Last night’s screening of a series of shorts called Creative Control was a much quieter affair than the opening gala, but brought us 7 more short films that entertained, made you think, and gave you pause as you wondered about the concepts of life, love, loss, and death. Heady stuff right? The first film up…
Category: Film Festivals
WSFF – Opening Gala, Award Winners From Around The World
The 2012 Worldwide Short Film Festival kicked into gear last night at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, with an entertaining, and wonderful program featuring shorts from around the globe. The seven shorts featured ran the gambit from whimsical to laugh out loud funny, with a dash of romance and historical combining into an enjoyable potpourri of entertainment. The first…
Worldwide Short Film Festival 2012
Sue and I have lots on the go next week, and one of the things we are looking forward to is the 2012 Worldwide Short Film Festival here in Toronto. Running from June 5th to June 10th, there are a number of films and venues we are both hoping to see and post about. There’s Laughter Without…
The Invisible War – Kirby Dick, USA
“I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want…
Clay Peterson & Michael Harmon
So one of the films that both Sue and I enjoyed immensely this year at Hot Docs was the documentary Finding Truelove. Sue, moments after having seen it, messaged Sam the director and asked if we could meet with them while they were here in town. Finally, the fates aligned as much as they…
Indie Game: The Movie – James Swirsky & Lisanne Pajot, Canada
What goes on behind your screen of the game console you’re using, how do games find their way to your hard drive? Indie Game takes us behind the scenes of three independent game designers and their games – the flushed with success designer, Jonathan Blow, of the hit game Braid; the anxious, verging on…
The Revisionaries – Scott Thurman, USA
No matter how I broach this subject, it’s going to be a hot button topic. But at its heart lays one essential and undeniable fact… there must be separation of church and state. If it’s a public school it must respect all spiritual beliefs, races, creeds and sexual orientation, honoring none above the others….
Sylvia Caminer & Melanie Lentz-Janney
Sue and I walked out of the Rick Springfield doc An Affair of the Heart, at the Hot Docs Film Festival, won over as fans. I admittedly knew little of Rick, but for the fact that he was in the original Battlestar Galactica series opener as Apollo’s doomed brother, and of course Jessie’s Girl….
Finding North – Lori Silverbush & Kristi Jacobson, USA
A heartbreaking and undeniably one of the most important films of the Hot Docs film festival, Finding North explores the existence of the working poor and the fact that 49 million people go hungry in the United States. With the rise of corporate agriculture receiving the majority of government subsidies and the class divide…
Nina Conti – Her Master’s Voice
I loved Her Master’s Voice, it’s my favorite documentary I saw screened this year at Hot Docs. So I was delighted when we had the chance to have a brief chat with the talented and charming ventriloquist Nina Conti, and her good friend Monkey. I can’t recommend this doc enough, it’s fun, charming, touching,…
The Mind Reels 