There is something to be said for documetaries that bring out the audience’s imagination. Director Jay Cheel accomplishes this and more in his film How To Make A Time Machine, which premiered at Hot Docs this past May.
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Director Taika Waititi brings us another fun film in Hunt For The Wilderpeople, an enjoyably adventure that offers up many laugh-out-loud moments intermingled with great bonding times. READ MORE
Ingrid Veninger, “Canada’s DIY queen of indie filmmaking” is back with her 5th feature He Hated Pigeons and once again she has created another deliberately intimate film, this time a remarkably well-measured tale of love and loss. Her film opened the 14th annual Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) this past Tuesday. The screening featured a live score performance by the incomparable Jane Siberry; an unforgettable screening… READ MORE
The Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) celebrates the best in contemporary Italian cinema from around the world. Over the eleven days of the Festival, from June 9-19, these films will show audiences in Toronto, Vaughan, Hamilton, the Niagara Region, Montreal and Québec City a wide range of perspectives connected by Italian culture. READ MORE
Toronto’s Open Roof Festival (ORF), celebrating indie film and music, returns for its seventh season for 10 weeks, kicking-off on June 21 with screenings on either Tuesday or Wednesday. READ MORE
We are down to the last couple of days of Hot Docs. It’s been an excellent festival thus far… but there are still many films worth checking out this weekend. How about some suggestions? READ MORE
The Man Who Saw Too Much
Artscapes
The film follows famed Mexican photographer Enrique Metinides, who has spent his life documenting death, tragedy, and violence. At the age of 9, he acquired his first camera. At that time, he became curiously fixated on capturing crime scenes and accidents. This curiosity led him to a role as an unpaid assistant at a Mexican tabloid when he was 13. Being a fan of American and Mexican cinema, the visuals on-screen shaped his way of seeing the world around him. READ MORE
The story begins like this: “Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction”. READ MORE
Out of the hundreds of documentaries screening at Hot Docs this year, it can be difficult to narrow down one’s choice. To help simplify your efforts, I give you volume 2 of my recommendations for this year’s festival. READ MORE
On the eve of the opening of Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, I give you the first of two personally curated list of films to see at the festival.
