Two feature docs and five shorts from Canada’s public producer From an Aboriginal uprising and fugitive cows to the latest film from an Oscar® winner and restored gems by an animation pioneer, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) presents a diverse lineup of stellar titles at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. The most […]
Inspired by Rawi Hage’s Award-Winning novel, COCKROACH A visceral portrayal of an Iranian man’s struggle to fit into Western culture, The Underground is a new short film by critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Michelle Latimer, which is set to have its World Premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Araz, an Iranian refugee in Canada, […]
The Buffalo International Film Festival (BIFF:Buffalo) is a non-profit public charity located in Buffalo, NY, USA whose mission is to encourage international communication and cooperation by exhibiting fine examples of motion pictures, videos and other works of art from all over the known universe; presenting educational events and workshops; and creating a friendly social atmosphere […]
The inaugural Niagara Integrated Film Festival (NIFF) is only a few weeks away! The hugely anticipated event from Toronto International Film Festival co-founder, Bill Marshall, runs June 19 through 22, 2014. NIFF will take full advantage of its unique location of Niagara with two special programs. Film Feast is a gourmet wine tour meets short […]
Got an idea for an innovative short interactive project? The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and ARTE are issuing an international call for submissions for short online interactive experiences, in a new collaboration called Interactive Haiku. Memes, Vines and Buzzfeed are all formatted for the digital age, where users tend to consume things quickly. […]
imagineNATIVE will commemorate National Aboriginal History Month with several special free events. Below are the events running throughout June. The 15th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival returns to Toronto and runs from October 22-26, 2014. June 6, @ 6pm, Toronto Public Library, Bloor/Gladstone, 1101 Bloor Street West: imagineNATIVE’s indigiFLIX Community Screening Series is […]
If you could redesign the film industry into the best possible system for the artists, the audience, and the business, what would it look like? On May 28th, Ted Hope, CEO of Fandor, along with Reinventors, and a group of industry luminaries, started a will answer that very six-part interactive web series called Reinvent Hollywood. […]
Creative and Professional Training for Aspiring Female Filmmakers There is a dearth of women’s voices in independent dramatic filmmaking. The Filmmentor program aims to support and cultivate new visions and cinematic expressions from women with stories to tell. The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) welcomes you to hone your creative and technical skills […]
Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema – June 5 to July 1 – TIFF Bell Lightbox “This is a cinema of personal vision, social commitment and poetic responsibility from which we’ve all learned and which sets a high standard that, as a filmmaker, I strive to achieve with every film, every time out.” — […]
