luc Forsyth
Composer:Robbie Teehan
Sound:Hugo De La Cerda

Description

Closed Captions Icon  Audio Description Icon   Screening with closed captions and audio description. There will be ASL interpretation for the intro and Q&A on April 25.


In an age defined by mass migration, migrants and refugees stand among the world’s most vulnerable people. Yet their vulnerability is often weaponized, used as an excuse for surveillance and ever-expanding border technologies across land and sea and in the sky. In this urgent, artful debut, director Kenya-Jade Pinto pulls back the curtain on the border industrial machine, revealing how the very technologies sold as protection are used to control, intimidate and sometimes kill migrants and refugees. On the frontlines, people like investigative journalists Lydia Emmanouilidou and search-and-rescue volunteer James Holeman push back by challenging power, confronting brutality and offering a counterweight to the systems they expose. With masterful editing and gorgeous cinematography, The Sandbox is a stark, gripping wake-up call that reveals the human cost of systems of security. Aisha Jamal

 

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