Category: Movie Preview
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Hot Docs Festival: audience award winners announced + now streaming!
Hot Docs Wraps 2023 Edition; $208K Awarded to Festival Films & Pitch Projects Hot Docs Festival 2023 came to its close last night, bringing 214 films from 72 countries to audiences in Toronto cinemas. The 11-day festival featured 308 live screenings on nine screens at four venues across the city, with 235 live filmmaker Q&As,…
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Human Rights Violations in International Sport Category:Woman A film written and directed by Emmy-Nominated Canadian Filmmaker and Olympian Phyllis Ellis
World Broadcast Premiere on International Women’s Day March 8, 2023, 9:00pm EST on TVO Repeats March 12, 10:00pmavailable to stream across Canada on TVO Today (tvo.org) YouTube, smart TV services, and the TVO Today mobile app Category:Woman TRAILERAward-winning filmmaker and Canadian Olympian, Phyllis Ellis delivers a damning exploration of “sex testing,” a deceptive and harmful practice in international…
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80 For Brady@The Varsity Cinema-Wed.,Feb.1st,2023
By Steph C. 80 For Brady is a sports comedy that tells a story of four best friends who go on an epic adventure to the 2017 Super Bowl to see their idol Tom Brady play. Starring iconic actresses Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field, these four besties are New England Patriots…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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NANITIC by Carol Nguyen
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE AT THE 73rd BERLINALE NANITIC by Carol Nguyen INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE AT THE 73rd BERLINALE Travelling and Coop Vidéo de Montréal are proud to announce the International Premiere of Nanitic by Carol Nguyen at the 73rd edition of the Berlinale. The filmmaker behind No Crying at the Dinner Table offers here her first short fiction film, which will screen in official competition in the Generation Kplus section of the festival, which…
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MYANMAR DIARIES three-time winner at Berlinale 2022
MYANMAR DIARIES BY THE ANONYMOUS MYANMAR FILM COLLECTIVE https://icarusfilms.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4b814acfe115ea55c6413e83&id=07913e1581&e=7464a16e80 Icarus Films has acquired distribution rights across all markets in the U.S. and Canada for Myanmar Diaries. The film, which won three prizes at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, has qualified for the forthcoming Academy Awards in the Best Documentary category. Myanmar Diaries was made by…
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Canadian Directors receive WIDC Awards Worth Over $265K Towards Development and production of original Content
Vancouver, Canada (November 2022) – During a WIDC Awards celebration hosted Sunday, November 27, 2022 on Zoom, Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers handed out multiple awards valued at over $265k, including cash and in-kind services towards development, production and post production of women*-directed projects. Top prize winner, Susanne Serres takes home the 2022 WIDC Feature Film Award,…
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LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE Opens Friday, November 25th in NYC – Martika Ramirez Escobar’s Sundance and TIFF Award Winner – December 2nd Expansion to LA/Chicago and other markets
Presents A Surreal, Genre-Bending, Reality-Twisting, Multi-Award Winning Tribute to Filipino Action CinemaWritten and Directed by Martika Ramirez EscobarStarring Sheila Francisco, Bong Cabrera, Rocky Salumbides and Anthony FalconWINNERAmplify Voices Award – 2022 Toronto International Film FestivalSpecial Jury Prize for Innovative Spirit – 2022 Sundance Film FestivalSpecial Jury Mention, Narrative Feature – 2022 LA Asian Pacific…
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Dances with Films West Coast Premiere of Multi-Award Winning Animated Documentary “Eternal Spring (長春)”
Loft Sky Pictures groundbreaking filmmaker Jason Loftus (“Ask No Questions”) latest film, the powerful animated documentary “Eternal Spring (長春)” will make its West Coast Premiere at this year’s Dances With Films “Eternal Spring (長春)” is a multiple award winner, most recently having won Hot Docs Audience Award for best film and the Rogers Audience Award for best Canadian film! “Eternal Spring ( 長春)” trailer is viewable here. As you…
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PIGGY | Opening Day | Exclusive Alamo Drafthouse
PRESENTS *** Winner of Best Picture in Horror at Fantastic Fest *** OPENING EXCLUSIVELY AT ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMAS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 IN ADDITIONAL THEATERS AND VIDEO-ON-DEMAND STARTING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 A FILM BY CARLOTA PEREDA “A BLOOD-CURDLING STANDOUT.”– Justin Chang/LOS ANGELES TIMES “A STRIKING PSYCHOLOGICAL SLASHER.”– Guy Lodge/VARIETY “GALÁN IS A POWERHOUSE.”– Josh Hurtado/SCREEN…
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TIFF 2022 Daniel Radcliff stars in WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY
Daniel Radcliffe dons “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Hawaiian shirts and accordion in Eric Appel’s infectiously entertaining and hyperbolic biopic about the legendary parody songsmith. If Al Yankovic has parodied your song, you know it’s a great honor and you’ve made it to the big time. Weird is co-written and produced by Al Yankovic himself, so if…
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TIFF 2022 Beauty and the Bloodshed-
Filmmaker Laura Poitras chronicles the life and work of famed artist Nan Goldin, including her protests against the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin. The majority of people who’ve been affected directly or indecently by drug addiction is a long and troubling history. Beauty and the Bloodshed is a documentary film…
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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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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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IN BROAD DAYLIGHT by Emmanuel Tardif – World Premiere at the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT A film by Emmanuel Tardif WORLD PREMIERE IN COMPETITION AT THE KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Les Films du 3 Mars and Les Rapailleurs are proud to present In Broad Daylight, a psychological drama written and directed by Emmanuel Tardif (Speak Love, Heirdoms). The film will have its World Premiere at the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film…
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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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BEYOND THE INFINITE 2 MINUTES opens in theatres January 7
12th Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival Audience Award Winner41st FantaFestival Golden Bat for Best Film Winner17th Fantaspoa Best Director and Audience Award Winner25th BIFAN NETPAC Award Winner 3rd Fantasmagoria Best Script Winner25th Fantasia Best Asian Film Winner BEYOND THE INFINITE 2 MINUTES Opens in theatres across Canada JANUARY 7 Toronto – CarltonVancouver – VancityMontreal – Cinema ModerneOttawa – MayfairCalgary – Globe Cinema (Jan 8 only) SYNOPSISKato…
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THE KING OF COOL@TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX-Tues., Nov.30th, 2021
Who is really The “King of Cool?” Steve McQueen or Dean Martin? In this documentary, it declares Dean Martin. “King of Cool dives deep into Martin’s life through never-before-seen archival footage including his time with Jerry Lewis, his movies, his TV Variety Show and Roasts. Interviews with friends, family and primarily one of his daughters-Deana…
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