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John Kastner (filmmaker)
John Kastner (1946 – November 21, 2019) was a four-time Emmy Award-winning Canadian documentary filmmaker whose later work focused on the Canadian criminal justice system. His films included the documentaries ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight (film), Out of Mind, Out of Sight'' (2014), a film about patients at the Brockville Mental Health Centre, named best Canadian feature documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; ''NCR: Not Criminally Responsible'' (2013), exploring the personal impact of the mental disorder defence in Canada; ''Life with Murder'' (2010), ''The Lifer and the Lady'' and ''Parole Dance'', and the 1986 made-for-television drama ''Turning to Stone'', set in the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario. Filmography Director * ''Sharing the Secret'' (1981) * ''The Lifer and the Lady'' (1984) * ''Hunting Bobby Oatway'' (1997) * ''Rage Against the Darkness'' (2004) * ''Monster in the Family'' (2007) * ''Life with Murder'' (2010) * ''NCR: Not Crimi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight (film)
''Out of Mind, Out of Sight'' is a 2014 Canadian documentary film by John Kastner (filmmaker), John Kastner at the Brockville Mental Health Centre. The film concentrates on two floors of the Brockville facility devoted to forensic psychiatry. Over 18 months, Kastner filmed 46 of the 59 patients on the floors, as well as 75 staff members. The film was shot at the Centre at the same time as Kastner was shooting his 2013 film, ''NCR: Not Criminally Responsible'', exploring the personal impact of the mental disorder defence in Canada. ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight'' was co-produced by J.S. Kastner Prods. and the National Film Board of Canada in association with TVOntario, and had its world broadcast premiere on TVO on May 7, 2014. Synopsis The documentary analyzes four residents of the Brockville Mental Health Centre, an institution specializing in forensic psychiatrics associated with patients involved in violent crimes. The two men and two women of the film fight stigma surround ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Emmy
The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS), the International Emmys are presented in recognition to the best television programs initially produced and aired outside the United States. The awards are presented at the International Emmy Awards Gala, held annually in November in New York City. It attracts over 1,200 television professionals. The first International Emmys ceremony was held in 1973, expanding what was originally a U.S.-only Emmy Award. History When the first Emmy Award ceremony took place on January 25, 1949, it only recognized programming produced in the United States. Founded in 1969, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (''IATAS'') is a membership based organization of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Kastner
Jamie Kastner is a Canadian writer, director and documentary filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. His company, Cave 7 Productions, produces both theatrical and television productions. Kastner is best known for his feature documentaries, including ''There Are No Fakes'', which premiered at '' HotDocs'' in 2019, ''The Skyjacker's Tale'' (2016) and '' The Secret Disco Revolution'', both of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Career Jamie Kastner is a member of a family of filmmakers. He is the nephew of actor Peter Kastner and filmmaker John Kastner. Kastner's grandmother, Rose, served as an associate producer on several of John Kastner's films, while his mother, Susan Kastner, was involved in the production of several of Jamie Kastner's films as a researcher. Kastner's wife Laura Baron Kastner is producer and business partner at Cave 7 Productions. Kastner worked as an associate producer and researcher on several of John Kastner's films, including 1997's Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kastner
Peter Kastner (1 October 1943 – 18 September 2008) was a Canadian-born actor who achieved prominence as a disaffected youth in movies of the 1960s. Life and career Kastner was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Rose and Martin Kastner. His family was Jewish. Kastner's first leading role was in the 1964 Canadian film '' Nobody Waved Goodbye'', which was a semi-improvised, documentary-style look at middle-class teenagers. He played an alienated young man, the son of a prosperous automobile dealer, who drifts into petty thievery. His breakthrough role was in the title role in Francis Ford Coppola's 1966 comedy ''You're a Big Boy Now'', which starred Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Rip Torn, Karen Black, and Julie Harris, in which Kastner played an earnest young man who moves from his parents' house to New York City and struggles with confusing relationships. He played a similar role as an earnest young advertising man swept up in the era in 1971's ''B.S. I Love You''. Kas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Post
The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with Monday released as a digital e-edition only.National Post to eliminate Monday print edition , June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017 The newspaper is distributed in the provinces of , |
Gemini Awards
