Revolt! Piers Handling talks to directors Simon Lavoie and Mathieu Denis

Published: Jan. 19, 2017, 8:20 p.m.

b"Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves is one of the most ambitious \\u2013 and deliriously-titled \\u2013 films to come out of Canada in a long, long time. Co-written and directed by the two young Montreal filmmakers Simon Lavoie and Mathieu Denis, the film posits what could have happened after the 2012 Quebec student protests, otherwise known as the \\u201cMaple Spring.\\u201d It also won the \\u201cBest Canadian Feature\\u201d award at TIFF '16 and is now screening as part of Canada\\u2019s Top Ten Film Festival. During TIFF '16, Lavoie and Denis spoke to TIFF CEO Piers Handling about their cinematic influences, inciting revolution, and creating a new era of Canadian film. http://www.tiff.net/canadas-top-ten/"