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Film: Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014)

Film: Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014)

May 7, 2014 | By

After examining the specific case of a violent act committed by a mentally ill individual in NCR: Not Crimminally Responsible (2013), director John Kastner broadens his scope in this related doc regarding the treatment of patients at Brockville’s Mental Health Centre…

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Film: Where I’m From / D’où je viens (2014)

Film: Where I’m From / D’où je viens (2014)

May 7, 2014 | By

Claude Demers’ personal reflections on his childhood in Verdun, a borough in Montreal, Quebec, are conveyed in a slightly experimental narrative design where the director’s impressionistic narration flows over striking images of the city’s waterways and rough streets…

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HOT DOCS 2014: Review Set 4

HOT DOCS 2014: Review Set 4

May 5, 2014 | By

Hot Docs 2014 Reviews, Set 4, include: The Agreement / Forhandleren (2013), The Beijing Ants (2013), Everything Will Be (2014), The Sower / Le Semeur (2013) and What is Left? (2014). Also: what’s coming soon!

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Film: Agreement, The / Forhandleren (2013)

Film: Agreement, The / Forhandleren (2013)

May 5, 2014 | By

In an era when one terrible war is replaced with another and rarely revisited by the media after its most explosive phase has passed, Karen Stokkendal Poulsen’s hour-long film reminds us of the slow and petty details that need to be sorted by former warring parties prior to the necessary…

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Film: Beijing Ants, The (2013)

Film: Beijing Ants, The (2013)

May 5, 2014 | By

When Ryuii Otsuka’s family of three are given notice by the daughter of their supposed landlords to either accept a steep rent increase or vacate their apartment by the end of the month, things swerve to some horrible extremes in this fascinating documentation using hidden…

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