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Maya Bankovic
Maya Bankovic (born December 15, 1984) is a Canadian cinematographer. She is most noted for her work on the 2020 film ''Akilla's Escape'', for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. She has received several prior CSA nominations for her work in television, receiving three nods for Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series for ''Workin' Moms'' and two nods for Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series for her work on '' In the Making''. She won the award in the latter category at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. Her other credits have included the films ''A Touch of Grey'', '' My Prairie Home'', '' Tru Love'', ''Below Her Mouth'', ''The Rainbow Kid'', '' Wexford Plaza'', '' What Is Democracy?'', ''Easy Land'' and ''I Was Lorena Bobbitt'', for which she was nominated in the Best Photography, Drama category at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards and by the ''Canadian Society of Cinematographers''. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieWire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming." IndieWire is part of Penske Media. History The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for independent film." Following in the footsteps of various web- and AOL-based editorial ventures, IndieWire was launched as a free daily email publication in the summer of 1996 by New York- and Los Angeles-based filmmakers and writers Eugene Hernandez, Mark Rabinowitz, Cheri Barner, Roberto A. Quezada, and Mark L. Feinsod. Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997. In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to begin their coverage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Below Her Mouth
''Below Her Mouth'' is a 2016 Canadian erotic romantic drama film directed by April Mullen and written by Stephanie Fabrizi. The film stars Natalie Krill as Jasmine and Erika Linder as Dallas, two women in Toronto who meet and begin a passionate love affair. The cast also includes Tommie-Amber Pirie, Mayko Nguyen, Elise Bauman, Melanie Leishman, and Sebastian Pigott. Plot While having sex with her girlfriend Joslyn, a roofer named Dallas finds herself sexually frustrated by not being able to fully have an orgasm while Joslyn has a massive one. Despite Joslyn's pleas, Dallas breaks up with her. Meanwhile, Jasmine, a successful fashion designer, is happily engaged to a man named Rile. He leaves her behind while going on a business trip. Later that night Jasmine, despite claiming to be straight, goes to a lesbian bar with her friend Claire, to be her wing woman. While in the bar's bathroom, Jasmine meets Dallas who finds herself to be immediately attracted to Jasmine. Dallas soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Women Cinematographers
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Canadian Cinematographers
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Mayor Of Kingstown
''Mayor of Kingstown'' is an American crime thriller television series created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon. The series premiered on November 14, 2021, on Paramount+. In February 2022, the series was renewed for a second season which is set to premiere on January 15, 2023. Premise According to the Paramount+ description of the series, "''Mayor of Kingstown'' follows the powerful McLusky family, power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption, and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither." Cast Main * Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky, originally starting off as right-hand man for his older brother Mitch, Mike takes over as "Mayor" after Mitch's death in the first episode. The middle McLusky brother, Mike spent his whole childhood dreaming of getting out of Kingstown. Later in the season, we learn tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Society Of Cinematographers
The Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) ('' French:'' Société canadienne des cinéastes) is a non-profit Canadian trade organization with over 500 members whose mission is to promote the artistic creativity and required skills for cinematography. Members of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers have achieved National recognition for their work in various areas of film: feature films, documentaries, television series', specials and commercials. Fully accredited members to this society are permitted to put the letters ''C.S.C.'' or ''csc'' after their names. The Canadian Society of Cinematographers hosts an annual Awards Gala in Toronto, ON that recognizes the accomplishments of Canadian cinematographers. In 2017, they celebrated their 60th anniversary of the CSC Awards Gala. History The idea to form the Canadian Society of Cinematographers originated from the inspiration of four cameramen: Herbert Alpert csc asc, M. Jackson-Samuels csc, Fritz Spiess csc and Bob Brooks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Was Lorena Bobbitt
