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

© 1000543880 Ontario Inc. for Compy Films Inc.

Upcoming Screenings

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Copenhagen, Denmark

March 2026


Prague, Czech Republic

March 2026


Toronto, ON, Canada

April 2026


Vancouver, BC, Canada

May 2026


Washington, DC, USA

June 2026

Birmingham, AL, USA

August 2026



Montreal, QC, Canada

July 2026


Gimli, MB, Canada

July 2026


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