Our last preview is here, and it's a good one. Writer Liam Siemens reviews Olivier Babinet's Swagger and Bart Simpson's Brasilia: Life After Design, with mixed feelings. But that's the fun of festival season; you can't love 'em all!
Read MoreTwo more previews for y'all! Both exciting reads, and both tricky films. I hope your festival Must-See lists are subsequently bulked.
Read MoreCat Mills' short film FIXED! is one of our must-sees in this year's DOXA program. If you're invested in urban sustainability and community engagement, here's your film. “Repair Cafés bring together people from all walks of life, sticks them in the same room, and provides an excuse to help one another. People will be drawn to the cafés for financial reasons (it's free!), environmental reasons (keep items out of the landfill) and technical reasons (playing with technology—huzzah!), but regardless of the reasons, it is a safe place to get to know other people. It brings us together.
Read MoreAnother DOXA preview, just in time for the festival's opening night! Quick and to the point, this one is. Writer Ljudmila Petrovic reviews Dmitrii Kalashnikov's latest feature, The Road Movie, and muses over its portrayal of Eastern Europeans and the drama of Russia's icy roads. Dark and comedic? Yes, you can be sure of that.
Read MoreIt's that time of year again, folks! The stellar DOXA Documentary Film Festival is back with another finely curated line up—a cinematic smorgasbord, if you will. The fest doesn't officially start until May 4, but we've got a few previews in the works, to prime you all for what's to come. If you're at a loss for film picks, look no further! Our first two suggestions are here!
Read MoreCanadian design wiz and newly minted documentary filmmaker Greg Durrell talks inspiration and process. “Instead of going to film school, making this documentary was my film school,” Greg says, laughing as he adds,” the whole thing was really fucking hard. Making a documentary feels like you’re aimlessly wandering through the dark.” Bet it's worth it, though. We can't wait to check out Design Canada and learn more about home-spun design history!
Read MoreWriters Layla Mrozowski and Brendan Yandt go to a video art exhibition while tripping out on 2C-B. Yeah, that's right. We're not going to explain any further, you'll just have to read about it yourselves—it's that good.
Read MoreWriter Paloma Pacheco speaks with the inimitable Barbara Chirinos, programmer of the Black History Month film series at Vancity Theatre, and touches on the vitality of film as story-telling medium and the importance of diverse experience in art. “What I try to do with all Black History events is to promote them in the broader community. It is very important for the black community to show up because we need to be reminded of what we’ve accomplished, to recognize all of the people that have made contributions, to see people who look like us and to be reminded: We are worthy, we are fantastic, and we contribute to society.”
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