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VIFF 2021: Duelling Capsules Reviews

October 5, 2021October 4, 2021ReviewSee For Me, Tin Can, VIFF

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

VIFF: Ste. Anne Review

September 28, 2021September 27, 2021ReviewRhayne Vermett, Ste. Anne, VIFF

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

Talent on Tap – Godavari Makes A Splash at VIFF

September 10, 2021October 9, 2021InterviewGauri Nalawade, Godavari, Jitendra Joshi, Nikhil Mahajan, 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

Talent On Tap – VIFF Embraces Jessie Anthony – Brother, I Cry

September 28, 2020October 4, 2020InterviewBrother I Cry, Jessie Anthony, VIFF

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

VIFF: Talking COUP 53 with Walter Murch

October 15, 2019October 27, 2019InterviewCOUP 53, VIFF, 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,

VIFF: Drinking With Michael Moore

October 8, 2019October 7, 2019ExclusiveMichael Moore, Roger & Me, VIFF

One item you wouldn’t be able to find in this year’s printed program (like Laundromat and Ford v. Ferrari, it was a last-minute edition) was an anniversary screening of the landmark documentary Roger & Me.