There aren’t too many documentaries outside the TIFF Docs programme this year, but this observation doesn’t mean the festival comes up short. TIFF’s Short Cuts offers half a dozen short docs scattered around the
Keep Reading3/4 (Bulgaria/Germany, 82 min.) Dir. Ilian Metev Featuring: Mila Mihova, Nikolay Programme: Discovery (North American Premiere) What are some of the traits that come to mind when one imagines a “festival
Keep ReadingOf Sheep and Men (Switzerland/France/Qatar, 78 min.) Dir. Karim Sayad Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) We all know that humans and sheep are different beasts but Sayad’s doc suggests that there
Keep ReadingLots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle (Muchos Hijos, un Mono y un Castillo) (Spain, 88 min.) Dir. Gustavo Salmerón Programme: TIFF Docs (North American Premiere) Julita Salmerón insists more
Keep ReadingThere is a House Here (Canada, 105 min) Dir. Alan Zweig Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) What are the roles and responsibilities of artists who want to explore stories of communities
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In many ways, Obomsawin’s previous films have all been leading her to Norway House, the site of this caring and empathetic doc, Our People Will Be Healed.
Keep ReadingAzmaish: A Journey Through the Subcontinent (Pakistan, 85 min.) Dir. Sabiha Sumar Programme: TIFF Docs (North American Premiere) The personal is political for Sabiha Sumar. The Pakistani filmmaker embarks on a
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A good film festival always yields some fresh discoveries from filmmakers who tackle hard questions and shake things up with film form. Last year’s winner for Canadian film, Mathieu Denis and Simon
Keep ReadingMatt Embry takes audiences on an unexpectedly emotional journey in Living Proof. The Calgary-born filmmaker pulls double duty as the director and subject of this compelling film that uses his own diagnosis with
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Denis Côté's A Skin So Soft is a playful and thoughtful hybrid portrait of bodybuilders that considers masculinity from new angles as the muscle men sculpt their bodies with a rigourous regimen
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