Ever since his first feature film I Killed My Mother premiered at Cannes, every film from the 29yearold director Xavier Dolan has generated significant critical interest A recipient of numerous awards, Dolan has recently taken his career to an international level with The Death and Life of John F Donovan As the first booklength study about Dolan, with case studies of key films like Mommy (2014), Tom at the Farm (2013) and It8217s Only the End of the World (2016), this volume explores the global reach of small national and subnational cinemas In particular, it uses Dolan8217s cinema as a departure point to reconsider the position of Qu233bec film and cultural imaginary within a global cinematic culture, as well as the intersections between national, millennial and queer filmmaking