Month: January 2022
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Filmmaker Josh Freed Looks at ‘Our Human Superpower’: Facial Recognition.
How Good Are You With Faces? Can You Recognize These Celebrities? (answers below) Premiering on CBC The Nature of Things Friday, January 21 at 9 pm and streaming free on CBC GEM beginning the same day New Documentary by Montreal filmmaker Josh Freed explores the science behind “the human superpower” of facial recognition, along with…
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Singer/Songwriter Kelly Besd Tackles Inequality With Call To Action & Open Arms in Hard-Hitting Track, “Dreamin’” — Available Now
Featuring Artists Jackie Art & K-Riz, Song is Latest to Land from Shining Debut Album, Back To Me Watch “Dreamin’ (Official)” via YouTube Here As we look ahead to 2022 and the tumultuous journey the world is embarking on for the nth time in history, it’s words of encouragement from activists, free thinkers, and musicians like Canadian…
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HANSON Announce 2022 RED GREEN BLUE World Tour and New Album
Photo Credit: Jonathan Weiner HANSON Announce 2022 RED GREEN BLUE World Tour and New Album New Music Features Three Solo Projects Released As One Album RED GREEN BLUE To Be Released May 20 Tour Includes Six Canadian DatesPop-Rock trio HANSON announce their RED GREEN BLUE WORLD TOUR (tickets on sale January 20 at 10am local via Hanson.net), along with their unique new album comprised of…
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2022 Next Stage Theatre Festival Moves Online with 10 Digital Shows Starting January 19, 2022
Toronto Fringe is pleased to announce the full slate of shows of the 2022 Next Stage Theatre Festival will now be presented online starting January 19, 2022. Previously planned as a hybrid in-person and digital festival, the 2022 Next Stage Theatre Festival will now be completely online in compliance with the Government of Ontario’s recent move to Step Two of…
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US VOD Release- Worst To First: The True Story of Z100 NYC
PRESENTS A PENGUARDIA PRODUCTIONS, ELVIS DURAN GROUP, WORKHOUSE MEDIA AND HQ CREATIVE PRODUCTION WORST TO FIRST: THE TRUE STORY OF Z100 NEW YORK DIRECTED, WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY: Mitchell Stuart PRODUCED BY: Trish Hunter Shannon, Elvis Duran, David Katz and John McConnell CAST: Scott Shannon, Elvis Duran, Jon Bon Jovi, Nile Rodgers, Clive Davis, Debbie Gibson, Joan Jett, Taylor…
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Hon. Jean Augustine, Hon. Donald H. Oliver Join Canadian Congress “DISMANTLING COLONIALISM, BUILDING COHESIVENESS” Event
The Canadian Congress launch a national campaign to empower people and organizations to dismantle colonialism in their policies,systems, and culture, starting with a two-day virtual program, “DISMANTLING COLONIALISM, BUILDING COHESIVENESS”. The launch of the campaign will take place in the second annual Canadian Congress scheduled on Thursday and Friday, January 20 & 21, 2022, between 8:30 am – 4:30 pm EST…
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It’s More Than Just the “Same Ol’ Thing” for Rockers Arsenal Mills and Their New EP, Lovesick & Broke — Available Now!
It’s more than just the “Same Ol’ Thing” for rollicking Canadian rockers Arsenal Mills and their dynamo of a breakthrough EP, Lovesick & Broke — both available now! The East Coast four-piece features Brad Milligan (lead vocals, guitar), Griffen Arsenault (lead guitar), Josh Macneil (drums, percussion), and André U (bass, keys/synth). They may hail from…
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Back Studios to Releases “I, Challenger” Starring stars James Duval (“Donnie Darko, ” “Gone in 60 Seconds”), and Coy Stewart (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Bella and the Bulldogs”)
Strike Back Studios engagingbuddy comedy thriller “I, Challenger,” directed by Paul Boyd ( his third feature film & best known as an acclaimed music video director having worked with Sting, Seal, Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, Celine Dion, Lenny Kravitz, and Shania Twain), is available now on all TVOD/Digital platform release in the United States and Canada. “I, Challenger” is a cinematic sibling to the best of the stoner…
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SCOUNDREL by Sarah Weinman, available February 22, 2022
Scoundrel How a convicted murderer persuaded the women who loved him, the conservative establishment and the courts to set him free Sarah Weinman A true-crime masterpiece, this is a story of wrongful exoneration about killer Edgar Smith and the prominent crusaders who fell prey to his charm. Having spent almost half his lifetime in California’s…
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Rising Country Artist Karli June Releases Debut EP”Where You Come From” on February 18
With a pop-flavoured approach to songwriting that’s both optimistic and thoughtful, Karli June is poised to join the ranks of Canada’s leading country music artists when she releases her debut EP, Where You Come From, on Feb. 18 via The Orchard. At the production helm of the project is award winning, Canadian powerhouse Karen Kosowski who most notably produced the majority of…
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‘It’s OK to Feel This Way’: Award-Winning Canadian Singer/Songwriter Julia Shuren Joins Italian Duo WAMI for Thought-Provoking New Single
“Lost Sometimes” is Available Now! Watch “Lost Sometimes (Official)” via YouTube Here Carrying a thought-provoking and universal message of self-acceptance that crosses all ideological barriers, award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter Julia Shuren has joined WAMI for a new single, “Lost Sometimes” — available now! The Belle River, Ontario-born Songwriting Hall of Fame’s 2021 NYU Steinhardt Songwriting Scholar…
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Students invited to Submit Short Films on Mental Health $1,000 in Prize Money Available Singer Songwriter Grace Gaustad to host
Los Angeles – How much can be said about mental health in a five-minute film? Plenty!Today, many notable personalities are stepping forward to share struggles with issues that negatively impact their lives and their mental health. High school students are invited to join this important conversation by submitting films that highlight their perspectives on mental…
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Toronto/Nashville Singer-Songwriter’Country-Folk Tunesmith David McLachlan Singles Out Rampant Dishonesty with Timely New Single “Gimme the Truth” — Available Now!