''I Was Lorena Bobitt'' is a 2020 Canadian-American dramatic television film, directed by Danishka Esterhazy.Megan Sunday"'I Was Lorena Bobbitt' lets Bobbitt tell her side of the story" ''The Spool'', May 27, 2020. The film stars Luke Humphrey and Dani Montalvo as John and Lorena Bobbitt, the Virginia couple whose troubled marriage became international news in 1993 when Lorena cut off her husband's penis with a knife. Although primarily acted as a dramatic story, the film also includes some narration by Lorena Bobbitt Gallo herself.Stacy Lambe"Lorena Bobbitt on Reclaiming Her Story With New Lifetime Film" '' Entertainment Tonight'', May 22, 2020. Its cast also included Niamh Wilson, Patrice Goodman, Richard Clarkin and Dan Lett Daniel Frederick Lett (born April 16, 1959) is a Canadian actor. He has acted in films, theatre and television. His principal roles have been in the series '' F/X'', ''The X-Files'', '' E.N.G.'', '' Street Legal'', ''Wind at My Back'', and '' Mad .... T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Land
''Easy Land'' is a 2019 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Sanja Zivkovic. The film stars Mirjana Joković and Nina Kiri as Jasna and Nina, a mother (a trained Architect) and daughter from Serbia who are struggling to adapt to their new lives after emigrating to Canada as refugees. The film's cast also includes Daniel Kash, Richard Clarkin, Sarah Deakins, Arlene Duncan and Sugith Varughese. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. CBC News
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What Is Democracy?
''What Is Democracy?'' is a 2018 documentary film written and directed by Astra Taylor. The documentary blends everyday experience and political theory to address questions viewed as central to democracy. Interview subjects include academics, activists, politicians, refugees, trauma surgeons, students, and a barber. While attempting to address the primary question, the documentary also looks at pressing issues of contemporary times, including the Greek debt crisis. In the documentary, Taylor suggests that the current form of democracy is bad and people should seek a more direct democracy. Reviewers noted that the documentary never directly answers the title question. Summary At the beginning of the documentary, Astra Taylor discusses the meaning of ''The Allegory of Good and Bad Government'' with Silvia Federici in front of the fresco. In this discussion, Federici highlights that early European democracies recognized that a democracy came with its winners and its losers. The di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wexford Plaza
''Wexford Plaza'' is a 2016 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Joyce Wong and starring Reid Asselstine and Darrel Gamotin. The film centres on Betty (Reid Asselstine), a lonely young woman who takes a job as a security guard at a strip mall in the Scarborough area of Toronto, and becomes attached to Danny (Darrel Gamotin), a bartender in the mall. Midway through, however, the film shifts to Danny's perspective, retelling the building of their relationship from his side. The cast also includes Francis Melling, Ellie Posadas, Mirko Miljevic, Mitchell Jaramillo and Ann Paula Bautista. Although the mall in the film is similarly named to Toronto's real-life Wexford Heights Plaza, the film was actually shot at a closed strip mall in North York. The film premiered at the Torino Film Festival in 2016, and screened at several film festivals throughout 2017 before having its commercial premiere in Canada in November 2017. The Toronto Film Critics Association named the film as a fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rainbow Kid
''The Rainbow Kid'' is a 2015 Canadian drama film directed by Kire Paputts. It was shown in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film, an expansion of Paputts' prior short film ''Rainbow Connection'', stars Dylan Harman as Eugene, a teenage boy with Down syndrome who sees a rainbow following a thunderstorm and, inspired by his favourite book, sets off on a journey to find the pot of gold at the end of it."Searching For A Pot Of Gold; Rainbow Kid avoids usual pitfalls and finds success on many levels". ''Ottawa Citizen'', 6 May 2016. Cast * Dylan Harman as Eugene * Krystal Nausbaum as Anna * Nicholas Campbell as Bill * Julian Richings Julian Richings (born 30 August 1956)''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at Ancestry.com is a British-Canadian character actor. He has appeared in over 225 films and television series. Career After touring t ... as Elvis Grimes References External links * * 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
