Category: Festival
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THE GOOD HOUSE @ TIFF 2021
TIFF Toronto International Film Festival 2021 #TIFF21 Film THE GOOD HOUSE by Sally Warburton The beautiful Roy Thomson Hall was one of the main screening venues for TIFF21 films. A long awaited film release is that of THE GOOD HOUSE starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline. Audience members were thrilled to have Sigourney Weaver…
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THE FLEE @ TIFF 2021
TIFF Toronto International Film Festival 2021 #TIFF21 Film THE FLEE by Sally Warburton Events are starting to open up again and one of the main Toronto events is the Toronto International Film Festival. TIFF takes place every year in September. This year the TIFF team planned very creatively to offer a variety of film screening venues…
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Oscar Peterson: Black+White @TIFF 2021
Born in Montreal, Quebec- Oscar Peterson rose to prominence with his influential piano playing. Barry Avrich’s celebration of the musician, Oscar Peterson: Black + White, charts Peterson’s rise to prominence and his legendary musicianship . Interviewing lifelong friends, relatives, and some of his legion of fans — from Quincy Jones to Billy Joel, who was…
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Dionne Warrick-Don’t Make Me Over @ TIFF 2021
Rising up to the top and losing it all, the ups and downs of her life, career and calling her own “shots “! Walk On By,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” — are regarded as definitive. Her activist work for the Black and LGBTQ communities has had…
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Dear Evan Hansen. @TIFF 2021
The acclaimed Dear Evan Hansen, from stage production to the big screen, is a story of adolescence and awkwardness. High school student Evan Hansen struggles with his problems of social anxiety and with the guidance of his psychiatrist, tries something different to deal with his life by writing letters to himself about what is positive…
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Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash!@TIFF 2021 !
Not your run-of-the-mill martial arts story, Vengeance is Mine takes place in 1989 Indonesia as the setting for martial artists, a romance between an impotent “hit man” brawler, a female mafia bodyguard, and a ghost story. Based on Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan’s novel and directed by Edwin, Vengeance is Mine is a great throwback to the days…
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TIFF 2021: International Premiere of THE PANTHERS | Created by Tom Hern and Halaifonua Finau | Starring Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Lealani Siaosi | Exciting New Series Retells Story of How the Polynesian Panther Party was founded in 1970s Aotearo
* INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE * Created by Showrunners and Executive Producers Tom Hern (The Dark Horse, The Meg), Halaifonua Finau (Jonah, Baby Mama’s Club) Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Lealani Siaosi star alongside Beulah Koale (Thank You for Your Service, “Hawaii Five-O”), Frankie Adams (Mortal Engines, “The Expanse”) and Roy Billing (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, “Underbelly”). 1974, Auckland, New Zealand: Will ‘Ilolahia, the black sheep of his…
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IN NY, LA, PDX THEN EXPANDS – ‘THE CAPOTE TAPES’ documentary from director Ebs Burnough; Premiered at Toronto Intl Film Festival-TIFF
OPENS IN NY, LA, & PORTLAND ON FRIDAY 9/10 PLUS: MANY NEW CITIES & THEATERSJUST ADDED – OPENING 9/17 AND 9/24 ‘THE CAPOTE TAPES’ ACCLAIMED TIFF DOCUMENTARY ON TRUMAN CAPOTE TO BE RELEASED IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE STARTING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 WORLD PREMIERE – TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 95% FRESH SYNOPSISAnswered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capote’s greatest masterpiece, an epic portrait of New York’s glittering…
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The Biggest Latinx Comedy Festival Returns to San Antonio: The Award Winning “HA FESTIVAL – THE ART OF COMEDY” is Set to Open September 17 -19, 2021 – Once Again It will be a Launchpad for Latinx Talent With The Finale to Air on HBO Max
The Biggest Latinx Comedy Festival Returns to San Antonio The Award Winning “HA FESTIVAL – THE ART OF COMEDY” Set to Open September 17 -19, 2021 Second Annual Festival Hosted in San Antonio is a Launchpad for Latinx Talent With The Finale to Air on HBO Max Danny Trejo, Carlos Santos, Chingo Bling, Jessica Keenan,…
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OPENING SEPTEMBER 17th: Tribeca Audience Award Winner FERGUSON RISES, Directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu, Produced by David Oyelowo – A story of a father’s grief and a small town’s defiance that showed the world that Black Lives Matter – Laemmle Royal Theater – Los Angeles
DREAMSEEKER MEDIA In Association with FILMS WITH A PURPOSE YORUBA SAXON and PHILMCO Present THE 2021 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER FERGUSON RISES Directed by Mobolaji OlambiwonnuProduced by David Oyelewo and Jessica Oyelowo Executive Produced by Sandra Evers-Manly, TJ Martin, Gigi Pritzker, Kai Bowe, and RZAOpening September 17th at Laemmle Royal WINNER – Audience Award for Best…
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World Premiere SALOUM – African Midnight Madness supernatural thriller/horror?
