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23rd Annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival Full Lineup

23rd Annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival Full Lineup

TORONTO – Anarchists and superheroes, mother-daughter relationships, The Twilight Zone, Canadian archival gems, Robert Redford’s first big role…. All this and much more will be unleashed at the 2015 Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF), running April 30 to May 10, at various venues across the city. Showcasing 110 films from 18 countries, two International Premieres, […]

Hot Docs Announces More Film Subjects & Guest Attendees

Hot Docs Announces More Film Subjects & Guest Attendees

TORONTO – Hot Docs is honoured to welcome a number of special guests, in addition to those previously announced, including comedians Will Durst and Johnny Steele, renowned photographers Massoud Hossaini and Farzana Wahidy, musician Nick Koenig aka Hot Sugar, actress Stephanie Allynne, and the cowboys from UNBRANDED, who are featured in films at the upcoming […]

Hot Docs 15 – LISTEN TO ME MARLON

First Festival Screening – Sunday, April 26 @ 9:45pm Often considered the greatest actor of his generation, Marlon Brando had a troubled relationship with both his craft and fame. Behind closed doors, he recorded over 200 hours of private audiotapes over the course of his lifetime, some for self-hypnosis and others as cathartic explorations of […]

2015 HOT DOCS HIGHLIGHTS

Featuring the Q&A from the Scotiabank Big Ideas screening of TIG, and interviews with filmmakers and subjects from BEST OF ENEMIES, STAND BY FOR TAPE BACK-UP, (DIS)HONESTY — THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES, THE CREATION OF MEANING, SETH’S DOMINION, THE WOLFPACK and STAY AWHILE. – Compiled by Hot Docs Click here for previous announcements regarding Hot […]

Toronto Irish Film Festival

TORONTO – An unexpected second chance at love in the heart of Dublin’s nightlife; good vibrations in bombed out Belfast; a feel good story of personal reconciliation; an abandoned UK soldier on the run in Republican territory and a Northern Irish artist’s labour-of-love tribute to post 9/11 NYC are among the themes at the 5th […]

Tonya Lee Williams Discusses 2015 Reelworld Film Festival

Tonya Lee Williams Discusses 2015 Reelworld Film Festival

In 1999 Actress Tonya Williams founded ReelWorld. Since that time, we have been part of a cultural shift, where film and television are beginning to represent the real world. We present films and music videos by filmmakers and artists from Aboriginal, Asian, Black, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and other racially diverse communities…more -via Reelworld […]

Inside Out Celebrates 25 Years

Inside Out Celebrates 25 Years

Celebration to include a Retrospective Series of classic LGBT films TORONTO – The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, one of the worlds largest LGBT film festivals, celebrates 25 years of showcasing the most groundbreaking, powerful and entertaining work in LGBT cinema from Canada and around the world. Since its 1991 debut at the late […]

Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) Announces Line Up

Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) Announces Line Up

Originally Poster February 2, 2015 Toronto – The Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) announced today the programming line-up for the 3rd edition of the festival, presented by Global News, running from February 10th – 15th. Coinciding with Black History Month, the TBFF is proud to host another year celebrating diversity within the black communities through […]