Song Lands Fresh from Prolific Toronto/Nashville Singer-Songwriter’s 9th Album, A Little Place I Call Home Watch “Gimme the Truth” via YouTube Here In a world where truth changes its appearance more often than a supermodel, Canadian country-folk artist David McLachlan is delivering a powerful dressing down of fakery with his fiery new single, “Gimme the…
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Redemptive COVID-19 Doc The Panola Project Comes to Sundance on Heels of Awards for Film and Subject Dorothy Oliver
THE PANOLA PROJECT highlights the heroic efforts of Dorothy Oliver to keep her small town of Panola, Alabama safe from COVID-19. Dorothy runs a makeshift vaccine coordination center from the convenience store she runs out of a mobile home. Today, nearly 99% of adults in her town have received the shot in a state with…
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THE FABULOUS FILIPINO BROTHERS-AVAILABLE ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS ON FEBRUARY 8 !
1091 MediaPresents THE FABULOUS FILIPINO BROTHERS Directed by Dante BascoWritten by Dante Basco and Darion BascoStarring Dante Basco, Derek Basco, Dionysio Basco,Darion Basco, Arianna Basco, Solenn Heussaff, and Liza Lapira Special Theatrical Road Tour Engagement on Begins January 7thRegal Village Square in Las Vegas, NVRegal City North IMAX & 4DX in Chicago, ILRegal Edwards…
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New collaboration supports diverse filmmakers around the world and films exploring the theme of migration as a central story of our time.
IF/THEN SHORTS & EMERGENCE MAGAZINE ANNOUNCE YEARLONG LAB FOR SHORT FILMS ABOUT MIGRATION New collaboration supports diverse filmmakers around the world and films exploring the theme of migration as a central story of our time. New York, NY Emergence Magazine and IF/Then Shorts, an initiative of Field of Vision, launch today the inaugural SHIFTING LANDSCAPES…
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“Along Came Wanda”Release Date Of February 14th, 2021 Across North America.
The Buffalo 8 wide release timed for February 14th, 2021 across North America on all TVOD/Digital platforms of the Three Women in a Box production “Along Came Wanda” written & directed by San Francisco native prolific writer, producer and now director Jan Miller Corran (her last film “Snapshots,” won countless awards – 35 awards, and received incredible to response from audiences & critics during both its…
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Pop Artist Mackenzie Dayle Says “I’m Good, Thanks” in Sizzling New Single
Watch “I’m Good, Thanks (Official)” via YouTube Here Canada’s newest rising pop star Mackenzie Dayle continues to set the scene ablaze, lighting up screens and streams with her fiery new single, “I’m Good, Thanks” — available now! The Edmonton, Alberta-based artist’s new track is an ultra sexy love-letter to one’s self: a super-charged reminder that…
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The Co-Conspirators Deliver a Masterful Mix of Folk Fact & Fiction with The Unreliable Narrators; Announce BC Tour
The Acoustic Duo’s Second Album & Timely First Single, “The Lonesome Death of Elijah McClain,” Are Available Now Watch “The Lonesome Death of Elijah McClain” via YouTube Here Wednesday, January 12 @ Harbour City Concerts, Nanaimo BC Friday, January 14 @ Char’s Landing, Port Alberni BC January 20 @ 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons BC January 22…
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Production Entity BLK MGC Content Commences Festival Campaigns for Three Newly Completed Short Films The First, HALLELUJAH, World Premieres at Sundance
The first festival appearance from new production entity BLK MGC Content’s slate of three shorts and the world premiere of the BLK MGC Content production HALLELUJAH, produced by Duran Jones, written and directed by Victor Gabriel.Billed as a “traumedy,” HALLELUJAH is a deft, beguiling clash between darkness and light. After being stuck with the guardianship…
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