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
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VIFF 2021: Duelling Capsules Reviews
A long-standing privilege of film criticism is being able to view films in advance of their release date or festival premieres. One slight caveat is the occasional request that we limit certain titles to “capsule
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The Métis people of North America are a curious phenomenon created from early Indigenous and European contact via the fur trade. From this ethnogenesis was born a distinct culture that has and continues to struggle
Continue ReadingTalent on Tap – Godavari Makes A Splash at VIFF
Once you become an adult, you want to run and explore your newfound freedoms. That can mean – buying alcohol, moving into an apartment, starting a family, getting married, travelling the world and so on
Continue ReadingTalent On Tap – VIFF Embraces Jessie Anthony – Brother, I Cry
There was a pandemic happening before Covid-19 had arrived, and unfortunately there is no vaccine coming anytime soon. That pandemic is drug addiction and it’s taken more loved ones from us than any virus. We
Continue ReadingVIFF: Talking COUP 53 with Walter Murch
One of the more renowned figures in Film Editing circles is that of Walter Murch. A contemporary of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, Murch got his start in sound mixing in the late 1960s,
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