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Category: Film Festivals

Covering the best film festivals from right here in Canada to around the world.

259: 2023 ImagineNATIVE

November 14, 2023

ImagineNATIVE⁠ is the world’s biggest Indigenous film and arts festival. We discuss ⁠I’m Just Here For The Riot⁠, ⁠Fancy Dance⁠, ⁠Hey Viktor!⁠, ⁠Tautuktavuk: What We See⁠, ⁠Red, White and Brass⁠ and Inky Pinky Ponky.

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255: 2023 VIFF Wrap Up

October 10, 2023

The 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival just concluded and we wrap up some of the films we saw.

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253: 2023 VIFF Preview

September 26, 2023

The 2023 edition of the ⁠Vancouver International Film Festival⁠ runs from September 28-October 8th. We preview our most anticipated films that are playing. Joining…

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252: 2023 TIFF Wrap Up

September 19, 2023

We wrap up this year’s Toronto International Film Festival by talking about the big hits and misses, our favourite films and the award winners. Joining the show to help us break it all down is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies. Jeff also contributed some festival movie reviews to Contra Zoom.

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The Boy and the Heron

251: 2023 TIFF Preview

September 5, 2023

The 2023 edition of the ⁠Toronto International Film Festival⁠ will run from September 7-17th and we are here to preview our picks for the movies we are most excited about.

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Talk To Me

248: 2023 Fantasia Film Festival Wrap Up

August 15, 2023

For the third year in a row we are covering Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival, which celebrates the best in horror and genre cinema with an emphasis on international movies.

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Plan 75 TJFF

242: 2023 Toronto Japanese Film Festival

July 4, 2023

We cover the Toronto Japanese Film Festival and talk about movies we saw. They include ⁠Plan 75⁠, ⁠BL Metamorphosis⁠, ⁠Roleless⁠, and ⁠Father of the Milky Way Railroad⁠.

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Hot Docs Film Festival

235: Hot Docs 2023

May 9, 2023

The ⁠Hot Docs⁠ festival that celebrates the best new documentaries just concluded in Toronto. We discuss 6 films seen with guest Courtney Small.

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212: 2022 VIFF Wrap Up

October 11, 2022

While Rachel got to have her fun covering TIFF, those of us on the west coast got to enjoy the Vancouver International Film Festival….

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210: 2022 TIFF Wrap Up

September 27, 2022

Rachel Ho continues to captain the CZP ship as she recaps the Toronto International Film Festival. Joining her is Prabhjot Bains, a writer for…

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