In Our Loved Ones, Québécois director Anne Émond makes the physical closeness of loved ones tangible. There’s intimacy in every moment shared between family …
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Canadian cinema
TIFF15: The Rainbow Kid respectfully depicts disability
The Rainbow Kid addresses both the ways in which disability can be a limitation and a difficulty without presenting it as utterly debilitating. …
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TIFF15 review: NFB history doc Ninth Floor sheds light on our racial biases
Mina Shum’s taut and accomplished documentary The Ninth Floor is an extremely important film about racial discrimination in Canada. Not only does it retell …
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Fire Song presents an authentic, First Nations queer narrative
Adam Garnet Jones' “Fire Song” is a frank portrait of indigenous LGBT people and how depression and isolation intersect within a First Nation community. …
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TIFF15 Interview: Canadian director Kire Paputts talks The Rainbow Kid and disability in film
With his first feature, The Rainbow Kid, Canadian filmmaker Kire Paputts has made a landmark film. The film stars a character with Down Syndrome, Eugene (Dylan …
TIFF15: How Heavy This Hammer explores masculinity in crisis ****
Mary Angela Rowe reviews one of the best films of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival from Canadian director Kazik Radwanski. To discover more great …
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