What is the difference between being a "Sugar Baby" and a sex worker? Is it a viable way to make an income? Filmmaker Hannah Donegan explores these questions …
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.
Writer-director Ashley McKenzie talks Werewolf
Cape Breton writer-director Ashley McKenzie discusses her feature debut, Werewolf, "lawnmower crackheads", working with non-actors, and being part of the …
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Director Stephen Dunn talks Closet Monster and internalized homophobia
Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney talked to Stephen Dunn about his directorial debut Closet Monster:why he wanted to tell this story, its magical realist elements, …
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TIFF16 Interview: Producer from Democracy Now! talks All Governments Lie
Laura Anne Harris talks to Nermeen Shaikh, a producer of All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone from the independent news …
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Poetry and identity in NFB animated feature Window Horses
In Window Horses, writer-director Ann Marie Fleming gets very specific about the alienation her poet Rosie has experienced as a Chinese-Iranian Canadian, …
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Haya Waseem discusses her TIFF short Shahzad set in Toronto
Pakistan-born, Toronto-based filmmaker Haya Waseem discusses her TIFF short film Shahzad, Seventh Row's pick for the best Canadian short at the festival. …
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