Plein(s) Ecran(s), a showcase of Court métrage

January 21 2021 // Remi Caron // Magazine // Features
The festival Plein(s) Ecran(s) takes place from January 13th to January 24th and focuses on 66 short feature films, 6 of which are categorized within the Programme Jeunesse section. Selections from Quebec and France are entered into an awards competition as part of the festival. As well, there will be the return of the Plein(s) Écran(s) podcast, available on most podcast platforms, which provides interviews with some of the directors. Here are some of the short features that I got to see during the run of the festival.   
 

Ottawa criticizes Quebec’s homeless curfew policy after man dies steps from a shelter

January 20 2021 // News
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Luca Caruso-Moro

 

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Ottawa criticizes Quebec’s homeless curfew policy after man dies steps from a shelter

On Monday, Raphael Andre, a homeless Indigenous man, froze to death just steps away from a shelter in Montreal. 

High School teachers wear black in mourning during back-to-school, Eye strain on the rise in young Quebecers

January 18 2021 // News
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Luca Caruso-Moro

 

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Westmount High School teachers wear black in mourning during back-to-school

Teachers at Westmount High wore black to the first day of highschool on Monday. 

They say they’re mourning. 

(Interview) Flara K Tell Stories About a Growing Need for Deeper Connection on New EP

January 13 2021 // Alex Viger-Collins // Magazine // Interviews

Photo credit: Philippe Thibault

TV Freaks bring raw, vivacious energy to their fourth album People

January 11 2021 // Cole Paquet // Magazine // Music Reviews

“For me, (punk) is doing what you want to do unabashedly,” TV Freaks frontman Dave O’Connor said in a 2014 interview with The Silhouette. It is this same attitude that has carried the Hamilton band through a decade of feverish and brazen garage punk records.

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