Festival Screening – September 3, 2015 @ 11:30 AM at Sala Perla David, a man in his forties, lives a predictable life with his wife Maya and their two children. To please his wife with the latest gadgets, he works solitary shift work, days and nights, as a janitor in a retirement home. But when […]
An eclectic mix of Canadian talent shines on the big screen The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) returns to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) (September 10–20, 2015) with a stellar line up of feature films from Mina Shum, Mark Lewis and Guy Maddin, as well as short films from award-winning animator Howie Shia, […]
TORONTO – It turns out the world outside your front door is very much like the one inside – except that secrets are shared in the open air. Sarah Goodman’s Porch Stories is a touching, layered and musically-rich portrait of revolving stories – all connected by events on the porches of neighboring homes. The Victorian […]
by john davidson for FILMbutton The first thing you need to know about director Ingrid Veninger’s The Animal Project is that the hugs are free. And if free hugs sound good to you right about now, then seek out this new Canadian Indie gem and start feeling the love yourself. Aaron Poole stars in this […]
by john davidson for FILMbutton The first thing you need to know about director Ingrid Veninger’s The Animal Project is that the hugs are free. And if free hugs sound good to you right about now, then seek out this new Canadian Indie gem and start feeling the love yourself. Aaron Poole stars in this […]
Inside Llewyn Davis was named Best Picture, with Oscar Isaac winning the Best Actor prize. In 2007, the Coens received the TFCA’s Best Director award for their film No Country for Old Men, which also won Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay. The awards were voted by the TFCA at a meeting Dec. […]
from the cfc The REEL Challenge Emphasizes the Big Picture of Film Industry The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is calling on filmmakers across the country to show audiences the contribution movies make in our lives with The REEL Challenge: Movies Matter – The Big Picture. A grand prize of $10,000 will be awarded, with a […]
from GAT (Montreal – March 2, 2011) Deborah Chow’s The High Cost of Living – a jarring psychological drama about death, loss and guilt, starring Zach Braff (Scrubs) and Isabelle Blais – won the Super Écran award for Best Screenplay for a 1st or 2nd feature at the Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois this week. The […]
from vk & associates Winner – FIPRESCI critics prize for Best Film – 2010 Torino Film Festival Winner – Best Actress Award, Martha Plimpton – 2010 Whistler Film Festival Ed Gass-Donnelly named as one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” On the heels of sold-out screenings in small towns across Southwestern Ontario, Small Town Murder […]
from V Kelly & Assoc TORONTO – Incendies, Denis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad’s complex stage play about Quebec siblings who uncover their immigrant mother’s tortured history, has won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The award was presented to Villeneuve by Jay Baruchel, star of How to Train Your […]
