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Review: La Mosquée – Cinéfranco 2011

La Mosquée is one of the films being shown this week as part of Cinefranco 2011 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. It is a small film on the surface that has some big ideas on contemporary life in an small Moroccan …

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Review: 5 Brothers (Comme les 5 doigts de la main) – Cinéfranco 2011

It isn’t out of the ordinary for a crime film to involve family, but Alexandre Arcady’s 5 Brothers (Comme les 5 doigts de la main) brings family to

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Review: Crossed Destinies – Cinéfranco 2011

There comes a point in everyone’s lives when they reflect back at the carefree, spirited days of their youth but sometimes the closer you look the more tarnished

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Review: Eight Times Up – Cinefranco 2011

The world is recovering from a period in which finding a job felt, and often proved, nearly impossible. Add to the scarcity of employment a lack of qualifications,

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Cinefranco 2011 Runs From March 25 to April 3

Cinéfranco is an annual English Canadian celebration of international Francophone cinema, and this year's fest rolls into town on the 25th of March with an

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2010 Cinéfranco Names Award-Winning Films

The 13th Annual Cinéfranco (March 26-April 3, 2010) recently announced the list of films taking top honours at this year’s event. Female Agents, by Jean-Paul Salomé, won the

Cinéfranco: 13th Annual Festival of International Francophone Cinema

Cinéfranco already gave us  taste of their fantastic francophone film programming with their youth film series in early March. Now, the main program

Cinéfranco Launches Jeune Cinéma and School Programs

The 13th annual Cinéfranco festival launches its main program on the 26th of March this year, but the festival is giving a taste