Latest from Tina Hassannia
TIFF 2019
Connection at the heart of Canadian Renuka Jeyapalan's Life Support
'Life Support' is one of six episodes of personal stories adaptations cherry-picked from The Globe and Mail’s First Person section.
TIFF 2019
Karen Moore debuts Volcano at TIFF with well-honed comedic chops
In Canadian Karen Moore’s directorial debut short film Volcano, two longtime friends meet up for drinks at a tiki bar, only to find themselves in their own bidding war for attention.
There's a new generation of Indigenous filmmakers you need to watch — so here's your crash course
Canadian cinema would be nothing without its Indigenous contributions. Get to know the creatives making waves on our screens.
This rising documentarian is capturing the magic of older women — including both her grandmas
The latest feature from Toronto's Sofia Bohdanowicz, currently screening at Hot Docs, is a disarming and romantic vision of the small moments that define a life.
Point of View
Why we need to reframe the narrative of our invisible Canadian cinema
The day after the CSAs, filmmaker Kevan Funk mounts a defence of our country's cinema — and challenges Canadians to engage more deeply with it.
Point of View
How the film 'Window Horses' offers a journey of self-discovery for this Iranian-Canadian writer
For Tina Hassannia, seeing Ann Marie Fleming's new animated film was "something of a beckoning call."
The story of how a new era of Indigenous filmmaking began in Canada
In 1968, the NFB's Challenge For Change program started using film to amplify the voices of marginalized communities — with effects that still resonate to this day.
This is the earliest known Canadian film written by a woman
1919's "Back to God's Country" is the most successful Canadian silent film ever — even though its creator has never gotten her deserved place in the history books.
The (almost) lost history of Canada's cinematic birthplace
The memory of Montreal's now-destroyed Robillard Building is a reminder that history isn't always as neatly squared away as textbooks might want us to believe.
This poignant documentary will change how you look at addiction and street life
Hugh Gibson's documentary debut offers a rare and necessary glimpse into a community often stigmatized or ignored by popular media.