The 11th annual Future of Film Showcase (FOFS), Canada’s premiere festival for emerging Canadian filmmakers returns to Toronto from June 20-23, 2024, with an excellent lineup of films and a wide array of industry events.
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The 2024 Oakville Film Festival is celebrating 11 years as Oakville’s only independent film festival. This year, the OFFA will present 104 specially curated Canadian, local, and international narrative and documentary films, as well as short films and web series.
I have taken a peek at the Oakville Film Festival lineup and have chosen some films as recommendations for you to see and support.
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The myth of María Lionza, a deity of the Venezuelan jungle, merges with the experience of a migrant filmmaker yearning for her lost Goddess. Over the years, the iconic statue in her honour became damaged by the passage of time.
Filmmaker Ximena Pereira began to document the debacle over the iconic statue. On the one hand, the ‘Broken Goddess’ was sheltered at the Central University of Venezuela. On the other, the Mayor’s Office of Caracas wanted to install a replica to replace the original piece.
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The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA)’s third annual MOTIVE, Canada’s premier crime and mystery festival takes over Harbourfront Centre this upcoming weekend.
If you, like me, are a fan of crime and mystery, you can put on your detective hats to explore over 40 events all weekend long and meet some of the best crime and mystery writers from Canada and around the world.
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On my last day at Hot Docs this past May, I had the pleasure of seeing Carlota Nelson‘s ‘Eyes of the Soul: Cristina García Rodero’ (La Mirada Oculta). The film follows the life and work of world-renowned photographer Cristina García Rodero.
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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) nominees for the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards (CSA) include 156 television, film, and digital media categories. The annual awards celebrating excellence on-screen are currently taking place this week a.k.a Canadian Screen Week 2024.
I am unable to attend Canadian Screen Week this year. However, I perused the list of fiction and documentary feature films nominated this year. Below I give you the list of films I have seen from the list and pick some personal favourites.
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Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival has revealed the full program lineup for its 34th edition today. The festival, which proudly champions innovative 2SLGBTQ+ filmmakers from across the globe, will showcase 106 films from 25 countries, including 30 feature films and 5 world premieres.
With such a tremendous lineup, I took a peek to select a few films to recommend to you to check out in person or online.
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The Kitchener Waterloo Film Festival (KWFF) proudly showcases films from an equal balance of local, national, and international filmmakers.
After four years of running on a strictly local-entry basis, this is our fourth year opening our unique festival to the world.
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Longhope Media Inc. and OMNI Television has announced that Season 3 of the hit satirical sketch comedy series ABROAD returns to OMNI 2, OMNI BC and OMNI Alberta, this weekend.
Co-created by and starring Filipina comedian Isabel Kanaan, ABROAD is a multi Canadian Screen Award nominated series with six, 30 minute episodes in English and Tagalog based on the immigrant experience in Canada.
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Documentary Chasing Time reunites Extreme Ice Survey project lead and photographer James Balog with the Emmy-winning team behind Chasing Ice to capture the end of the epic undertaking and spotlight the power of an intergenerational effort to seed hope and inspire action toward a sustainable future.
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