War veterans from all over the world have chosen to start new lives in Canada. Many of them fought against each other, but now they live in the same neighbourhoods—but how do they feel about each other? Director D.I. Lee uses the prism of his own experience serving in the South Korean army for his new upcoming documentary, No Longer Enemies, Not Yet Friends.
View More Once soldiers on opposite sides, now neighbours: D.I. Lee’s new documentary
Canada has come a long way in 50 years of official multiculturalism. Around the world, it is considered a beacon of diversity. But was that always so? Is it even so now? As we begin delving into the Metropolis conference on multiculturalism, the NCM’s News Desk looks at the battles immigrants have had to fight to overcome discrimination and forge their place in Canadian society.
View More MULTICULTURALISM @50: Everybody benefits from overcoming discrimination
“Human rights can be broken when it is out of the public eye.” Drunken Birds, presented at the 46th TIFF, is a film showcasing the harsh realities and precarious work of migrant workers in Canada.
View More Ivan Grbovic Presents Drunken Birds at TIFF 2021: Set on a Montreal Lettuce Farm
The second annual Toronto Arab Film Festival builds on the success of the inaugural edition put together last year just as world woke up to the global pandemic. NCM reporter Saoussane Bourtata reviews the TAFF’s second edition that was staged recently.
View More The Arab World Through Cinema
The Toronto-based Syrian cartoonist Mwafaq Katt spoke to NCM’s Arzu Yildiz about his experience as an artist, why in Syria his drawings were considered a crime, and why he decided to come to Canada.
View More ‘I Came to Canada for My Freedom’: Syrian Cartoonist Mwafaq Katt
Rays of hope come from Hamilton, Ontario, as the first Hamilton Black Film Festival (HBFF) premieres virtually from May 28 to 30. As curtains rise in Westdale Cinema, it marks a new beginning for Canadian BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) artists.
View More Curtains Set to Rise On the First Hamilton Black Film Festival
The Apu Trilogy, created by the Oscar-winning Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray in the 1950s, is regarded as one of the masterpieces of world cinema. Director Subhrajit Mitra picks up where Ray left off 60 years ago in his 2020 sequel titled Avijatrik (The Wanderlust of Apu), which has just won accolades at the Montreal Independent Film Festival. Mitra and the score composer Bickram Ghosh talk to NCM about dreaming big while retaining their own vision.
View More Apu Trilogy Sequel “Avijatrik” Wins Laurels at Montreal Independent Film Festival
This week on What to Watch, Kuljeet Kaila takes a look at the must-watch international stories that are rising in popularity.
View More What to Watch Weekly with Kuljeet Kaila
It’s time to change the narrative, says Jason Mackay, founder of Collective Bunch, a new initiative to promote the participation of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in Vancouver’s film industry.
View More On a Mission to Add More Colour to Vancouver’s Film Industry
Young is currently realizing his passion, working as a writer and an actor. His latest film, Maternal, is about a girl, born in Canada with a Caribbean mother, who’s waiting for an acceptance letter from her dream arts program
View More The Immigrant’s Dilemma in Arts: an Interview with Richard Young