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  • The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival presents TOsketchfest22 – Screen Time Edition March 23 – 27, 2022

    Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (TOsketchfest) returns March 23-27, 2022 with TOsketchfest22 – Screen Time Edition, an online sketch comedy festival with over 100 titles in nine shorts programmes. five-day online comedy Festival will present a wide variety of sketch comedy from around the world featuring sketch powerhouses and viral sensations.Top: Mayumi Yoshida, Sam Roulston, and Fatuma Adar.Bottom: Emily Richardson,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood

    ABOUT BURNING QUESTIONS In this brilliant selection of essays, the award-winning, best-selling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments offers her funny, erudite, endlessly curious, and uncannily prescient take on everything from debt and tech to the climate crisis and freedom and the importance of how to define granola—and seeks answers to Burning Questions such as… • Why do people…

  • Arkells, Avril Lavigne, Charlotte Cardin and Mustafa to perform at The 2022 JUNO Awards Broadcast, live on CBC  

          The full performance line up for the 51st annual show, spanning many genres and styles, will be announced in phases leading up to the event  Tickets to the JUNO Awards go on sale Friday, March 4 and are available online at ticketmaster.ca/junos The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CBC today announced the…

  • Nagata Shachu presents Odd Times: Japanese Taiko Livestream Concert

    NAGATA SHACHU Presents Odd Times Livestream Watch Party Nagata Shachu, Toronto’s premiere Japanese Taiko and Music Group, is pleased to present Odd Times, a livestream watch party with members of this celebrated ensemble, on March 24, 2022. Audiences can interact with members of Nagata Shachu as they view a pre-recorded performance of this latest concert together. Odd Times is a reference…

  • 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…

  • Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition | April 8 – August 7, 2022 | Galerie de la Maison du Festival, Montreal

    Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition  North American Premiere April 8 – August 7, 2022  Galerie de la Maison du Festival, Montreal   Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition opens Friday, April 8at the Galerie de la Maison du Festival in Montreal. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, March 4 at 10 a.m. via evenko.ca This is the North…

  • Comedy Records  presents Born On 9/11 by Salma Hindy Debut Stand-Up Comedy Album Out March 25

    Salma Hindy, a first generation Egyptian-Canadian comedian, will release her debut stand up album Born On 9/11 on Comedy Records, which was recorded live in Toronto. Born On 9/11 will be released on March 25, 2022, following Salma Hindy’s Canadian tour dates with Chelsea Handler. Across 13 hilarious tracks, Salma Hindy shares true to life stories about her experiences as a Muslim woman,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • New works by Jasmine Becket-Griffith

      Presents New Works by Jasmine Becket-Griffith “California Godiva” (original acrylic painting on panel, 18” x 24”) ON VIEW January 8 – February 12, 2022 COREY HELFORD GALLERY 571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033 Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Visiting Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm (310) 287-2340 On Saturday, January…

  • Artist and illustrator Ryan Heshka, entitled Vile-O-Vision, premiering February 19th&ending March 26th, 2022-COREY HELFORD GALLERY-571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA

    “Witches of the Weeds” (oil on canvas, 24” x 18”)  OPENING RECEPTION February 19, 2022 | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ON VIEW-February 19 – March 26, 2022 COREY HELFORD GALLERY 571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033 Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Visiting Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm(310) 287-2340  Downtown Los Angeles’…

  • The Norton Simon Museum-Pasadena, California

    The Norton Simon Museum was founded in 1922 and incorporated two years later on August 14, 1924 as a privately endowed, nonprofit institution. Originally comprised of local citizens, the primary goals of the Institution were to establish and maintain a museum and library of art as well as encourage the study of fine arts. After…

  • In Honour Of Black History Month-Black Opportunity Fund, Black Boys Code, The Black Moms Connection Financial Literacy Summit

     In honour of Black History Month and as a part of its year-round commitment to helping enrich the lives of Black Canadians, here are three groups taking meaningful action to help create a more inclusive and equitable future for Black colleagues, communities, and those they serve.  As we all continue to celebrate and recognizing…

  • 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…

  • 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…