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  • Trailblazing former MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan documentary film “Ray Of Hope” To Go Into Production

    Former Canadian MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan’s documentary film “Ray Of Hope” will be produced by Ryan Singh Productions Ltd.  The trailblazing former MP will bring to the screen a raw and candid look at the trauma endured by many brave Tamil families who fled the armed conflict in Sri Lanka on their journey to call Canada home.   The documentary is produced and directed by Toronto-based filmmaker Ryan Singh (Memento: A South…

  • French female-fronted heavy-metal band Amethys stream new album ‘A new dawn’.

    Out now on CD & digital through all legal platforms.  More than 10 years after their last album ‘Gallery of lives’ (2011), French female fronted heavy-metalband from Bordeaux area Amethys finally released a new record.A brand new full-length album called ‘A new dawn’ and available right now on Cd & digital through bandcamp and the band itself.In addition to the official release news and while…

  • Folk/Roots Music PEI Award Winner Alicia Toner Releases Haunting “Time Travel”

    MP3s, WAVs, Photos, Bio and All Assets Here “Time Travel” YouTube and Spotify Website There’s a certain irony to the chorus of Alicia Toner’s new single, the haunting “Time Travel”: “Only one thing left for you to do / travel back in time and tell the truth.” The lyric is directed toward an ex that the Charlottetown…

  • Vancouver’s HUNTING GIANTS Cast Away The Pain of The Past w/ Video “Kindred”

    New Album “Mythos” Out Now! L-R – Corey Wharton (Bass), Bradley Trivett (Guitar), Daniel Beavington (Drums), Stephen Atkey (Vocals)Photographer Credit – Bradley TrivettCanadian progressive grunge rockers Hunting Giants are sharing their next video for the track “Kindred” off their latest album “Mythos” released this past November. ​“Mythos” is the new crowning achievement from Hunting Giants who have put in many years of…

  • From acclaimed Doc Master Patricio Guzmán: MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY

    “PATRICIO GUZMÁN, CHILE’S CINEMATIC CONSCIENCE, CHRONICLES THE UPRISING THAT SHOOK THE COUNTRY STARTING IN 2019.”—A. O. SCOTT, THE NEW YORK TIMESFrom Icarus Films MY IMAGINARY COUNTRYA film by Patricio GuzmánOn DVD and Digital January 24thCurrently Streaming Exclusively on OVID.TVOne day, without warning, a revolution exploded. It was the event that master documentarian Patricio Guzmán had been waiting for and working…

  • How The Science Of Attachment Can Help YouMake-And Keep–Friends

    Tuesday, January 175:00 PM – 6:00 PM PTRegistration is required for this free live private Zoom event.Please join UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for a virtual Open Mind program on the psychology and importance of Friendship.  Marisa G. Franco, Ph.D., author of Platonic: How the Science of…

  • Tom Jackson’s The Huron Carole Virtual Available On Demand December 24 to January 19, 2023

    In collaboration with the Canadian Red Cross, the Complimentary On-Demand Digital Event Aims to Raise Funds with the campaign Give the Gift of Warmth in Ukraine Access begins December 24 at 8am ET and ends January 19 at 11pm PT (close of Ukrainian Christmas) View Link YouTube: https://youtu.be/vTSBsJSInJw The Huron Carole has joined forces once again with the…

  • NYFCC awards dGenerate Films / “A New Old Play,” “Blue Island”

    The dGenerate Collection at Icarus FilmsSpecial Award 2022“For invaluable work bringing independent films from China to a wider audience,” the dGenerate Collection at Icarus Films has received a 2022 Special Award from the New York Film Critics Circle. Two dGenerate Films new releases are topping Best Films year-end lists: Blue Island by Chan Tze Woon, which has…

  • RIDM’s 25th edition: Celebrating a quarter-century of encounters

    RIDM’s 25th edition: Celebrating a quarter-century of encounters The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)’s 25th edition ended on November 27. After two pandemic years, this anniversary edition allowed audiences to enjoy the festival entirely on the big screen. Film enthusiasts and the documentary community once again had the opportunity to gather around 157 screenings, 3 listening sessions and 5 virtual reality…

  • Hip Hop Artist Mr. Doo Featured on Sony Orchard Records Artist Chief Reckah “We Goin Rise”

    Canadian Rapper, The 6ix’s UnderGod AKA Mr.Doo started 2023 with a new single and video release feature, “We Goin Rise” with Sony Orchard recording artist Chief Reckah, available now on all music platforms. Following a string of hits the Scarborough hometown Rapper released his new single and music video in celebration of being on the other side and new beginnings.  The…

