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Forest City Film Festival
The Forest City Film Festival (often abbreviated as FCFF) is a film festival located in London, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2016, the Forest City Film Festival centres on exhibiting the work of filmmakers from Southwestern Ontario in juried competition for features, shorts, documentaries, short animations and other categories, although it also screens a selection of other Canadian and International films out of competition. The event is typically held in October each year, principally at the London Public Library's Wolf Performance Hall. History 2016 The Forest City Film Festival was founded in 2016 by Dorothy Downs. The first festival was a collection of twenty-five films, screened over three days in November to an audience of 1200. 2017 In 2017, the festival added an animation category and an out-of-competition International Screening, totaling 48 films. The festival’s duration was expanded from three days to five in October, with 1800 audience members in attendance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London, Ontario, Canada
London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River (Ontario), Thames River, approximately from both Toronto and Detroit; and about from Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, New York (state), New York. The city of London is List of Ontario separated municipalities, politically separate from Middlesex County, Ontario, Middlesex County, though it remains the county seat. London and the Thames River (Ontario), Thames were named in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, who proposed the site for the capital city of Upper Canada. The first European settlement was between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman. The village was founded in 1826 and Municipal corporation, incorporated in 1855. Since then, London has grown to be the largest southwestern Ontario municipality and Canada's List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Of Life
''Sea of Life'' is a 2016 documentary film written and directed by Julia Barnes. It follows the filmmaker on a worldwide journey as she examines global environmental issues facing the ocean, and documents the movement that's working to protect it. Synopsis When she was 16, Barnes watched Rob Stewart's documentary ''Revolution'' and learned about the decline of life in the oceans. She felt compelled to take action and created her own documentary, ''Sea of Life''. The film follows her journey as she investigates the causes and solutions to some of the most pressing threats facing the oceans, including the decimation of the world's fish populations and ocean acidification. ''Sea of Life'' begins by examining the importance of the oceans to our very existence. Through compelling footage and interviews, it tells a story of the interconnections of all life on earth, and asserts that the current mass extinction in the oceans will have devastating impacts on terrestrial life, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cuban
''The Cuban'' is a 2019 Canadian drama film, directed by Sergio Navarretta and written by Alessandra Piccione. The film stars Ana Golja as Mina, a young woman working at a nursing home managed by her aunt Bano (Shohreh Aghdashloo) while preparing for medical school, whose outlook on life is profoundly changed when she meets and befriends Luis Garcia (Louis Gossett Jr.), a former Cuban jazz musician who has been living in the home since being diagnosed with dementia.Sheri Linden"'The Cuban': Film Review" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', July 28, 2020. Plot An unexpected friendship begins between an elderly Cuban musician with dementia who is brought out of his shell by his care worker, and a disillusioned young pre-med Afghan student named Mina. Through a shared loved of music, both their lives are changed. Cast In addition, Gabriel Sanchez Hernandez is seen throughout the film when Luis' addled memories conjure up the young Elena. Release The film premiered on December 7, 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iskwē
iskwē (Cree syllabics: , formerly transliterated IsKwé) (short for waseskwan iskwew, meaning "blue sky woman" in English) (born Meghan Meisters, 1981) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and activist. Personal life Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, iskwē has lived in Los Angeles, New York City, and Toronto, and now lives in Hamilton, Ontario."Indigenous artist iskwē shares her inspiration for music" '''', 10 September 2017. Career She released her debut album ''Iskwé'' in 2013. Her debut single "Nobody Knows," produced by |
Take Me To Prom
''Take Me to Prom'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Andrew Moir and released in 2019.Oliver Skinner"What does it mean to be queer at the prom? This new film explores seven decades of answers" CBC Arts, May 3, 2019. The film traces the evolution of LGBTQ acceptance in society by asking a multigenerational selection of LGBTQ people to recount a story from their high school prom. Storytellers in the film include Marc Hall, whose 2002 court case ''Hall v Durham Catholic School Board'' became a landmark LGBT rights case in Canada. The film premiered at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It was subsequently added to the CBC Gem streaming platform. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.Brent Furdyk"Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed" ''ET Canada ''ET Canada'' (previously referred to as ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'') is a Canadian entertainment news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Gallagher (filmmaker)
Matt Gallagher is a Canadian film director, producer and cinematographer from Windsor, Ontario. Career Gallagher has directed documentaries for History Television, CBC, BBC, The History Channel the Food Network and W Network. In 2000, he won two Golden Sheaf Awards, Best of Festival and Best Short Subject, at the Yorkton Film Festival for the film ''Cass''. In 2006 he was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best History Documentary Program for the CBC documentary ''Vimy: Carved in Stone''. In 2013 Gallagher's documentary ''Grinders'' was nominated for the Canadian Screen Award Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series. In 2019, Gallagher won the $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary for ''Prey'' at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the DGC Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature Documentary. In 2019, he also won Directors Guild of Canada's award for Best Picture Editing - Documentary and the Allan King Award for Excellence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prey (2019 Canadian Film)
''Prey'' is a 2019 Canadian documentary film, directed by Matt Gallagher."'Prey': A documentary by Windsor director shines a light on sexual abuse by priests" , April 15, 2019. An examination of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the film centres on Rod McLeod, a man who is suing the church for restitution after having been abused in childhood by priest William Hodgson “Hod” Marshall, and includes testimonial interviews from some of Marshall's other victims. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Aviva Armour-Ostroff is a Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker. She is most noted as the star, co-writer and co-director of the 2021 film ''Lune'', for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. She was formerly the producer of Toronto's Lab Cab theatre festival.Amy Grief"Toronto actor and playwright explores themes of identity" ''Canadian Jewish News, October 30, 2015. She is a two-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for her stage performances, receiving a solo nomination for ARC Stage's production of Deirdre Kinahan's play ''Moment'' in 2015, and an ensemble nomination alongside Deborah Drakeford, Carlos González-Vío, Ryan Hollyman, Andre Sills and Arlen Aguayo-Stewart, for ARC's production of Stef Smith's play ''Human Animals'' in 2019. She is married to Arturo Pérez Torres, with whom she codirected both ''The Drawer Boy ''The Drawer Boy'' is a play by Michael Healey. It is a two-act play set in 197 ... [...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] |
What Walaa Wants
''What Walaa Wants'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Christy Garland and released in 2018."Berlin Film Review: ‘What Walaa Wants’" '' Variety'', March 15, 2018. The film profiles Walaa Khaled Fawzy Tanji, a rebellious young woman who is pursuing a dream of becoming one of the very few female officers with the Palestinian National Security Forces. Awards and nominations In December 2018, the |
Jasmin Mozaffari
Jasmin Mozaffari ( fa, یاسمین مظفری) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.""The girls I grew up around weren't delicate creatures": Jasmin Mozaffari on TIFF Discovery title 'Firecrackers'" '' Screen Daily'', September 25, 2018."TIFF 2018: One to watch – the dynamite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
