Category: documentary
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Bullseye -The Players Tailgate During SB58 Week @4213 S Las Vegas Blvd.,Las Vegas, Nevada-Sun., Feb.11th, 2024
Host Chef Bobby Flay, Featured Chef Aaron May, along with 18 Celebrity Chefs, Emcee Sage Steele, DJ Irie and over 50 Pro players like Cam Jordan, Jaylen Waddle, Nico Collins, Roquan Smith & Puka Nacua. Players Tailgate featured a collaboration between Bullseye Event Group, D’USSÉ, and Roc Nation. World-class tailgate food needs to be paired…
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Music For Life 2023 @Fairmont Royal York Hotel-Thurs.,Nov.23rd,2023
The gala event took place on November 23, 2023 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel Toronto.Music For Life is the annual benefit and gala dinner for Dixon Hall Music School. This year, was a celebration of 45 years providing an accessible, creative home for children and youth. This event attracted upwards of 400 generous corporate…
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299 Queen Street West. Red Carpet, Reception & Documentary @Roy Thompson Hall-Fri., Sept.22nd, 2023
Tickets on sale for the cross Canada Tour https://www.299queenstreetwest.com/ Who didn’t love the music videos of the 80’s and 90’s? 299 Queen Street West is the documentary that showcased Canada’s national music station and it was narrated by some of the original VJ’s, who at the time learned their craft on the jo without prior TV…
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Day#2 OF TIFF2023-Fri.,Sept.8th,2023
By THE BKONTHESCENE TEAM We started Day#2 with two screeners-first, we walked over to the Scotiabank theatre for The Reeds and then Homecoming. It was the world premiere feature from Istanbul director, Cemil Ağacıkoğlu.The cinematography was captivating from the opening shot, throughout the movie. The screener is centered around the small village of Bolvadin in Turkey,…
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Designer Shit-“Medical breakthrough of the 21st century?”
It may be the biggest medical breakthrough of the 21st century… but is this $hit really worth it?WATCH TRAILER HERE Visit their website HERE to watch DESIGNER $HIT and join an exclusive virtual Q & A with Director, Saffron Cassaday for FREE RELEASING WIDE ON NOVEMBER 14 Synopsis: After suffering from Ulcerative Colitis for nearly a decade, filmmaker Saffron Cassaday tries a…
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Day #11 -Sun., Sept.17th, 2023
By The BKONTHESCENE Team It was the final day for TIFF2023, and we were invited to The TIFF Bell Lightbox – Malaparte for the breakfast award ceremony to close off TIFF for this year. What a whirlwind 11 days of screeners, Q&A, red carpets, receptions and galas. The Toronto International Film Festival has ended and…
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Day #10 -Sat., Sept. 16th, 2023
By The BKONTHESCENE Team We started our day with the In Conversation With Andy Lau, who is an icon in the global Chinese community, entertaining the world with his singing and acting talent spanning over four decades. He is one of the “Four Heavenly Kings” of Cantopop music and has performed in over 160 films…
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Day#4-Sun.,Sept.10th,2023
By The BKONTHESCENE Team We started Day#4 at Roy Thompson Hall for Dumb Money. Dumb Money is the high profile financial story of the amateur investors and hedge fund billionaires that became the infamous GameStop Wall Street scandal. The high profile cast includes: Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Shailene Woodley, and America…
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Day#3-TIFF2023-Sat.,Sept.10th,2023
BY THE BKONTHESCENE TEAM Our early morning day began with the film screening – Les Indésirables (Batiment 5) at the Scotiabank Cinema. A moving French film by Director Ladj Ly set in an underprivileged suburb in Paris. The film deals with the racist policies forcing the poor into unsafe and unfortunate living conditions. With a strong…
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Day#1 OF TIFF2023-Thurs.,Sept.7th,2023
By THE BKONTHESCENE TEAM Day #1 TIFF 2023 – The Toronto International Film Festival 2023 started with Breakfast held at the beautiful BISHA Hotel main floor bar area-Mister C. for Press,Media & Industry. A chance to meet other Press and Industry people and share TIFF plans. An energizing start to TIFF . Then on to the films…
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Award-winning doc AMERICONNED- NYC/LA/Major city theatrical release June 9 with US/Canada VOD release to follow.
