The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski has been nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards.
READ MOREAmish Famous is a solo sketch musical, starring Spencer Glassman, about an Amish girl who defies her Bishop father by leaving home to audition for American Idol.
The story is told from the point of view of the detective investigating her disappearance.
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Breaking Idol confronts sexual violence, power and accountability in the Canadian music industry. The film reveals the identity of the woman whose testimony led to the conviction of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard and follows her decision to reclaim her name, her story and her voice.
Frantic Films’ new documentary Breaking Idol, from multi-Peabody and Emmy-nominated director Tiffany Hsiung, is now streaming on CBC Gem.
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Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida is a modern marvel that tests the boundaries of genre, and challenges audiences with its fascinating swerves and ambiguous treatment of love, honour, value, and war.
A story that feels all too contemporary, this shocking epic will offer audiences a new perspective on the well-known story of the Trojan War, shining a light on contemporary perspectives on war and valour with brilliant edge and satirical bite.
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With fall in the air and the holidays peeking around the corner, Canadian Stage is thrilled to unveil complete casting and creative team details for their sophomore presentation of Toronto’s beloved holiday Panto, Robin Hood: A Very Merry Family Musical.
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The Breakthroughs Film Festival (BFF) is the only festival in Canada devoted exclusively to short films by emerging women and gender-diverse filmmakers.
BFF’s mission to program independent films by emerging artists whose voices, perspectives, and artistic approaches counter dominant mainstream narratives continues to drive this year’s lineup. This year’s festival theme addresses Resistance, which can be explored through varied stories.
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In There Are No Words, filmmaker Min Sook Lee turns inward to confront and explore silence, memory, and grief across continents in a poetic meditation on personal and communal loss and family legacy.
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Finch and Midland is an intersection in Scarborough. Like other intersections in the suburbs of Canada’s largest city, this intersection also has many a story to tell. In Finch & Midland, writer/director Timothy Yeung focuses on four stories from the wave of Hong Kong immigrants who came to Canada in the 1990s hoping for a new life.
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Acclaimed drummer, composer, and bandleader Ernesto Cervini has launched a new initiative in the heart of Toronto’s jazz scene. The Next Set, a monthly concert series at The Emmet Ray in Toronto, pairs seasoned professionals with top emerging artists in a rotating ensemble that showcases the depth, diversity, and future of Canadian jazz.
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In the grand expanse of cinematic history, few movements are known as rebelliously as the French New Wave. In Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater gives us more than homage: he offers a genuine tribute to filmmaking itself and to the youthful spirit of Jean‑Luc Godard’s 1960 debut, À Bout de Souffle (Breathless).
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