Film Festivals - Contra Zoom Pod

145: SXSW Film Festival 2021

March 23, 2021

On this episode we review movies watching during the 2021 edition of the film festival portion of South by South West (SXSW). Rachel Ho…

140: SXSW Festival Preview

February 16, 2021

The annual SXSW festival is gearing up to happen from March 16-20th online and we have a list of the ten most anticipated films…

130: imagineNATIVE

November 3, 2020

On this episode we cover the 2020 imagineNATIVE film festival, which celebrates the best Indigenous filmmaking from around the world! We are joined by…

125: Cinefest Sudbury 2020

September 29, 2020

We cover one of the largest film festivals in Canada with the 2020 edition of Cinefest Sudbury that offered a digital package for viewers….

124: TIFF 2020 Wrapup

September 22, 2020

On this episode we recap the 45th Toronto International Film Festival. We are joined by film lovers John Brody and Maria Escribano who describe…

121: TIFF 2020 Preview

September 2, 2020

The Toronto International Film Festival of 2020 is going to be a hybrid mixture of traditional screenings, mixed with digital and drive-in ones too….

118: Comic Con at Home

August 3, 2020

This year’s San Deigo Comic Con couldn’t be held physically this year, so they pivoted to offer their full slate of panels and presentations…

110: Hot Docs at Home

June 8, 2020

On this episode we review a selection of films that were selected to air during the 2020 Hot Docs, the premiere Canadian documentary festival…

87: TIFF 2019 Wrapup

September 23, 2019

We here at Contra Zoom Pod got a chance to check out some films that played at the Toronto International Film Festival this year….

70: TIFF 2018 Wrap Up

October 4, 2018

Mehek Seyid joins us again to talk about the films she saw at TIFF 2018 and gave some great insight into what the landscape…