from berlinale The Competition of the 61st Berlinale The selection for the Competition programme of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival has been completed. It includes 22 films, 16 of which will be competing for the awards. In addition there will be two special screenings: In solidarity with the convicted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, his […]
DISTINGUISHED CANADIAN FILMMAKER Terence Macartney-Filgate TO RECEIVE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT HOT DOCS 2011 Toronto, January 18, 2011 – The Hot Docs Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has chosen distinguished Canadian filmmaker Terence Macartney-Filgate as the recipient of its 2011 Outstanding Achievement Award. As part of the honour, Hot Docs will […]
from GAT Hometown Premiere At Royal Ontario Museum Thursday February 24 at 7:00 PM (Toronto) A filmmaker loses her father to an asbestos-related cancer, Mesothelioma. Her grief and resolve lead her to examine a dangerous product so entwined in Canadian history and economy, we can’t seem to stop mining it – or profiteering from it. […]
from hot docs Hot Docs is accepting project proposals for the upcoming Hot Docs Forum (HDF), May 4 & 5, taking place during the 2011 Hot Docs Festival, April 28 – May 8. Hot Docs Forum (previously the Toronto Documentary Forum) has earned a reputation as the most effective international documentary market in North America […]
from vk & associates Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist and Rebel, the 2010 feature documentary by Academy Award winner Brigitte Berman, has been nominated for an Image Award for Best Documentary Feature for theatrical or television, by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) at a media press conference in Los Angeles on […]
from vk & associates World Premiere engagement at the Bell Lightbox begins Friday, February 11, 2011 “Everyone has a great Harvey story…… There are those that say making a film on Harvey Weinstein is career suicide. Others have warned me that Harvey will never allow the film to get distribution. I can’t think of better […]
The feature length documentary, On the Day – The Story of the Spirit of Scottish Pipe Band by John McDonald, will be premiering in 52 Cineplex & Empire Theatres across Canada starting on February 9, 2011. The film will be screened in full HD and has been remixed in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound for this […]
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from PSIFF Palm Springs, CA (January 16, 2011) –The 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival announced this year’s award winners at a luncheon at Spencer’s Restaurant on Sunday, January 16, 2011. The Festival, held from January 6-17, 2011, screened 205 films from 69 countries, including 41 of the 65 foreign language entries for this […]
from full frame documentary film festival Durham, N.C., – January 13, 2011 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has announced their Thematic Program, 2011 Career Award and the first US Premiere of the 2011 festival. Rick Prelinger will curate a series around archival footage for the Festival’s 2011 thematic program. The 2011 Career Award […]
