young ali

upcoming Young Ali discussion on Kicking the Seat...

while dealing with a pesky cold, i had the pleasure of sitting down (virtually) with chicago film critic ian simmons to discuss young ali: those were the days on his kicking the seat podcast. episode comes out friday the 21st.

you can see why he loved the film for yourself on the new platform relay
and then come back to tune in on some of the granular details

MAN, Three Worlds, Whale and Rainbow Season now available to stream worldwide on Relay along with Young Ali

You can watch my 2018 feature releases, MAN and Three Worlds on the emerging streaming platform Relay. This is our preferred platform as of today.

Relay also includes my latest work Young Ali: those were the days (2024), and the music film Rainbow Season (2019) and my 2010 feature film, Whale.

They are offering a one week free trial as of now. Relay also shows other places you may find the work if you prefer, though its not conclusive on all the titles listed.

young ali poetic musings over at "transactions with beauty"

canadian author & photographer shawna lemay muses about “young ali” over at Transactions with Beauty

Is the film trying to describe this singular time to others who had been lost in the fog or to those who were not lost in the fog? Both, I think. And isn’t that a feat? Young Ali is poetic and real, the eponymous character living and trembling as we all did, under that same old, silly old storybook moon.
— shawna lemay


Young Ali nominated for two awards at the Arthouse Film Festival...

young ali: those were the days has been nominated for the Cassavetes award and the Godard award at the Arthouse Film Festival.

you can still watch the film virtually till Jan 20th.

tickets avail here: Arthouse Film Festival