Category: Events
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BECOMING ICONIC: JONATHAN BAKER was created in tandem with Baker’s preparation for and production of his own directorial debut, INCONCEIVABLE, starring Nicolas Cage, Gina Gershon and Faye Dunaway. The documentary is directed by Neal Thibedeau.
Jonathan Baker hosted a COVID-safe, “no shoes, no-carpet” premiere of his educational documentary BECOMING ICONIC at his home screening room on top of Mulholland Drive, a sumptuous 25-seat venue named after his house’s former owner, Warren Beatty. That’s it: show up, take off your shoes, watch the movie, and then join Jonathan for an al fresco champagne…
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2022 Sundance Film Festival, which will take place January 20–30. Next year’s safe, accessible Festival will unspool online and in person !
Now Playing:The Indigenous Shorts TourThe Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented Indigenous directors, from Taika Waititi to Sterlin Harjo. Building upon that rich legacy, this month, our Indigenous Program invites you to join us—and our friends at museums, Native cultural centers, and arthouse cinemas—for an 85-minute program of…
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2020 Tribeca Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Documentary SOCKS ON FIRE, will have its rebirth at the Tribeca 2021 for its official premiere at the festival.
We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Tribeca Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Documentary SOCKS ON FIRE, will have its rebirth at the Tribeca 2021 for its official premiere at the festival. Directed by Bo McGuire, SOCKS ON FIRE is a cinematic love letter to his grandmother as his homophobic aunt and drag queen uncle wage…
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Interior Design Show IDS Spring Resiliency Conference 2021 Sustainability and Designing for the Future
Interior Design Show IDS Spring Resiliency Conference 2021 Sustainability and Designing for the Future Virtual for the 2nd year in a row due to the Pandemic IDS Spring 2021 offered lots of variety and new products and talks with industry professionals. The four days May 10 – 13 were filled with design ideas. The IDS…
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The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Receives 2021 Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
src=”https://files.constantcontact.com/fcfee869001/0406dbae-0f42-42a4-8a86-5189b99f0db1.png”> Like Vision: The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Receives 2021 Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is delighted to announce that its 2020 publication, A Like Vision: The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson, has been honoured with the Canadian Museums Association’s award for Outstanding Achievement in…
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New series of works by five incredible artists: aica, Fafi, Kristen Liu-Wong, Messy Desk and ONEQ premiering Saturday, May 22nd
New series of works by five incredible artists: aica, Fafi, Kristen Liu-Wong, Messy Desk and ONEQ premiering Saturday, May 22nd is on your radar. The show’s opening will be celebrated with a livestreaming event on Instagram Live (@CoreyHelfordGallery), with more details to be announced. CHG’s five-artist show premieres Saturday, May 22ndin Gallery 2, alongside Part 2…
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With a Wilted Relationship as a Muse, St. Catharines, ON Singer/Songwriter KATHRYN SINOPOLI Releases New Single “Waterproof”
With a Wilted Relationship as a Muse, St. Catharines, ON Singer/Songwriter KATHRYN SINOPOLI Releases New Single “Waterproof” The coming of a new year often fills people with a great deal of hope and ambition to make a difference and do something noteworthy; whether that’s for themselves or others. Well, only one week in and Canadian…
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Kingston’s Singer/Songwriter ASTRID TANTON Offers “Comfort” with New Single-Track Lands Ahead of the Artist’s Forthcoming Debut Album, From My Eyes
Kingston’s Singer/Songwriter ASTRID TANTON Offers “Comfort” with New Single Track Lands Ahead of the Canadian Artist’s Forthcoming Debut Album, From My Eyes Watch “Comfort” (Official Video) via YouTube Here Learn “Comfort” (The Dance) via YouTube Here Kingston, ON”s indie pop singer/songwriter Astrid Tanton shares the view from her perspective with “Comfort,” the premiere single ahead of…
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May And June Releases for : Trigger Point, Rockfield and Edge Of The World
Trigger Point tells the story of a disgraced U.S. operative, who suffered memory loss at the hands of his captors, as he gets dragged back into the deadly spy world when a colleague goes missing. He needs all of his skills to find her, but to uncover the truth, he must remember the past. Starring Barry Pepper…
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BBPA Harry Jerome Awards 2021 DECADE LEADERS: THE ART of POSSIBLE
by Sally Warburton With an introduction by Prime Minister Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and then Mayor of Toronto John Tory, one of Toronto’s most anticipated award events got its start! Over 1000 attendees including Government and Corporate Leaders, Community Members, Celebrity Supporters and BBPA Harry Jerome Alumni such as Jean Augustine were present. Saturday,…
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Over 10 days, the Hot Docs Film Festival introduced us to the world. The issues. The future. Culture. Activism. Science & Technology. Society. Music.
