Festival du Nouveau Cinéma to debut troubled late animator’s swan song about life on the streets of Montreal
Federal cuts ‘completely inexplicable and mistaken’ say CFC, NSI and INIS
Quebec director’s The Necessities of Life takes three prizes, including most popular film at close of World Film Festival
MONTREAL — Friends and family are mourning the loss of Claude Forget, renowned supporter of Quebec independent film and former director of distribution company Cinema Libre. Forget died Aug. 17 in Sainte-Julienne, QC, the village of his birth, succumbing to cancer-related complications. He was 57.
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Strong buzz at the Montreal fest surrounds Alison Reid’s low-budget mockumentary feature about a female couple who look to make a baby without a man
Montreal gathering condemns fed’s recent program slashing. ‘He’s cut at the heart of a nation’s existence,’ producer Denise Robert says of Prime Minister Harper
Ce qu’il faut pour vivre, the feature drama debut for Quebec docmaker Benoît Pilon, opens Friday with a twist on the old story of cultural alienation
DOP and editor worked for free on helmer Jean-Marc Piché’s WFF selection Nothing Really Matters
First the Canadian distributor acquired key titles from the bankrupt Christal Films — now it’s also taking its main man
Former Cinema Libre director recalled as a ‘man of heart who took on the cause of independent cinema’