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CIRKUS COLUMBIA Q&A with the director Danis Tanovic

CIRKUS COLUMBIA Q&A with the director Danis Tanovic

At one of his screenings of Cirkus Columbia at the Toronto International Film Festival academy award winning director Danis Tanovic does a Q&A for a very enthusiastic audience. Please click on the picture to hear the entire Q&A session. Q – You get great performances from your actors, what techniques do you use? A – […]

JACKPOT premieres on Global’s Currents

<em>JACKPOT</em> premieres on Global’s <em>Currents</em>

Streel Films is proud to announce that Hot Docs favorite and two time Golden Sheaf Award winner (Best Documentary – POV and Best Emerging Filmmaker) JACKPOT will have its Canadian Broadcast Premiere as part of Global’s Currents on Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 at 10pm EST. JACKPOT takes the viewer inside the sometimes strange, sometimes hilarious, […]

Stones in Exile NXNE 2010 Closing Night Film

<em>Stones in Exile</em> NXNE 2010 Closing Night Film

NXNE FILM presents Stones in Exile Closing Night Gala – June 19, 9 p.m. Toronto Underground Cinema – 189 Spadina Avenue TORONTO, May 27, 2010 – NXNE Film is proud to present the Canadian Premiere of Stones in Exile as the Closing Night Gala. Fresh from Cannes Film Festival, Stones in Exile is director Steven […]

Outfest Announces 2010 Festival Lineup

Outfest Announces 2010 Festival Lineup

Opening Night: “HOWL” by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman Closing Night: ”Spork” by J.B. Ghuman 5th Anniversary of Outfest Legacy Project Celebrating 25 years of West Hollywood LOS ANGELES, CA (June 2, 2010) – Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing, showcasing and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) images, has announced […]

NXNE 2010 Charity Soccer Match

NXNE 2010 Charity Soccer Match

NXNE Charity Soccer Match puts the boot in “The Rockers” take on “The World” Funds raised benefit Right To Play. Sunday June 20. TORONTO, May 26, 2010 – NXNE and Right to Play are pleased to announce the fourth annual “Put the Boot In” Charity Soccer Match, taking place on Sunday, June 20, 2010 on […]

22 Canadian Premieres at Inside Out LGBT Film & Video Festival

22 Canadian Premieres at Inside Out LGBT Film & Video Festival

This 20th year Festival will be a blockbuster year, with more premieres and guests than ever before. Toronto-based and internationally known Inside Out will have a World Premiere to offer up with La Dany by Toronto brother and sister directors Jim and Julie Giles. Two International Premieres, Prima Donna: The Story of Rufus Wainwright’s Debut […]

Tribeca Film Festival Wrap

Tribeca Film Festival Wrap

New York, NY [May 4, 2010]– The ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by Founding Sponsor American Express, today announced a total attendance of over 410,000 at screenings, panels and free community events, including the Drive-In and Street Fair. Theater attendance for the […]

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage wins Heineken Audience Award at Tribeca

<em>Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage</em> wins Heineken Audience Award at Tribeca

NEW YORK, May 3 (UPI) — “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage” has won The Heineken Audience Award at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film’s directors, Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn, are to receive a cash prize of $25,000. Throughout the festival, which kicked off April 21, audiences have been able to vote for The […]