Hot Docs is expanding to a second cinema. One of the largest documentary festivals in the world, Hot Docs re-opened the 727-seat Bloor Cinema last year and will be adding a second screen in the same building, an old vaudeville theatre. Hot Docs will renovate the five-storey “fly tower” located behind its main screen into […]
Leading crowdfunding site Kickstarter has raised over $100 million to support indie films since it launched in spring 2009. April 28, 2009 — January 1, 2013: Total pledged: $102.7 million Total collected: $85.7 million Total backers: 891,979 Funded projects: 8,567 In the past three years, nearly 900,000 people have pledged their support to an independent […]
Hot Docs announces that its January Doc Soup in Toronto will be Portrait of Wally, directed by Andrew Shea. Called “a cinematic masterwork about a painted masterpiece,” by The Huffington Post, Portrait of Wally will screen on Wednesday, January 9, at 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., and on Thursday, January 10, at 6:45 p.m. at […]
by michael murray for FILMbutton Beauty is Embarrassing, the first time effort of writer and director Neil Berkeley, is a documentary about visual artist Wayne White. White, who hails from Tennessee, has beautiful and gentle eyes. He’s charming, articulate and alert, and in him you can see a George Clooney fighting to get out. He’s […]
Hot Docs 2011 Screenings: Friday April 29, 9:45PM The Isabel Bader Theatre Saturday May 7, 9:30PM TIFF Bell Lightbox 1 Sunday May 8, 6:30PM The Fox For information check out www.grindersdocumentary.com or the film’s hot docs page here.
2011 Hot Docs Screening Times: Thu, May 5 9:45 PM The ROM Theatre Sat, May 7 6:30 PM TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 For more information check out the Hot Docs Page here
from american: the bill hicks story About the film Three years in the making, AMERICAN: The Bill Hicks Story brings the tale of one of modern culture’s most iconic heroes to the big screen. Much more than a comedian, Bill Hicks was and still is an inspiration to millions. His timeless comedy tackled the contradictions […]
from GAT Hometown Premiere At Royal Ontario Museum Thursday February 24 at 7:00 PM (Toronto) A filmmaker loses her father to an asbestos-related cancer, Mesothelioma. Her grief and resolve lead her to examine a dangerous product so entwined in Canadian history and economy, we can’t seem to stop mining it – or profiteering from it. […]
from sundance insititute “The Festival is a challenge to narrowly define. It is all at once exciting, fun, crazy, engaging, visceral, and sometimes even painful…but ultimately what we will experience for 10 days in January is different for each of us.” -John Cooper After traveling the globe in search of new talent and work, watching […]
