Are you thinking of seeing the Toronto International Film Festival? You can join some showings online this year. With that in mind, take a look at our picks for the TIFF showings. Roll out the
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VIFF – Online Sounds Fine (Part 2)
Some more of what I saw. This was from both yesterday and the day before. Short Films – There was a fair amount of short films shown for this year, so here are some of
Continue ReadingVIFF – More Places, More Possibilities (Part 1)
With COVID restrictions lifting somewhat temporarily, VIFF gave us two options this year: Online and in theatres. This made less quantity and major seating differences due to the pandemic, but the feeling of meeting people
Continue ReadingF.O.R.M – Moving around Freely
The Festival of Recorded Movement, or F.O.R.M. for short is a festival unlike any other. By that I mean it’s all about experimental films of people moving around and dancing. It must require a lot
Continue ReadingNashville Film Festival: CANCON Round-Up
There’s a film festival in Nashville and the Hollywood North Magazine was (virtually) invited. Here’s some of their Canuck offerings reviewed in capsule form: Fanny: The Right to Rock (d. Bobbi Jo Hart) Fresh off
Continue ReadingVQFF- Docs and Education
Well, VQFF will soon be over, and I have to say it sort of followed a theme with types of films for this year: Nearly everything was documentaries. I watched quite a fair amount of
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