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Alice Winocour

Seventh Row Editors / August 4, 2020

Ep. 51: Proxima and Baby Boom: Working mothers

Alice Winocur’s Proxima uses the astronaut film to show how mothers in professional setting have to both prove themselves in male-dominated environments and be a caring, supportive mom. This topic is somewhat rare on screen, bringing to mind the 1987 hidden gem Baby Boom.

Seventh Row Editors / June 25, 2020

An Alice Winocour masterclass on directing

In this session of Lockdown Film School, we talk to writer-director Alice Winocour about her features Augustine, Disorder, and Proxima.

Alex Heeney / January 8, 2020

A closer look at the TIFF 2019 Platform Competition

Proxima and My Zoe set the bar for what we should expect from female characters in film in TIFF’s Platform Competition, its flagship program for emerging filmmakers.

Seventh Row best films of the decade

Seventh Row Editors / November 25, 2019

Seventh Row’s 50 favourite films of the decade

Seventh Row editors Orla Smith and Alex Heeney pick their 50 favourite films of the 2010s decade, from Leave No Trace to Paddington 2.

TIFF best of 2019

Seventh Row Editors / October 1, 2019

The best 20 films of TIFF 2019

Seventh Row’s editors discuss the best films they saw at TIFF19, from Portrait of a Lady on Fire to Anne at 13,000 ft.

Alice Winocour, Disorder

Alex Heeney / August 11, 2016

Alice Winocour on Disorder, directing Matthias Schoenaerts

An interview with writer-director Alice Winocour on the genesis of Disorder, directing Matthias Schoenaerts, and the highly effective subjective sound mix. Read our review of the film here.

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