The National Film Board (NFB) showcased yet another of its multimedia projects at New York’s influential Tribeca Film Festival this spring. Draw Me Close, a still-in-production long-form virtual reality (VR) experience, follows
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When Greg Tourino, a science librarian at Simon Fraser University and former graduate cinema student was asked in BCLiving Magazine about his passion for Black Canadian film, his answer could stand for
Keep ReadingSaskatchewan film is innovative, reflective work that leans toward the personal, yet tells a story specific to a part of the country.
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Keep ReadingBirth of a Family (Canada, 79 min.) Dir. Tasha Hubbard Programme: Canadian Spectrum (World Premiere) A revelatory documentary, Birth of a Family is a family-reunion doc unlike any you’ve seen before.
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