TEENAGE PAPARAZZO Q&A with director Adrien Grenier part 1
This Q&A with Adrien Grenier, the director of Teenage Paparazzo, took place on August 24, 2010 and was originally attended by Allan Tong.
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Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
by Jason Leaf for FILMbutton A conventional but exhilarating look at the legendary prog-rock band RUSH has been among the most buzzed-about films at the Tribeca Film Festival and is screening as a Special Presentation on the opening night of Hot Docs. Featuring incredibly rare footage (including a high school-age Alex Lifeson explaining to his […]
Leave them Laughing wins Special Jury Award at Hot Docs
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 […]
Leave them Laughing
by Michael Murray for FILMbutton.com “Leave Them Laughing. It’s a documentary about a stand-up comic who’s dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease.” I think I sighed. “But it’s supposed to be absolutely hilarious!” he quickly added. This, I knew, was a movie I absolutely did not want to see. Like a lot of people, I’ve had […]
Hot Docs Announces Audience Award and breaks Attendence Record
HOT DOCS BREAKS ATTENDANCE RECORDS WITH AUDIENCES OF 136,000 AT 2010 FESTIVAL THUNDER SOUL WINS AUDIENCE AWARD; AUDIENCE TOP TEN ANNOUNCED AUTUMN GOLD WINS INAUGURAL FILMMAKERS AWARD Toronto, May 10 2010 – Hot Docs has wrapped its most successful festival to date with audience numbers reaching an estimated 136,000. The 11-day event, April 29 to […]
A Drummer’s Dream screens at Hot Docs
When some of the world’s top drummers held a camp on a tiny Ontario farm, Halifax filmmaker John Walker followed. The result is A Drummer’s Dream By ANDREA NEMETZ Entertainment Reporter IN 1969, John Walker was offered a choice between two roads. Now the award-winning documentary filmmaker is exploring the path not taken. Then a […]
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage 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 […]
Festival Films – Hot Docs: Pop Culture hits & misses
by Allan Tong of Reel ‘n’ Rock for FILMbutton.com Samba, jellybeans and Communist disco dominate a slate of documentaries at this year’s edition of Hot Docs. For what’s good and what’s not, read on (ratings based on four stars): Disco and Atomic War (***) is a clever, funny voyage through the end of the USSR […]
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage Trailer
Human Terrain screens at Hot Docs
Co-directors James Der Derian, David Udris and Michael Udris will be at both Hot Docs screenings for the Q&A of their film Human Terrain.