Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy chronicles the opioid crisis facing the people of the Kainai First Nation and how “harm reduction” practices can save them.
Canadian Cinema
Canadian directors delve into their work which is too often overlooked by festivals.
Grace Glowicki on the strange experiments of her directorial debut, Tito
After her Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best First Feature, we spoke with multi-hyphenate Grace Glowicki about Tito, her oddball directorial debut.
Cinematographer Stéphanie Anne Weber Biron’s colourful visual worlds
Stéphanie Anne Weber Biron was recently nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Nadia, Butterfly. We speak to her about shooting that film and Andrea Dorfman’s Spinster.
The elegance and awkwardness of Théodore Pellerin
Rising star Théodore Pellerin (Genèse, Never Rarely Sometimes Always) has the charisma of a leading man and the energy of a scene-stealing character actor. He discusses his career so far.
‘In the Innu language, every word is an image’: Kim O’Bomsawin on Call Me Human
Abenaki filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin discusses her documentary Call Me Human (Je m’appelle humain) and telling the story of Joséphine Bacon and her friends.
Danis Goulet on her Indigenous sci-fi thriller Night Raiders
Cree filmmaker Danis Goulet discusses her feature debut Night Raiders, which looks at motherhood and the horrors of residential schools through a sci-fi lens.