Tim Basaraba – Animalia is the amazing feature length debut from French director and screenwriter Sofia Alaoui. The entire first act kept me guessing about the nature of the film. More importantly, it introduced me to Itto, portrayed by newcomer Oumaima Barid.
Tim Basaraba – I know nothing about ballet. I have never even watched a ballet. After watching Asif Kapadia’s genre-busting film Creature, maybe I should start.
Tim Basaraba – Watching a film outside of my favorite genres can be a refreshing change, especially at a film festival where most people, including myself, tend to focus on Drama, Suspense, and Thriller categories. That’s where Float comes into play.
We’ve completed four days of films at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival. What have we learned so far? Well, we’ve learned that grandma might be a beach ball. We’ve learned that getting hit by a train isn’t always that bad, that paying your employees on time is important and that chopping wood is harder than it looks.
Tim Basaraba – For me, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s academy-award winning 2021 film Drive My Car (2021) came out of nowhere. At the time, I had yet to see a film from the Japanese director. Since his first film debuted 20 years ago, I might have lost some cool points by admitting that, but no bother.
