Mile End Kicks
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- Matthew Miller
- Pat Kiely
- Julie Groleau
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| Directed by | Chandler Levack |
| Written by | Chandler Levack |
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| Cinematography | Jeremy Cox |
| Edited by | Simone Smith |
| Music by | Cecile Believe |
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Running time | 112 minutes[1] |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million[2] |
| Box office | $264,488[3] |
Mile End Kicks is a 2025 Canadian romantic comedy film written and directed by Chandler Levack.[4] 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, in 2011 with the goal of writing a book about Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill but instead becomes romantically involved with Archie (Devon Bostick) and Chevy (Stanley Simons), two members of the aspiring indie rock band Bone Patrol, and takes a job as the band's publicist.[5] The cast also includes Juliette Gariépy, Robert Naylor, Isaiah Lehtinen and Jay Baruchel.
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 4, 2025. It was released in Canada on April 17, 2026, by Entract Films and Elevation Pictures.
- Barbie Ferreira as Grace Pine
- Devon Bostick as Archie Webber
- Stanley Simons as Chevy Olsen
- Juliette Gariépy as Madeleine
- Robert Naylor as Hugo Côté
- Isaiah Lehtinen as Jesse Matthews
- Jay Baruchel as Jeff
- Emily Lê as Penelope
- Hasani Freeman as DJ
- Magi Merlin as Chloe
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.[6] 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,[5] with Baruchel's casting announced toward the end of production.[7] The film was shot in August and September 2024 in Montreal.[8]
Levack has said the production budget of the film was approximately $4 million, a significant increase from her previous feature I Like Movies, which cost about $130,000.[2]
The Montreal indie rock band Tops wrote two original songs for the soundtrack.[7]
Release
Mile End Kicks had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 4, 2025.[9][10] The film was also screened in the Borsos Competition program of the 2025 Whistler Film Festival.[11] It was screened at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival on February 28 and March 1, 2026.[12] The film was released theatrically on April 17, 2026, in Canada by Elevation Pictures (with Entract Films releasing in Quebec) and in the United States by Sumerian Pictures.[13][14][15]
