The Toronto film community lost one of its own yesterday when Adam Lopez, founder of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, passed away at the age of 52. Lopez had been battling Stage IV cancer of the head and throat since 2021. Initially given only a year to live, Lopez defied all odds and went …
Indie film
DIY queen Ingrid Veninger creates a docu-dogme film about her own family in Crocodile Eyes. Ruby (Ingrid Veninger) sets out to capture 100 real moments. These include bonding with her granddaughter, four-year-old Freya (Laska Sauder), and her daughter Sara (Hallie Switzer), grappling with the challenges of motherhood. After the death of her father, Dedo (Frank …
A cartoonist begins hiring escorts after the status of his live-in relationship changes in Paying For It. Chester Brown (Dan Beirne) is an independent comics artist, who is taken aback when his girlfriend Sonny Lee (Emily Lê) tells him she is falling for another man. Initially, Dan and Sonny attempt an open relationship, though it …