Hot Docs Festival Spotlight: Hot Docs 2024 17 May 2024 For the second year in a row, Short Ends had the opportunity to attend the 31st edition of Hot Docs and we’ve collected a compelling short list of a variety…
Festival Spotlights… The Digital Ethnographic Potential of Animated Documentaries in Knit’s Island 6 Feb 202429 Sep 2025 In the realm of independent animated productions, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) remains a strong player in North America and an engaging and communal experience for animation lovers, almost…
FNC Capsule Reviews: FNC 2023 29 Nov 202329 Nov 2023 It is always good to return to where we have always been welcomed. This year’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema brought to Montreal a sturdy selection of films that are committed…
FNC FNC National Short Film Competition Highlights 29 Nov 202329 Nov 2023 Those who know me know that I live and breathe Canadian cinema and am absolutely obsessed with shorts. That’s why for the 52nd edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma…
FNC… In Conversation: Amat Escalante and Mexican Rendered Realities 29 Nov 2023 During the latest edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinema, I had the chance to watch Perdidos de Noche (2023) the newest film by Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante. The movie…
FNC… In Conversation: Melisa Liebenthal, Faces, Places and Identities 29 Nov 2023 There is a rare moment of consciousness while watching a film when you realize what you are watching is forthrightly unique. This is the case for Argentinean director, Melisa Liebenthal,…
In Conversation… In Conversation Leslie Norville, Black Life: Untold Stories and Industry Perspectives 3 Nov 202317 Aug 2024 With the American film industry strikes having detrimentally halted or delayed production on many films at different levels for one hundred and forty-eight days, Short Ends Collective had the opportunity…
Festival Spotlights… Capsule Reviews: TIFF 2023 29 Sep 202317 Jan 2024 Cerrar los Ojos - Dir. Víctor Érice (Spain) Cerrar los Ojos follows a film director as he tries to find his best friend who disappeared decades ago, coincidentally, his friend…
In Conversation… In Conversation: Ángeles Cruz, Serenity, and Ancestral Emotional Connections 29 Sep 202317 Aug 2024 In the frame of the 2023 Edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, I had the opportunity to watch (admittedly, more than once) Ángeles Cruz’s newest feature film Valentina o…
In Conversation In Conversation: Meredith Hama-Brown, Unearthing Canadian Histories and Identities in Seagrass 29 Sep 20231 Nov 2023 Meredith Hama-Brown’s stunning debut feature film Seagrass evokes 1990s British Columbia, recalling the feel of Canadian cinema of the time (Double Happiness dir. by Mina Shum and Exotica dir. by…
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