SHINE THE LIGHT FILMSPresents AMERICONNED Directed by: Sean Claffey Award-winning documentary AMERICONNED will open theatrically in New York (Cinema Village), Los Angeles (Laemmle Monica Film Center) and major cities on June 9 with a VOD release in the US and Canada to follow on major platforms on June 13. AMERICONNED: NEW TRAILER: https://youtu.be/0zLqjJzDm8o AMERICONNED is a film about income inequality…
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The Zen Diary, Japanese Film about Buddhist vegetarian cuisine and the sustainable lifestyle
The Zen Diary’ is coming to theatres in Canada! Starring Kenji Sawada, the film ‘The Zen Diary’ will be in theatres in Canada! The collaboration with the famous culinary specialist Yoshiharu Doi allowed the film to highlight seasonal Japanese cuisines. As this film depicts Buddhist vegetarian cuisine and the sustainable lifestyle of the main character, Tsutomu, it is…
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‘Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella’ to open in Canadian theatres on June 9th, 2023
Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella‘ will open in Canadian theatres on Friday, June 9th. The documentary is written and directed by Montreal-born Barry Avrich (The Talented Mr. Rosenberg, Made You Look: A True Story about Fake Art) and focuses on Rosalie Abella—Canada’s first female Jewish Supreme Court Judge and third female on the bench. The film features interviews with…
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Stephen Curry:Underrated-Hot Docs-May 09th,2024 @TIFF BellLightbox
By Jesse Read & Shannen Read What hasn’t superstar guard Stephen Curry done in his illustrious career in basketball?In his 15th year with the same team that drafted him, he is a four-time NBA champion, an NBA final MVP, two time MVP in the league and probably the most dominant three-point scorer in the NBA. …
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Love to Love You, Donna Summer: @ Hot Docs
LaDonna Adrian Gaines, better known as her stage name:Donna Summers was featured at the Hot Docs festival this year.Love to Love You, Donna Summer is the documentary that looks at the iconic artist as it starts in humble beginnings in Boston, to Germany and then merging into the disco dance clubs of New York city.…
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie:@Hot Docs Film Festival 2023
Michael J. Fox is one of Canada’s most famous actors. Admired world wide. Starring in both the American sitcom TV series Family Ties and the Back to the Future Films in the 1980’s. Back to the Future being the biggest grossing film in 1985. So when Michael J. Fox announced in 1991 that he’d been…
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Hot Docs Festival: audience award winners announced + now streaming!
Hot Docs Wraps 2023 Edition; $208K Awarded to Festival Films & Pitch Projects Hot Docs Festival 2023 came to its close last night, bringing 214 films from 72 countries to audiences in Toronto cinemas. The 11-day festival featured 308 live screenings on nine screens at four venues across the city, with 235 live filmmaker Q&As,…
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HONG KONG ACTIVIST/LEADER AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINEENATHAN LAW WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE DOCUMENTARY “WHO’S AFRAID OF NATHAN LAW” AT HOT DOCS IN TORONTO TONIGHT, APRIL 30, 2023 DUE TO VISAS NOT BEING PROCESSED
PRODUCER ANDREW DUNCAN SPEAKS OUT ON THE SITUATION NATHAN LAW SPEAKS OUT VIA TWITTER TORONTO, ONTARIO – Producers of the new documentary WHO’S AFRAID OF NATHAN LAW have been informed that the subject of the film – Hong Kong activist/Nobel Peace Prize nominee Nathan Law – will not be able to travel from the UK…
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May Pang Fills in Missing Pieces in Beatles’ John Lennon Story in Explosive New Documentary
THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY set for Domestic and International Release by Iconic Events on April 13thA LOVE STORY THAT TOOK 50 YEARS TO TELLMay Pang’s Revealing Account of Her Relationship with John LennonTheatre/ticketing info here Drops trailer here“A compelling documentary…a fascinating, revealing, and sometimes moving portrait of John Lennon.”—Owen Gleiberman, Variety“Vortex. Love. Icon…This is not your ordinary…
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MÁ SÀI GÒN (MOTHER SAIGON) by Khoa Lê – In competition at VISIONS DU RÉEL and HOT DOCS
MÁ SÀI GÒN (MOTHER SAIGON) by Khoa Lê In competition at VISIONS DU RÉEL and HOT DOCS Credit © Danny Taillon Montreal, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 – Les Films du 3 Mars and Les Films de l’Autre are proud to announce that MÁ SÀI GÒN (MOTHER SAIGON), the second feature film directed by Khoa Lê, will be screening in competition in two…
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