Shorts Articles (3) and the "Future of Canadian Cinema"

0 Comments POSTED: September 7, 2007 14:53 | By: Alex Rogalski

What can we say...

The shorts are the festival within a festival, offering the most diverse, exciting and risk taking films for audiences willing to explore the shorter side of TIFF.

Few have said it better than Bruce Kirkland in his Toronto Sun review on Sept. 4 "That is the beauty of the short form. And, I say bravely, they show where the future of Canadian cinema resides. "

Xtra! continues with shout outs to many of our Short Cuts filmmakers -Claudia Morgado Escanilla, Kent Monkman,Cassandra Nicolaou, Greg Atkins, Britt Randle, AJ Bond.

"Queer Canadian filmmaking is exploding, with a plethora of artists making innovative, thought-provoking and humourous films. Luckily, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has picked up on the trend and is recognizing the range and quality of work out there by showcasing talent from across the country, from Kent Monkman in Toronto to Claudia Morgado Escanilla in Vancouver.

Short films are an art form unto themselves and these works, almost all of which are in the Short Cuts Canada programs, are great examples."