In May, the NFB released 5 recent films for free. You are invited to watch Motto by Vincent Morisset, an interactive website for mobile, the short and feature documentaries The Song and the Sorrow by Millefiore Clarkes, Waseskun by Steve Patry, High Wire by Claude Guilmain, and Beauty by Christina…
What I want to share with you are; one short animation, two middle-length, and one short documentary (from the “Regards d’ici” section). All of them are very well-made. Bintou Mariage Précoce (Mamahadou Kheraba Traore) – Senegal Bintou is a 13-year-old girl. As any girl at her age, she goes to…
A grave… A man… A woman… Striking images. Michael Higgins’ most recent short film, The Family Vault of James Hyland, (which you can watch for free at the end of this text) is an experimental film that will burn your retinas. Here is a REAL TRUE experimental movie! Mute cinema…
Two mother-daughter duos must contend with their grief and complicated relationships with one another when the person who connects them dies.
A young journalist (Ben Platt) and a young political aide (Mena Massoud) become entangled in a larger-than-life political scandal as they struggle to navigate adult life. Like all their friends, Bram and Kamal are struggling to climb the ladders at their respective workplaces: Bram at a newspaper, Kamal at City Hall…
From March 11 to 15, 2020, the Festival Regard will be in its 24th edition. On the program, 197 films, from more than 40 countries around the world, will be offered to the public. Film buffs will have the chance to watch 70 films presented in North American premieres, including…
The plot of the film Ordinary Love by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn can be summed up easily: an old couple, Joan (Lesley Manville) and Tom (Liam Neeson), married for many years, enjoy their retirement by indulging to calm happiness within their four walls. It’s an “ordinary love” that doesn’t require an escape from the routine that some would be afraid of.
Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from Nonviolent demonstrators to armed militants. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who has represented political prisoners for five decades, Tsemel, in her tireless quest for justice, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits.
