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  • SQUEAL- Opening Theatrically (NY/LA) and on VOD August 19 (US & Canada)

    Filmmaker Aik Karapetian’s dark fairy tale SQUEAL centers on Samuel (Kevin Janssens), who is far from home, searching for his father. Lost in remotest Eastern Europe, on the edges of a mythical forest, a minor road accident leads to a chance meeting with a pig-farmer’s daughter Kirke (Laura Siliņa). Sam soon learns that his priorities must change if he…

  • TIFF ANNOUNCES MY POLICEMAN AS WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING

    Photo credit: Courtesy of Amazon StudiosTORONTO — TIFF is thrilled to announce that My Policeman, directed by Michael Grandage, will have its World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Festival.Adapted for the screen by Ron Nyswaner from Bethan Roberts’ award-winning novel of the same name, My Policeman follows three young people – policeman Tom…

  • World Premiere: The Woman King @TIFF

    More World Premieres are coming to the 47th edition of the Festival! Watch Oscar winner Viola Davis’s latest, The Woman King — the true story of the Agojie, the all-female military regiment charged with protecting the embattled African Kingdom of Dahomey. Get your ticket package today to save up to 30% and be one of the first to…

  • Hip Hop Artist Sonny Hendrixx Collaborates With Daxflow On Direct New Single, “Damn” 

    YouTube — “Damn (Official)” There are plenty of run-of-the-mill hip-hop artists chasing clout and checks nowadays, as if the passion of rhythm and poetry has been cast aside. It’s artists like Sonny Hendrixx and Daxflow that work effortlessly to keep the art behind rap alive by delivering hard-hitting cadences and prolific messaging, and nowhere is…

  • Windsor-Based Pop Newcomer Tayler Lynn Captures the Breathtaking Beauty of Freefalling Into Love on “Play It Safe”

    YouTube — “Play It Safe” There’s nothing more exhilarating than being a daredevil in love, and Windsor, ON-based pop newcomer Tayler Lynn paints a soaring vocal landscape of all the beauty and breathlessness in her new single, “Play It Safe” – available now.  With moody guitar, bold piano, and sweeping, cinematic lyrics, “Play It Safe”…

  • 1091 Pictures will distribute “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic” Globally This Fall

    Investigative Documentary “Sextortion: the Hidden Pandemic” Will Be Released to Global TVOD/Digital Audiences on October 4th Following an Educational Theatrical Tour this Summer. (Los Angeles, CA) 1091 Pictures will distribute Auroris Media’s powerful and timely feature documentary “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic” from filmmaker Maria Peek (“I Dream of Dance,” “Third Grade”) across all TVOD/Digital platforms globally beginning on October 4th, 2022.  Auroris Media is launching a national educational screening…

  • Power-Pop Rockers The Scary Loud Go Anti-Establishment with Electrifying “No Need School”

    Website YouTube — “No Need School (Official)” Toronto-based power pop band The Scary Loud split the earth with their heart-pounding song about exposing the redundancies and weaknesses of the education system on their electrifying new single, “No Need School” — available now! An outright rejection of the established order, “No Need School” is a visceral…

  • Acclaimed Rockers Alter Bridge Announce New Album Pawns & Kings Scheduled for Worldwide Release on October 14th via Napalm Records Seventh Studio 

      Album Now Available For Pre-Order Here  Since 2004, acclaimed rockers Alter Bridge have been known for their memorable riffs, infectious vocal melodies and dueling guitar attack that has garnered them critical and fan acclaim around the globe. Now the quartet comprised of Myles Kennedy on vocals/guitars, Mark Tremonti on guitars/vocals, Brian Marshall on bass and Scott Phillips…

  • Orlando, Florida’s Craymo Delivers Reggaeton Remix Of Hit Single, “One Love One World (We Are One) (Freedom Mix)” 

     Website YouTube — “One Love One World (We Are One) (Freedom Mix)” A culmination of hope and togetherness is often the imagery we get when we think about the ‘light at the end of the tunnel,’ and multi-award-winning artist Craymo delivers just that in his newly reimagined single, “One Love One World (We Are One)…

  • TIFF is thrilled to showcase director Sanaa Lathan’s film On the Come Up with a World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Festival. 