  • Slamdance Film Festival 2023 Slate of Incredible Feature Films

    “Silent Love” Slamdance Competition Documentary Feature Film About the Film: “Silent Love” is an incredibly intimate documentary looking at the lives of two women in love and raising a pubescent teenager in a small Polish village. Aga plays the role of both mother and father to her teenage brother, Milosz, but there is something vital she isn’t telling…

  • Madison Kozak Sets Her Foundation on “Loud House”

    Nothing hits home like a song about the one you grew up in. For Songs & Daughters songbird Madison Kozak, brand new self-penned release “Loud House” is that song, available everywhere today.Written by Kozak with Aaron Eshuis and Emily Falvey and produced by Chris LaCorte, “Loud House” paints a detailed portrait of Kozak’s lived experience as one of eight kids in a house filled to the brim, literally…

  • UCLA Friends Open Mind Program Anxious Nation-Sat.,Jan.14th,2023

    Saturday, January 14 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM PTAdmission is free but registration is required.Anxious Nation explores and captures the many faces and facets of anxiety. This feature-length documentary takes a deep dive into the crisis of anxiety and mental health in America, especially its impact on kids (ages 10-26) and families. Academy Award® winning documentary…

  • Unlocking the Mysteries of the Mind and Brain

    grateful and proud of what we’ve accomplished together to support ground-breaking research to improve the lives of people living with mental illness.    Our Friends of Semel Scholars represent the next generation of UCLA neuroscientists who are doing groundbreaking translational research to better understand the mind and brain. These early career scientists are at the forefront…

  • Alt-Country Outfit Gregory Childs and Heart Lung Make a Powerful Musical Plea “From the Chest” 

    They take you back to the good old days of the grunge/alt rock movements though they have a distinct identity.” – Lazy Indie Magazine “Country outlaw with an alternative tinge.” – Drop Out Entertainment Indie Quintet Releases Emotionally Raw New Single Following Debut EP “From The Chest” YouTube and Spotify Website Traditional-leaning country and folk music often dances…

  • Cuban Music Innovator Umbe B Captivates Listeners With Chilling Storytelling In Cut-Throat “Confiesale” 

    Cuban Music Innovator Umbe B Captivates Listeners With Chilling Storytelling In Cut-Throat “Confiesale”  “Confiesale” YouTube and Spotify Instagram and TikTok An all too familiar tale, Umbe B delivers a fiery retelling of a toxic love triangle, battling with internal impulses while trying to act with self-preservation. Dramatic storytelling is paired perfectly with hard-hitting string swells and perfectly timed breakdowns to…

  • FAR BEYOND THE PASTURELANDS

    by Maude Plante-Husaruk and Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis Opening at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema on January 2  Les Films du 3 Mars is proud to announce that Far Beyond the Pasturelands, the first feature documentary by Maude Plante-Husaruk and Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis, will open in Toronto on January 2 at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema.  The film takes place across breathtaking landscapes, in a…

  • THE OTHERNESS SAYS “WE CAN BE ONE” WITH DREAMY NEW SINGLE

    “We Can Be One” YouTube and Spotify Website The Otherness, a 4-piece Argentine band now based in Berlin, provides the listener with a cool, catchy mix of joy and provocation. The group, which has a new video out for their single “We Can Be One,” consists of Martin Cativa (guitar, vocals), Gonzalo Cativa (bass, vocals) Pablo Gaggioni (drums)…

  • THE STALKING FIELDSOPENING ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS ON JANUARY 17

    A group of civilians run for their freedom when they find themselves caught in the middle of a Black Ops program designed to cure PTSD. THE STALKING FIELDS was written by Sean Crampton and Jordan Wiseley and directed by first-time filmmaker and Army veteran Ric Maddox. The film stars Crampton in a breakthrough performance, as well as Taylor Kalupa,…

  • FATHOM EVENTS, TSUBURAYA, THE EXCHANGE ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF SHIN ULTRAMAN

    The iconic Japanese superhero comes exclusively to Canadian Theaters for two days ONLY – January 11 and 12, 2023 Fathom Events, Tsuburaya and The Exchange are partnering to bring the iconic Japanese superhero Ultraman to theaters nationwide this coming January for a two night engagement. The film, Shin Ultraman turns the Japanese icon Ultraman – first broadcast on television in 1966 – into a full-length feature film, written…