Two movies, Toronto-based, set fewer than a hundred meters apart, made by millennial women. But that’s not all that connects #BLESSED and There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace.
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In 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
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For the Love of Rutland is a powerful observation of the divisions in Trump-era America, but ultimately a hopeful study of a community hungry for change.
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Keep ReadingAll that I Am (Norway, 75 min) Dir. Tone Grøttjord-Glenne Programme: International Spectrum All that I Am begins with a voice speaking of a dark past over images of gently falling snow. The
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"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 ReadingMein Vietnam (Germany/Austria, 70 min.) Dir. Tim Ellrich, Thi Hien Mai Program: World Showcase Thi Bay Nguyen and Trung Tam Mai have been living in Germany for nearly thirty years. However, one
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