By Sally Warburton That’s a wrap! Hot Docs Film Festival 2021 Over 10 days, the Hot Docs Film Festival introduced us to the world. The issues. The future. Culture. Activism. Science & Technology. Society. Music. A film on every topic possible. The last day of the festival May 9 ended with the announcement for the…
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Emmy-Nominated Director Michèle Stephenson Returns to the 2021 Edition of the Tribeca Film Festival With Her Latest Documentary, STATELESS, Which Will Have Its National Broadcast Premiere on POV on July 19
Emmy-Nominated Director Michèle StephensonReturns to the 2021 Edition of the Tribeca Film FestivalWith Her Latest Documentary, STATELESS, Which WillHave Its National Broadcast Premiere on POV on July 19 The Award-Winning Feature Film Examines theComplex Racial Histories and Contemporary Politicsof Haiti and the Dominican Republic ** Filmmaker and Protagonist Available for Interviews ** After having had its planned world premiere…
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FANNY: The Right to Rock directed by Bobbi Jo Hart is the story of female rock musicians exposed to racism and sexism
By Sally Warburton FANNY: Live concert |Part of Hot Docs 2021 Film FestivalAdding to all the awesome documentary films in the biggest and best documentary film festival HOT DOCS 2021 in the world are live virtual talks and virtual concerts. The documentary FANNY: The Right to Rock directed by Bobbi Jo Hart is the story…
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Opera Atelier Presents Handel’s Visionary Masterpiece — The Resurrection —
Opera Atelier Presents Handel’s Visionary Masterpiece — The Resurrection —Handel’s operatic triumph celebrates hope and renewal in Canada’s first fully-staged and filmed production Opera Atelier announces the anticipated new date for the online presentation of Handel’s The Resurrection – fully-staged and filmed at St. Lawrence Hall, in strict compliance with provincial health and safety regulations…
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ReelAbilities Film Festival May 18-30, 2021 Full Programming Announced including ReelAbilities Comedy Night
ReelAbilities Film Festival May 18-30, 2021 Full Programming Announced including ReelAbilities Comedy Night ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto is proud to announce programming for the 6th Annual Festival taking place online May 18 – 30, 2021. ReelAbilities Film Festival showcases Canadian and International shorts, features, and documentaries about Deaf and disability cultures and by filmmakers and actors with disabilities and/or who…
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Please join The Friends of the Semel for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind program with Professor Yiyun Li, renowned author of Where Reasons End, winner of the 2020 Pen/Jean Stein Book Award.
Please join The Friends of the Semel for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind program with Professor Yiyun Li, renowned author of Where Reasons End, winner of the 2020 Pen/Jean Stein Book Award. In this imagined dialogue between mother and child in a timeless…
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New Cadence Productions (NCP) announce the re-boot of hit series “The Brothers Garcia” with “The Garcias,” featuring the entire original cast who are all grown up with diverse families of their own.
THE GARCIAS TO STREAM ON HBO MAX NEW CADENCE PRODUCTIONS (NCP) IN PRE-PRODUCTION ON 10 EPISODE RE-BOOT OF THE BROTHERS GARCIA WITH 90+% LATINO INCLUSION BOTH IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE CAMERA New Cadence Productions (NCP) announced today that they will re-boot the hit series “The Brothers Garcia” with “The Garcias,” featuring the entire original…
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Hot Docs Film Festival 2021 – April 28th to May 9th, 2021
Hot Docs Film Festival 2021 – April 28 to May 9 There are more than 219 documentaries over 10 days at the Hot Docs Film Festival on Hot Docs Home streaming platform. This is the 2nd year for the HDFF to be streamed online due to COVID-19. The biggest documentary film festival in North America…
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Collision North America’s Fastest Growing Tech Conference
by Sally Warburton Collision’s international Virtual Tech Conference 2021 attracted over 38,000 people online and brought together Fortune 500 companies as presenters and participants of tech sectors from all over the world. The schedule had an incredible line up of Tech companies, investors, startups, with CEO’s, actors, politicians including Mayors of 3 of North America’s…
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The Unknown Comedy Club, Canada’s premiere, Black-owned, online comedy club presents the best stand-up from around the world each week in live, exclusive streams from a virtual comedy club.
Rodney Ramsey and Daniel Woodrow presentThe Unknown Comedy ClubCanada’s Premiere Online Comedy ClubNew Shows Weekly The Unknown Comedy Club, Canada’s premiere, Black-owned, online comedy club presents the best stand-up from around the world each week in live, exclusive streams from a virtual comedy club. Founded by Rodney Ramsey and Daniel Woodrow, The Unknown Comedy Club – by way of Toronto and Montreal…
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