World Premiere / 2021 TIFFMidnight MadnessSALOUM Narrative | Senegal | 2021 | 80 min | Color Wolof and French with English Subtitles2021 Toronto Int’l Film FestSept 9 – 20, 2021Writer/Director: Jean Luc Herbulot (Netflix’s Dealer, Canal + Afrique’s Sakho & Mangane)Producer: Pamela DiopExecutive Producers: Douglas Jackson, Hus MillerCo-Producer: Alexis PerrinPrincipal Cast: Yann Gael (Duel au Soleil, They Had a Dream, Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro, upcoming…
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THE DEVIL’S DRIVERS-Directed by Mohammed Abugeth and Daniel Carsenty ***World Premiere – 2021 Toronto International Film Festival***
Mark It ZeroIn collaboration with CHUNK FilmproductionWith the Support of Doha Film Institute and AFAC, the Arab Foundation for Arts and CulturePresent THE DEVIL’S DRIVERS Directed by Mohammed Abugeth and Daniel Carsenty ***World Premiere – 2021 Toronto International Film Festival*** TO BE ANNOUNCED AUGUST 24TH WORLD PREMIERE at TIFF P&I ScreeningOnline Screenings ***This is an acquisition title*** About the…
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RIDM 2021: First 5 films revealed RIDM 2021
The RIDM returns for a committed and connected 24th edition: First 5 films revealed The Last Shelter (Le dernier refuge) by Ousmane Samassékou Ahead of the release of the complete line-up for the 24th edition, the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is proud to announce 5 major titles reflecting the great variety of cinematographic works that audiences will enjoy this year. Quebec documentaries…
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Beyond MONET: The Immersive Experience WORLD PREMIERE !
Beyond Monet TorontoBy Sally Warburton-Photography by Sally WarburtonThe Monet immersive interactive Exhibit is open in Toronto! After Barcelona, Brussels and Turin we now welcome Beyond Monet to Toronto.The first of 2 rooms is a very large, spacious room with displays of bilingual (English/French) descriptions of Monet’s artistic life. The Japanese Bridge of the garden at…
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The LA Art Show wrapped a socially distanced special summer edition of the fair with half the attendance but doubling their sales!
The LA Art Show Celebrates Major Success! The Return to Live Art Fairs with COVID-Conscious Guidelines Limited Attendees But Not Sales! The LA Art Show wrapped a socially distanced special summer edition of the fair with half the attendance but doubling their sales! Being among the first events to return live –…
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CineFAM Film Festival to Announce its 5th annual lineup of Films and panel discussion on August 31!
“Bold, original film stories by women and non-binary creators of colour.” with CineFAM FILM FESTIVAL Celebrating 5 years of limitless imagination. “Women [and non-binary filmmakers] of colour continue to be woefully under-represented and underpaid in the North American film industry — including Canada… our aim is to create a pipeline of programs that will…
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The Award Winning – THE BEAUTY PRESIDENT to premiere at OUTFEST FILM FESTIVAL 2021 – Sunday August 15! Directed by Whitney Skauge, the Film Chronicles Joan Jett Blakk aka Terence Smith.
Directed by Whitney SkaugeProduced by Caley Fox ShannonExecutive Produced by Ben Proudfoot, Abby Lynn Kang Davis, Dawn O’Keeffe Official Selection – 2021 SXSW Film FestivalOfficial Selection – 2021 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film FestivalOfficial Selection – 2021 Frameline: the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film FestivalOfficial Selection – 2021 AFI Docs Film FestivalOfficial Selection – 2021 Santa…
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Taskovski Films Line up @ Locarno Film Festival-The World premiere of the feature documentary :OSTROV – LOST ISLAND by Svetlana Rodina & Laurent Stoop and Bucolic / Bukolika
Bukolikaby Karol PałkaPoland, 2021, 70` Danusia and her daughter Basia live far away from the modern world, in tune with the rhythm and laws of nature, among animals and the spirits of the dead.Their enclave brings peace and a sense of security, but also builds within them a longing for contact with other people.Bucolic is…
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“MR.SOUL”-Award-Winning Film Celebrates Ellis Haizlip, the Trailblazing Producer and Host of the Groundbreaking PBS Variety Show, ‘SOUL!’ Centering Black Joy
Critically Acclaimed Documentary “Mr. SOUL!” Premieres August 1st on HBO Max Award-Winning Film Celebrates Ellis Haizlip, the Trailblazing Producer and Host of the Groundbreaking PBS Variety Show, ‘SOUL!’ Centering Black Joy (New York, NY- Executive Producers Chaz Ebert, record executive and film producer Ron Gillyard, producer and director Stan Lathan, Hillman Grad Productions producing partner Rishi Rajani, Run&Shoot Filmworks CEO Stephanie T.…
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Dave Merheje To Tape Comedy Special As Part of Just For Laughs MONTRÉAL 2021
Dave MerhejeTo Tape Comedy SpecialAs Part of Just For Laughs MONTRÉAL 2021 Dave Merheje, Juno Award winning comedian and star on Hulu’s Ramy, is proud to announce he will be taping a stand-up special at Just For Laughs MONTRÉAL on Tuesday, July 27 at L’Astral, in addition to hosting the New Faces: Canada showcase on Friday, July 30.Dave Merheje will tape…
