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Drawing Motion: How Lakeside Animation Redefines Independent Storytelling in Canada

November 25, 2025November 24, 2025Technology, The Bottom LineAnimation, Drawing

Have you ever noticed how a single hand-drawn gesture can change the way a scene feels? That moment of recognition – when motion becomes meaning – is often where independent animation finds its strongest voice.

Canada’s Film Funding Paradox: Why Government Grants Are Making Movies No One Sees

November 18, 2025November 28, 2025The Bottom LineCanadian Film, Crisis, Film Funding, Government Grants

Canadian film industry is still funded by the state and the majorities of the Canadian population are not able to name any local movie made in the recent years. The paradox is obvious: the films

Between Distance and Direction: Logistics as the Hidden Framework of Canadian Filmmaking

November 11, 2025November 10, 2025Quick TakesDirection, Distance, Geography, Locations

Every film starts long before the camera rolls. The distances are long, the seasons short, and the logistics behind every production – often invisible – form the real skeleton that holds Canadian cinema together. For

Why Francophone Horror Is Quietly Redefining Canadian Cinema

November 4, 2025November 3, 2025Today's Top StoriesDenis Côté, Éric Tessier, Fantasia Collective Filmmakers, Francophone, Horror, Pascal Plante, Quebec, Robin Aubert

There is something spooky happening in the film industry of Quebec. The Canadian cinema used to be characterized by serious dramas or co-productions produced (on Canadian soil) by Hollywood. But there is another silent revolution

Cold Roads, Quiet Lives: Truckers and the Canadian Sense of Distance on Film

October 28, 2025October 27, 2025Quick TakesCanadian Film, Distance, Truckers

Have a moment after a long drive ever felt like a small, private reading of the country – a map that is both weather and memory? That sense of being alone together is central to