film festival

Hot Docs Schedule Online

Hot Docs Schedule Online

The Hot Docs Documentary Festival will be taking place from April 29th – May 7th of 2010. The festival will screen 166 documentaries within 10 programs from 41 different countries around the world. Their will be 20 world premieres, 30 international premieres, 26 North American premieres, 48 Canadian premieres and 16 Toronto premieres, repectively. Of […]

Toronto Jewish Film Festival Program Online

Toronto Jewish Film Festival Program Online

One of the largest Jewish Film Festivals in the world will be taking place in Toronto from April 17 – 25, 2010. In the “Chai” (18th) year of the festival they will be screening 93 films from 4 Continents and 18 different countries. There will be 28 Canadian Premieres, 7 North American Premieres and a […]

SUCK premieres in NYC at MoMA

<em>SUCK</em> premieres in NYC at MoMA

Rob Stefaniuk’s SUCK will be screening at the MoMA from March 19th – 22nd. The film “is a psychedelic comedy with a kick ass soundtrack featuring 11 original songs, and classics from Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones”. “Participating in the Canadian Front is a singular honour for any […]

THE TALE OF THE 2005 BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL ACADEMY AWARD CAMPAIGN

THE TALE OF THE 2005 BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL ACADEMY AWARD CAMPAIGN

By Dan Mirvish at Filmthreat.com THE TALE OF THE 2005 BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL ACADEMY AWARD CAMPAIGN As word breaks that “The Hurt Locker” producer Nicolas Chartier is being banned from the Oscars for simply sending an email to a few friends that suggests that “Avatar” had a big budget (I thought that was high praise […]

Cinetic Doing Day & Date With SXSW Films on FilmBuff

by Eugene Hernandez at indiewire.com Two British films, one documentary and one narrative thriller set for the upcoming SXSW Film Festival, will be released digitally, day and date with their premieres at the festival in Austin this month. The films will first hit broadband VOD during the event and then debut on cable VOD two […]

Is EW’s relationship with Sundance too Cozy?

“Putting the “ew” in Entertainment Weekly’s Too-Cozy Relationship with Sundance.”  by Dan Mirvish Two recent articles in Entertainment Weekly about the Sundance Film Festival failed to mention that EW is one of Sundance’s biggest sponsors, and has been for 19 years. One was a photo essay of celebrities that appeared in the Feb. 5, 2010 […]