Toronto Film Week presents: Pierre West + other shorts
Pierre West + other shorts Tuesday April 22, 20257PMThis screening session includes 9 (short) films, with a total running time of approximately 90 minutes. All films are in English OR have English subtitles.@ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Free Tickets Preview Lunch Break (Belgium) by Reinout Jan Swinnen, Bram Van Rompaey Joe is a… Continue Reading Toronto Film Week presents: Pierre West + other shorts
Toronto Film Week presents: All About My State + Shorts
All About My State + Shorts Monday April 21, 20257PMThis screening session includes 8 (short) films, with a total running time of approximately 90 minutes. All films are in English OR have English subtitles.@ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Free Tickets Preview The Lovers Of Avignon (Spain) by Manuel Fernández Ferro The Lovers of… Continue Reading Toronto Film Week presents: All About My State + Shorts
Watch Citizen Jane: Battle for the City — a film on activism & urban change
Join Jane’s Walk Toronto for a special screening of Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, a compelling documentary exploring the life and legacy of Jane Jacobs — urban activist, writer, and champion of community-led planning. This timely film tells the story of Jacobs’ historic fight against top-down urban renewal in 1960s New York and her… Continue Reading Watch Citizen Jane: Battle for the City — a film on activism & urban change
Mayworks presents: Sudan, Remember Us (2024)
Join us for a film screening followed by a guided discussion with Sudan Solidarity Collective. In spring 2019, filmmaker Hind Meddeb captures a jubilant moment of defiance among young Sudanese activists in Khartoum after the overthrow of a long dictatorship, and then chronicles the military crackdown that followed. All Mayworks Festival events are free. Registration required. … Continue Reading Mayworks presents: Sudan, Remember Us (2024)
Mayworks presents: Souleymane’s Story (2024)
Souleymane’s Story (2024) follows an undocumented Guinean immigrant, Souleymane (Abou Sangare) through the bustling streets of Paris for over two days as he makes bike courier food deliveries while preparing for his asylum interview. Part of an underground economy of couriers who rent verified accounts, Souleymane works morning to night, piecing together a life between the… Continue Reading Mayworks presents: Souleymane’s Story (2024)
Mayworks presents: West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979)
Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the film traces the history of the West Indies through several centuries of French oppression. The story traverses the West Indies, Europe, and the Middle Passage; jumps across time to depict the effects of official French policy upon the colonized, the enslaved, and their descendants;… Continue Reading Mayworks presents: West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979)
Mayworks presents: The Strike (2024)
The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement, often for a decade or more, and with little due process. In 2013, 30,000 incarcerated people went on a hunger strike that spread into a feat of unity across California prisons. The Strike follows these solitary survivors who fought to abolish indefinite isolation. Followed… Continue Reading Mayworks presents: The Strike (2024)
Mayworks presents: I’m Still Here (2024)
Directed by Walter Salles and based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, I’m Still Here transports us to Rio de Janeiro in the early 1970s when Brazil’s dictatorship sought to exert its authority through detentions and disappearances. The film takes focus on Eunice Paiva, whose experiences transformed her into an activist, lawyer, and hero. Opening remarks will provide… Continue Reading Mayworks presents: I’m Still Here (2024)
Toronto Society of Architects, AZURE Magazine, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture presents: To Build Law: Screening & Panel Discussion
When it comes to shaping the built environment, most people assume it is design professionals like architects and planners who are leading the discussions of what our cities should look like. But ask any architect and you’ll soon find out that much of what we build (and how we build it) is actually shaped by… Continue Reading Toronto Society of Architects, AZURE Magazine, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture presents: To Build Law: Screening & Panel Discussion
Amoment Books presents: Like A Rolling Stone screening
Canadian Premiere! Danxi Bookstore brings you the feature film “Like A Rolling Stone”, directed by Yin Lichuan and starring Yongmei, Jiang Wu, Wu Qian, and Zhang Benyu! It’s in Toronto on April 19th and April 20th! Vancouver will also be available soon! The naïve and romantic Li Hong (played by Yongmei) has had many dreams… Continue Reading Amoment Books presents: Like A Rolling Stone screening