Netflix’s Ballad of a Small Player arrived with strong anticipation, earning a place among the five most anticipated films of TIFF 2025. The Toronto International Film Festival has long been a platform for showcasing compelling
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Inside Devour! Fest: Highlights from the World’s Largest Food Film Festival
Few festivals manage to dissolve the boundary between cinema and cuisine as completely as Devour! The Food Film Fest. Held each year in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, the event returns for its 16th anniversary edition from
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James Cameron Sued by Actress Q’orianka Kilcher for the Unauthorized Use of Her Likeness in Avatar Franchise
Last week proved to be particularly volatile for legendary filmmaker James Cameron, given that May 8th marked the release of his concert film, Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in
Continue ReadingHow Filmmakers Are Using AI Video Tools to Market Films Without Budget
The gap between making a film and getting anyone to watch it has always been the defining challenge of independent cinema. Canadian independent filmmakers know this better than most. A production can draw on Telefilm
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Why the Lost-Pet Story Has Always Been a Canadian Genre
Some genres are loud. The Canadian film industry, when it has worked best, has been quiet. The country has produced a particular kind of story over and over for nearly a century: an animal, a
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Love, Fame, and Pressure: How Canadian – American The Kennedys Revisits the Private World of John F. Kennedy Jr.
America has always treated the Kennedy family less like politicians and more like cinema. Even tragedy arrived in images that felt painfully staged for history books. The series is not particularly interested in polished political
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