Alex Heeney takes a look at some of the best films from so-called Canada to premiere this fall, including Bootlegger, Albedo, and Portraits from a Fire.
Canadian Cinema
Promoting and spotlighting Canadian Cinema is one of the goals of The Seventh Row. Here you'll find reviews of Canadian films and interviews with Canadian directors.
On colonialism: Wochiigii lo, Returning Home and Coextinction
Three documentaries directed by women — Wochiigii lo, Returning Home, and Coextinction —draw connections between environmental destruction, species extinction, and colonialism.
TIFF Review: Alanis Obomsawin’s Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
Alanis Obomsawin’s new short film, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, is a powerful presentation preserved on film.
TIFF Review: Scarborough is one of the festival’s most stirring crowdpleasers
Scarborough, from directors Rich Williamson and Shasha Nakhai, is a big-hearted portrait of families in a low-income neighbourhood.
Ten must-see shorts at TIFF 2021
C.J. Prince picks the best shorts at TIFF 2021, which includes new works from Seventh Row favourites Albert Shin and Zacharias Kunuk.
Essential Indigenous films from the territories known as Canada
Here is Seventh Row’s guide to essential stories about Indigenous Peoples told by Indigenous people, all from the territories known as Canada.