Category: imagineNATIVE
2011 imagineNATIVE Festival Line-Up Announced
Toronto is a hub of film festivals here in Canada. Apart from TIFF, After Dark, Hot Docs and TJFF, we also cover the imagineNATIVE Festival each year. The fest recently announced their line up which includes World Premieres, International Award-Winners … [Read the Rest]
imagineNATIVE Film Announces Opening and Closing Night Films
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples in the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media. Screenings, parties and panel discussions attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers and industry … [Read the Rest]
imagineNATIVE Shorts
It is a bit unusual to review short films, but imagineNATIVE has a pretty cool series of shorts. In addition to shorts screened before features, the festival will be running several dedicated shorts programs, including a youth program, a late-night … [Read the Rest]
imagineNATIVE: Boy
Boy Dir. Taika Waititi (2010, New Zealand, 85 mins.) Boy is not what one would expect from a coming-of-age story. Director Taika Waititi chooses to forgo the type of cinematic angst and melodrama the appeals to the MTV crowd; this … [Read the Rest]
imagineNATIVE: La Pequeña Semilla en el Asfalto
La Pequeña Semilla en el Asfalto Dir. Pedro Daniel López López (2009, Mexico, 80 mins.) I have fairly mixed feelings on about this film. On the one hand, La Pequeña Semilla en el Asfalto is very successful at what it … [Read the Rest]
imagineNATIVE: Dreamland
Dreamland Dir. Ivan Sen (2010, Australia, 84 mins.) Dreamland is aptly titled; watching the film is much like watching a dream, albeit someone else’s dream. I make this distinction because, whist a dreamer instinctively knows what is happening in a … [Read the Rest]
Next Week in Toronto – imagineNATIVE
Starting on October 20th, Toronto will host films by and about indigenous peoples from around the world in one of the coolest film festivals this city has to offer – imagineNATIVE. The program is packed with narrative features, documentaries, and … [Read the Rest]
