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Enter “cinema is dead” in a search engine and get ready to smile at a list of film personalities who have been declaring the death of cinema with regularity over …
Asian films at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival (5-15 September 2019) are holding steady at less than twenty titles. Although the figure reveals a chronic flatlining of the festival’s …
Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2018 – Industry Panel – Diversity & Representation in Canadian Film & Television
by Gavin Hee
The past couple of years have been a remarkably better time for Asians in the broader Western media space. A system barring Asians from respectable on-screen roles for decades is …
Running 6-16 September 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival’s 43rd edition offers a stunningly diminished number of Asian feature films—the fewest in at least the last several years. Although market vagaries …
Golden Panda International Film Festival – Project Pitch, Masters Workshop, Screenings & More
by Gavin Hee
Although in its fifth year and possessing deep connections within the international film-making community, many Vancouverites may not be familiar with the Vancouver Golden Panda International Film Festival (GPIFF). Historically, …
For those lucky enough to be in Toronto between November 9-18, 2017, the fantastic Reel Asian International Film Festival will be in town. This 21-year-old festival will open with Yukiko …
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 …
Toronto’s largest film festival is shrinking with age. Earlier this year it had announced plans to reduce its overall program by a fifth by axing some sections and venues. The …
Read Parts One and Two In June of 1971 Henry was on his way to do a gig at a casino in Reno. He stopped about 100 miles from his …