The Herd: Film Screening & Conversation With Toronto Filmmaker, Peter Lynch

Please join us for this very special opportunity to see a unique tale of mythologised Canadian history in the form of an impossible arctic odyssey which is also a meditation on seeing and perceiving our shared landscape. There will be tea and communal conversation with Peter.

A phonograph lies on the infinite northern tundra. Thousands of reindeer thunder across the horizon, silently directed by a solitary man who watches and listens. It is the 1930s. It is the Dominion of Canada. The man thinks, You don't lead the herd, the herd leads you. Soft tundra undulates under hard hooves. Fires burn on the snow. A reindeer is dismembered. The music dissolves. Where are we? What are we doing here? Where is here? Where are we headed? What have we seen?

-Tom McSorley, , Take One, Sept 22, 1998

Peter Lynch is one of the most important filmmakers working in Canada. His widely acclaimed work is often compared with that of Werner Herzog and Errol Morris…grounded in driven characters pursuing their obsessions to their logical conclusions. It’s this predilection for obsessive types, his unique, ambivalent approach to them, and his genuine interest in their often outlandish worldviews that distinguishes Lynch as an auteur.

-Steve Gravestock, TIFF

2 Screenings:

November 28, 2025 @ 7:00 pm

November 29, 2025 @ 2:00 pm

You must have a ticket to gain entry. If you register, but are unable to make it, please show courtesy to the artist by cancelling your ticket so someone can take your place.

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As space is limited, please do not bring any large bags or backpacks. This is a shoes off event with seating on floor cushions or on stools. Dress comfortably.

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