Launching TIFF’s doc section, Sophie Fiennes’s film Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami gave the audience at its first public screening the taste of ecstasy they hoped for. Both Fiennes and the living icon revelled
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With music by Philip Glass and no talking heads, Jane will delight people who know about ecology and the animals but are genuinely in Ms. Goodall’s life as well.
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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
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"Some people describe the doc like a show and it definitely plays like a show with the clapping and the cheering," says Step director Amanda Lipitz. "I learned so much from being
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“Music is an incredible conduit for telling complex stories,” says Catherine Bainbridge. “It just opens us up as humans to listen.” The Rezolution Pictures co-founder has seen that to be true ever since her
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Attiya Khan (A Better Man), Joseph Clement (Integral Man), Ali Weinstein (Mermaids), and Kalina Bertin (Manic) are among the directors making their Hot Docs debuts.
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François Jacob’s A Moon of Nickel and Ice, Ann Shin’s My Enemy, My Brother and Mila Aung-Thwin and Van Royko’s Let There Be Light offer global perspectives
Keep ReadingVic Sarin celebrates the art of cinematography in Keepers of the Magic.
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