ICFF, presented by IC Savings, and multicultural media company CHIN Radio/TV, in partnership with Ontario Place and the Embassy of Italy, present the Lavazza Drive-In Film Festival – a 12-night international festival showcasing films from countries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event runs from July 20th to July 31st. Back To Maracanã (Brazil,Israel), […]
Sheep Without a Shepherd is the stunning remake of the 2013 thriller Drishyam; the story of a man who takes desperate measures to try and save his family from the dark side of the law. After committing an unexpected crime, the only way to avoid conviction is to stand by a made-up alibi… but can […]
The fifth edition of Cinetic Media’s Viral: A Film Industry Conversation took place on July 9, 2020 called Issues Surrounding Personal Accountability, Public Shaming, Cancellation and Redemption addressed movements like #MeToo and Time’s Up as well as other programs created to deal with abuses in the film industry. It also discusses the possible re-entrance into the […]
The fourth instalment of Cinetic Media’s Viral: A Film Industry Conversation took place on June 18, 2020 called Restarting and Risk – Insurance and other Concerns and dealt with perhaps the most important and pragmatic of topics that being insurance, bonding and liability with Andrew Lowenthal, (Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney); Steven Ransohoff (CEO, […]
The third instalment of Cinetic Media’s Viral: A Film Industry Conversation took place on June 4, 2020 called How Can We Create A Just and Equitable Film Industry? with Stanley Nelson (Director); Dawn Porter (Director); Yance Ford (Director); and Peter Nicks (Director) with moderator John Sloss (Principle, Cinetic Media) and focused on the Black Experience in the film industry but […]
The second instalment of Cinetic Media’s Viral: A Film Industry Conversation took place on May 21 called What Happens to Film Festivals after Covid-19? with Eugene Hernandez (Director, New York Film Festival); Tabitha Jackson (Director, Sundance Film Festival); and Carlo Chatrian (Director, Berlinale) with moderator John Sloss (Principle, Cinetic Media) regarding the film festival circuit now […]
The first of the Viral: A Film Industry Conversation presented by Cinetic Media called What Does the Film Industry Look Like in a Pandemic?took place on May 7, 2020 with Christine Vachon (Producer, Killer Films); John Ridley (NO Studios); and Tim League (Founder, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema) with moderator John Sloss (Principle, Cinetic Media) and focused on the what’s happening in the film […]
LIVE ONLINE EVENT: Saturday, June 6, 3:00 PM Featuring director Marcus Vetter and special guests The live webinar link will be available here on June 6. The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, unites the most powerful leaders and thinkers on the planet. At its helm is Klaus Schwab, the 81-year-old founder of the […]
LIVE ONLINE EVENT: Thursday, June 4, 7:00 PM Featuring director Shalini Kantayya and special guests The live webinar link will be available here on June 4. MIT researcher and computer scientist Joy Buolamwini wants the US government to reconsider its use of facial recognition technology after discovering gross inaccuracies in its results—namely, racism. Buolamwini found […]
LIVE ONLINE EVENT: Tuesday, June 2, 7:00 PMFeaturing Maria Konnikova, author, The Confidence Game; Don Thompson, author The Orange Balloon Dog: Bubbles, Turmoil and Avarice in the Contemporary Art Market; Patricia Cohen, reporter, The New York Times, and director Barry Avrich The live webinar link will be available here on June 2. Established in 1846, […]
