Isolde, a social worker in a poor district in Toronto, is on her first case assignment; the administrative procedures she follows have us feel the burden of an action that is nonetheless professionally codified – that of helping someone. Her “client” is still behind bars and at first, he only appears in their correspondence and the phone calls she makes on his behalf. Behind its legal meaning, the title underlines this absence: Eric Edwards is averse to appearing in court and seems equally impervious to Isolde’s solicitude. Read More »
Deragh Campbell
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Antoine Bourges – Fail to Appear (2017)
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Brandon Cronenberg – Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You (2019)
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A psychiatric patient with a brain implant that allows her to relive her dreams finds her reality being encroached upon in unappetizing and surreal ways.Read More » -
Sofia Bohdanowicz – Never Eat Alone (2016)
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Never Eat Alone is an unorthodox, feature length docu-fiction that subtly explores an expired romance. Constructed with minimal narrative, the film follows an elderly woman’s interest in connecting with an ex-lover from long ago.Read More » -
Sofia Bohdanowicz & Deragh Campbell – MS Slavic 7 (2019)
2011-2020ArthouseCanadaDeragh CampbellDocumentarySofia BohdanowiczA woman who has trouble articulating herself finds a place of her own in researching the letters of her great-grandmother in this entrancing character study.Read More »
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Sofia Bohdanowicz – Veslemøy’s Song (2018)
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The film follows a young woman named Audrey Benac who delves into the archives of the New York Public Library in search of a rare recording produced in 1909 titled Veslemøy’s Song. Shot on hand-processed black and white 16mm, the film takes a docu-fiction approach to investigate the faded legacy of the once celebrated Canadian musician, Kathleen Parlow.Read More » -
Julian Radlmaier – Selbstkritik eines buergerlichen Hundes AKA Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog (2017)
2011-2020ComedyGermanyJulian RadlmaierYoung filmmaker Julian, ironically played by director Julian Radlmaier himself, falls for a young expat and offers her the leading part in his wannabe Communist fairy tale film.Read More »