In There Are No Words, filmmaker Min Sook Lee turns inward to confront and explore silence, memory, and grief across continents in a poetic meditation on personal and communal loss and family legacy.
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Acclaimed drummer, composer, and bandleader Ernesto Cervini has launched a new initiative in the heart of Toronto’s jazz scene. The Next Set, a monthly concert series at The Emmet Ray in Toronto, pairs seasoned professionals with top emerging artists in a rotating ensemble that showcases the depth, diversity, and future of Canadian jazz.
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In the grand expanse of cinematic history, few movements are known as rebelliously as the French New Wave. In Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater gives us more than homage: he offers a genuine tribute to filmmaking itself and to the youthful spirit of Jean‑Luc Godard’s 1960 debut, À Bout de Souffle (Breathless).
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Workman Arts’ 33rd edition of the Rendezvous With Madness (RWM) Festival, the largest and longest-running arts festival in the world dedicated to the intersection of mental health and artistic expression, returns to Toronto, Canada this week.
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The Theatre Centre hosts its sixth edition of the Comedy is Art festival, with three nights of can’t-miss comedy with over 20 comics from across Toronto and beyond.
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The time spent at TIFF each year always feels like a blur once the festival wraps up.
This year, I met fellow media friend Emmanuel Akanbi who was covering TIFF for the first time. Emmanuel is a writer and editor with Antler River Media Co-Op, based in London, Ontario, Canada.
We managed to see one film together during the festival but decided to catch up after it wrapped up to discuss our festival experience and some of the films we covered as well.
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Heroes Will Rise. Undead Will Fall.
ZombieCON Vol. 1 is a wild horror-comedy where fan convention chaos spirals into a full-blown apocalypse.
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AKI is set on Atikameksheng Anishnawbek (formerly known as Whitefish Lake), this visual art documentary follows the seasons in director Darlene Naponse’s home community in Northern Ontario.
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Premiering on CBC Gem this week, Rise of the Raven is an ambitious 10-part historical drama that focuses on the life of 15th-century commander János Hunyadi. The series traces his journey from childhood tragedy to military legend.
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![Filmmaker Min Sook Lee and I speak about her latest documentary feature THERE ARE NO WORDS.
The film contributes to the evolving language of documentaries about diasporic stories… [It] reaffirms that documentary is not just about revealing truths, but about listening to what cannot be fully said.
See the film in Toronto at Reel Asian Int’l Film Festival.
Full interview & film review at HyeMusings.ca](https://hyemusings.ca/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)