"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.
Keep ReadingClapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business (Canada, 98 min.) Dir. Justin McConnell How does an aspiring talent survive in the independent film scene? This question fuels Justin McConnell’s Clapboard Jungle, which navigates
Keep ReadingL.A. Tea Time (Canada, 82 min.) Dir. Sophie Bédard-Marcotte Program: Markers “Hi, Miss July. Um…hi, Miranda? Hi, my name is Sophie and I am a filmmaker based in Montreal,” director Sophie Bédard-Marcotte
Keep Reading-Ariel Nasr’s NFB film The Forbidden Reel shares rare excerpts from classic Afghan cinema and images of life pre-Taliban.
Keep ReadingTales from a Prison Cell (Hungary/Croatia/UK, 80 min.) Dir. Ábel Visky Programme: Artscapes (World Premiere) A Hungarian prison might not be the place one expects to encounter uplifting children’s stories. However, Tales from
Keep ReadingNatalie Wood: What Remains Behind (USA, 100 min.) Dir. Laurent Bouzereau Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind might be the documentary its creators hoped to make. It’s an affectionate and loving portrait of
Keep ReadingA Secret Love (USA, 83 min.) Dir. Chris Bolan Across seventy-two years of love and companionship, Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel have seen it all. Stories of the love lives of the
Keep ReadingThe hit series Schitt's Creek ended in truly Canadian fashion: with a CBC documentary. A look back through the landmark series with some help from the doc that capped off one of
Keep ReadingWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (USA, 95 min.) Dir. Rob Garver Most film critics can name the review that got them hooked. For me, it was Manohla Dargis’s review
Keep ReadingUnfinished films, lost masterpieces, and stillborn projects assume new lives in documentary form. How The Other Side of the Wind, Shirkers, and Dune endure as non-fiction.
Keep Reading