Category: premiere
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ANTHONY SHIM’S RICEBOY SLEEPS WINS TIFF PLATFORM PRIZE
The Toronto International Film Festival announced today that Korean-Canadian filmmaker Anthony Shim’s sophomore feature RICEBOY SLEEPS was awarded the Platform Prize at this year’s festival. Platform is TIFF’s competitive programme that champions bold directorial visions from filmmakers around the globe, from first-time to veteran auteurs. Ten films were selected to the programme and an…
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Distributor Elevation Pictures Picks Up Warren Pereira’s Animal Rights Documentary Tiger 24
ELEVATION PICTURES PICKS UP WARREN PEREIRA’S ANIMAL RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY TIGER 24; THE GOTHAM GROUP TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE“Tiger 24 contains intimate, unguarded footage of large predators that would make David Attenborough green with envy.” – Marc Mohan, Oregon Arts WatchCredit W Films LLC Elevation Pictures will distribute in North America and The Gotham Group will executive produce filmmaker Warren Pereira’s…
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TIFF Tribute Awards
TIFF Tribute Awards “This Festival is really stepping ahead and moving the needle by intention” — Meryl Streep, recipient of the 2019 TIFF Tribute Actor Award The TIFF Tribute Awards presented by Bvlgari honour the film industry’s outstanding contributors and their achievements, recognizing leading industry members, acting talent, directorial expertise, new talent, and below-the-line…
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Project Wolf Hunting / World Premiere at TIFF 2022
**WORLD PREMIERE TIFF’S MIDNIGHT MADDNESS** PROJECT WOLF HUNTING Directed by Kim Hongsun Bloody bedlam breaks out on the high seas in writer-director Kim Hongsun’s gnarly action-thriller that pits cops versus cons aboard a cargo ship with a sinister secret in its hold. When efforts to extradite notorious convicts from the Philippines to South Korea are stymied by a deadly…
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College Football Is Back In Fine Form! Week One In The Books!
Look what’s back?Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of the first full Saturday of college football. It arrived in style with upsets, amazing debuts and statements made by national title contenders. No. 2 Ohio State and No. 5 Notre Dame met in the headlining showdown of the opening week with the Buckeyes holding…
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Rare TELLURIDE & TORONTO Film Festival Double Premiere Highlights A Musical Icon and The Intoxicating Sound of Bossa Nova in New Documentary Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova
(Telluride/Toronto) In a very rare honor, both the Telluride and Toronto Int’l Film Festivals will present special premiere screenings of Daniel Zarvos and Lianne Mutti’s stunning documentary feature Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova, an innovative mix of archival images, animation, rare recorded interviews and the intoxicating sounds of Bossa Nova. Using the powerful and fascinating story of the…
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EH! Comedy Tour Visits Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec
EH!Comedy Tour Teams Up With The I’m Your Sugar Daddy Tour Featuring Neema Nazeri, Andrew Packer and Marc-Anthony Sinagoga Fresh from a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, EH! Comedy Tour returns to Canada September 4-October 22 to team up with theI’m Your Sugar Daddy Tour with dates in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec. This exciting stand up comedy…
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Ben Frost’s ‘Friends in High Places’ major solo show
L-R: “50mg Thumper,” “Once Bitten,” “Bart on Ritalin,” and “Piggy Chanel” Regarding his upcoming show, Frost shares, “Friends in High Places is both a satirical critique of consumer culture and a begrudging celebration of it. Blurring the lines between the visceral and addictive experience of drug use with the seductive products of consumerism, the exhibition explores our love/hate…
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Mental Health and the Business World
Wednesday, September 14 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PTRegistration 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 Advisors for an Open Mind program with Andy Dunn, author of Burn Rate: Launching a Start-up and Losing My Mind,…
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FANEXPO – Thurs., Aug.25th-Sun., Aug. 28th, 2022 @ M.T.C.C.
