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Canadian Film Festival
The Canadian Film Festival, formerly known as the Canadian Filmmakers Festival, is an annual film festival in Toronto, Ontario. Showcasing a program of Canadian independent films, it is held in March of each year and usually runs for five days. The festival was launched in 2004, and ran annually until 2008 at the Royal Cinema. Although not staged between 2009 and 2011, it was relaunched in 2012 and has run annually since. The festival has been staged at the Scotiabank Theatre since 2017. The festival was formed in association with the Toronto International Film Festival Group, but operates independently of TIFF. It serves commonly, but not exclusively, as the Toronto premiere venue for films which premiered elsewhere on the Canadian or international film festival circuits in the previous year but have not yet screened in Toronto, although it also serves as the premiere venue for some films. The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada; instead, the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Hit Man
''The Last Hit Man'' is a 2008 direct-to-video crime thriller film directed by Christopher Warre Smets. It tells the story of an aging contract killer who finds himself in crisis between his daughter and his job after an assignment gone awry. The film won the award for Best Feature Film at the 2008 Canadian Film Festival. Synopsis After he botches a hit, an aging hitman (Joe Mantegna) discovers that he's dying and decides to hide the truth from his daughter, who's also his business partner and getaway driver. When a younger hit man is sent to clean up the mess, he ends up impacting their lives in more ways than initially intended. Cast * Joe Mantegna as Harry Tremayne - Father/Hitman * Elizabeth Whitmere as Racquel Tremayne/Getaway Driver * Romano Orzari as Billy Rosco/Hitman * Michael Majeski as Todd/Boyfriend * William Colgate as Fred Armitage/Harry's boss * Shawn Lawrence as Fuller/Top boss * Victoria Snow as Dr. Marion Mornamore * Maya Ritter as Young Racquel * Jonnie Chase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Markle
''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (other), several people * Steve Adams (other), several people * Steve Alaimo (born 1939), American singer, record & TV producer, label owner * Steve Albini (born 1961), American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist * Steve Allen (1921–2000), American television personality, musician, composer, comedian and writer * Steve Armitage (born 1944), British-born Canadian sports reporter * Steve Armstrong (born 1965), American professional wrestler * Steve Antin (born 1958), American actor * Steve Augarde (born 1950),arab author, artist, and eater * Steve Augeri (born 1959), American singer * Steve August (born 1954), American football player * Stone Cold Steve Austin (born 1964), American professional wrestler * Steve Aylett (born 1967), English author of satiric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot To Marry
''Shoot to Marry'' is a 2020 Canadian documentary film, directed by Steve Markle.Chris Salce"Shoot to Marry" ''Film Threat'', June 9, 2020. The film centres on Markle's interviews with women he has called under the pretext of making a documentary film about "interesting women", but in fact with the goal of meeting a new woman to date and marry after breaking up with his longtime girlfriend. Ultimately, Markle learns from each of the women and undergoes a personal evolution. The film premiered at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival, where it won the Best of Breakouts Audience Award. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2020 Canadian Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Feature. Critical response On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has approval rating, based on reviews. Kim Hughes of Original Cin writes “Brutally candid and frequently hilarious, indie filmmaker Steve Markle’s documentary Shoot to Marry, about his novel search for everlasting love — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Pérez Torres
Arturo Pérez Torres is a Mexican-born Canadian film director and screenwriter."The Drawer Boy, premier long métrage de fiction pour Arturo Pérez Torres" , November 22, 2018. He is most noted for his 2017 film '''', for which he received a |
The Drawer Boy (film)
''The Drawer Boy'' is a Canadian drama film, which was directed by Arturo Pérez Torres and Aviva Armour-Ostroff, and released in 2017. An adaptation of Michael Healey's play ''The Drawer Boy'', the film stars Jakob Ehman as Miles, a young actor who takes a job as a labourer on a farm owned by lifelong friends Morgan (Richard Clarkin) and Angus (Stuart Hughes), but finds that his presence has a destabilizing effect on the men's friendship. The film premiered at the Heartland Film Festival in 2017, and had its Canadian premiere at the Canadian Film Festival in 2018. At the Canadian Film Festival, it won the award for Best Feature Film. At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the film received nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Clarkin) and Best Screenplay (Pérez Torres). Clarkin won the award for Best Supporting Actor. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Garnet Jones
