Since 2016, Seventh Row has spotlighted our 20 favourite smaller films from the Toronto International Film Festival that were still seeking distributors in at least two of Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. We’ve checked in on these 60 films and tracked down where (or when) you can watch them.
Film Festivals
InsideOut 2019 highlights include The Ground Beneath My Feet and Zen in the Ice Rift
The 2019 InsideOut Film Festival brought together mainstream hits like Rocketman and Late Night with arthouse gems like The Ground Beneath My Feet and Zen in the Ice Rift.
Cinephilia takes over at Il Cinema Ritrovato
B. P. Flanagan recounts his experience attending the 2019 Il Cinema Ritrovato, the world’s premiere festival for restored and rediscovered cinema, located in Bologna, Italy.
Director Alaa Eddine Aljem on The Unknown Saint
Moroccan director Alaa Eddine Aljem discusses his first feature, The Unknown Saint, a comic and absurdist fable about the intersection of faith and commerce.
Maxime Giroux discusses The Great Darkened Days
Québécois director Maxime Giroux tells us about The Great Darkened Days, his absurdist, poetic, and often brutal fable about the corruptive power of capitalism. This is an excerpt from our ebook The 2019 Canadian Cinema Yearbook, which is available for purchase here.
Sundance London ’19 Capsule Reviews
Orla Smith recaps the best films of the Sundance London Festival, including Animals, Corporate Animals, The Farewell, and The Nightingale.