from vk & associates TORONTO, May 11, 2011 – CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF), presented by TELUS, North America’s largest short film festival, proudly returns for its 17th annual edition from May 31st to June 5th 2011. Showcasing the best short films from home and around the world, the WSFF will present an unparalleled [...]
from vk & associates Hot Docs has wrapped its most successful Festival to date with audience numbers reaching an estimated 151,000. The 11-day event featured 360 public screenings of 199 films on 16 screens across Toronto, three Rooftop Docs screenings, an internationally renowned conference and market for documentary professionals, and Docs for Schools, a phenomenally [...]
from film independent The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times, announced the first round of official US and international selections. The 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival is produced by Film Independent — the non-profit arts organization that also produces the Spirit Awards — and will screen over 200 feature films, shorts, [...]
from stuttgart festival of animated film Stuttgart – The 18th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, the FMX 2011 and the Animation Production day transformed Stuttgart into the capital of animation for an eventful six days. The extensive Festival programme was an impressive demonstration of how animation is a lot more than just light entertainment. The [...]
Listen to director Jamie Kastner engaged in his Q&A after his Hot Docs 2011 screening of Recessionize For Fun and Profit!
from bravofact Starting this Wednesday 4 May 2011, In Short explores the Seven Sins and their accompanying Virtues, through award-winning short films produced with funds awarded by Bell Media’s Bravo!FACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent). Award-winning short films, including many television world premieres of shorts produced across Canada, and a series of two-minute shorts on [...]
from vk & associates “EVEN THE RAIN is a brilliant movie. At a time when the poor of the world seem to be rising up, I found myself deeply moved and completely enthralled by this film. I encourage everyone in search of a great movie to go see EVEN THE RAIN.” – Michael Moore Synopsis: [...]
from GAT Video Services Corp. (VSC) announced they have acquired Canadian rights to LIMELIGHT, a fascinating documentary about legendary nightclub owner Peter Gatien that was directed and produced by Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman of rakontur, the filmmakers behind the pot-doc Square Grouper and the globally popular Cocaine Cowboys series, as well as ESPN’s The [...]
from vk & associates Synopsis: The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood – Mao’s Last Dancer; Barney’s Version; Dinner for Schmucks) to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek [...]
