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 […]
posted Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Following a premiere at SXSW in 2019, YES, GOD, YEShas gone on to receive critical acclaim, and awards. In the Midwest in the early 00s, sixteen-yes-old Alice (Natalia Dyer) has always been a good Catholic girl. But when an AOL chat turns racy, she discovers masturbation and becomes guilt-ridden. Seeking redemption, she attends a mysterious religious […]
posted Sunday, November 1, 2020
OUTtv, Canada’s only and the world’s first LGBTQ+ television network and streaming service announced today a gripping new true crime docu-series coming to the network this fall. The true crime series, which includes Killer in the Village, The Cobra Killers and Surviving the Block will premiere on OUTtv on Saturday, November 7th at 9pm ET/PT […]
posted Thursday, October 29, 2020
Belle returns to her rural Nova Scotia home for her father’s funeral. Having caused her mother Nancy considerable consternation when she came out as a lesbian teen, Belle is now desperate to keep secret from her mother that she’s been in a relationship with a man for the last two years. Sofia Banzhaf (Closet Monster) […]
posted Monday, October 26, 2020
DEDALUS is a fiction triptych portraying community, love, and loss. 1) In rural Iowa, a grocery cashier watches helplessly as classmates conceal their act of sexual violence against his teenaged step-sister. Will she keep the child? 2) A hustler tricks for food, shelter, and intimacy during a winter in New York City. A young woman […]
posted Monday, October 26, 2020
Rialto is a complex story about a man who’s life is in free-fall. A man who is making all the wrong decisions after the loss of his father. The film is about men and their inability to express emotions due to societal pressures. Colm (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) finds a safe space to talk about his emotions, […]
posted Thursday, October 22, 2020
Okay, it’s called WEED & WINE, but really… it’s about parenting in times of uncertainty, and about the preciousness and precariousness of family. It is, of course, also about weed and wine if you happen to enjoy those. Continents apart from one another, two farming families aim to reinvent themselves on their land. One family—a strong-willed […]
posted Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The Rendezvous with Madness Festival is the first and largest arts and mental health festival in the world. Using art as the entry point to illuminate and investigate the realities and mythologies surrounding mental illness and addiction, programming spotlights the human capacity for endurance in the face of great challenges. As community members are feeling […]
posted Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The 28th annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival begins October 22, 2020, and like most other festivals, it’s going virtual this year. The Festival will stream a curated program of 50+ films showcasing the best in Jewish-content film from Canada and around the world. theBUZZ recommends the following three films, each depicting LGBT representation. Sublet, […]
posted Friday, October 16, 2020
Hot Docs has added the new monthly film series For Viola to its VOD platform Hot Docs at Home. Named in honour of Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond, the important documentary series will centre around Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC)-led stories and filmmakers. This fall, the series will feature Charles Officer’s 2017 Festival doc Unarmed […]
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