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Doc Highlights from the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
In part two of two, The Independent comments on intriguing docs from Montréal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma.
January 7th, 2010 | Patrick Pearce
The Independent's Patrick Pearce offers take two of highlights from Montréal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, this time with a focus on docs. Last month he served up narrative features.
You may want to check out part one, which offers a festival overview with a focus on its narrative features.
Under-the-radar Features from the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
The Independent highlights some of the most interesting narrative films at Montréal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. The forthcoming part two will cover docs.
December 16th, 2009 | Patrick Pearce
The Independent's Patrick Pearce offers up an eclectic global sampling of indie features from Montréal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, a veteran fest that offers a bounty of stimulating films. In the forthcoming part two, he'll highlight docs.
If you’ve never been to Montréal, Québec you’re missing out. With cheap rent, creative industries, and multiculturalism seeping out all of its pores, this port city is crawling with artsy & cinematic characters from the très hip to the downright derelict, a cross between Brooklyn, New Orleans, Marseilles and maybe Istanbul.
Sex, Cats and Rock & Roll
The Toronto International Film Festival
November 1st, 2004 | Andrea MeyerIf anyone captured the spirit of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, it was the codger who hoisted a placard that read: “The Toronto Film Festival is Satan’s Idea of Entertainment.” This middle-aged gentleman was part of a 150-person demonstration protesting the premiere screening of Casuistry: The Art of Killing a Cat.
O Canada!
Vancouver’s Indie Spirit
July 1st, 2002 | James Israel“We’re the only full-time underground screening space in North America,” says Blinding Light founder, Alex MacKenzie. This 110-seat microcinema that screens alternative, underground, and obscure film / video works was founded in 1998.
Distributor FAQ: Canadian Filmmakers’ Distribution Centre
August 1st, 2000 | Lissa GibbsWhat is the Canadian Filmmakers’ Distribution Centre (CFMDC)?
The CFMDC is Canada’s oldest artist-run organization and it helps give underground and independent filmmakers a greater profile through exhibitions. It also helps to generate revenue through distribution for them.
Do you only distribute the work of Canadians?
The Trailer for "Passage"
Filmmaker John Walker looks at the history of the Northwest Passage
April 27th, 2008Filmmaker John Walker looks at the history of the Northwest Passage
The Trailer for "BLAST!"
Paul Devlin's documentary is premiering at the 2008 Hot Docs festival
April 24th, 2008Paul Devlin's documentary is premiering at the 2008 Hot Docs festival
Blogging TIFF: Pontypool Changes Everything
A review of "Pontypool", one of TIFF's "groundbreaking films", which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival this month.
September 30th, 2008 | Gillian Moody
Blogger Gillian Moody takes a look at the zombie-esque "Pontypool", a part of Toronto International Film Festival's Vanguard series, which imagines a world where a virus is spread through the English-language.
On Tuesday, Septemer 9, Canadian-made film Pontypool, a movie by director Bruce McDonald of The Tracey Fragments, (starring 2007 Oscar nominee Ellen Page from the movie Juno) screened at TIFF’s Vanguard, a program dedicated to groundbreaking films.
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Blogging TIFF: Someone Who Is Nothing Has Everything to Lose
A review of "Slumdog Millionaire", a film by acclaimed director Danny Boyle of "Trainspotting" fame, that screened at Toronto International Film Festival this month.
September 29th, 2008 | Gillian Moody
Blogger Gillian Moody views "Slumdog Millionaire" (see trailer), a film that flirted with the idea of a straight-to-DVD release, becomes a popular favorite at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and is picked up by Fox Searchlight for a happy ending to a long journey that parallels the film itself.
On Sunday, September 7, English-made film Slumdog Millionaire made its debut at TIFF, where it handily won the Cadillac People’s Choice Award. All of this considering that Slumdog Millionaire nearly went straight to DVD after Warners’ Independent Pictures closed its doors earlier this year.
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