Recording: b.h. Yael – Family States Book Launch
“b.h. Yael: Family States”, edited by Mike Hoolboom, celebrates the work of b.h. Yael. This panel featured Richard Fung, Dalia Kandiyoti, and Robert Massoud, three of the book’s contributors.
Useful Resources for our Documentary Futurism Project, The Next 150
As promised, here is a list of resources that will help introduce anyone interested in submitting a proposal to The Next 150 project.
Appel à soumissions 2023
Si vous avez récemment réalisé un film politiquement engageant et que vous souhaitez qu’il soit diffusé à grande échelle, soumettez votre œuvre à Cinema Politica dès aujourd’hui ! Nous sommes intéressés par des œuvres de toute longueur qui contribuent aux mouvements de justice et d’égalité, à l’activisme, au savoir et au discours.
Cinema Politica Launches Documentary Futurism – The Podcast
CP is thrilled to launch a new audio series that gives listeners a unique insight into the dynamic and engaged filmmaking process behind The Next 150—Documentary Futurism projects.
CP Announces Jury for The Next 150 – Documentary Futurism Project
Three exceptional artists will select 15 winning proposals.
L’israélisme
Deux jeunes juifs américains – Simone Zimmerman et Eitan – sont élevés dans le but de défendre l’État d’Israël à tout prix. Eitan s’engage dans l’armée israélienne. Simone soutient Israël sur “l’autre champ de bataille” : les campus universitaires américains. Lorsqu’ils assistent de leurs propres yeux à l’oppression du peuple palestinien par Israël, ils sont […]
CAMFRANGLAIS Wins the CP 2019 Audience Choice Award
CAMFRANGLAIS, a futuristic story about linguistic sovereignty, melds streams of Indigenous futurism with Afrofuturism to imagine a not-so-distant world in 2117 …
Queer Content for Pride Month on CP VOD
We highlight three amazing films to watch online during pride month.
The Māori-Made Collection
Back in 2017 some of us at Cinema Politica tried to find the ground-breaking film Mauri by Merata Mita on line for streaming. We had heard of this Māori gem, the first female-directed Indigenous fiction feature, and wanted to rent or purchase it, but soon discovered it was not available in Canada. After contacting the […]
Obscuro Barroco
OBSCURO BARROCO is an object that transforms infinitely, that devours infinitely: it is the mouth of Luana Muniz, a legendary figure of Rio de Janeiro’s night, that serves as the stolen point of entry to the city’s nocturnal incandescence. The film opens with a seductive ballet of luxuriant tropical vegetation caught in the sea breeze and bowing under heavy […]
Land and Memory: From Gitksan Nation to Eastern Anatolia
Our On Demand titles this month feature two stories of displacement, settlement and generational memory in Nettie Wild’s BLOCKADE and Hale Güzin Kızılaslan’s THE RETURN.
FINDING SALLY ’21 SCREEN AWARD NOMINATION
Cinema Politica is proud to announce that our Distribution title FINDING SALLY has been nominated for “Best Documentary Program” for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards.
CP Pandemic Playlist Vol 2: Health and Community Care
From front-line workers caring for those infected, to those working with grieving loved ones, to those providing crucial services – care has never been so urgent, nor so integral …
Local Spotlight: CP Charlottetown
“[T]he collective has become a vital part of the Charlottetown scene, and the Island-wide movement for positive change on all fronts—environmental, social and political.”
Mi’kmaq Fishing Rights and Food Security on World Food Day
On this World Food Day, we thought it worth highlighting the ongoing violation of sovereign Mi’kmaq fishing rights in Nova Scotia.
Earth Keepers
The film could have been called: An Operation Manual for Planet Earth, EcoRevolution, The Great Hope or Problem Planet: Earthbound Solutions. It’s called Earth Keepers. We meet the young Québécois activist Mikael Rioux who founded Échofête, Quebec’s first environmental festival; the iconic Christian de Laet, Ashok Khosla, the charismatic president of Development Alternatives, the largest […]
