As a Canadian cinephile, there are only three great directors that best showcase the originality and novelty of Canadian cinema: Jean-Marc Vallée, Matt Johnson and Rebeccah Love.
Perhaps, they are not necessarily all internationally well-known, and in particular, Rebeccah Love, for now, perhaps a more confidential filmmaker. But after her debut feature film Fortescue had its world premiere at the London Film Festival in 2024, the film is now travelling across Canada, at first going to the West Coast and then going to the East, before it finally plays in Toronto in the spring.
I’ve only written two film reviews in 2024: one for Nicole Dorsey’s Balestra and the other one for Love’s Fortescue.
But inspired by our Canadian hockey team win against the United States this week, and in face of a certain rise of intolerance towards our country, I’m feeling a bit more patriotic than usual and I just need to reiterate that the one filmmaker who is doing the most to honour this country cinematographically, and that is Rebeccah Love and in particular, if you can, see her first feature film Fortescue.
It is a must-watch film and Tte responses that it has been getting so far are incredible.