By Nicholas Chan & Sally Warburton Fan Expo Canada returned on August 25th-28th, 2022. This year, I think everyone in attendance felt a kind of normalcy. As in previous years, it was hosted at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Whether you’re a fan of Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, Cosplay, or just love seeing people dress as their favorite…
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Los Angeles-based Chinese American Artist Kristen Liu-Wong, entitled Hard Pressed,opening at Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery(CHG) on Saturday, September 17th (on view through October 22nd)
L-R: “Night Reflections,” “Contemplation in Red and Blue,” “She Had To Feed Him Twice a Day,” “Not So Different,” and “Vessel With Sky” Presents Kristen Liu-WongHard Pressed “The Burden” (acrylic and acrylic gouache on wood panel, 24” x 18”) OPENING RECEPTION September 17, 2022 | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ON VIEW September 17 – October 22,…
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Icarus Films Announces theNorth American Theatrical Release ofMY IMAGINARY COUNTRY
The Latest Film by Master DocumentarianPatricio Guzmán Is an Urgent and Inspiring Chronicleof How a Popular Uprising Sparked Deep Political Change The Cannes Film Festival Official SelectionOpens September 23 at the IFC Center in NYC,September 30 in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles,and San Francisco ** Filmmaker Available for Select Interviews**** NYC Press Screening TBA **Icarus Films is proud to announce the North American theatrical…
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TIFF 2022: World Premieres of WHILE WE WATCHED and LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES, and LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE To Close Out Midnight Madness
LONO Studio and Britdoc FilmsPresent WHILE WE WATCHED Directed by Vinay ShuklaProduced by Vinay Shukla, Khushboo Ranka and Luke W. MoodyExecutive Produced by Maxyne Franklin, Jess Search and Beadie FinziFeaturing Ravish Kumar World Premiere – 2022 Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Toronto International Film Festival Screening Schedule:*Press/Industry Screening* – Sunday, September 11th at 11:10 AM at Scotiabank Theatre…
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“THE LOST KING” FROM STEPHEN FREARS STARRING SALLY HAWKINS AND STEVE COOGAN AHEAD OF WORLD PREMIERE AT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
IFC FILMS TAKES NORTH AMERICA ON Film tells the incredible true story of Philippa Langley, who uncovered the remains of King Richard the III, which had been lost for 500 yearsNEW YORK, NY – IFC Films is acquiring North American rights to THE LOST KING ahead of its World Premiere at the 47th Toronto International…
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SUMMIT 72CBC’s original four-part documentary seriesmarking the 50th anniversary of the iconic1972 Canada-Russia Hockey ‘Super Series’officially authorized by Team Canada 72
Enhanced Photo from the original 16mm film of Team Canada’s series-winning goal. Courtesy Hockey Hall of Fame.Premieres Wednesday September 14, 2022CBC and CBC Gem | 8:00 p.m. (8:30 NT)Nicholas de Pencier leads a barnburner team including Dave Bidini, Robert MacAskill, and Ravi Baichwal, who are available for interviews The 1972 Canada-USSR Summit Series of Hockey changed the game forever,…
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TIFF 2022- Carolina Markowicz’s CHARCOAL (World Premierę)
CHARCOAL (Carvão) Please find details below of CHARCOAL, which I am representing at TIFF 2022. To request further information, filmmaker interviews, a viewing link or tickets to public screenings please contact: emma@eg-pr.com _____ CHARCOAL (WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: CAROLINA MARKOWICZ) (TIFF 2022–PLATFORM SECTION–WORLD PREMIERE) STARRING: Starring Maeve Jinkings (Aquarius, Neon Bull), and Argentine actor César Bordon (Wild Tales, The Headless Woman), Camila…
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Premiere Documentary KING ON SCREEN focused on Stephen King’s Adapted Work for Cinema and TV.
King on Screen (Yellow Veil Pictures)Los Angeles/ New York– Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired world sales rights to Daphné Baiwir’s feature documentary KING ON SCREEN. The documentary, approved by Stephen King, will premiere at Fantastic Fest in September, with more festivals to be announced throughout the fall. In 1976, Brian de Palma directed Carrie, the first…
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Freestyle Digital Media to Release Powerful WWII Documentary “Syndrome K” Across North American on TVOD/Digital on August 16th, 2022
The last film to be narrated by acclaimed screen icon Ray Liotta (“Goodfellas,” “Field of Dreams”), “Syndrome K” shines a light on the truly amazing story of three Roman Catholic doctors, who created a highly contagious f ake disease during the Nazi Occupation of Rome to save Roman Jews in a Vatican-affiliated hospital from deportation to Auschwitz during WWII. Powerful and impactful documentaries are…
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Immersive King Tut Experience in Toronto August 9, 2022
by Sally Warburton There’s another immersive experience in Toronto! And it’s a great one, too! The Immersive King Tut Experience opening August 10th in Toronto is not to be missed! Once in the huge ‘immersive’ gallery room and when the Immersive King Tut show starts, you feel like you’re in a tomb. The walls break…
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Toronto International Film Festival announces 2022 TIFF Tribute Award for Performance.
Toronto International Film Festival announces 2022 TIFF Tribute Award for Performance The cast of Michael Grandage’s My Policeman — Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett — are the first-ever film ensemble to receive this honourPhoto credit: Courtesy of Prime Video — Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF, is delighted to announce that…
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