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Sail-In Cinema™ has captured Toronto’s imagination and received print, television, online and radio coverage.

Nothing says summer quite like watching a movie under the stars. And while there are plenty of outdoor movie screenings throughout the city, none are quite as special as the Sail-In Cinema. This year, the Sail-In Cinema returns to Sugar Beach from August 17 to 19. Moviegoers can either catch a flick while seated comfortably on land, or, if they have a boat, they can actually sail in, drop anchor and watch while bobbing up-and-down on Lake Ontario.

This three-night stunt event (hey, a floating, double-sided movie screen!) is getting ever more popular—last year’s fest brought a record 11,000 viewers. Landlubbers hang out at Corus Quay and Sugar Beach, while boat owners can anchor in the Harbour and get all the elbow room they want.

Perhaps the coolest outdoor movie-watching experience you can have come summertime. The event allows film fans watch from land and water, with a screen bobbing in the harbour.

…and don’t forget the Sail-In Cinema festival (August 18-20), when PortsToronto sets up a double-sided screen off Sugar Beach and invites people to watch from their sloops and yachts or from the shore.

Sail-in Cinema is coming back to Toronto this summer. This August, Sugar Beach will once again be turned into the largest outdoor theatre the city has ever seen. And you’ll be able to participate from both the shore and the open water thanks to the only duel-sided floating movie screen in the world.

2017 will be Sail-In Cinema’s seventh year, and you can expect more than 10,000 people to attend over the 3-days festival. The best part? It’s completely FREE

“Toronto could use more events like this! Sail-In Cinema™ takes outdoor screenings to the next level”

BlogTO
August 17, 2011
Dereck Flack

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"Step off then Toronto International Film Festival. You're no longer the splashiest cinematic happening on the calendar"

Globe & Mail
August 13 2011
Section: What to Do
Brad Wheeler
 

"'Sail In' movie experience
Big crowds gathered on the Lakeshore Thursday night to enjoy Toronto's newest movie experience."

Global Toronto News
August 16, 2012

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Sail-in movie theatre makes waves; Two-sided floating screen draws thousands
"The theatre is Lake Ontario, the screen a 700-pound, double-sided inflatable surface sitting on a custom-built barge anchored about 50 metres from shore."

The Star August 19, 2012
Jessica McDiarmid

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Weekend Planner: August 18-19, 2012
"Set your sails for one of the coolest/most unique events of the summer.”"

Torontoist
August 17 2012, 10:00pm ET
Byline: Kyle Bachan

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"As abundant as those outdoor screenings have been this summer, there's been a sorry lack of floating screens. The second annual Sail-In Cinema™ series rectifies matters over three nights"

The Star
August 17, 2012
Jason Anderson

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The Pitch
"Sail-In Cinema™ is a two-year-old film series that aims to revitalize the waterfront by showing movies by the shore."

National Post
August 4 2012
Ben Kaplan
 

"The Toronto Port Authority is doing something cool. They call it Sail-In Cinema™"

CP24 Breakfast
Thursday August 16 2012
Melissa Grelo
 

"[…] it is nice to see the TPA (née Toronto Harbour Commission) going back to its roots for its 100th birthday this year, bringing a bargeload of goodwill to the citizens of Toronto in the form of a sail-in theatre."

National Post
August 17 2011
Peter Kuteinbrouwer

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"It's cultural fodder such as Sail-In Cinema™ that gives us hope for our waterfront"

National Post Thursday August 13 2011 "Must Do" Weekend Toronto Section

If you missed Sail-in Cinema this time around, make sure you try to make it out next year. It is a very cool initiative to get people down to the beach and interacting around this stretch of the waterfront.

It’s a lovely way to spend your last few weeks of summer.

Is this the next new wave of film? The popular outdoor festival uses a two-sided floating movie screen set atop a barge in Toronto Harbour to be viewed by land (bring a chair, a cushion or a blanket) or by boat (bring your own anchor).