Festival Spotlights… In Conversation: Ernesto Martínez Bucio and the poetry of childhood fears 18 Dec 202520 Nov 2025 Winner of the Best Feature-length film, awarded by the Festival du Nouveau Cinema's FIPRESCI jury. The bittersweetness of growing up has been at the center of many films, yet it…
Festival Spotlights… In Conversation: Tomás Corredor and the Scars of Memory 29 Sep 202529 Sep 2025 Colombia, unlike many other national cinemas, has yet to mythify its history through cinema. There is not a genre, style, or aesthetic throughout time that has been able to capture…
Fantasia… In conversation: Alberto Sciamma’s heaven on earth 3 Aug 202526 Sep 2025 Winner for Best Cinematography (Alex Metcalf, dir. Alberto Sciamma) in Fantasia’s Cheval Noir Competition. There is a certain fatigue that comes when attending a film festival. Three movies a day,…
In Conversation In Conversation: Marie-Michèle Wyland and chosen homes 27 Jan 202526 Sep 2025 As an outsider it is rare to have been present since the inception of a film, that is why I knew Fleurs Secheés was a special project from the get-go.…
Fantasia… In Conversation: Tony Zhou, Taylor Ramos and a date with Cinephilia 17 Aug 202417 Aug 2024 Never meet your heroes they say. Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos defined much of my formative years in cinema and many others in my generation through their video essays on…
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…
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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