Film
Lorena Alvarado explores memory in Lost Chapters
August 29, 2025Lost Chapters (or Los capítulos perdidos) is a quiet and tender documentary/fiction hybrid set in Caracas, Venezuela. The film follows Ena, who is searching for “forgotten writer” Rafael Bolívar Coronado across the city. Lost Chapters will be premiering at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival on September 5. I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with director Lorena Alvarado to learn more. This interview has been condensed for concision and clarity. Tell me about how your life influenced the film. “I considered it sort of an auto-fiction film so it’s a mix of real things of my life…
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Three films that challenge our perception of war
July 16, 2025Come and See (1985) Elem Klimov’s film tells the story of a boy named Flyora living in what is now Belarus. Located in a small village, the boy discovers a rifle which propels his eagerness to join his town’s resistance…
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From the campus to the big screen: SFU student film goes global
May 28, 2025What started as a class project has since turned into a creative awakening for Kitty Cheung, SFU alum and former Peak staff. Bringing together poetry, live action, and illustration, the short film Ad Hominem 2 is a bold act of…
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A spoilers-free review of The Inventor
May 10, 2024Sometimes, you watch a movie and you can feel how much fun the creators had making it. The Inventor is one of these movies. This movie follows Leonardo da Vinci, the titular inventor, and his time serving King Francis I,…
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The Taste of Things and Perfect Days find inspiration in the simplicity of everyday life
March 25, 2024The Taste of Things and Perfect Days, a French and Japanese film respectively, are two uplifting 2023 releases with simple yet moving stories. Although I watched them both with English subtitles as they were not English films, they exemplified the…
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Films should centre Black joy, resilience, and culture
February 27, 2024Content warning: brief mentions of colonialism, slavery, and violence against Black people. Hollywood movies like The Help, The Colour Purple, and 12 Years a Slave, place much of the focus surrounding the Black experience on aspects of intergenerational trauma. These…
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Horror in Seconds centres BIPOC filmmakers decolonizing the genre
October 30, 2023On a dark and stormy night, horror enthusiasts packed the Vancouver Public Library’s (VPL) inspiration lab. Doaa Magdy is the founder of Vancouver’s first BIPOC horror film festival, Horror in Seconds. Magdy led a workshop open for the public to…
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Three thought-provoking short films by SFU students
October 27, 2023Genesis is an archive collection of 11 short films from students in the Film Student Union at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts (SCA). All films are available for screening online on the SCA’s website. Some students in other majors…
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“The Story of Three Journeys” showcases Tassos Boulmetis’ childhood in Istanbul
September 28, 2023Content warning: mentions of genocide and forced displacement. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic studies at SFU is hosting a series of seminars this fall, where Greek scholars and artists will present stories and lived experiences. Tassos Boulmetis, a…
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Paige Smith explores unknown insides in Black Box Investigations
September 26, 2023Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an exciting time of year. From September 28–October 8, the latest exceptional films all over Vancouver, showcasing local and global talent. Among the selection of 140 films stands SFU alum Paige Smith’s Black Box…
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