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…
Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: TIFF 2023 29 Sep 202329 Sep 2023 First times are always nerve-racking, and although we have gone through many (maybe too many) film festivals before, we had never witnessed something of the magnitude of the Toronto International…
Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: Hot Docs 2023 9 Jun 202328 Sep 2023 For the first time, Short Ends had the opportunity to attend the 2023 Hot Docs 30th Film Festival anniversary and we’ve collected a compelling short list of a variety of…
Festival Spotlights… Violence, Resistance, and Values: Ukrainian Spotlight for Hot Docs 2023 9 Jun 202328 Sep 2023 This year, in the unfortunate circumstances of ongoing war the world has gained access to the Ukrainian documentary cinema, and one will probably see fiction cinema about the Russian invasion…
Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: RIDM 2022 18 Jan 202328 Sep 2023 The 2022 edition of RIDM has come and gone, leaving us with some long-lasting, thought-provoking films in our collective memory. These are the documentaries that sparked Juan Ospina and Antoine…
Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: SPASM 2022 8 Nov 202228 Sep 2023 Just like that, another edition of Montreal’s gut-busting, demon-summoning, face-punching Spasm Film Festival comes to a close. Here is a list of short films that were the highlights of my…
Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: FNC 2022 19 Oct 202228 Sep 2023 Short Ends had the pleasure to attend the latest edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC). Although the festival has come and gone, these are the films that left an indelible…
Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: RIDM 2021 1 Dec 202128 Sep 2023 Short Ends had the pleasure to attend (in-person & virtually) the latest edition of the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaires de Montréal (RIDM). Although the festival has come and gone, these…
Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: FNC 2021 31 Oct 202128 Sep 2023 Short Ends had the pleasure to attend (in-person & virtually) the latest edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC). Although the festival has come and gone, these are six films that…