Cape Breton writer-director Ashley McKenzie discusses her feature debut, Werewolf, "lawnmower crackheads", working with non-actors, and being part of the …
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Canadian cinema
Director Stephen Dunn talks Closet Monster and internalized homophobia
Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney talked to Stephen Dunn about his directorial debut Closet Monster:why he wanted to tell this story, its magical realist elements, …
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TIFF16: Below Her Mouth is cringeworthy
Below Her Mouth attempts provocation and frank depictions of lesbian sex, but it forgets the emotion in its love story. …
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Poetry and identity in NFB animated feature Window Horses
In Window Horses, writer-director Ann Marie Fleming gets very specific about the alienation her poet Rosie has experienced as a Chinese-Iranian Canadian, …
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Haya Waseem discusses her TIFF short Shahzad set in Toronto
Pakistan-born, Toronto-based filmmaker Haya Waseem discusses her TIFF short film Shahzad, Seventh Row's pick for the best Canadian short at the festival. …
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Métis director Terril Calder discusses her TIFF16 short SNIP
Métis filmmaker Terril Calder’s SNIP, screening in the Short Cuts section at TIFF, is one of the very best Canadian films at the festival. It’s also one of the …
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