Category: film
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Tracey Deer’s Beans Wins $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award
Tracey Deer’s Beans Wins $100,000Rogers Best Canadian Film AwardBeans, the autobiographically inspired tale of a young girl’s experience of the Kanesatake Resistance, has won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2021 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The award is the richest annual film prize in Canada. Director Tracey Deer received this year’s honour, which was accepted on Tracey’s behalf by the film’s co-writer…
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BELLE RIVER selected at SXSW, Tampere Film Festival and REGARD
BELLE RIVER A short film by Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin Selected at SXSW, Tampere Film Festival and REGARD SPIRA is proud to announce three new festival selections for Belle River directed by Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau & Yannick Nolin. Following its World Premiere at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Belle River will screen as a US premiere at…
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CineFam Launches The Women Of Colour Content Creator Database
CineFAM Launches “THE WOMEN OF COLOUR CONTENT CREATOR DATABASE” CineFAM is excited to launch its new initiative, the Women of Colour (WOC) Content Creator Database this March 1, 2022 to kick off International Women’s Month. This important database can be found on the CineFAM website. CineFAM is a Canadian not-for-profit initiative founded by award-winning filmmaker, Academy Director Member & CaribbeanTales Media Group founder, Frances-Anne Solomon. The goal of The…
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Photon Films is excited to announce that Sundance 2022 favourite ALICE will be available in theatres
ALICE Available in Canadian Theatres March 18th Photon Films is excited to announce that Sundance 2022 favourite ALICE will be available in theatres across Canada on March 18th, 2022. The film is written and directed by first-time filmmaker Krystin Ver Linden and stars Keke Palmer and Common. In a story inspired by true events, an enslaved woman…
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We Can Be Heroes ⚡ Celebrate David Bowie at Hot Docs Cinema
New Series We Can Be Heroes: A Bowie Cinematic Experience Ground control to Major Tom: get down to Hot Docs Cinema for a new series celebrating the trailblazing, shapeshifting, late, great David Bowie! In what would have been his 75th year on this plane, we’ve curated a selection of classic docs and films Bowie starred in or inspired—from…
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Oscar nominated documentary about Black Deaf High School athletes for your consideration (Canadian filmmaker)
Audible is a cinematic and immersive coming of age documentary following Maryland School for the Deaf high school athlete Amaree McKenstry and his gay best friend as they face the pressures of senior year and grappling with the realities of venturing off into the hearing world. Amaree and his teammates take out their frustrations on the…
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JAPANESE POP SENSATION “ARASHI” RELEASES FINAL CONCERT FILM ANNIVERSARY TOUR 5×20 FILM ‘RECORD OF MEMORIES’ EXCLUSIVELY IN AMC THEATRES ACROSS THE US FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY MARCH 22 – THROUGH PICTUREHOUSE and GAGA CORPORATION
JAPANESE POP SENSATION “ARASHI” RELEASES FINAL CONCERT FILMANNIVERSARY TOUR 5×20 FILM ‘RECORD OF MEMORIES’EXCLUSIVELY IN AMC THEATRES ACROSS THE US FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY MARCH 22 THROUGH PICTUREHOUSE and GAGA CORPORATION FEBRUARY 23, 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) Picturehouse is set to release the pre-hiatus final concert film of the wildly popular Japanese pop sensation, ARASHI, exclusively…
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Opening Theatrically in NYC/LA- Jonas Bak’s Award-winning WOOD AND WATER
KIMSTIM PRESENTS A TRANCE FILMS PRODUCTION KIMSTIM PRESENTS A TRANCE FILMS PRODUCTION WOOD AND WATER A FILM BY: JONAS BAK STARRING: Anke Bak, Ricky Yeung, Alexandra Batten, Patrick Lo, Theresa Bak, Patrick Shum, Edward Chan, Susanne Johnssen, Lena Ackermann, Amy Aceituna and Christel Johnssen. MUSIC BY: Brian Eno WOOD AND WATER will be released theatrically in New York (MOMA)…
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N NY & LA THEATERS APRIL 22 – Acclaimed TIFF film ‘CHARLOTTE’ animated biopic featuring two-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley
In Theaters Nationwide Starting Friday, April 22 The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish artist who comes of age on the eve of the Second World War and defies incredible odds to create a timeless masterpiece. Released by Good Deed Entertainment, the studio behind the worldwide animated box office smash Loving Vincent. Opens in…
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Never Whisper Justice, Old Spice, and Stride, Inc. Team Up to Provide a Free Digital Learning Course to More Than 200,000 Students, 400+ School Districts, and 7,000+ Teachers Nationwide through the Award Winning Documentary BLACK BOYS
Never Whisper Justice and Old Spice Partner on BLACK BOYS Film Featured At Brand Storytelling 2022A Sanctioned Event of Sundance Film Festival Partnership Extends Beyond Documentary And Will Provide Free Digital Learning Course To 200K+ students, 400+ school districts, and 7,000+ Teachers Nationwide LOS ANGELES, FEBRUARY 18, 2022 Never Whisper Justice, Old Spice, and Stride, Inc. are teaming…
