by Alex Billington
June 26, 2026
Source: YouTube
“You think you’re safe here, don’t you?” Elevation Pictures has revealed the official Canadian trailer for an indie film titled Steal Away, the latest from Canadian filmmaker Clement Virgo. This premiered at TIFF last year and it also played at the Atlantic Film Festival and Santa Barbara Film Festival earlier this year. A teen forms an intense bond with a refugee taken in by her family. As their obsessive relationship deepens, she becomes enamored with the refugee’s lifestyle, leading to desire, jealousy, and a world that is not as it appears. Starring Angourie Rice and Mallori Johnson as Cécile, a young African traveller, and Fanny, an strange girl living in a bubble of wealth. The film also stars Lauren Lee Smith, Idrissa Sanogo, Arnold Pinnock, Hilde Van Mieghem, Nola Elvis Kemper, Denise M’Baye, Gloria Mampuya, and Isabelle Menal. This has mostly good reviews so far. One explains more: “The film’s script combines an examination of how structural and historical racism breeds a culture of abuse and generational trauma with an exploration of women’s complex, and often hurtful, relationship with our own bodies.” Very interesting.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Clement Virgo’s film Steal Away, direct from Elevation’s YouTube:
Lust & jealousy blossom as Cécile (Mallori Johnson), an African traveller, arrives at the home of Fanny (Angourie Rice), an awkward girl sequestered in a bubble of wealth. In a lush, ruthless environment that evokes a troubled historical landscape, Cécile falls in love with Rufus, the gardener’s son, igniting Fanny’s own turbulent sexual awakening. A psychological thriller about 2 teenage girls who learn that their world is not as it appears and must band together to fight the powers that be. Steal Away is directed by Canadian filmmaker Clement Virgo, director of the films Rude, The Planet of Junior Brown, One Heart Broken Into Song, Love Come Down, Lie With Me, Poor Boy’s Game, Brother previously, along with tons of TV shows. The screenplay is written by Tamara Faith Berger & Clement Virgo. Produced by Damon D’Oliveira, Clement Virgo, Peter De Maegd, Tom Hameeuw. This initially premiered at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival last year. Elevation Pictures releases Virgo’s Steal Away film in Canadian theaters on July 17th, 2026 this summer.
