2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS: Best Motion Picture

2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS: Best Motion Picture

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Christian Sparkes
2015 Canadian Screen Awards
Nominated:Best Motion Picture
Joel Thomas Hynes Cast No Shadow

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Toronto Film Festival Parties 2014

Toronto Film Festival Parties 2014

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Toronto Film Festival Parties 2014

 

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European Union Film Festival Red Carpet 2014 Toronto

European Union Film Festival Red Carpet 2014 Toronto

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Wanted to talk to you about the  European Union Film Festival, which is a FREE film festival that the EU consulates of Toronto put on every year, and showcase a top-shelf film from each of the 28 member countries.
This year is their 10th anniversary, and to celebrate they are throwing a party at the Mod Club on Sat Nov 15, their opening night, which will be followed by the  Canadian Premiere of Ferzan Ozpetek’s Fasten Your Seatbelts at the Royal. There will be special guests/actors/filmmakers from all over Europe at the event.
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ReelWorld Film Festival Toronto 2014

ReelWorld Film Festival Toronto 2014

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Toronto, Ontario (March 6, 2014) – ReelWorld Film Festival announced today that it is presenting 79 films and videos during its eight-day festival, being held from April 2 to 6, 2014 in Toronto and from April 11 to 13, 2014 in Markham.

In her opening remarks, Founder and Executive Director Actress Tonya Williams said: “We’re bringing 25 features to screens in Toronto and Markham this year, along with 37 shorts, eight webisodes and nine music videos. Once again we’re introducing audiences to new Canadian talent from the Aboriginal, Asian, Black, Latino, Middle Eastern and South Asian communities.”

The 2014 ReelWorld Film Festival is showcasing 70% Canadian content, and presenting films from Australia, China, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Grenada, Guadeloupe, India, Iraq, Jamaica, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, The Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, The United Kingdom, and the USA.

Special film highlights include:

Opening night film in Toronto is the world premiere of Jeremy Whittaker’s Destiny. A co-production between Canada and Jamaica, this drama features singers Karian Sang and Christopher Martin. It is a story of love, the pursuit of a music career and a return visit to the beautiful island of Jamaica. Presented by TD Bank Group.

Closing night in Toronto features Horizon Beautiful, by Stefan Jäger. It features a soccer magnate who becomes entangled in a fake kidnapping in Addis Ababa and is liberated by a 12-year-old street kid who is desperate to play the game. The film is a Switzerland and Ethiopian co-production created with the Blue Nile Film and Television Academy, the only film school in Ethiopia.

ReelSpeak spotlights Actor Oscar Torre for a one-hour candid conversation where our special host asks the questions that aspiring and established artists want to know.  Torre is a multiple award winner, has guest starred on Dollhouse, NCIS, Cold Case, The Mentalist, and he was in HBO`s Larceny, Counterpunch, and Hunting of Man. He also played a supporting role in the 2013 blockbuster film The Hangover Part III. Immediately following ReelSpeak, Torre’s award-winning feature film Pretty Rosebudis screens. NBCUniversal presents ReelSpeak.

 

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Reel Indie Film Festival Toronto Red Carpet

Reel Indie Film Festival Toronto Red Carpet

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Documentaries  contemporary music Premiere of “Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty,” Blues legend Johnny Winter

 

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Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Red Carpet 2014

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Red Carpet 2014
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OPENING NIGHT -­‐ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014 ISABEL BADER THEATRE + SPOKE CLUB

6:20pm – 7:00pm Red Carpet

Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St West at Queens Park) Chui Tien-­‐you, Opening Night film actor, The Midnight After  Patrick Epino, Filmmaker / Director, Awesome Asian Bad Guys

Stephen Dypiangco, Filmmaker / Director, Awesome Asian Bad Guys

Ursula Liang, Filmmaker / Director, 9-­‐Man

Gloria Lo, Director, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office

Anita Lee, Founder of Reel Asian and Executive Producer, National Film Board

7:00pm – 9:30pm Opening Night Gala The Midnight After

Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St West at Queens Park)

Introductions by Reel Asian Interim Executive Director Louanne Chan and opening night

film actor Chui Tien-­‐you.

10:00pm – 1:00am Opening Night Gala Party Spoke Club

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She’s Lost Control @ Rendezvous with Madness Film Fest

She’s Lost Control @ Rendezvous with Madness Film Fest

She’s Lost Control
Anja Marquardt, 2014, USA,90 min, English, Toronto Premiere
Official Selection: Berlin Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival

Fiercely independent, Ronah works as a sexual surrogate in New York City, teaching her clients the very thing they fear most – to be intimate. Her life unravels when she starts working with a volatile new client, Johnny, blurring the thin line between professional and personal intimacy in the modern world.

The Sessions (originally titled The Surrogate)

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The Sessions (originally titled The Surrogate)

is a 2012 American independent drama film written and directed by Ben Lewin.

Mark O’Brien spent the majority of his life confined to a bed after contracting polio as a young child.  It was, however, one challenge in particular that led to ‘The Sessions’ starring John Hawkes and Helen Hunt,  Inspired by O’Brien’s article, ‘On Seeing a Sex Surrogate’, , the film documents his experience with a sex surrogate (Hunt) as he discovers sexuality within the confines of his disability. The premise alone shines light on the sexual challenges faced by the disabled, and see effort and patience required to overcome them. O’Brien begins his journey as a self- conscious bundle of nerves, but his wit and intelligence quickly begin to shine through.  In the end, Hunt’s character has a lasting positive impact on Mark’s life.  The movie and the people on which it was based paint an inspirational picture of courage and determination.  From the starring roles to supporting actors, the film is wonderfully cast.  Overall, O’Brien’s experience is shared in such a way that the viewer grows to care for and admire him, empathizing with Mark rather than pitying him; finding the humour in his challenges that Mark himself displays.  It’s easy for people to fear, judge and dismiss that which they don’t understand and it’s movies like this that help bridge the gap between the average person and the fragile members of society that exist outside the box.

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