Category: Events
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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.…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Filmocracy Fest Returns with Filmocracy Fest III: Hybrid Digital and In-Person Event July 14-17 in Beverly Hills; Feature Slate of Narratives and Docs AnnouncedFESTIVAL ADDS FILM MARKET, IMPACT EXPO
Filmocracy, LA’s hybrid boutique festival, returns for its third edition, with in-person screenings July 14-17 at Lumiere Cinema at the Music Hall in Beverly Hills, with its full complement of twenty-six films available online via the Filmocracy digital platform. Filmocracy Fest got its start during the pandemic, when former AFI Fest programmer and Slamdance co-founder Jon Fitzgerald was working with…
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TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2022 Festival-June 24th-July 3rd,2022
By Wayne Baggs I’ve been to a lot of festivals over the years and I’ll be the first to admit that most of them are fun, but pretty much all of them have the same thing in common: they play the same artists, they have the same crowd and they have a roughly 6-hour span…
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‘Savour the South of France’ – Pays d’Oc IGP Trade Tasting@Stackt Market, Studio Room, 28 Bathurst Street Toronto-Tuesday, July 5th, 2022
We had the pleasure of attending the ‘Savour the South of France’ – Pays d’Oc IGP Trade Tasting. media guests tasted some amazing wines & discovered the heritage of Pays d’Oc IGP. We also learned the latest wine production trends, met , mingled with fellow members of the media Industry and there was a character artist on site to draw…
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HBO FYC: GEORGE CARLIN’S AMERICAN DREAM, Directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
George Carlin’s American Dream is a 2022 two-part documentary film about comedian George Carlin directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio.Then he discovered drugs. Carlin unpacked his mind, stopped shaving his beard, and changed his act. What “George Carlin’s American Dream” really captures is how much its subject was willing to shift and change, never…
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TIFF announces Festival debut of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as world premiere screening
TIFF announces Festival debut of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as world premiere screening Photo credit: Courtesy of Netflix TIFF is thrilled to announce that Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will make its festival debut with a world premiere at the 47th edition of the Festival.In the follow-up to Rian Johnson’s 2019 Knives Out, which earned…
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Honda Indy, Toronto-July 15th-17th,2022
Honda Indy is just around the corner! Get your tickets for 3 days of thrills, excitement and fun! https://hondaindy.com/
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Bob Marley One Love Experience- Thurs.,June 30, 2022
By Sally W. It’s here! With its North American debut in Toronto, we can finally see the long-awaited Bob Marley One Love Experience! And it’s well worth the wait! Celebrating the life, the music and the legend of reggae musician Bob Marley. The official opening on June 30th included special guest Cedella Marley, Bob’s daughter.…
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‘POV’ OPENS ITS 35TH SEASON WITH GRIPPING DOCUMENTARY WUHAN WUHAN ON JULY 11, 2022
Filmmakers Yung Chang, Diane Quon, Peter Luo, and Donna Gigliotti explore the early days of Covid-19 in Wuhan, China Debuts on PBS Television Nationwide and Streaming on PBS.org Watch Trailer • Download Press Photos New York, N.Y. –The 35thanniversary season of POV, America’s longest running documentary series, opens with the heart rendering observational film Wuhan Wuhan, about the first…
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Opening Theatrically and on VOD August 19 (US & Canada)
SQUEAL Director: Aik Karapetian Scriptwriter: Aik Karapetian,Aleksandr Rodionov Cast: Kevin Janssens,Laura Siliņa,Aigars Vilims,Normunds Griestiņš,Juris Bartkevičs,Guntis Pilsums Official Selection: FANTASTIC FEST 2021 and many more. SQUEAL will be released in the US Theatrically in Los Angeles (with more cities TBC) and on VOD in the US and CANADA on August 19. Theaters Include:Lumiere Music Hall – Los Angeles…
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CINÉPISTOLAIRE: The complete series is now available on the Cinéma Public platform
CINÉPISTOLAIRE : 10 filmmakers, 5 filmed correspondences The complete series is now available on the Cinéma Public platform Left to right: (up) Caroline Monnet, Carol Nguyen, Lina Rodríguez, Jorge Lozano, (centre) Trevor Anderson, Eva Cvijanović, (down) Shannon Walsh, Julien Elie, Rhayne Vermette, Nour Ouayda Cinéma Public is proud to announce that its first original creation, the Cinépistolaire series,…
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“FALL” – Dropping In Theaters Only on August 12, 2022
U.S. Release Date: Dropping In Theaters Only on August 12, 2022For best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky…
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COLLISION Conference – June 20-23, 2022 – Enercare Centre, Toronto
Toronto welcome back The Collision conference with open arms. The main events were held in the Enercare Centre during the daytime and it’s patrons filling different areas of the cities for the ”After Hours” events at night. It was impossible to go anywhere without seeing a Collision wristband for a few days and for good…
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“Shout Out”Gala. The 25th Silver Anniversary For Sheena’s Place@One King West-Wed.,June 22nd,2022
By Jody&Katherine Glaser June 22nd was a special date this year for staff and sponsors of Sheena’s Place to once again hold their signature fundraising event “Shout Out” for Sheena’s Place after two years of the pandemic and the 25th Silver Anniversary. One King West was an exciting new destination for guests to discover in…
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Executive Producer Tennis Star Naomi Osaka and Academy Award®-Winning Director Ben Proudfoot (The Queen of Basketball) Team Up on the New Short Documentary MINK!
Executive Producer Naomi Osaka and Academy Award®-Winning Director Ben Proudfoot (The Queen of Basketball) Team Up on the New Short Documentary MINK! Released Today by The New York Times Op-Docs in Association with Osaka’s Hana Kuma Told by Her Daughter Wendy, MINK! Chronicles the Remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American From Hawaii Who Became the First Woman of Color Elected to the…
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Mailuki Films’ Film Festival Darling “The Daphne Project” To Open Theatrically Beginning in NYC July 22nd Ahead of Fuse+ Release
“The Daphne Project” stars Daphne Wilco (Zora Iman Crews), actress and social justice warrior, hilariously wreaking havoc on an off-off Broadway production of Euripides’ “The Bacchae” in the name of progress, her progress. Co-directed, written & produced by Alec Tibaldi (the critically acclaimed “Spiral Farm”) and Zora Iman Crews (Amazon Prime ’s “Legend’s Of Sleepy Hollow Anthology”), this quick moving New York centric stage driven…
