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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
In partnership with Apathy is Boring, New Canadian Media will be posting first-person accounts from the 150 Years Young Project, a campaign that highlights the positive impact youth are making throughout their communities. “It all comes back…
View More Lack of Mainstream Diversity was Never an ExcuseLast week turned out to be an unplanned Asian cinema watching binge, watching four Asian films – three Chinese and one Korean. I love Asian films as some of them have action and special effects that…
View More Asian Cinema Week: Chop-Socky of FunOVER 300 movie-goers attended the recent world premiere of ‘My First 150 Days in Canada’, a documentary that strikes to the core of the Canadian immigrant experience. The film screened at the Hot Docs Ted…
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