By shael stolberg on September 12, 2010
academy award winner, bosnia, cirkus columbia, danis tanovic, no man's land, toronto international film festival
Audio, Festival & Screening Q&A's, Festival Q&A, Festival Spotlights, FILMbutton Follows..., TIFF 10
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 – […]
By shael stolberg on June 8, 2010
alan black, Best Documentary, Best Emerging Filmmaker, bingo, Chris Knight, Currents, delta bingo, Eye Weekly, Global, Golden Sheaf Award, jackpot, Jason Anderson, National Post, Norm Wilner, Now Magazine, POV, toronto
Focus, Screenings
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, […]
By shael stolberg on June 5, 2010
film festival, nxne film festival, rolling stones, shael stolberg, Steven Kijak, stones in exile
festival news, Focus, NXNE 10
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 […]
By shael stolberg on June 2, 2010
gay festivals, gay film festivals, lesbian films, los angeles, outfest lgbt festival, transgendered films
festival news, Focus
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 […]
By shael stolberg on May 26, 2010
Adam Van Koeverden, Bedouin Soundclash, Brendan Canning, Broken Social Scene, Eon Sinclair, film festival, Globe and Mail, Great Big Sea, Murray Foster, NXNE, Panos Panay, Rick Campanelli, soccer match, Sonic Bids
Bits & Pieces, Focus, NXNE 10
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 […]
By shael stolberg on May 14, 2010
hot docs, leave them laughing
festival news, Focus, Hot Docs 10
Leave them Laughing Trailer LEAVE THEM LAUGHING won the Special Jury Award, Canadian Documentary, and came in 5th out of 172 films in terms of audience favorites as voted upon by a record 136,000 festival attendees. We are most pleased! Two standing ovations, lots of applause and great reviews all over the press…..and the film […]
By shael stolberg on May 13, 2010
Coming Of Age Story, Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Story, Funny Felix, Hogtown Homos, Homo-Team Advantage, Howl We Are The Mods Dare Losing, insideout LBGT video & film festival, My Religion Beyond Gay: The Politics Of Pride, My Son Is Gay!, Off And Running: An American, Off World, Oy Vey!, Plan B, Prima Donna, The Celluloid Closet, The Man Who Loved Yngve, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, The Watermelon Woman Lilies, Two Spirits
Bits & Pieces, festival news, Festival Spotlights, Focus, Inside Out 10
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 […]
By shael stolberg on May 4, 2010
jane rosenthal, robert de niro, tribeca film, tribeca film festival
festival news, Focus
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 […]
By shael stolberg on May 3, 2010
Heineken Audience Award, hot docs, rush: beyond the lighted stage, sam dunn, scot mcfadyen, tribeca film festival
Bits & Pieces, festival news, Festival Spotlights, Focus, Hot Docs 10
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 […]
By shael stolberg on April 15, 2010
cannes film festival, gilles jacob, kristen scot thomas, palme d'Or, tim burton
Bits & Pieces, festival news, Film News, Focus