During November 9-18, 2017 the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival took place. Ricepaper magazine had the opportunity to review a number of international Asian movies and an awesome Canadian …
JF Garrard
JF Garrard
JF Garrard is the President of Dark Helix Press, an Indie publisher of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Raw Non-Fiction. Her background is in Nuclear Medicine and she has a MBA in Marketing and Strategy. She is an editor and writer of speculative fiction (The Undead Sorceress, Trump Utopia or Dystopia Anthology, Ricepaper Issue 19.3), non-fiction (The Literary Elephant), as well as children’s books.
In the second part of our interview with Shelly Kraicer, we discuss changes in the reception of Chinese cinema, the chilling effect of censorship and the growth of commercial cinema, …
At the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, audiences got a chance to see an episode preview from the second season of Kim’s Convenience. Simu Liu who plays Jung on …
On October 17, 2017, a very special event took place in Toronto – A Celebration of Life event was held for Jim Wong-Chu, the founder of the Asian Canadian Writers’ …
Seldom do film festivals involve children. After all, they are noisy and cannot stay still for a movie! Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival in 2017 ran Wee Asian for …
North American Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Hong Kong / 2017 / 71:00 / Cantonese with English subtitles The joy in watching The Posterist comes from the fact …
During the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, there was one weekend devoted to “Wee Asians” directed at children with family friendly activities. This is a diary entry recorded …
Japan, 2017 / 95:00 / English, Japanese with English subtitles / Canadian Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Megumi Sasaki’s A Whale Of A Tale documentary was created …
Aram Siu Wai Collier is a filmmaker, educator and former film festival programmer. He has experience with a variety of projects, including documentary films, dramatic films, experimental films and …
A long-time Beijing resident (only recently relocated to Toronto by way of Taiwan) for the past decade, Shelly Kraicer has been the programmer of East Asian films for the Vancouver International …