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It is a new way of life for us with the pandemic. The past year has been a nightmare for all of us. However, in the word of entertainment, we have been thrown some bonuses. A case in point is the 18th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival Canada, led by new festival chairs and McGill alumni) Nick de Pencier and Montreal-born Jennifer Baichwal
For the first time since its inception, the entire festival will be available to stream for free across all of Canada, taking place from Feb 18 to 22.
Beginning with the opening night film A La Calle, a ground-level look at ordinary Venezuelans fighting for democracy, the festival is followed by four more documentaries from Kenya, Sweden, Iran/Turkey, and Peru, showcasing human rights issues relating to environmental activism, protest marches, LGBTQ rights, and the plight of refugees.
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The 56th edition of the Solothurn Film Festival to unspool entirely online
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Atlas by Niccolò Castelli, which will be presented as a world premiere on the festival’s website and on Switzerland’s three national TV channels, will kick off the gathering
Atlas by Niccolò Castelli
As underlined by director
Anita Hugi, the brave and, to some extent, maverick decision to present all 170 Swiss films selected for the 56
th edition of the Solothurn Film Festival (20-27 January) online stems from the need to heighten the visibility of Swiss cinema – something that is necessary now more than ever. This need has driven the Solothurn-based gathering to develop a website that not only serves as a platform for an online edition that will follow in a similar vein to the traditional programmes of prior iterations (with a plethora of discussions and master classes), but which also invites visitors to immerse themselves in the history of Swiss film (thanks to a section dedicat