    World Premiere: On the Come Up Courtesy of Paramount Pictures TIFF is thrilled to showcase director Sanaa Lathan’s film On the Come Up with a World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Festival.Bri, a gifted 16-year-old rapper, attempts to take the battle-rap scene by storm in order to lift up her family and do right by the…

  • Third Annual Hybrid Filmocracy Fest Concludes and Award Winners Announced; Film Market Elevates Networking and Sales

    Los Angeles, CA The third edition of Filmocracy Fest presented a strong lineup of features and shorts competing for top prizes, both in person and online, including the Best of the Fest category, which was available online-only. The Festival ended with a celebratory Awards Ceremony on July 17. Award Winners include:Best Narrative Feature: 1-800-HOT NITE…

  • The 5th Annual Oshawa Music Awards Announce This Year’s Nominees 

    Celebrating Music in Durham Region, the 2022 OMAs Take Place September 29th Public Voting is Open Now! Website Under wraps no more, the Oshawa Music Awards have announced this year’s nominees!  Marking its fifth year celebrating music in Durham Region, the 2022 OMAs are set to take place Thursday, September 29th, and will honour artists…

  • A DOCUMENTARY FILM EXPLORING THE COMPLEXITIES OF CHANGE, GRIEF AND ACCEPTANCE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY  HUMAN BODY EXPRESSION’S FILM WORK AS PART OF DANCEWORKS’ MOVING ONLINE SERIES 

    STREAMING ONLINE JULY 28 – 31, 2022  CHOREOGRAPHED BY HANNA KIEL  FEATURING DANCERS: RYAN LEE, BONNIE KIM, DARRYL C. TRACY, SUSIE BURPEE, PULGA MUCHOCHOMA, ORIAH WIERSMA, KENDRA EPIK, AND AND 11 YEAR-OLD DANCER EVA TEECE-SOTER How do we navigate change, grief and acceptance in times of uncertainty? DanceWorks presents But Then Again, Human Body Expression’s documentary film work, featuring choreography by Hanna Kiel,…

  • OSHEAGA Booker Nick Farkas on The Science Of The Poster, Eminem and Food

    The 15th anniversary of the OSHEAGA Music and Arts Festival presented by Bell in collaboration with Coors Light is set to be one of the biggest parties of the decade. Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau, one of the greatest festival sites in North America, will be host to a much-anticipated and unrivaled festival experience from July 29 to 31,…

  • You’re invited to Member Meet-ups: Summer of Seoul 

    SEOUL Lady Vengeance Park Chan-wook Lady Vengeance Introduction by Reel Asian Artistic Director Aram Siu Wai Collier on July 22 35mm Print! The apotheosis of revenge wears red eyeshadow and an intense, angelic look in Park Chan-wook’s last entry in his dazzling Vengeance Trilogy. Lady Vengeance is a perilous venture into the psychology of a woman pursuing…

  • ON SALE NOW OPENS FRI, JULY 22,2022 -Fire of Love

    Fire of Love By Sara Dosa Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things: each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries. Ultimately, they lost their lives in a 1991 volcanic explosion, leaving a legacy that forever enriched our knowledge of the natural world.…

  • The Edward Burtynsky’s In the Wake of Progress immersive experience Toronto  Until July 17, 2022! 

    by Sally W. The world premiere of Edward Burtynsky’s In the Wake of Progress was during Luminato at Yonge Dundas Square Toronto. This projection on massive screens on the opening weekend of Luminato Festival turned into a ticketed event at the Canadian Opera Company.  Canadian photographer and artist Edward Burtysky’s photography depicts mines, railcuts, water,…

  • New Release: The Talented Mr.Rosenberg@Hot Docs&Showing Now

    The con is on! Notorious grifter Albert Rosenberg – dubbed the “Yorkville Swindler” by the media – sets out to set the record straight…or does he? A handsome and fashionable septuagenarian with a taste for life’s finer things, his outward charm masks a jaw-dropping history of heart-breaking betrayal, outrageous lies and elaborate masquerades. As he…

  • Canadian Rockers Eclecticus in the Running to be Audacy’s Opening Act™ 

    Public Voting for the Chance to Play the Iconic Hollywood Bowl is Open Now! Hi Vote via Opening Act ™ Website Eclecticus Website Music and more Canadian rockers Eclecticus are up for the chance to perform at the legendary Hollywood Bowl as Audacy’s Opening Act™ for this year’s annual concert — and now their fate…

  • KDMG, Inc. Brings Moving Coming of Age Drama “Icon” to Audiences Everywhere this August 

    KDMG, Inc. Acquires Filmmaker Tony Ahedo’s Touching Feature Film “Icon” for North American VOD/Digital & Blu-Ray/DVD August 1st Release  (Los Angeles, CA— KDMG, Inc. (Kaczmarek Digital Media Group, Inc.) has acquired the Pretty Sweet Films’ production of filmmaker Tony Ahedo’s touching feature film debut  “Icon.”This moving coming of age drama charts the perilous journey to adulthood for our charismatic leads Sam (Parker Padgett) and Ana (Devon Hales). KDMG, Inc. will release “Icon” across all TVOD/Digital…