Adam Garnet Jones is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter."Young, native and gay, filmmaker champions inclusion for all". '' Edmonton Journal'', March 24, 2007. Personal life Of Cree and Métis ancestry, Jones grew up in Alberta and British Columbia."Young filmmaker knows his subject matter well". ''Toronto Star'', September 14, 2006. Battling suicidal impulses in his early teens as he came to terms with being gay, he recovered a sense of purpose by making short films and videos and attending the Gulf Islands Film and Television School, and subsequently moved to Toronto, Ontario to study film at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University). After graduating from Ryerson, his short film ''Cloudbreaker'' premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, and he coordinated a youth film and video program for Toronto's Inside Out Film and Video Festival. Career He subsequently made the short films ''A Small Thing'', ''Wave a Red Flag'' and ''Liar'', wrote a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Great Great
''Great Great Great'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Adam Garnet Jones and released in 2017. The film stars Sarah Kolasky as Lauren, a woman who begins having an affair when she decides that her five-year relationship with Tom (Dan Beirne) is unsatisfying and she wants something more. The film premiered at the Canadian Filmmakers' Festival in 2017, where it won the festival's awards for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Performance. It was subsequently picked up for commercial distribution by A71 Entertainment. '' Playback'', September 19, 2017. At the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Lalonde
Jeremy LaLonde (born January 7, 1981) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is known for his work in Canadian film and television. Early life LaLonde grew up in Cayuga, Ontario. After graduating from Niagara College, LaLonde moved to Toronto to begin his career as a filmmaker. To support himself he worked as an editor in commercials as well as such television series as ''Wipeout Canada, Princess, Meet The Family, You Gotta Eat Here, Tessa & Scott'', and most recently ''Baroness Von Sketch Show''. Career His short film '' Out'', which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, went on to screen at over two dozen film festivals including Outfest and Whistler Film Festival. In 2014 it was nominated for Best Short Film at the Directors Guild of Canada. His 2014 short film ''Bastards'' opened the Canadian Film Festival and was selected by the National Screen Institution for their Totally Television Program. His first feature film as a writer/director, the 2010 comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Plan An Orgy In A Small Town
''How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town'' is a 2015 Canadian sex comedy film directed by Jeremy Lalonde. Plot The film stars Jewel Staite as Cassie Cranston, a newspaper sex columnist returning to her hometown for her mother's funeral, for the first time since being slut-shamed by her high school classmates who caught her trying to lose her virginity.'How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town': Slamdance Review '''', February 11, 2016. In trouble with her publisher because many of the sex stories she has written about were actually fictional, and with her former friends and neighbours because she has often written about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben's At Home
''Ben's at Home'' is a 2014 Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Mars Horodyski. The film stars Dan Abramovici as Ben, a man who responds to an emotional breakup on the eve of his 30th birthday by rearranging his life so that he will never have to leave his apartment again, only to have his desire to live as a hermit challenged when he and Jess (Jessica Embro), a regular driver for his food delivery service, develop a romantic interest in each other. The cast also includes Jim Annan, Rob Baker, Craig Brown and Inessa Frantowski. The film was shot in August 2013 on a budget of just $20,000, half funded by Horodyski and Abramovici and half by a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The film premiered in April 2014 at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival.Brendan Kelly"FFM: Like their protagonist, Toronto filmmakers quick to create" ''Montreal Gazette'', August 28, 2014. Awards At Houston, the film wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playback (magazine)
''Playback'' is an online Canadian film, broadcasting, and interactive media trade journal owned by Brunico Communications. It was previously published biweekly as a print magazine for the Canadian entertainment industry. It is widely considered to be a "must read" amongst industry professionals. History The first issue of ''Playback'' magazine was published, in tabloid format, on . The magazine has since begun to report on advancements in the online digital media industry as well, specifically web series and related events, media, and culture. The magazine also reports on funding resources for filmmakers, technical advancements in the industry, and trends. It is widely considered to be a "must read" amongst industry professionals. In May 2010, ''Playback'' magazine stopped publishing its biweekly print edition and became an exclusively online magazine An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
