A report from the 2019 Images Festival in Toronto emphasizes seeing our world from a slightly different angle.
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"There’s greater gender parity in documentary than in fiction and the approach to directing in non-fiction is to relinquish control. There’s a kind of humility or surrender. It’s not about the filmmaker;
Keep ReadingThe Trolley (Canada, 45min) Dir. Stephen Low Programme: Special Events & Big Ideas Series Canadian documentarian Stephen Low is one of those old school IMAX filmmakers, gifted with using the massive
Keep ReadingUnarmed Verses (Canada, 85 min.) Dir. Charles Officer The thought experiment called the ship of Theseus asks if a boat remains the same if one removes all of its boards and
Keep ReadingUNITERRUPTED’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
Keep ReadingThe title of a 2007 documentary says it all: Let’s All Hate Toronto. Ontario is a province that houses two formidable capitals, and while Ottawa officially represents the seat of Canadian political power,
Keep ReadingFor the last two decades, Jorge Lozano has been prolific in his production of films and videos notable for their social and political engagement.
Keep ReadingHighlights of Toronto's 2016 Images Festival include Kelly O'Brien's Postings from Home and Mike Hoolboom's Incident Reports.
Keep ReadingCrisis of the Real lets Torontonians see unique and exciting distribution and curatorial hybrid models in Chinese cinema.
Keep ReadingA battered yet indefatigable optimism suffuses the work of Alan Zweig, the Toronto filmmaker behind 15 Reasons to Live at Hot Docs 2013.
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