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Elena Lazic / April 3, 2019

‘I wanted to give faces to the refugees’: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun on A Season in France

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun discusses his latest film A Season in France, which follows a refugee and his family as they hope to be granted the permission to stay in …

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Alex Heeney / February 23, 2019

Sundance 2019: Advocate, Bedlam, and more

Our capsule reviews spotlight three documentaries and two Scandinavian features we enjoyed at this year's Sundance Film Festival, including Advocate, Bedlam, …

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Seventh Row Editors / November 24, 2018

7R podcast ep. 5: Christian Petzold’s latest film, Transit

In the fifth episode of our film podcast, we talk about Christian Petzold's modern-day holocaust drama Transit and how it refreshes the holocaust …

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Crystal Swan, Darya Zhuk, Alina Nasibullina

Orla Smith / November 8, 2018

Interview: Crystal Swan‘s heroine is as unforgettable as her costumes

Writer-director Darya Zhuk discusses her feature debut Crystal Swan, and creating her charismatic, dynamic, unforgettable protagonist. …

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Blowin' Up, Stephanie Wang-Breal

Laura Anne Harris / May 1, 2018

Blowin’ Up: Inside a courtroom that protects sex workers

Director Stephanie Wang-Breal on portraying sex workers with dignity in her documentary Blowin' Up. …

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Mina Shum, Meditation Park, Pei-Pei Cheng

Alex Heeney / March 9, 2018

Mina Shum ‘wanted Maria to receive the Batman treatment’

Canadian director Mina Shum on her unusually uplifting film, Meditation Park, about a middle-aged Chinese immigrant whose life drastically changes after her …

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