Mile End Kicks

Mile End Kicks is an upcoming Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Chandler Levack and slated for release in 2025.^[2] Based in part on Levack's own young adulthood prior to becoming a professional music critic and filmmaker, the film stars Barbie Ferreira as Grace Pine, a young woman who moves to Montreal, Quebec, with the goal of writing a book about Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill but instead becomes romantically involved with two members of an indie rock band and takes a job as the band's publicist.^[3]

Mile End Kicks
Directed by	Chandler Levack
Screenplay by	Chandler Levack
Produced by	Matthew Miller Pat Kiely Julie Groleau
Starring	Barbie Ferreira Jay Baruchel Devon Bostick Juliette Gariépy
Cinematography	Jeremy Cox
Edited by	Simone Smith
Production companies	Banner House Productions New Visions Rhombus Media
Distributed by	Entract Films Elevation Pictures
Release date	September 2025 (2025-09) (TIFF)
Running time	105 minutes[1]
Country	Canada
Language	English

The cast also includes Jay Baruchel, Devon Bostick, Juliette Gariépy, Stanley Simons, Robert Naylor, Emily Lê, Hasani Freeman and Magi Merlin.

Production

The film's original screenplay outline, submitted under the working title Anglophone, was announced in 2016 as the winner of a competition for emerging women screenwriters staged by Zapruder Films, the production company of Matthew Miller.^[4] The prize was $12,000 and the services of a professional story editor to help develop and complete the full screenplay.

Most of the cast was announced in August 2024,^[3] with Baruchel's casting announced toward the end of production.^[5]

The film was shot in August and September 2024 in Montreal.^[6]

The contemporary Montreal indie rock band Tops wrote two original songs for the soundtrack.^[5]

Distribution

The film is slated to premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.^[7]