Alejandro Mejía is a Mexican-born Cinematographer based in Brooklyn, New York. His work has screened at Sundance, Berlinale, Tribeca, Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, Oslo film Festival, among many others.
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After his grandmother’s death, Mendel, a Mexican biologist (Tenoch Huerta Mejía) living in New York returns to his hometown in Michoacán, Mexico – a place with forests where the majestic monarch butterfly species migrates South. Mendel’s journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his identity on a personal and spiritual level.
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Featuring a mix of specially curated live conversations and on-demand sessions, this year’s Hot Docs Podcast Festival will dive into the creative process of today’s chart-topping podcasters, revealing how they use the medium to tell the complex and layered stories impacting us today.
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Sundance is upon us once again. In this virtual world, I am looking to a break from my ‘day job’ work to partake in the festival atmosphere.
Below I share a list of films on my list so far. For those able to attend virtually, in the USA, I hope we can partake in the festival energy together even if remotely.
Eve (Lucie Debay) has had a frustrating day at work at a construction site in a small town, while also avoiding insecure texts from her significant other. She decides to go to a local bar to blow off some steam. What started as a fun and flirty meeting with a seemingly nice stranger (Arieh Worthalter), turns into a life-or-death struggle as Eve becomes the unknowing target of a misogynistic plot against her. Forced to flee as the unnamed man and his accomplice (Ciaran O’Brien) pursue her through the forest, Eve is pushed to her limits while fighting to survive in the wilderness.
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The lineup for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival also encompasses a curated program of free special events, conversations and activations available to the global public. These Talks and Events, presented on the Sundance platform, will include a new Opening Ceremony, Sundance Dailies, and The Big Conversation series, trademark gatherings at Cinema Café and the Power of Story, Awards Night and the concluding “It’s A Wrap” session.
Here are some highlights that will be available free to view globally. To access these events, you need to sign up for an account at Festival.Sundance.org. All times are US Mountain time.
This is part two of my first experience attending various panel at Female Voices Rock Film Festival this year.
READ MOREEarlier this month, Female Voices Rock Film Festival was available virtually to attendees across the USA and abroad. The festival line up featured filmmaker panels, creative conversations and workshops, digital networking, and a selection of short films showcasing womxn voices from across the globe.
I had the privilege of attending several of these panels, conversations and workshops. This is a short recap of my first experience attending this very important and well planned film festival.
I first met Carolyn Mauricette at the Blood In The Snow Film Festival (BITS) a few years back. I have also been following her write on View From The Dark, where she examines and writes about genre film from a Woman of Colour’s perspective.
Aside from her writing, Carolyn is also a programmer at BITS. I am happy to have had a chance to speak with her about her writing, and about her role as programmer at BITS and some of her picks at this year’s festival.
Hot Docs has added the new monthly film series For Viola to its VOD platform Hot Docs at Home. Named in honour of Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond, the important documentary series will centre around Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC)-led stories and filmmakers.
This fall, the series will feature of favourite documentaries of mine including, Charles Officer’s 2017 Festival doc Unarmed Verses and the 2019 Festival film In My Blood It Runs, directed by Maya Newell.
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