Category: Festival
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Dis/Play: 50 Disabled Artists And Their Stories
Dis/Play as part of ArtWorxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021-2022 Shining A Light On Over 50 Disabled Artists And Their StoriesNovember 12 – 27, 2021 Dis/Play is a free, public Disability Arts project featuring over 50 disabled creatives at three locations in Toronto from November 12-27, 2021. Dis/Play wascreated by lead artist and curator Ophira Calof, in partnership with…
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ImagineNative Media and Arts Festival 2021 Virtual Toronto
By Sally Warburton ImagineNATIVE is the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous films. And it was back for a second virtual year October 19 – 24, 2021. Lots of Indigenous films from all over the world including two which BK screened virtually Solo el Mar Nos Separe and Tote Abuelo The film title says in Spanish Solo…
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37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Announces 2021 Shortlists for Feature and Short Documentary Films
Los Angeles, CA – The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards shortlists for the Best Feature and Best Short categories. The nominees for all categories will be revealed on Monday, November 15, 2021. The 2021 awards ceremony will take place Saturday, February 5, 2022 at Paramount Studios. From the shortlists, up to ten…
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imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Announces 2021 Festival Award Winners
Caroline Monnet Wins Dramatic Feature Award for BootleggerLandon Dyksterhouse wins Documentary Feature Award for Warrior Spirit On Sunday, October 24, 2021 at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival online Awards Presentation, the esteemed Festival juries considered film, video, audio, and digital media works Indigenous artists from around the world to select winners in 18 categories with $56,500 in cash prizes…
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The 24th edition of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) with five Quebec films screening as Premieres.
LES FILMS DU 3 MARS at RIDM Five local films in official selectionLes Films du 3 Mars is proud to participate in the 24th edition of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) with five Quebec films screening as Premieres. Far Beyond the Pasturelands by Maude Plante-Husaruk and Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis will be screened as a World Premiere in the New Visions competition. After The Botanist (Best National Short/Medium-Length Film,…
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DOC NYC ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE LINEUPFOR TWELFTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 10-28, 2021
FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THEATERS IN NYC AND CONTINUES TO SCREEN ONLINE NATIONWIDE; SLATE INCLUDES 32 WORLD PREMIERES AND 34 US PREMIERES, AMONG MORE THAN 200 FILMS AND EVENTS NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2021 – DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival—running in-person November 10-18 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Cinépolis Chelsea and continuing online until November 28—announced…
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POUPELLE OF CHIMNEY TOWN, Screening at The 4th Annual Animation ” ls Film Festival”
A Film by Yusuke Hirota WHEN:Monday, October 25, 2021 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM PST WHERE:Virtual and In person42 West Offices in Century City WHO:Stephen Root & Misty Lee Based on the Picturebook”Poupelle of Chimney Town” by Akihiro NishinoExecutive ProducerStory and Screenplay: Akihiro NishinoMusic:Youki Kojima,Yuta BandohProduction:STUDIO4ºCProducers:Yusuke Kitahashi, Ryoichi Fukuyama, Eiko TanakaDirected by:Yusuke HirotaEnglish Voice Talent:Tony Hale, Antonio…
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Taskovski newest title THE DANCE – BFI London world premiere
The Dance by Pat Collins Ireland, 2021, 87` Ten weeks before ‘Mám’ premieres in Dublin, acclaimed choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan brings a dozen international dancers, a European classical-contemporary music ensemble and concertina virtuoso Cormac Begley to the Dingle Peninsula for conversation, improvisation and rehearsal. Keegan-Dolan’s methods may initially seem haphazard for translating near-abstract ideas into movement and music,…
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Toronto Fringe Announces Programming for New Primetime Festival
Toronto FringeAnnounces Programming for NewPrimetime Festival The Toronto Fringe is proud to present their new festival, the Primetime Festival, with five digital theatrical experiences from October 30 – November 28, 2021. The Primetime Festival will include live and on-demand virtual presentations of works from Jacqui Du Toit, Mind of a Snail Puppet Co, Tita Collective, Velvet Wells, plus the opening night presentation of With Love and…
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The Redford Center and IF/Then Shorts Announce Finalists for $35,000 Grant Initiative. Six film projects highlighting stories of people, places, and paths to accessing the outdoors invited to participate in Nature Access pitch event at DOC NYCNew York, NY
