Toronto Black Film Festival celebrates its 10 anniversary – Feb 16 to 21, 2022

posted Tuesday, February 15, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Canada’s largest Black cultural event during Black History Month, the Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF), is celebrating its 10th anniversary, February 16 – 21, with a bigger and stronger ONLINE programming! Created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, presented by TD Bank Group (TD) in collaboration with Global News, TBFF commemorates this important milestone with a record number of 200 films from 30 countries. Part of the TD 2022 Black History Month Series, […]

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Worst To First: The True Story of Z100 New York Radio

posted Friday, February 11, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

WORST TO FIRST is a feature-length documentary that portrays the against-all-odds inspirational story of the launch of the iconic and most successful radio station in history, New York City’s Z100. In 1983, Z100 launched from the swamps of New Jersey, where no artist would venture, and the DJs had to buy their own records just to […]

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Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) goes online February 11 – 28, 2022

posted Wednesday, February 9, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online

The Yukon Film Society (YFS) announces it is shifting its 20th annual Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) to online and moving the dates to February 11- 28, 2022. The annual festival will feature 60+ films online, an online industry conference, and other virtual events over the 18 days of the festival. ALFF 2022 highlights Indigenous […]

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The Other Me – a mind expanding surreal visual world, courtesy of David Lynch

posted Friday, February 4, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

In The Other Me, Irakli (Jim Sturgess) is an aspiring architect thrown into turmoil when diagnosed with a debilitating eye disease. As his condition worsens, a surreal visual world opens up to him causing him to question his life’s choices, his career, and his marriage to an increasingly frustrated Nutsa (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) who struggles with […]

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In The Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand – road trip that includes music and porn stars

posted Monday, January 31, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

In The Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand tells the story of Antonis and Christos, two friends who are down on their luck, disconnected from modern society and surviving mainly on Christos’ unemployment benefit. Their only escape in life is their passion for music and their 8-bit band, called Speed_28. The two friends are united by […]

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The Last Days of Innocence – embracing youthful adventures before settling into adulthood

posted Sunday, January 30, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

When adulthood looms, naivety may fade – but the urge to play can take on a disturbing new dimension. These four beguiling stories from Switzerland, North Macedonia, France, and the Czech Republic, explore these years of youthful wonder with a deftness and artistry that lingers. New Queer Visions are the purveyors of awesome gay European […]

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Therapy Dogs – Mississauga shot film offers real life depiction of high school life pre-pandemic

posted Thursday, January 27, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

A pair of Mississauga guerrilla-style young student filmmakers have beaten the odds, and have been selected to premiere their low-budget indie flick as part of the Narrative Features category at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival, taking place online from January 27 to February 6, 2022. SNAPSHOT REVIEW Therapy Dogs takes viewers inside Cawthra Park Secondary School in Mississauga, […]

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Slamdance Film Festival features 28 features, 79 shorts, and 7 episodes – Jan 27 to Feb 6, 2022 (Online)

posted Thursday, January 27, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

 Slamdance Film Festival, the premiere film festival and organization “by filmmakers, for filmmakers,” today announced the full lineup for its 28th edition hybrid festival. Known for challenging the status quo, Slamdance and its artist-led community have long held a reputation for discovering talent, often overlooked by the mainstream, that go on to change the entertainment […]

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Home – released from prison, returning home is his only option

posted Monday, January 24, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

When a 40-year-old man returns home from prison, he must confront the demons of his past. Marvin (Jake McLaughlin) is released from prison after serving his sentence for killing an elderly lady in his home town. Not much is divulged on the killing, other than it happened, yet not knowing if it was accidental or […]

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Curtains up for the 12th edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival – Jan 14 to Feb 14, 2022 (Online)

posted Friday, January 14, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

Enjoy the best of new generation French cinema from the comfort of your own home. The principle is simple: 30 films, subtitled in 10 languages, available for 30 days and on more than 70 platforms around the world. Feature films are free in many countries and short films are free worldwide. From today until February […]

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