Today marks the beginning of Concordia's 48th Film Festival, which will run until May 9th, 2021. The festival will take place online, and features five categories: Documentary, Experimental, Lights Out (a section devoted to genre films), Visions (a spotlight of underrepresented voices in the mainstream), and Canadian Fiction.

The festival is also hosting an Emerging Voices seminar, where students can present their research projects, journals, papers, or any academic ventures in an environment inclined to discuss and learn. This year's jury panelists include Florence Pelletier, Carol Nguyen, Jad Orphée Chami, Moïa Jobin-Paré, Éric Falardeau, and Omar Elhamy.

The CFF is a student-run, non-profit film festival dedicated to its growing community of artists, scholars, and industry professionals. The festival showcases films from Concordia's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and works by film students from all over the world.

You can check out the schedule and stream the festival via this link.

Concordia Film Festival

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