IF/THEN SHORTS & THE REDFORD CENTER ANNOUNCE NATURE ACCESS SHORT FILM FINALISTS Six film projects highlighting stories of people, places, and paths to accessing the outdoors invited to participate in Nature Access pitch event at DOC NYCNew York, NY — The Redford Center and IF/Then Shorts, announced today the finalists for the inaugural IF/Then x The…
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Visual Communications Announces Award Winners For The 37th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival the Largest Fest of its Kind on the West Coast – I WAS A SIMPLE MAN; CANE FIRE; ZONA; CLOSING ANNISA; and F1-100 are Grand Jury Award Winners
Visual Communications Wraps 37th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Marking A Return to In-Person Theaters Grand Jury Prize Award Winners Include: Best Narrative Feature: I WAS A SIMPLE MAN by Christopher Makoto Yogi; Best Documentary Feature: CANE FIRE by Anthony Banua-Simon; Golden Reel – Best Narrative Short: ZONA by Masami Kawai (Academy Award® Qualified); Golden…
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FILM CAST ANNOUNCEMENT: ALLY MAKI, HAYDEN SZETO and PETER S. KIM LEAD THE CAST IN TOM HUANG’S “DEALING WITH DAD” – GEENA DAVIS’ BENTONVILLE WAY ENTERTAINMENT IS A PRODUCING PARTNER ON FAMILY DRAMEDY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY HUANG
ALLY MAKI, HAYDEN SZETO and PETER S. KIM LEAD THE CAST IN TOM HUANG’S “DEALING WITH DAD” GEENA DAVIS LED BENTONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL PRODUCTION ARM, BENTONVILLE WAY ENTERTAINMENT, A PRODUCING PARTNER ON FAMILY DRAMEDY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY HUANG LOS ANGELES, CA – Principal photography was recently completed for “DEALING WITH DAD,” a film written and directed…
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Acclaimed documentary North by Current to have national broadcast and streaming debut on PBS television series POV & PBS.org on Monday, Nov. 1
Acclaimed documentary North by Current to have national broadcast and streaming debut on PBS television series POV & PBS.org on Monday, Nov. 1 Angelo Madsen Minax’s Poetic and Richly-Layered Document of Addiction, Trans Identity and Grief; Berlinale Selection and Grand Jury Harrell Award Winner for Best Film at the 2021 Camden International Film Festival WATCH THE TRAILER NOW “It is…
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Windrush Caribbean Film presents:The ‘Best of the Fest’, 1st – 31st October 2021
Following on the heels of a successful film festival, the organizers of the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival are proud to announce the streaming of the ‘Best of the Fest’. As part of Black History Month, organizers will showcase the best of the 2021 festival for FREE. From 1st October, film lovers will be able to log on to stream the…
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Julia @ TIFF 2021
Directed by: Julie Cohen and Betsy West, “Julia” presented a portrait of Julia Child, whose cookbooks and TV shows revolutionized American cuisine.Julia Child was a pinoneer of the 20th century. Born in 1912, she defied expectations for women of her time by travelling abroad, mastering French cuisine, and then, in her fifties, becoming a celebrity…
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The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival-October 19-24, 2021.
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts FestivalAnnouncesSeven Directions Shorts ProgramPLUS In Person Screenings Across CanadaHalifax, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Vancouver The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is proud to announce exciting live in-person and virtual events as part of the 22nd Annual Festival from October 19-24, 2021. imagineNATIVE will present select in person screenings at Cineplex Theatres in Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg…
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Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine @ TIFF 2021
A “rock n’ roll machine” who split up at the height of their careers during a run from the late 1970s through to the ’80s, the power trio from Toronto consisting of drummer-singer Moore, singer-guitarist Rik Emmett, and bassist-keyboardist Mike Levine defined an era of straight ahead Rock n’ Roll with hits including; ”Rocky Mountain…
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Jockey @TIFF 2021
Aging jockey Jackson Silva (Clifton Collins Jr.) is forced to come to terms with the limitations of his body’s deterioration from years of working through injuries, struggling to train for the final championship of his career. Longtime trainer and sometime friend Ruth (Molly Parker) lends a sympathetic ear and a sought-after horse to increase his…
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The Devil’s Driver @TIFF 2021
The Devil’s Drivers has the formula of a Steve McQueen’s chase film as it follows Palestinian smugglers on high-speed trips to help workers cross the border. The film is an intimate portrait of a group of smugglers risking everything on high-speed trips to help Palestinians workers cross the border into Israel every day for work.…
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ONE SECOND @ TIFF 2021
Toronto International Film Festival 2021TIFF21 Closing Film ONE SECOND by Sally Warburton We can’t believe TIFF21 is over!! The last day for TIFF21 was Saturday, September 18. TIFF’s Joana Vicente introduced the film and greeted the audience sharing the joy of having a successful TIFF21. The last film was Zhang Yimou’s “One Second”. …
