cléo  reviews: Locarno 2019

cléo reviews: Locarno 2019

Image credit: Shellac The Locarno Film Festival is renowned for its focus on true art cinema—films made by auteurs and designed to trigger profound responses in viewers. The festival’s 72nd edition followed through on that promise while also leaving space for some...
cléo  reviews: Hot Docs 2019

cléo reviews: Hot Docs 2019

Image credit: Oh Ratface Films Last year, on the 25th anniversary of the festival, Hot Docs reached gender parity in its programming for the first time in its history. For the 2019 edition, it surpassed that waypost, with 54% of its films being helmed by women....
Everyone Else: Showcasing Maren Ade’s pre-Toni Erdmann wit

Everyone Else: Showcasing Maren Ade’s pre-Toni Erdmann wit

Image credit: Polyfilm Verleih This May, the Goethe-Institut Toronto is presenting the series Past Forward: Directors Before Cannes, a celebration of early works by major contemporary German filmmakers Maren Ade, Valeska Grisebach, and Ulrich Köhler. Screening at the...
Notes on Being: Exploring Identity at the Images Festival

Notes on Being: Exploring Identity at the Images Festival

Image credit: Christopher Harris The annual Images Festival begins this week in Toronto, and we are very excited to be co-presenting the program Notes on Being. Featuring works by Onyeka Igwe, Cauleen Smith, Basma Alsharif, Chantal Akerman, Abigail Child, Theresa Hak...