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TËNK celebrates its second birthday with a redesigned platform and an open house
TËNK CELEBRATES ITS SECOND BIRTHDAY With a redesigned platform and an open house Tënk is delighted to celebrate its second birthday on February 28 with several new elements on offer, including a new and improved interface for its film catalogue. As it is in the habit of doing, Tënk once again raises the bar in order to offer the…
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ARRAY ALLIANCE EXPANDS ARRAY CREW TO CANADA ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ITS LAUNCH
Launched February 2021 in the U.S. By Filmmaker Ava DuVernay; Dedicated To Balancing Below-The-Line Production Crew Diversity Gap LOS ANGELES, CA – The narrative change non-profit organization ARRAY Alliance has expanded ARRAY Crew beyond the United States to Canada, timed to the one year anniversary of its launch. Created by filmmaker Ava DuVernay and led…
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Sundance Short HALLELUJAH and World Premiere of Short FIVE—Digital Screening Available Nationwide In celebration of Black History Month
“” HALLELUJAH Continues Festival Campaign After World Premiere at Sundance and FIVE World PremieresWHAT:HALLELUJAH screens at TBFF after its impressive debut at Sundance. Billed as a “traumedy,” HALLELUJAH is a deft, beguiling clash between darkness and light. After being stuck with the guardianship of their annoying, bookworm nephew, two brothers in Compton, California, must decide if…
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JUST ADDED: Open Mind program, “As We See It” 2-23 From Amazon Studios
Registration is required for this free live private Zoom event. Please join The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Directors for a screening and panel discussion of the new groundbreaking series As We See It fromAmazon Studios. As We See It, created by Jason Katims, Emmy-award winning…
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JACOB ELORDI and ZACHARY QUINTO – “HE WENT THAT WAY”
THE TRUE CRIME THRILLER “HE WENT THAT WAY” · Feature has wrapped production in the U.S. · Mister Smith Entertainment will screen the first footage to buyers during the EFM in Berlin next week Los Angeles: Principal Photography has wrapped on HE WENT THAT WAY, the true crime thriller starring Jacob Elordi (Euphoria, Deep Water, Parallel) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek…
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Jessica Uberuaga &Taye Diggs, Plus Other Celebs @INCARNATION-The Montalban 1615 Vine St., Los Angeles, Premiere Tuesday February 15, 2022 Ahead Of CINEDIGM Release Fri., February 18,2022
Photo credit: Richie Son & Ray Tamarra/Soul B Photos/ShutterstockOn Tuesday, an outdoor red carpet ceremony was held at The Montalban in Los Angeles,as the weather held up, but there were some scary moments of periodic rain and inclement weather. Jessica Uberuaga Looked gorgeous with her silver plunging neck line dress. Taye Diggs was styling with his cool…
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“CaribbeanTales Rolls Out ” “CaribbeanTales Black Incubator and Studio Access Project
ROLLS OUT “CaribbeanTales Black Incubator and Studio AccessProject” CaribbeanTales Inc., founded by award winning filmmaker and Academy member, Frances-Anne Solomon, announces the launch of the “CaribbeanTales Black Incubator and Studio Access Project” (CTBISAP). This new project is a production and knowledge-based incubator designed to build capacity in the Black Canadian Film industry and provide an opportunity for Black Canadian filmmakers to acquire skill sets and…
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THEATRICAL RELEASE – “AMERICAN RECKONING” A FILM BY YORUBA RICHEN AND BRAD LICHTENSTEIN – LOS ANGELES LAEMMLE THEATRES – FEB 11; FRONTLINE PBS FEB 15; STREAMING PBS.ORG FEB 16
THEATRICAL RELEASE – Beginning February 11, 2022 – for one week exclusive engagement in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Monica Film Center.WORLD BROADCAST PREMIERE – February 15, 2022 – FRONTLINE/PBS – 10PM/9PM CTSTREAMING PREMIERE – Beginning February 15, 2022 – pbs.org/frontline & in the PBS Video AppAMERICAN RECKONING is an extraordinary look at the civil rights era – the violence and resistance – through rare…
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Invitation to special Q and A event hosted by Rainn Wilson: SALT IN MY SOUL (Feb 8)
A very special Q and A event below on behalf of powerful documentary SALT IN MY SOUL, hosted by Rainn Wilson (The Office).The trailer gives you a great sense of the film here: https://youtu.be/tSnu6k5emhA SALT IN MY SOUL has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes with critics calling it “a powerful film” and “profound, unflinching and genuinely poignant.”…
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WINNER: THE EXILES wins U.S. Doc Grand Jury Prize | Sundance 2022
WINNER – Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary** THE EXILES Directed and Produced by Violet Columbus and Ben KleinProduced by Maria ChiuExecutive produced by Steven Soderbergh, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus “For the Grand Jury Prize, we recognize a film which is totally original, layered, philosophical and non-linear — challenging our understanding of history. For celebrating the power of documentary filmmaking and the responsibility of the…
