Writer-director Graham Foy discusses his feature film debut, The Maiden, using duration, naturalism, and magic realism to tell a coming-of-age story of …
Canadian Cinema
Canadian directors delve into their work which is too often overlooked by festivals.
Stéphane Lafleur on his TIFF film Viking
In this career-spanning interview, Québécois writer-director Stéphane Lafleur reflects on the making of his new film Viking and how it fits into his body of …
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Zoe Leigh Hopkins tells an uplifting story about healing in Run Woman Run
Zoe Leigh Hopkins, director of the feature film Run Woman Run, talks about telling a different kind of coming-of-age-in-your-thirties story, filming in her home …
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‘Down with the solo author!’: The making of Framing Agnes
Director Chase Joynt and co-writer Morgan M Page discuss Framing Agnes, a documentary that interrogates how we interpret transgender history. Read all our …
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Devery Jacobs: ‘I had never seen it be done until I started doing it’
Actress-director-writer-producer Devery Jacobs discusses her career-long love of storytelling, from Rhymes for Young Ghouls to Reservation Dogs. In Jeff …
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Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers on her vital new documentary
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy chronicles the opioid crisis facing the people of the Kainai First Nation and how "harm reduction" practices can save …