Filmmakers and Their Global Lens: Liam Aiken
In November 2014, staff writer for The Independent, Dana Knight spoke with director/writer Hal Hartley. Knight also sat down with Liam Aiken to look…
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RIDM ’14: The Use and Abuse of Poetry in Documentary Film
Gusts of bitingly cold wind eat away at the inch of precocious snow on the ground, offering a fittingly bracing…
FNC 2014: Hybrid Filmmakers find Common Ground
Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema (FNC) is a festival that doesn’t like to be put into neat and tidy boxes….
TIFF 2014: The Cinema Guild is Evolving with Cinephiles On and Offline
Sprinkle a little adamant optimism over a new digital partnership with The Flaherty Film Seminar and a heaping embrace of the educational market, and you have a few of the most recent distribution strategies that The Cinema Guild’s Ryan Krivoshey discussed with The Independent’s Courtney Sheehan at TIFF.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014: Miho Yamamoto
From making news to making indie films, Miho Yamamoto is on our 10 to Watch list for her work on the powerful documentary about one of Canada’s most horrific crimes, <i>The Exhibition</i>.
The Free Spirits of Contemporary Canadian Cinema
Montréal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) just wrapped up its 42nd edition. Following up on his evening-in-the-life of FNC Temps…
Zero Time with Programmer Julien Fonfrède
“That day is not good for him—he’s really tied up,” writes my usually agreeable Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) communications…
Tribeca 2013: From Novel to Screen in “A Single Shot”
As indie filmmakers know, making a film is a long process that requires a passion that burns deeper than the…
The New in Nouveau is a Moving Target
The Independent’s Patrick Pearce met with FNC Lab section and short film programmer Philippe Gajan to chat (in English and French) about what “new” means to him, and why it is so difficult to identify documentaries at the FNC.