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award, the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. In April 2012, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced that the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards would be discontinued and replaced by a new award ceremony dedicated to all forms of Canadian media, including television, film, and digital media, dubbed the "Canadian Screen Awards". The first annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on 4 March 2013. The Geminis c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Achievement Award
The Academy Achievement Award is an award presented by the Canadian Gemini Awards to an individual for their "exceptional, outstanding or ongoing contribution or service to the Canadian television industry." It is presented at the discretion of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (not necessarily every year). List of past recipients *1996: W.K. Donovan *1997: Arthur Weinthal *1998: Jim Burt *1999: A. Gordon Craig *2000: W. Paterson Ferns *2001: Dorothy Gardner *2002: Trina McQueen *2003: Michael Maclear *2007: John Kastner *2010: Linda Schuyler *2011: Christina Jennings See also * Canadian television awards Canadian Television Awards are given by several organizations for contributions in various fields of television in Canada. They include national and regional award shows. General Gemini Awards The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Ac ... References External linksGemini Awards: Special Awards Gemini Awards Lifetime achievement awards {{t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QMI Agency
The QMI Agency, a division of Quebecor Media, is an integrated news agency. Founded in 2008, it offers services to media customers in Quebec. Journalism QMI Agency engages in real-time news coverage for its subsidiaries and business partners. The clients include, among others, ''Le Journal de Montréal'', ''Le Journal de Québec'' , the '' 24H Montreal'' free newspaper and its various websites. QMI Agency has offices in Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. QMI Agency also offered services to various platforms of the Sun Media subsidiary, and, from 2011 to 2015, the Sun News Network. Principal customers * TVA Nouvelles * ''Journal de Montréal'' * ''Journal de Québec'' * LCN * '' 24H Montréal'' Criticism Several journalists and communication professionals questioned the fact that the creation of the QMI Agency in 2008 coincided with the expiration of the collective agreement for the employees of the ''Journal de Montréal'', just as negotiations were starting. The timing wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Free Press
''The London Free Press'' is a daily newspaper based in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Southwestern Ontario. History ''The London Free Press'' began as the ''Canadian Free Press'', founded by William Sutherland. It first began printing as a weekly newspaper on January 2, 1849. In 1852, it was purchased for $500 by Josiah Blackburn (and Stephen Blackburn), who renamed it ''The London Free Press and Daily Western Advertiser''. In 1855 Blackburn turned the weekly newspaper into a daily. From 1863 to 1936 ''The London Free Press'' competed for readership with the ''London Advertiser'', which was a daily evening newspaper. The ''Free Press'' has usually been a morning paper, but for many years, it also published an evening paper. Both morning and evening editions were published from the 1950s through to 1981, when the evening edition was permanently retired. The Blackburn family was also involved in other forms of media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize the achievements of the over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals, most notably through the Canadian Screen Awards The mandate of the Academy is to honour outstanding achievements; to heighten public awareness of and increase audience attendance of and appreciationпа of Canadian film and television productions; and to provide critically needed, high-quality professional development programs, conferences and publications. Background Since 2012, the Academy's primary national awards program is the Canadian Screen Awards, which were announced that year as a replacement for the formerly distinct Genie Award (for film) and Gemini Award (for television) ceremonies. The Prix Gémeaux for French-language television remains a separate awards program. The organization also administers the Prism Prize for music videos. The current chief executive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Gemini Awards
The 26th Gemini Awards was held on September 7, 2011 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The ceremony was broadcast live from the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, and aired on CBC Television. The show was hosted by Russell Peters, and included live musical performances by Jim Cuddy, Deborah Cox and City and Colour."Jim Cuddy, City and Colour, Deborah Cox to perform at Gemini Awards: Jim Cuddy, City and Colour to sing at Geminis". Canadian Press, September 1, 2011. Nominations were announced on August 3. As with most Gemini Awards ceremonies, awards in less prominent categories were presented in a series of advance events over the week leading up to September 7, with only the most prominent categories presented at the televised ceremony. These were the last Gemini Awards given before the establishment of the Canadian Screen Awards, which replaced the Geminis. Awards Best Dramatic Series *'' The Borgias'' - Myriad Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, ImageMovers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
