“Despite a rookie cast and a microscopic budget, the poignant coming-of-age story became the breakout hit of TIFF last year.”

– Toronto Life’s New Hollywood North (The story behind Scarborough’s big screen success)

“If you have any doubt about the tremendous, inspiring, near-transcendent power that Canadian film can offer, then you must make a priority of watching Scarborough.”

– The Globe & Mail (Tremendous coming-of-age drama Scarborough is a masterpiece of Canadian film)

“Bursts with a raw immediacy…one of the most impactful works of social realism in quite some time.”

– The Film Stage (Scarborough is a moving institutional study of families failed by the system)

“Wrenching, uplifting and in so many ways ground-breaking…Watching Scarborough makes immediately apparent what we’ve been missing while the Canadian film industry kept busy making cottage porn or getting cute about emotional hang-ups in the Annex.”

– NOW Toronto (Scarborough is a new look for TIFF - and Canadian film)

“Urgent and deeply affecting…Nakhai and Williamson’s feature dramatic debut is especially extraordinary thanks to the rich, raw, and vulnerable performances they draw from the three young leads.”

- Complex Magazine (Meet the Next Generation of Canadian Filmmakers at TIFF21)

“Love is on every inch of every frame of this film…A shining example of the transformative power of film, and what happens when representation takes place on and off screen.”

-She Does the City (Scarborough is a love letter to its people)