UNITERRUPTED’s The Carter Effect is a crowd pleaser directed by Hamilton, ON native Sean Menard. “I want people in Toronto to feel like it’s ours,” the director said of the film in his post-screening
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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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After his father passed away, Montreal filmmaker Arshad Khan explored their intensely complicated relationship in Abu
Keep ReadingThe World in Ten Blocks creators Marc Serpa Francoeur and Robinder Uppal discuss their interactive doc about Toronto's diverse make-up.
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