Toronto’s InsideOut Film Festival programs so many wonderful queer films — like Gugu’s World and Black Burns Fast — about children for children, if only they could reach them.
Essays
Cannes Review: Alexander Murphy’s Tin Castle
lex Heeney reviews Alexander Murphy’s observational documentary Tin Castle about a family of Irish Travellers. The film had its world premiere in the Cannes Critics’ Week sidebar
Cannes Review: Blerta Basholli’s Dua
Alex Heeney reviews Blerta Basholli’s Cannes Critics Week film, Dua, about the Kosova War through the lens of a young teenage girl.
Cannes Review: Mahsa Karampour’s Into the Jaws of the Orge
Mahsa Karampour’s Cannes ACID documentary Into the Jaws of the Orge is a thoughtful story of exile and tentative reconnection.
Review: Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend
Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend is one of the best films of the year.
HotDocs Review: Gregor Brändli’s Elephants and Squirrels
Gregor Brändli’s HotDocs documentary Elephants and Squirrels explores the repatriation of Sri Lankan artifacts from a Swiss museum — and how Sri Lankan artist Deneth Piumakshi Veda grapples with the issue in her work.