Filmmakers Robinder Uppal and Marc Serpa Francoeur discuss their provocative doc Above the Law, which investigates cases of police brutality within the Calgary Police.
Keep ReadingIt’s been sixteen years since the release of The Corporation introduced a wealth of exciting strategies for producing, promoting, and distributing Canadian documentaries that seek not just to enlighten viewers but give
Keep ReadingAs the film industry logs on to the first virtual edition of the Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival, filmmakers are in an unprecedented situation. For the four teams of
Keep Reading"The great virtue of the program is that the counsellors step back and let the boys run the show, which is why it went off the rails in 2017. We’d done that
Keep ReadingIn 2020, in the midst of one the worst health crises ever to assault the modern world, Hot Docs was one of the first film festivals to come through with a full
Keep ReadingAgnès Varda celebrated the beauty of the marginalized, turning her lens on the elderly, indigent, immigrants, and people of colour. Most of all, she focussed on women.
Keep ReadingCriterion Channel's collections of films about Black experiences have a number of docs and hybrids worth exploring, including Symbiopsychtaxiplasm and Urban Rashomon.
Keep Reading"The film shows that in Norwegian society we use a lot of government money to rehabilitate people like Karl Bertil. But look at Bertil today. The government has invested in his life
Keep ReadingFilmmaker Giuio Gobbetti offers a personal account on premiering his film No Island Like Home just as COVID-19 hit.
Keep Reading"When I wrote the story I hoped this film would affect contemporary women. It’s not just a story from the past," says Claude Demers.
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