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Spotlight: Filmmaker & Actor G...

Gigi Saul Guerrero is a Mexican filmmaker and actress. She graduated with Honors with a B.A. in Motion Picture Productio...
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In Review: ‘Emily The Crimina...

The world is not kind to Emily (Aubrey Plaza) whose financial stress and past criminal record do nothing but get in the ...
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Since starting in 2016, Laura Nanni has been a driving force for change within the organization, and the artistic commun...
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Toronto International Film Festival announces official screening venues for its 47th Edition

April 3, 2022

Earlier this week, I attended the Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF) 2022’s announcement of its official screening venues across the city. This year’s venues will include TIFF Bell Lightbox, Roy Thomson Hall, the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, and the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

TIFF aims to kick off September 8, 2022 for 11 days of international and Canadian cinema, press and industry screenings, special events, and red carpets featuring some of the biggest names in film.

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Film, Interviews, Music
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Spotlight: Composer Uno Helmersson

March 29, 2022

Uno Helmersson is an award-winning Swedish composer and multi-instrumentalist whose credits include the worldwide hit TV series The Bridge, which was broadcast in more than 100 territories and won him a Golden FIPA Award.

Awarded and nominated for his music, with over 70 composer credits on IMDB and more than 800 registered compositions on his rights society, he is among the top composers for film in the northern part of Europe.

Uno’s latest work includes the Sundance 2021 animated documentary FLEE, the BBC documentary Riots, and the awarded documentary The Painter and the Thief.

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Film, Film Festivals, Interviews
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5 Questions With… Filmmaker Faran Moradi

March 22, 2022

Faran Moradi is an Iranian-Canadian filmmaker, born and raised in Ontario. He is best known as a Telefilm Talent to Watch recipient for his feature film, Tehranto.

Tehranto is an unlikely story of love and family where Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings from a divided Iranian community, accidentally fall in love.

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Awards, Film, Interviews
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Spotlight: Documentary Filmmaker Anne Kuelken

November 29, 2021

Anna Kuelken, has been selected as the National winner of the 19th annual BMO 1st Art! Competition.

As the National winner Anna has been awarded a cash prize of $15,000 for her film submission, entitled Father Like Son. The 17-minute long film offers a brief look into daily life on the filmmaker’s small family farm. As her young niece and nephew grow and integrate into the farm, they are faced with difficult lessons about empathy and where their food comes from.

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Hye’s Picks: Rendezvous With Madness Festival 2021 Hybrid Festival

October 26, 2021

The importance of mental health awareness has been a focus for Workman Arts for years. This year is no different, especially with their linup for the 29th edition of the Rendezvous With Madness Festival (RWM). This is one of the largest and longest-running arts festival in the world dedicated to the intersection of mental health and artistic expression.

Since many of us are still feeling the emotional effects of months of isolation, income precarity, and anxiety over what the future holds, the Rendezvous With Madness Festival offers a unique opportunity to come together in reflection and discussion.

I have attended RWF for many years, and highly recommend you join in this year if you are able to. The list here includes my personal recommendations for films and other events that have piqued my interest.

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DVD/VOD, Film, Hye's Picks
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Hye Recommends: Horror Films for Halloween 2021

October 24, 2021

My gal pal Donna G of The More the Merrier asked me to pick a few ‘Halloween’ / horror / scary movies to share with her, and in turn, with you too.

The list below includes recommendations as well as personal favourite movies that I think are available to stream, rent online or at your local DVD shop across Canada and elsewhere.

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Film, Film Festivals, TIFF 2021
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TIFF’21: Hye’s Top 5 Films and Full Film List

September 29, 2021

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) opted for a hybrid model this year offering many in-person screenings with the option of digital screenings as well.

As accredited media and a cinephile, I was happy to return to the theatre to watch variou cinematic films at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Roy Thomson Hall, and the Princess of Wales Theatre (Visa Screening Room). It almost felt like the ‘before times’. I also liked having the option of staying home to watch films in a more relaxed manner.

My TIFF coverage was somewhat more focused this year to include the following categories, themes and types of films: Documentary; Emerging Filmmakers; Black, Indigenous and people of colour stories on screen; Women in Film; and Horror. Below I give you my Top 5 films and the full list of films I was able to screen at TIFF this year.

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Film, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, TIFF 2021
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TIFF’21 Review: ‘CADEJO BLANCO’ by Justin Lerner

September 27, 2021

Written & directed by Justin Lerner (Girlfriend), CADEJO BLANCO is the story of Sarita (Karen Martínez), a working-class girl from Guatemala City, who travels to the seaside town of Puerto Barrios to infiltrate a group of young gang members. She risks her life to find out what happened to her missing sister, Bea (Pamela Martínez). In the process, Sarita becomes involved with her sister’s dangerous ex, Andrés (Rudy Rodríguez) and slowly gets closer to the truth about what happened to her.

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