The ARTE France Cinéma committee have thrown some pre-Holiday cheers towards some international co-productions that will for the most part begin filming next year...
Quebec’s SODEC (the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles) have opened the coffers backing the next wave of projects that will shoot next year...
Once again, the Gala Québec Cinéma's Prix IRIS (the "Quebec Oscars") has released a muddled field of nominations, awkwardly grouping standout 2024 films with...
Into the Woods: Lesage Explores Wounded Masculinities
In Vincent Sherman’s 1943 Bette Davis-led melodrama Old Acquaintance, the complex relationship between a pair of female frenemies...
The highest-ranked Canadian filmmaker on this year's list moved into production on his fourth feature film back in August of last year. After 2015's...
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging creator from the world of cinema. This month, we feature Canadian filmmaker Philippe Lesage...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.