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  • World Premiere: The Swimmers is TIFF 2022’s Opening Night Gala film

    The Swimmers is a soaring epic that dramatizes the true story of two sisters who left their home in war-torn Syria for a new life in Europe — and the chance to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Swimmers joins Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmansand Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called Birdy as World Premieres at TIFF ’22, announced earlier this week.…

  • TIFF announces Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called Birdy as World Premiere screening

        TIFF announces Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called Birdy as World Premiere screening                                          Photo credit: BELLA RAMSEY stars in CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY Photo: ALEX BAILEY © AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES LLCD TIFF is excited to announce  Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called…

  • TIFF ANNOUNCES MY POLICEMAN AS WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING

    Photo credit: Courtesy of Amazon StudiosTORONTO — TIFF is thrilled to announce that My Policeman, directed by Michael Grandage, will have its World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Festival.Adapted for the screen by Ron Nyswaner from Bethan Roberts’ award-winning novel of the same name, My Policeman follows three young people – policeman Tom…

  • World Premiere: The Woman King @TIFF

    More World Premieres are coming to the 47th edition of the Festival! Watch Oscar winner Viola Davis’s latest, The Woman King — the true story of the Agojie, the all-female military regiment charged with protecting the embattled African Kingdom of Dahomey. Get your ticket package today to save up to 30% and be one of the first to…

  • TIFF is thrilled to showcase director Sanaa Lathan’s film On the Come Up with a World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Festival. 

    World Premiere: On the Come Up Courtesy of Paramount Pictures TIFF is thrilled to showcase director Sanaa Lathan’s film On the Come Up with a World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Festival.Bri, a gifted 16-year-old rapper, attempts to take the battle-rap scene by storm in order to lift up her family and do right by the…

  • Third Annual Hybrid Filmocracy Fest Concludes and Award Winners Announced; Film Market Elevates Networking and Sales

    Los Angeles, CA The third edition of Filmocracy Fest presented a strong lineup of features and shorts competing for top prizes, both in person and online, including the Best of the Fest category, which was available online-only. The Festival ended with a celebratory Awards Ceremony on July 17. Award Winners include:Best Narrative Feature: 1-800-HOT NITE…

  • A DOCUMENTARY FILM EXPLORING THE COMPLEXITIES OF CHANGE, GRIEF AND ACCEPTANCE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY  HUMAN BODY EXPRESSION’S FILM WORK AS PART OF DANCEWORKS’ MOVING ONLINE SERIES 

    STREAMING ONLINE JULY 28 – 31, 2022  CHOREOGRAPHED BY HANNA KIEL  FEATURING DANCERS: RYAN LEE, BONNIE KIM, DARRYL C. TRACY, SUSIE BURPEE, PULGA MUCHOCHOMA, ORIAH WIERSMA, KENDRA EPIK, AND AND 11 YEAR-OLD DANCER EVA TEECE-SOTER How do we navigate change, grief and acceptance in times of uncertainty? DanceWorks presents But Then Again, Human Body Expression’s documentary film work, featuring choreography by Hanna Kiel,…

  • OSHEAGA Booker Nick Farkas on The Science Of The Poster, Eminem and Food

    The 15th anniversary of the OSHEAGA Music and Arts Festival presented by Bell in collaboration with Coors Light is set to be one of the biggest parties of the decade. Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau, one of the greatest festival sites in North America, will be host to a much-anticipated and unrivaled festival experience from July 29 to 31,…

  • You’re invited to Member Meet-ups: Summer of Seoul 

    SEOUL Lady Vengeance Park Chan-wook Lady Vengeance Introduction by Reel Asian Artistic Director Aram Siu Wai Collier on July 22 35mm Print! The apotheosis of revenge wears red eyeshadow and an intense, angelic look in Park Chan-wook’s last entry in his dazzling Vengeance Trilogy. Lady Vengeance is a perilous venture into the psychology of a woman pursuing…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • Dances With Films Los Angeles Premiere of “Lodo” Friday, June 17th, 2022

     “Lodo”  is directed & co-written by the TellyAward-winning Argentinian & Mexican California native (co-founder of the Highland Park Independent Film Festival  in East Los Angeles) Alessandro Gentile(in 2012 Gentile shot the television pilot for the Emmy-Winning “Schitt’s Creek,” “Lodo” is his directorial debut) and co-written & produced by Marita De Le Torre   (“When I Grow Up,” “Botes al Amanacer” and also a co-founder of the Highland Park Independent…

  • HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 2 OF CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK 

    Starting off day 2 of Canadian Music Week was “Spotlight on Japan” where we learned ways in which we can bridge the gap between the music industries in Canada and Japan. This session was brought to us by CAAMA, FACTOR, Global Affairs Canada, and Ontario Creates.One of the day’s highlights was the featured keynote with Hipgnosis Songs Founder & CEO, Merck Mercuriadis.…

  • Black Market Releasing (BMR) Acquires Award Winning Filmmaker Sharon Lewis’ Queer Film “With Wonder”

    BLACK MARKET RELEASING  To Present  “WITH WONDER”  TORONTO, ON – Canada’s Black Market Releasing(BMR) has acquired “With Wonder” by award-winning filmmaker Sharon Lewis.  BMR will screen the soul-searching feature documentary with event-based screenings across Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton & Winnipeg) with a formal release on June 1, 2022, on CBC Gem.   June’s launch will coincide with International Pride Month.    “With Wonder” is a love letter to God, asking…

  • Highlights From Day 1 of Canadian Music Week

    HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 1OF CANADIAN MUSIC WEEKThe President and CEO of Ontario Creates, Karen Thorne-Stone got the day off to a great start with opening remarks. Following the opening remarks was an insightful session brought to us by Music Canada entitled, “State of the Industry: A United, Dynamic & Resilient Canadian Ecosystem”. We were joined by Jennifer…

  • 20th Annual Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) June 9 to 12, 2022!

    Returning LIVE, the Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF), founded by Canadian trailblazer Leslie Ann Coles, celebrates its 20th Anniversary June 9 to 12, 2022, at TIFF Bell Lightbox.  FeFF was way ahead of its time at its founding, and the festival’s tagline, “Always Honest, Not Always Pretty,” says it all. It’s an eclectic program of features, documentaries, shorts, and the…

  • THE STORY WON’T DIE will open theatrically in Los Angeles (June 10) New York (June 17) , with a Worldwide VOD release to follow timed to World Refugee Day.

    TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdfdS_Z-lLg Award-winning filmmaker David Henry Gerson and key film subjects are available for interviews by request to: emma@eg-pr.com THE STORY WON’T DIE WILL BE RELEASED THEATRICALLY IN LOS ANGELES ON FRIDAY, JUNE 10 (LAEMMLE CINEMAS) AND IN NEW YORK (CINEMA VILLAGE) ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17. A WORLDWIDE VOD RELEASE ON MAJOR PLATFORMS WILL FOLLOW ON JUNE 21 (TIMED TO WORLD REFUGEE…