It has been ‘a minute’ since I last made a list for you in terms of recommendations of films starting their Toronto screening run.
Here I recommend four films which are all different but have been receiving positive reviews from critics and audiences alike.
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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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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) nominees for the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards (CSA) include 156 television, film, and digital media categories. The annual awards celebrating excellence on-screen are currently taking place this week a.k.a Canadian Screen Week 2024.
I am unable to attend Canadian Screen Week this year. However, I perused the list of fiction and documentary feature films nominated this year. Below I give you the list of films I have seen from the list and pick some personal favourites.
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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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Kaveh Nabatian is an Iranian-Canadian director and musician whose filmmaking has brought to life stories from the margins of society and across the world.
His latest film, Kite Zo A (Leave the Bones), is an immersive exploration of rituals in Haiti, co-created with dancers, musicians, fishermen, Vodou priests, among other locals. Set to the poetry of Wood-Jerry Gabriel, Leave the Bones is a celebration of the complex and beautiful spirit of the island.
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Canadian Film Fest (CFF) presented by Super Channel, the indie-spirited festival dedicated to celebrating Canadian filmmakers, today announced its lineup for the 2024 edition. CFF is showcasing 11 features and 45 shorts this year. Also new this year, CFF is extending the Festival to six days and expanding its shorts programming by screening six dedicated Homegrown Shorts programs, including a spotlight on Toronto filmmakers.
Here I give you a list of my personal picks of films screening at CFF this year.
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Set in the mid 1990’s, a Japanese Canadian woman grappling with the recent death of her mother brings her family to a self-development retreat. When her distressed relationship with her husband begins to affect the children’s emotional security, the family is forever changed.
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Traffic tickets can be utterly irritating, especially when you know you did nothing wrong… according to your version of events, that is.
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Written and directed by Julianna Notten her inspiration for Erin’s Guide to Kissing Girls was born out of wanting to “create a character who was confident in her sexuality without sensationalizing it, whose problems reached beyond the fact that she was attracted to other girls.”
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Faran Moradi is an Iranian-Canadian filmmaker, born and raised in Ontario. He is best known as a Telefilm Talent to Watch recipient for his feature film, Tehranto.
Tehranto is an unlikely story of love and family where Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings from a divided Iranian community, accidentally fall in love.
