Amid a global pandemic, an entrepreneur looks back on his life’s work owning and operating an idiosyncratic cinema in the forest of northern Ontario.
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Amid a global pandemic, an entrepreneur looks back on his life’s work owning and operating an idiosyncratic cinema in the forest of northern Ontario.
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Written and directed by Levan Akin, Crossing, opens as a moving exploration of identity, family, and the transformative power of personal journeys. Premiering in the Panorama section at the 2024 Berlinale and later showcased at the BFI Flare Film Festival, the film not only captures the complexities of the 2SLGBTQ+ existence in conservative places like Georgia and Turkey, but also reveals the intersections of – and contention between – tradition and modernity. Akin’s latest film resonates deeply with its compelling narrative and remarkable visual storytelling.
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Luke Gilford‘s National Anthem, featuring Charlie Plummer and Eve Lindley, is a visually stunning and emotionally resonant exploration of identity and belonging within the unique setting of a queer rodeo in the American West.
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For fellow cinephiles and gothic horror fans, Adrien Beau‘s The Vourdalak is a visual treat that left me curious about the filmmaker’s future work in the genre. This film, an adaptation of Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s 1839 novella ‘La Famille du Vourdalak’, predates Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ by over half a century and is a welcome addition to the vampire lore.
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The myth of María Lionza, a deity of the Venezuelan jungle, merges with the experience of a migrant filmmaker yearning for her lost Goddess. Over the years, the iconic statue in her honour became damaged by the passage of time.
Filmmaker Ximena Pereira began to document the debacle over the iconic statue. On the one hand, the ‘Broken Goddess’ was sheltered at the Central University of Venezuela. On the other, the Mayor’s Office of Caracas wanted to install a replica to replace the original piece.
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On my last day at Hot Docs this past May, I had the pleasure of seeing Carlota Nelson‘s ‘Eyes of the Soul: Cristina García Rodero’ (La Mirada Oculta). The film follows the life and work of world-renowned photographer Cristina García Rodero.
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Documentary Chasing Time reunites Extreme Ice Survey project lead and photographer James Balog with the Emmy-winning team behind Chasing Ice to capture the end of the epic undertaking and spotlight the power of an intergenerational effort to seed hope and inspire action toward a sustainable future.
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Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun- drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery. Captured with lush visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Molly Manning Walker’s directorial debut, How to Have Sex, paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out.
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With Love and a Major Organ is written by Julia Lederer, based on her stage play, and is set in a world where hearts are made of inanimate objects and people suppress emotions to escape into technology.
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The documentary Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that reveals the power and influence of U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals, as they aim to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy.
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