Cinefranco featured must-see francophone films from Quebec and Europe, including Jeune Juliette, Un amour impossible, and In Safe Hands (Pupille).
Film Festivals
Toronto’s ImagineNATIVE festival celebrates Indigenous films
The 20th ImagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto featured great Indigenous films from around the world. Highlights included: Vai, Top End Wedding, and Blood Quantum.
Hidden gems were the highlights at LFF 2019
The best films at LFF 2019 fell under the radar. Correspondents Orla Smith and Ben Flanagan discuss their six favourites of the festival.
Interview: Hala is a lyrical debut from Minhal Baig
Hala director Minhal Baig discusses fictionalising her own life story, her filmic influences, and Gerladine Viswanathan’s brilliant performance.
Daisuke Miyazaki on his striking techno-thriller, Videophobia
Daisuke Miyazaki discusses his Japanese techno-thriller Videophobia, which premiered at the Festival du nouveau cinema in Montreal.
LFF 2019’s best short films spotlight future great filmmakers
Orla Smith and Ben Flanagan pick their four favourite competition short films at the 2019 London Film Festival.