Host Sarain Fox and Director Michelle Latimer discuss the making of their new VICE TV series, RISE, telling Indigenous stories, and what it means to tell these stories through film — an inherently colonialist medium.
Film Festivals
Québecois writer-director Anne Émond talks Nelly
Writer-director Anne Émond discusses her unconventional Nelly Arcand biopic, Nelly, which was selected for Canada’s Top Ten of 2016.
What does Canada’s Top Ten of 2016 say about Canadian Cinema?
Canada’s Top Ten of 2016 broke tradition by choosing films from emerging filmmakers, which reflect our country back at us.
Inuk director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril talks Angry Inuk, seal hunting
Inuk filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril discusses seal hunting and the making of Angry Inuk, which is one of Canada’s Top Ten Films of 2016.
Director Dilip Mehta talks Mostly Sunny, Bollywood, and pornography
Canadian director Diliip Mehta discusses the making of his frank and surprising documentary about porn-star-turned-Bollywood-icon Sunny Leone.
Alexandra Therese-Keining talks Girls Lost and gender performance
Writer-director Alexandra Therese-Keining discusses her sophomore film, Girls Lost, a smart and sensitive exploration of gender, gender performance, identity, femininity, and masculinity.