On the podcast, Alex Heeney delves into how Bretten Hannam’s At the Place of Ghosts uses genre to tell a story about two people healing from trauma who can’t talk about it — and then talks to writer-director Hannam about crafting the film.
Canadian Cinema
Canadian directors delve into their work which is too often overlooked by festivals.
Interview: Philippe Lesage on Comme le feu (Who by Fire)
Québécois filmmaker Philippe Lesage discusses his new Berlinale Generation 14plus film Comme le feu (Who by Fire).
Graham Foy on The Maiden
Foy mentions that the film’s day-for-night shots were inspired by Reichardt’s First Cow, which does likewise. How did cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt shoot day for night in First Cow? Blauvelt goes deep on this in our ebook on Kelly Reichardt, Roads to nowhere, available here.
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 work.
Zoe Leigh Hopkins tells an uplifting story about healing in Run Woman Run
Zoe Leigh Hopkins, director of Run Woman Run, talks about telling a different kind of coming-of-age-in-your-thirties story, filming in her home of Six Nations, and more.
‘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.