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Canadian Cinema

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.

Stills from Spinster, No Crying at the Dinner Table, First Stripes, Nadia Butterfly, and Monkey Beach,in front of a swirling red background.

Seventh Row Editors / January 11, 2021

The best Canadian films of 2020

Seventh Row's editors pick the 10 best Canadian films released in 2020 and the 10 best Canadian world premieres. This is part of our 2020 wrap up …

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Lena Wilson / December 24, 2020

Brandon Cronenberg on process, penises, and Possessor

Brandon Cronenberg discusses his fucked up horror film Possessor and its many unintentional penetration metaphors. The film is now on VOD in Canada, the US, and …

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Alex Heeney / December 9, 2020

Sophie Dupuis explores masculinity in a Quebec mine in Souterrain

Sophie Dupuis's second film, Souterrain, is a thoughtful exploration of the emotional lives of men working in a Quebec mine. The film is screening across Canada …

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A still from Quebexit next to a headshot of director Joshua Demers. The image is accompanied by text that reads: 'Interview'.

Alex Heeney / November 18, 2020

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 …

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A still from Monkey Beach next to a headshot of director Loretta Todd. The text 'Interview' is over the image.

Alex Heeney / November 14, 2020

‘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. Today is the last day Monkey Beach is streaming worldwide at the American …

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Alex Heeney / October 22, 2020

Shadow of Dumont: A road trip through familial Indigenous history

Trevor Cameron takes a road trip through the history of his great-great-uncle, Gabriel Dumont, in his documentary Shadow of Dumont. The film is available to …

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