Director Xiaodan He immigrated from China to Montreal, Canada, 24 years ago. While many of her previous film projects were filmed in China, she returned to the French-speaking city for her newest film, Montreal, My Beautiful (2025). “The decision was very simple: I just really wanted to shoot a film in Montreal because I hadn’t done so yet,” she says. “I think it feels very cinematic, and through my eyes, it would look very beautiful on screen.” The 51-year-old Chinese-Canadian filmmaker did not...