Un vrai bonhomme (Man Up!) and Mes jours de gloire are both coming-of-age stories about boys who are ill-equipped to cope with their mental health issues.
Dating Amber: A charming Irish dramedy about queer teen friendship
In Dating Amber, queer teens Eddie (Fionn O’Shea) and Amber (Lola Petticrew) act as each others’ beards in 1995 Kildare, Ireland.
Doc NYC highlights: Chasing Childhood, Stray, and ‘Til Kingdom Come
These three Doc NYC highlights, which are all directed by women, are worth a watch before the virtual festival closes.
Joshua Demers on his Canadian political satire, Québexit
Québexit director and co-writer Joshua Demers on shooting a film in three languages with 20 actors in 12 days, and what the film reveals about Canada.
‘You can’t survive colonialism and not be epic’: Loretta Todd on Monkey Beach
Writer-director Loretta Todd discusses the 20 year journey to making Monkey Beach.
‘The balance was found when we started to cry with each screening’: Sound editor Valérie Deloof on Proxima
Valérie Deloof on editing the sound for Proxima, collaboration in post-production, and creating an immersive soundscape.