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TIFF 2024 has begun! And so has our podcast & our list of the best shorts
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Hello Reader, The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival kicks off today...and so does our coverage. On the website, I've published a list of 8 must-see shorts at the festival. I've also launched the TIFF 2024 Podcast Season! Whether you're at the festival, or following along at home, the season is for you. With themed episodes, I'll be putting several films in conversation to tease out some similar themes and ideas that films (from around the world) are exploring during the festival. The podcast will help you build your watchlist for future festivals (and releases), but also just offer an interesting survey of new world cinema, that's accessible (and spoiler-free!) even if you haven't seen the films or never plan to. The first episode, where I introduce the season and its purpose, is live now. 8 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2024I've curated a list of 8 must-see short films. Many of these films will be making the rounds at festivals, so I suggest keeping an eye out for them at your local. The films come from Canada, the US, the Netherlands, Kosovo, the UK, and Croatia. Some are animated, nonfiction, musicals, and dramas. When they eventually make it to streaming (in a year or more!), I'll also keep you posted. Stay tuned for more updates from the festival on the website and on the podcast. You can bookmark those pages: Alex
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Seventh Row is a nonprofit Canadian film criticism publication and publishing house. We're dedicated to helping you expand your horizons by curating the best socially progressive films from around the world and helping you think deeply about them. This newsletter is run by Seventh Row (http://seventh-row.com) but features exclusive content not found on the website.
I have a theory that when you see a film that changes you — that makes you feel seen in a whole new way or reorganizes how you think — you remember where you were when it happened. You remember the cinema you saw it in (or the couch you were sitting on). You remember who you were with. When a film feels like a discovery, you remember the exact conditions that made it possible for you to even see that movie. Maybe most crucially, you remember where you were in life at that moment that made you...
On Tuesday, I’m offering The Short Take — a free, one-time-only live workshop I’ve run once before — but I’m not sure I’ll ever run it again. We’ll be watching a 22-minute fiction-documentary hybrid short from 2017— the year Britain marked the 50th anniversary of decriminalizing homosexuality. The BFI commissioned this film, along with several others, to look back on that history. The film is thought-provoking and layered — and invites you to really look at how queer history is told, and who...
I recently discovered a tiny pasta shop a few blocks from my apartment (aptly named Tiny Market), where every weekend, they offer a different fresh pasta for takeout. They sell out fast. And if you snooze, they may never bring that particular recipe back. So time and again, I've found myself trying out pastas that I never would have ordered at a restaurant. I'm still thinking about a pasta I took a chance on a month ago, and loved enough to go back for twice in three days. Now, they sell...