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Christopher Donaldson
Christopher Donaldson is a Canadian film and television editor. He is most noted for his work on the film '' Crimes of the Future'', for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. He has previously been nominated for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series numerous times for his work in television, winning at the 23rd Gemini Awards in 2008 for his work on '' The Border'',Jennie Punter"‘Tudors’ rule at Geminis " ''Variety'', October 22, 2008. and receiving nods at the 19th Gemini Awards in 2004 and the 22nd Gemini Awards in 2007 for ''Slings & Arrows'', the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011 and the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for '' Flashpoint'', and at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017 for ''Vikings Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preludes (film Series)
''Preludes'' is a Canadian short film series, which premiered in 2000. Commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark the event's 25th anniversary in 2000, the series consisted of ten short films by Canadian directors which were inspired in some way by the festival,Marc Glassman, "Preludes". '' Take One'', Vol. 30 (Winter 2001). pp. 43-44. and each film screened as a prelude to a feature film in the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival program. The most successful film in the series was Guy Maddin's ''The Heart of the World'', which won numerous awards including the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 22nd Genie Awards. David Cronenberg's entry, ''Camera'', was also a Genie nominee in the same category. The full ''Preludes'' program was subsequently screened on the web, on a platform funded by Bell Canada.Peter Howell, "Downstreaming without a paddle ; Fest shorts on the Web ain't nothing like the real thing". ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rent-a-Goalie
''Rent-a-Goalie'' is a half-hour comedy television series from Canada that aired on Showcase from 2006 to 2008. The first season was nominated for three Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series. It was also nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada Award, the CFTPA Indie Award for Best Comedy Series, an ACTRA Award for Best Male Performance for Christopher Bolton, and four Canadian Comedy Awards, winning two. The second season was nominated for six Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series, Best Ensemble Performance, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Cinematography and Best Casting. It has also been nominated for three Canadian Comedy Awards. Plot ''Rent-a-Goalie'' revolves around the exploits of Cake (Christopher Bolton), a hockey-mad, recovered-from-everything go-to guy, who runs a rag-tag hockey goalie rental service out of Cafe Primo, a family-owned coffee shop in Toronto's Little Italy. Here, at this crazy crossroads of hockey culture and coffee culture, Cake has final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember (2015 Film)
''Remember'' is a 2015 drama thriller film directed by Atom Egoyan and written by Benjamin August. Starring Christopher Plummer, Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Lieven, Henry Czerny, Dean Norris and Martin Landau, it was a co-production of Canada and Germany. The plot follows an elderly Holocaust survivor with dementia who sets out to kill a Nazi war criminal in retaliation for the death of his family and was inspired by August's consideration that there were fewer parts for senior actors in recent years. After a screening at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, it was theatrically released in Canada on October 23, 2015, in Germany on December 31, 2015, and in the United States by A24 on March 11, 2016. ''Remember'' received mostly positive reviews and won a few film festival awards. At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, August received the Award for Best Original Screenplay and ''Remember'' was also nominated for Best Motion Picture. Plot In a New York City nursing h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Fright (2014 Film)
''Stage Fright'' is a 2014 Canadian musical comedy slasher film directed by Jerome Sable and is his feature-film directorial debut. The film had its world release on March 10, 2014 at South by Southwest, a VOD release on April 3, 2014, and a theatrical release on May 9. It stars Allie MacDonald as a hopeful young singer terrorized by a killer at a musical theater camp. Plot In 2004, Broadway diva Kylie Swanson opened the musical ''The Haunting of the Opera'' (a reference to real-life musical ''The Phantom of the Opera'') to a packed audience. However, that same night, she was murdered backstage by an unknown assailant wearing the mask of the play's villain, Opera Ghost. 10 years later in the present-day, Kylie's children Camilla and Buddy have grown up raised by Roger McCall, a former lover of Kylie's and the producer of a musical theater summer camp on the brink of bankruptcy. When Camilla hears that the camp will be producing a kabuki version of ''The Haunting of the Opera'', s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Kind Of Wrong (film)
''The Right Kind of Wrong'' is a 2013 Canadian romantic comedy film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, based on the 1987 novel ''Sex and Sunsets'' by Tim Sandlin. Its premiere was in the Gala Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Leo, a failed writer and recent divorcee, now works as a dishwasher in the restaurant of his friend, Mandeep. His former wife, Julie, has written a blog about Leo entitled "Why You Suck", which has gone on to be published and become a top selling book. Leo also suffers from a crippling fear of heights. Leo falls in love with Colette when he first sees her about to enter the church on her wedding day. He decides to win her heart, pursuing her despite scorn from his friends and from Colette's new husband, Danny. Cast * Ryan Kwanten as Leo Palamino * Sara Canning as Colette Hart * Will Sasso as Neil * Catherine O'Hara as Tess, Colette's mother * Kristen Hager as Julie Deere, Leo's ex-wife * Ryan McPartlin as Danny Hart, Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottage Country (film)
