NOTES ON DISPLACEMENT – Sofia International Film Festival
CFS – Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada
The representation of Blackness and the lives of Black people on screen has a long, dynamic and troubled history in Canada.
CP Groningen at the Colombian Migrant Film Festival!
The Sense of Violence
The film traces the trajectory of cinema by uncovering the specific intersections shared within the historical context of “anti-communist art” during the Park Chung-hee regime (1970s~1970s). In particular, the censorship of anti-communist film imagery by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency symbolically reveals the presence of power and ideology in the space between image and reality […]
Challenge Nationalism on National Canadian Film Day with These On Demand Docs
Looking for critical Cancon on Canadian Film Day 150? We’ve got you covered.
Seven Indigenous-Centered Films for National Indigenous History Month
In honour of National Indigenous History Month this June, we’re excited to shine a light on a selection of seven critically acclaimed and award-winning Indigenous-made and Indigenous-focused films.
Cinema Politica co-presents Regent Park Film Festival’s “Faces of Resistance”
Cinema Politica is proud to co-present the “Faces of Resistance” program, alongside Shorts That Are Not Pants, as part of the 2021 Regent Park Film Festival. This collection of films reflects on the journeys of people who, either deliberately or unintentionally, defy the expectations and limitations placed on them by oppressive systems.
Singing Back the Buffalo to Premiere at the 2024 Hot Docs Film Festival
Richly visualised and deeply uplifting, SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO from award-winning Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard will have its Canadian premiere at the 2024 Hot Docs Film Festival.
OUR BODIES ARE YOUR BATTLEFIELDS – Sofia International Film Festival
LABOR – Cinema Politica premiere at Sofia International Film Festival
SG̲aawaay Ḵ’uuna – Film Screening and Q & A with Director Gwaai Edenshaw
DEIR YASSIN REMEMBERED Film Screening and Discussion with b.h. Yael
The Chocolate Farmer
The Chocolate Farmer is the story of Eladio Pop, a cacao farmer in a remote district of southern Belize. A direct descendent of the ancient Maya, Eladio comes face to face with the moral dilemmas around the “fair trade” label within the multi-billion dollar chocolate industry. A tender and moving family tale, director Rohan Fernando’s […]
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL – Cinema Politica premiere at Sofia International Film Festival
Cinema Politica Groningen presents documentary film Gulabi Gang by Nishtha Jain
Your Father Was Born 100 Years Old, and So Was the Nakba
A Palestinian grandmother returns to her hometown Haifa through Google Streetview, today, the only way she can see Palestine. In this experimental short film, filmmaker Razan AlSalah channels glitch aesthetics and digital erasure in a subversion of the physical borders and checkpoints imposed by the Israeli occupation.
