posted Friday, November 20, 2020
The TIFF 2019 favourite film, SOUND OF METAL, is about a heavy metal drummer whose life is upended when he loses his hearing. Ruben (Riz Ahmed) and Lou (Olivia Cooke) live together, two nomads traveling gig to gig on an endless American tour. Their music is loud, frenzied and passionate, until one day Ruben is overwhelmed […]
posted Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Trans Scripts centres on the lives of seven transgender women. These true stories, compiled from over 70 interviews from around the world, are honest, funny, moving, insightful and inspiring. But most of all, they are human, shedding light not on our differences, but on what all people share. Presented as part of Trans Awareness Week. Co-presented […]
posted Tuesday, November 17, 2020
As with most other film festivals worldwide, the 23rd annual Cinéfranco festival of International and Canadian Francophone cinema will be held online from Saturday, November 20 – Saturday, November 28, 2020 with 17 features, two shorts programs, post-screening conversations and panels. Two new films will be added daily with 48 hr for a household to view […]
posted Sunday, November 15, 2020
Jim Beam Bourbon Presents Live From Inside have added an exciting new drag event that is broadcasting live from the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Bring It To The Ballroom features live performances from Canada’s Drag Race superstars, Priyanka, Jimbo the Drag Clown, and Scarlett Bobo streaming live on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Fresh from competing […]
posted Wednesday, November 11, 2020
After her decision to end an unwanted pregnancy, 34-year-old Bridget reluctantly agrees to nanny the bright and rambunctious Frances, forming an unexpected bond with the girl and her parents. At the start of the summer, Bridget (Kelly O’Sullivan) has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in an affluent Chicago suburb – nannying […]
posted Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Set-in Ireland during the mid-90’s, ‘Eddie’ and ‘Amber’ are in the closet about their sexuality and decide to stage a relationship to stop everyone speculating. Eddie is determined to follow in his father’s footsteps and enlist in the military after graduation. Amber has her sights set on moving to London. Dreams are good, but dreams don’t help […]
posted Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The Climb is about a tumultuous but enduring platonic relationship between two men across many years of laughter, heartbreak and rage. It’s also the story of real-life best friends who turn their profound connection into a rich, humane and frequently LOL film about the boundaries (or lack thereof) in all close friendships. The story unfolds […]
posted Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Filmed over the course of five years in Kansas City, TRANSHOOD is an inspiring chronicle of the lives of four young people and their families, as they all navigate with the issues around growing up transgender in America’s heartland. The documentary offers a long-range insight into the unique journeys of four transgender youths (ages 4, 7, […]
posted Monday, November 9, 2020
The 2020 European Union Film Festival is moving online and it’s going Canada-wide, from November 13 to 29, 2020. Usually held in movie theatres in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, due to the realities of COVID-19 the EUFF arrives this year as a virtual online event featuring not only 27 films from 27 European Union Member […]
posted Wednesday, November 4, 2020
When a naive pre-med student named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home and meets an elderly Cuban jazz musician named Luis, she discovers that music triggers Luis’ memories and uses it to break him out of his dementia, and to create moments of lucidity and joy. At the heart of THE […]