''Cottage Country'' is a 2013 Canadian comedy horror film directed by Peter Wellington. It stars Malin Åkerman, Tyler Labine, Dan Petronijevic and Lucy Punch. It was released on March 14, 2013. The film was produced by Whizbang Films and Red Rock Entertainment Red Rock Entertainment Ltd was a film investment and production company based at Elstree Film Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (UK). The company acts as executive producers sourcing investment and finance for film and TV projects. Gary .... Plot Todd (Labine) wants everything to be perfect at his family cottage, where he plans to propose to Cammie (Åkerman). However, things go wrong when Todd's slacker brother, Salinger (Petronijevic), and his free-spirited girlfriend, Masha (Punch), show up. Todd accidentally kills his brother with an axe. After he confesses to Cammie, they devise a plan to kill Masha. While she in the kitchen cooking mushrooms Masha turns around and catches Todd, who about to strike. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take This Waltz (film)
''Take This Waltz'' is a 2011 Romance film, romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Sarah Polley. The film centres on Margot, a 28-year-old freelance writer who lives in a charming house on a leafy street in Toronto's Little Portugal, Toronto, Little Portugal neighbourhood, as she struggles with and examines her feelings for Lou, her husband of five years, while exploring a new relationship with Daniel, an artist and Pulled rickshaw, rickshaw driver who lives across the street. The film stars Michelle Williams (actress), Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, and Sarah Silverman. Plot While touring the historic town of Louisbourg, Louisburg in Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada on an assignment, freelance writer Margot has a couple of chance encounters with Daniel, an artist and rickshaw operator. They run into each other again on the airplane from Halifax to Montreal, and then to Toronto. When the pair return home, they agree to split a cab, and an attra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterlife
''Waterlife'' is a 2009 documentary film and web documentary about the state of the Great Lakes. It was directed by Kevin McMahon. Film McMahon began filming ''Waterlife'' in 2007. The film explores the beauty of the Great Lakes as well as their degradation due to water pollution. The film looks at the water system from its headwaters in Lake Superior to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, accompanied by Josephine Mandamin, an Anishinabe elder from Thunder Bay, who walks along the Great Lakes each spring to protest deteriorating conditions. ''Waterlife'' is co-produced by Primitive Entertainment and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The film received the Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature at the 2009 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The United Kingdom distributor is Dogwoof Pictures. Web documentary The interactive version of ''Waterlife'' was created by Toronto-based web and design company Jam3 and creative directors Adrian Belina and Pablo Vio for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Metal
''Global Metal'' is a 2007 documentary film directed by Scot McFadyen and Canadian anthropologist Sam Dunn. It is a follow-up to their successful 2005 documentary, '' Metal: A Headbanger's Journey''. The film's international premiere took place at the Bergen International Film Festival on 17 October 2007. ''Global Metal'' aims to show the impact of globalization on the heavy metal underground as well as how different people from different cultures are transforming heavy metal music. Interviews As in ''Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'', most of the information in the film comes in the form of interviews: Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil Non musicians * Claudia Azevedo, University of Rio de Janeiro * Eric de Haas, Rock Hard Brazil * Toninho, Sepultura fan club Tokyo, Japan Non musicians * Masa Itoh, Rock City TV * Katsuya Minamida, Kobe University Mumbai and Bangalore, India Non musicians * Atul Sharma, MetalIndia.net Beijing, China Non musicians * Wang Xiao, 666 Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I, Curmudgeon
''I, Curmudgeon'' is a 2004 documentary film by Alan Zweig about curmudgeons, himself included. Self-declared curmudgeons interviewed in the film also include Harvey Pekar, Fran Lebowitz, Mark Eitzel, Cintra Wilson, Bruce La Bruce, Andy Rooney and Scott Thompson. The film was shot with a camcorder, with Zweig using a mirror to record his own experiences. Film festivals The film was selected to the 2004 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and received a Silver Hugo at the 2005 Chicago International Film Festival. It also received an honorary mention at the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival The Brooklyn Underground Film Festival was an annual showcase of typically low-budget, under-distributed or amateur videos and metavideos. The festival was initially held in DUMBO, Brooklyn and later moved to Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, N ..., in 2005. References External links * English-language Canadian films Canadian documentary films Films directed by Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
