posted Tuesday, April 27, 2021
We live in a golden age of superhero cinema. What once was regarded as action figures smashing against each other while chasing the silly little concept of “Truth, Justice and looking damn fine in Tights,” is now indisputably a box office and cultural juggernaut. Yet, even as we as a culture can now accept a […]
posted Friday, April 23, 2021
Bloodthirsty is about indie singer Grey (Lauren Beatty), who writes catchy songs, has been a vegan since age 6, and is inconsolable at the roadkill death of a rabbit. But she has recurring dreams of eating raw meat, and experiences waking hallucinations of turning into an animal. The psychiatric meds prescribed by Dr. Swan (Michael […]
posted Thursday, April 22, 2021
Only I Can Hear is a wonderful documentary that represents a lesser-known aspect of Deaf culture – CODAs. A CODA is a Child Of Deaf Adults. Here is the synopsis of the film: Nyla wants to be Deaf. But as she turns 15, she finds herself inextricably pulled towards the hearing world, and away from […]
posted Wednesday, April 21, 2021
I Am Syd Stone is a six-part series written and directed by Denis Theriault and produced by Gharrett Patrick Paon. The series, which sprung from the 2014 Iris Prize-nominated short film of the same name, had its world premiere at Toronto’s Inside-Out LGBT Film Festival. It’s based on Theriault’s own experiences circumventing his sexuality within the film […]
posted Friday, April 9, 2021
The 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is presenting four world premieres of National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries that explore powerful themes of identity and human rights by Indigenous, LGBTQ2+ and women film creators. This year’s festival will be available online to all Canadians from April 29 to May 9. Two new NFB feature-length films are premiering in […]
posted Thursday, April 8, 2021
MOFFIE explores the life of a closeted young boy serving his mandatory military service during Apartheid in 1980s South Africa. To be a moffie is to be weak, effeminate, illegal. The year is 1981 and South Africa’s white minority government is embroiled in a conflict on the southern Angolan border. Like all white boys over […]
posted Friday, April 2, 2021
Shiva Baby is about near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her neurotic parents at a family shiva. Upon arrival, she is accosted by various estranged relatives about her appearance and lack of post-grad plans, while her confident ex-girlfriend, Maya, is applauded by everyone for getting into law […]
posted Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The Canadian Film Fest is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting Canadian independent films and cultivating emerging and established filmmaking talent. Film-loving audiences come to enjoy a diverse selection of 100% Canadian film screenings (features & shorts) and filmmakers flock to the CFF’s various industry events to take advantage of essential networking opportunities. […]
posted Friday, March 26, 2021
Anna, (Dawn Olivieri), is 30, a bartender, beautiful, sexy and emotionally dysfunctional. Tired of life and planning to commit suicide, she begins making her own funeral arrangements. When Anna meets Sam (Wilmer Valderrame), the boyfriend of her neighbor, something sparks between them. The two quickly fall for each other. Just as Sam gently forces Anna […]
posted Friday, March 26, 2021
Ira Storozhenko’s live-action short film Juliet focuses on a transgender teenager who hopes to play Juliet in a Romeo & Juliet school play. This powerful short which was inspired by the director and producers’ experience’s with gender discrimination has already screened at 7 film festivals including the Oscar-qualifying AFI Fest 2020 and Indie Short Fest where […]
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