Alan Zweig Documentary LOVE, HAROLD Screens in Toronto, Hamilton and Victoria, Followed by Online Launch via The NFB

(Image provided by the NFB)

 

Awards and Festivals

Official Selection

Calgary International Film Festival, Canada (2025)

Official Selection

Windsor International Film Festival, Canada (2025)

Official Selection

Rendezvous with Madness, Canada (2025)

A 52 Media Inc. and National Film Board of Canada co-production 

People grappling with the suicide of a loved one express their grief—and their resilience—in a raw and profound gesture of empathy from renowned documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig.

If you or someone you know is struggling, the 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline is available across Canada.

“Zweig’s unadorned, human approach results in one of the renowned filmmaker’s most affecting works. Without sensationalism or sentimentality, Love, Harold offers an honest meditation on grief and remembrance. Ultimately, the film is an invitation to listen, to share, and to love through the pain.”— Rachel West, That Shelf

Toronto – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig’s powerful documentary Love, Harold, a 52 Media/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-production, will screen in Toronto (March 29), Hamilton (March 30) and Victoria (April 7)—followed by a free national online launch on NFB.ca, YouTube and NFB apps starting April 13.

Produced in Toronto by David York (52 Media) and Kate Vollum (NFB), Love, Harold had its world premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival and was also selected to screen at Toronto’s Rendezvous with Madness Festival and the Windsor International Film Festival.

About the film

When an old friend takes his own life, Zweig seeks out others grappling with the suicide of a loved one. As hard as it can be to speak of such an unfathomable loss, more than 20 friends and acquaintances feel compelled to tell their stories. Zweig engages with them as only he can—reflecting with disarming candour on the grief and resilience of those left standing.

 

Special screenings

Toronto, Hot Docs Cinema, Sunday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m.

Q&A with Alan Zweig, moderated by Don McKellar

Presented by the NFB in partnership with Distress Centres of Greater Toronto

 

Hamilton, The Westdale, Monday, March 30, at 7 p.m.

Q&A with Alan Zweig

Presented by the NFB in partnership with Distress Centre Halton

 

Victoria, Cinecenta, Tuesday, April 7

There will be 2 showings, 5pm and 7pm, with a pre-recorded intro by Alan.

 

This is the first collaboration with the NFB for Zweig, a celebrated documentary filmmaker whose first non-fiction feature, the cult classic Vinyl, was listed by Pitchfork as one of the best music documentaries ever made. Other notable works include Hurt, I, Curmudgeon, There Is a House Here and Fifteen Reasons to Live. His films have won the Platform and Best Canadian Feature Awards at TIFF, a Genie and a Canadian Screen Award.

Zweig is currently hosting two podcasts: The Worst Podcast (Canadaland/Sonar Network), whose second season launches this March, and Tubby (Left of Dial Media), rated one of Apple Podcasts’ best shows of 2025.