Leading Change and Uncovering Truths Through “Our Planet, The People, My Blood”
- By Armin KS
“There’s an Audience for Everything”: Tope Babalola on Creating Without Limits
- By Shwayta Sharma
Featured
- By: Asis Sethi
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As Deanna Wong and Kelly Lui guide Reel Asian toward its 30th anniversary, they embody both the organization’s history and its future. Wong, who first served as Executive Director from 2005 to 2008 before....
As Deanna Wong and Kelly Lui guide Reel Asian toward its 30th anniversary, they embody both the organization’s history and....
- By: Virinder Singh
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Interview by Shwayta Sharma, written by Virinder Singh. It is the hottest day of the year. The power cuts out across Toronto, the fans stop turning, and the towers of St. James Town empty....
Interview by Shwayta Sharma, written by Virinder Singh. It is the hottest day of the year. The power cuts out....
COVER STORY
Interview
- By: Armin KS
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In ‘The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony’, Pakistani-born filmmaker Habiba Nosheen takes audiences into the world of young girls in Machar Colony, Karachi, who are finding strength, opportunity, and a sense of possibility through gymnastics.....
In ‘The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony’, Pakistani-born filmmaker Habiba Nosheen takes audiences into the world of young girls in Machar....
- By: Shwayta Sharma
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Writer-director Nidhil Vohra and actress Zehra Nawab bring a personal story of dreams, desire, and self-discovery to the screen in ‘Dream Girl’. Inspired by Vohra’s mother, the short film follows Kiran, a middle-aged South....
Writer-director Nidhil Vohra and actress Zehra Nawab bring a personal story of dreams, desire, and self-discovery to the screen in....
- By: Shwayta Sharma
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In their short film, ‘One Last Walk’, real-life sisters and Korean Canadian filmmakers, Andrea Bang and Diana Bang, explore the beauty of human connection through an unlikely friendship between two elderly women who speak....
In their short film, ‘One Last Walk’, real-life sisters and Korean Canadian filmmakers, Andrea Bang and Diana Bang, explore the....
- By: Shwayta Sharma
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He built a following of more than 900,000 people one short video at a time. Now the creator has written, produced, and edited his first miniseries. He talks to Shwayta Sharma about heartbreak, hustle,....
He built a following of more than 900,000 people one short video at a time. Now the creator has written,....
FILM
- By: Virinder Singh
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Interview by Shwayta Sharma, written by Virinder Singh. It is the hottest day of the year. The power cuts out across Toronto, the fans stop turning, and the towers of St. James Town empty....
Interview by Shwayta Sharma, written by Virinder Singh. It is the hottest day of the year. The power cuts out....
- By: Kavita Musty
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Filmmaker Ashley Duong embarks on a deeply personal journey to bring her father’s memoir to life in ‘Ba’s Book’. She retraces his experiences growing up in Vietnam during the war and reconnects with the....
Filmmaker Ashley Duong embarks on a deeply personal journey to bring her father’s memoir to life in ‘Ba’s Book’. She....
TV
- By: Shwayta Sharma
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Behind every great theatrical production is a world the audience rarely sees. The Leo Award-winning mockumentary comedy series ‘The Dressing Room’, created by Vancouver theatre artists and couple Paul Almeida and Makayla Moore, takes....
Behind every great theatrical production is a world the audience rarely sees. The Leo Award-winning mockumentary comedy series ‘The Dressing....
- By: Shwayta Sharma
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For many women, life doesn’t begin to slow down after 40. Instead, it marks the start of an entirely new chapter. That’s the heart of ‘Love in All the Small Places’, an independently produced....
For many women, life doesn’t begin to slow down after 40. Instead, it marks the start of an entirely new....
Digital
- By: Asis Sethi
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‘Pigasus’, the award-winning animated short film produced by Burnaby, B.C.’s Arcana Studio and directed by Sean Patrick O’Reilly (Go Fish, Locked), has secured a remarkable 200 festival screenings. The film, which is now available....
‘Pigasus’, the award-winning animated short film produced by Burnaby, B.C.’s Arcana Studio and directed by Sean Patrick O’Reilly (Go Fish,....
- By: Rachel Martin
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Rachel Martin sat down with Martin and Josip Kristo to ask about their journey, their creative process, and what’s kept them laughing all these years. What began in earnest as sibling shenanigans intended to....
Rachel Martin sat down with Martin and Josip Kristo to ask about their journey, their creative process, and what’s kept....
- By: Armin KS
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Fresh off two Canadian Screen Awards wins for Best Web Program or Series (Fiction) and Best Direction (Katie Uhlman), ‘Cows Come Home’ follows a young woman navigating rural life and competitive cow-showing in Fort....
Fresh off two Canadian Screen Awards wins for Best Web Program or Series (Fiction) and Best Direction (Katie Uhlman), ‘Cows....
Business
- By: Michael Duboff
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Having a film at the Toronto International Film Festival can create opportunities that took years to reach and some decisions that may need to be made very quickly. For a first-time filmmaker, TIFF may....
Having a film at the Toronto International Film Festival can create opportunities that took years to reach and some decisions....
- By: Michael Duboff
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Before a producer can develop a film or television project based on an existing property, such as a book, article, podcast, life story, or other intellectual property, they must first secure the legal right....
Before a producer can develop a film or television project based on an existing property, such as a book, article,....
- By: Zehra Nawab
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I packed for Vancouver expecting networking, panels, important conversations, and plenty of coffee. Thanks to the SACFF (South Asian Canadian Film Federation) fellowship that I received, I came home with something far more valuable:....
I packed for Vancouver expecting networking, panels, important conversations, and plenty of coffee. Thanks to the SACFF (South Asian Canadian....