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Canadian Shorts at SXSW 2011
I’ve been contacted by several Canadian short filmmakers recently and it appears that there is a veritable Canadian invasion of tiny films screening at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival. If you’re attending, and even if you’re not, keep … Continue reading
Posted in Film Festivals, SXSW
Tagged #sxsw11, canada, shorts
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Maelström
Maelström (Director: Denis Villeneuve): My first exposure to Villeneuve’s work was his wickedly funny and stylish short Next Floor, and his latest feature Polytechnique just won the award for Best Canadian Film of 2009 from the Toronto Film Critics Association, … Continue reading
Free Guy Maddin Film Series Next Week
Sorry for the short notice, but just found out about this today (hat tip to my friend Judy Gombita). The University of Toronto is holding a weeklong series of events entitled, “Confession and the Cinema of Uninhibition” featuring films, lectures … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Special Events
Tagged canada, guymaddin, winnipeg
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Black Field
Note: Since the film hasn’t had a theatrical or DVD release yet, I had a hard time assigning this entry a category. I’ve decided to file it under Film Festivals since the film recently screened at the Vancouver International Film … Continue reading
Interview: Paramita Nath
I met Paramita Nath a few months ago when we were classmates at the Summer Institute of Film and Television in Ottawa. We were both in Peter Wintonick’s Docology workshop and over the five days we were there, I got … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Film Festivals, Interviews, TIFF
Tagged #tiff09, canada, shorts
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