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'Liquor Store Dreams' of Community and Realizing Immigrant Ambition

In her directorial debut Liquor Store Dreams, So Yun Um takes on the ambitious endeavour of examining her personal experiences growing up...

Hot Docs: 'Coven' Director Rama Rau On Empathetic Filmmaking and the Power of Women

Alisha Mughal speaks with Canadian director Rama Rau about her latest documentary 'Coven'.

‘A Passage Beyond Fortune’ Shows One Chinese Family’s History in Canada

This short documentary explores the history of Chinese immigrants in Canada through the experiences of a single family.

'And Still I Sing' Vividly Captures the Labour of Hope

We talk a lot about our penchant for whipping the realities of life into narrative form, of our “imposition of a narrative line upon...

‘Children of the Mist’ Documentary Reveals Child Marriage Customs In Rural Vietnam

A peek into child bride-kidnapping customs in rural Vietnam, Children of the Mist is director Hà Lệ Diễm's first feature documentary.

Reel Asian: ‘Some Women’ is a Masterful Exploration of Womanhood

Quen Wong's documentary, Some Women, bravely sits at this intersection of the desire to be seen and its corollary fear.

Reel Asian: ‘Big Fight in Little Chinatown’ Considers the Historic Value of Chinatowns

The Asian Cut's Rachel Ho reviews Big Fight in Little Chinatown, directed by Karen Cho.

Reel Asian: ‘Bad Axe’ Shows The Strength In Family

For The Asian Cut, Calvin Law reviews David Siev's Bad Axe as seen during Reel Asian 2022

‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ & 'Who Killed Vincent Chin?': Acknowledging Pain And Opening Up To Catharsis

For The Asian Cut, Calvin Law discusses the power of documentaries through Free Chol Soo Lee and Who Killed Vincent Chi?

'Eternal Spring': An Overdue Addendum to the Definition of Canadian Cinema

Every year, Telefilm Canada oversees the pan-Canadian Selection Committee to choose the film that will represent our country at the...

‘Kalinga (Care)’ Is a Love Letter to a Mother’s Sacrifice

Last year, I watched Martin Edralin’s beautiful film Islands, about a Filipino immigrant family living in Toronto, Canada. The film...