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Promoting and spotlighting Canadian Cinema is one of the goals of The Seventh Row. Here you'll find reviews of Canadian films and interviews with Canadian directors.
The Splinters ensemble — Sofia Banzhaf, Callum Dunphy, and Shelley Thompson — discuss finding their characters, collaborating with each other and director Thom …
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Co-director and Haida artist Gwaai Edenshaw discusses his landmark film Edge of the Knife (Swaaway K'uuna), the first feature film made in the Haida language. …
The Canadian films at TIFF this year were especially great, but the festival should have done more to bring them to the attention of critics and audiences. …
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At TIFF, almost all of the best films I saw were Canadian — and that’s not grading on a curve. …
[Read more...] about TIFF18’s brightest star was Canadian cinema
Addelman discusses fictionalising her first marriage into her feature debut, which took years of rewrites, great casting, and generous collaboration. …
[Read more...] about Establishing Shots: Rebecca Addelman on her marriage drama, Paper Year
First Stripes reveals how training designed to equalize recruits ends up reproducing a conservative set of norms. …
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Based on Ojibwe author Richard Wagamese’s novel set in the 1960s, Stephen Campanelli's Indian Horse uses the hook of Canada’s national sport — hockey — to …
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Director Ann Shin and producer Hannah Donegan discuss the making of My Enemy, My Brother, Shin's poignant documentary about two men who fought on opposite sides …
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Director Sofia Bohdanowicz discusses her process, representing older women in film, and photographing lived in spaces in her new film Maison du Bonheur. …
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We take a look at some of the best Canadian shorts from the Festival du Nouveau Cinema, which are now available to screen online via FestivalScope. There are …
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