Is film-making on a budget of 10,000 dollars in Canada really possible? Not only is it happening – it is booming. In Provinces, moviemakers with nothing but their determination, stolen equipment, and an ambitious idea
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Rethinking What Canada Puts on Screen
Ask ten people what Canadian cinema means, and you’ll likely get eleven answers. Some might point to war documentaries or quiet family dramas. Others think of snow-covered landscapes, or English-language films that almost feel American
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How Three 2025 Canadian Films Are Quietly Redefining Indigenous Sci-Fi – And Why You Should Watch Them Now
The way science fiction is told is changing – and Indigenous Canadian filmmakers are leading this change. In 2025, three films stand out. They’re not driven by explosions or space politics. Instead, they pull from
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Behind the Scenes: The Deep Mechanisms of Canadian Cinema Formation
National cinema is not just a manifestation of creativity. It acts as a litmus test for the interaction between cultural policy, economic interests, and historical processes. In Canada, film production has long remained inconspicuous on
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Why the Prisoner in Episode 6 Is Reading Augustine – And What That Could Mean for the Series’ Moral Arc
Episode 6 of Saint Pierre seems different in some way. In a quiet manner without being obnoxious. In a solemn and chilling way. Throughout the season, one prisoner is barely heard; this episode, however, has
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The Sound of Quebec: Music, Dialect, and Identity in the Province’s Film Soundscapes
If you’ve ever seen a Quebecois film with no subtitles, chances are you picked up more on tones than words. It’s not because joual—the local working-class dialect—is a variant of French. It’s a social code
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