Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail is a tender, quirky, and deeply moving addition to his singular body of work—a stop-motion feature film that once again proves his excellent ability to blend absurdity, melancholy, and warmth into stories that stay with you long after the credits roll.
READ MORE
The unbelievable, yet entirely true, story of a incredible woman comes to vivid light in Never Look Away, the new film about Margaret Moth, a pioneering news camerawoman dedicated to documenting the civilian impact of war, who stared death in the face but refused to look away.
Acclaimed actor and activist Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess, My Life Is Murder) makes her directorial debut with this feature documentary to share the remarkable story of how Margaret lived her life to the absolute fullest while covering war zones for CNN, and paid a significant price.
READ MORE
In the 1950s, legendary high school basketball coach Lofton Greene led the recently racially integrated River Rouge High School Panthers to a record number of state championships in a league of otherwise segregated schools. Now, almost 70 years later, LaMonta Stone, a former Panther himself, has returned to the struggling industrial town of River Rouge, Michigan, to help the Panthers chase the school’s 15th State Championship.
In Rouge, Stone and four of his student-athletes, including Seniors Brent Darby Jr. and Ahmoni Weston, and junior Legend Geeter strive on their quest to fulfill generations worth of work on and off the court by preparing for their next chapter of life.
READ MORE
The Shorts Not Pants Film Festival returns for its 11th year with a carefully curated selection of outstanding short films from 20 countries: 27 Narrative, 21 Animation, and 9 Documentary short films; 20 of those being Canadian.
As I am unable to watch all the films, I have chosen 5 films from all three categories to give you a ‘taste’ of the excellent calibre of films the festival will present.
READ MORE
Writer-director-star Kit Zauhar‘s debut feature Actual People is currently streaming on global streaming platform MUBI. The film focuses on Riley, a young woman in her final week of college who ends up having to confront anxieties about her love life, family, and future.
READ MORE
Demons are one of the most popular themes in horror films. The premise delivers and when done well, it will deliver serious creeps and honest scares. To change things up a bit in the genre and moving away from the Catholic point of view on demons, The Offering is taking this genre through a Jewish, more specifically a Hasidic lens.
READ MORE
In the latest from writer/director Hlynur Pálmason, a 19th century Danish priest is assigned the responsibility of the construction of a church in a far off corner of Iceland.
READ MORE
Evoking the Greek tragedy Medea, Diop’s inspiration for SAINT OMER was the 2013 news story of a 15 month old girl found drowned on a beach and the French mother of Senegalese origin accused in her death.
With the story covered in almost all news outlets, Diop was drawn to it and the idea for a film was planted. After seeing a photo of the accused mother taken by surveillance camera, Diop decided she would attend the trial in 2016 as an observer and for research to write the film’s script. The trial was a very impactful emotional experience.
READ MORE
Jafar Panahi has been making a mark in cinema for many years. Due to many years of conflict with the Iranian government over the contet of his film, Panahi was arrested in March 2010 along with his family and some close friends, and charged with propaganda against the Iranian government. Later that year, he was imprisoned and given a 20-year ban on directing any movies, writing screenplays, giving any form of interview with Iranian or foreign media.
READ MORE
Canadian filmmaker Jason Loftus‘ latest film, the powerful animated documentary Eternal Spring (長春) combines present-day footage with 3D animation inspired by comic book illustrator Daxiong (Justice League, Star Wars) art to retrace the real-life event of the takeover of a Chinese TV station on its 20th anniversary.
READ MORE
