32 Sounds – an immersive sensory film experience featuring original music from Le Tigre’s JD Samson

posted Monday, May 8, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

32 Sounds is an immersive feature documentary and profound sensory experience from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground) featuring original music by JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN).  The film explores the elemental phenomenon of sound by weaving together 32 specific sound explorations into a cinematic meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders, and […]

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EL HOUB – Inspired by a true story, a Moroccan man comes out to his family

posted Sunday, May 7, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

EL HOUB tells the story of Moroccan-Dutch Karim (Fahd Larhzaoui), who tells his parents (Lubna Azabal and Slimane Dazi) that he is attracted to men. After years of keeping up appearances, the word is finally out. The difficult days that follow evoke beautiful and poignant memories. He realizes that he has to confront his family to […]

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You Can Live Forever – the longing lust of lesbian love

posted Thursday, May 4, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Lesbian, Queer, Streaming Online, Theatre

You Can Live Forever tells the story of Jaime (Anwen O’Driscoll), who lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario during the 1990s, and loves sci-fi, The Cure and getting high. And unbeknownst to anyone around her, she’s gay. When her father dies and her mother suffers a breakdown, she’s sent to Quebec’s Saguenay region to live with […]

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Little Richard: I Am Everything – a look back at the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll

posted Friday, April 28, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online

Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard’s complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon’s life […]

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Hot Docs celebrates 30 years of presenting local and international documentaries- April 27 to May 7, 2023

posted Thursday, April 27, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online, Toronto

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, taking place April 27 to May 7,2023 in Toronto. From 2848 film submissions, this year’s slate presents 214 films from 72 countries in 13 programs, and features 70 world and 33 international premieres. Over 100 […]

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Joyland – challenging Pakistan’s patriarchal society, and the right to be who you are

posted Monday, April 24, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Trans

Adapted from his award-winning short Darling, JOYLAND is the debut feature from writer-director Saim Sadiq, that explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider (Ali Junejo) lives with his wife Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq), his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, […]

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When Time Got Louder – sibling story of love and understanding

posted Thursday, April 20, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film

When Time Got Louder is a Canadian production from Connie Cocchia that’s partially based on her own life experiences growing up with a sibling with ASD. Leaving home for university, Abbie (Willow Shields) thrives as she experiences independence and self-actualization. However, she’s tormented by the knowledge that her brother Kayden (Jonathan Simao), who has autism […]

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National Canadian Film Day celebrates its 10th anniversary – April 19, 2023

posted Tuesday, April 18, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Streaming Online

National Canadian Film Day (CanFilmDay), presented by REEL CANADA, is bigger than ever for its tenth anniversary on April 19, 2023, with over 1300 live events taking place from coast-to-coast-to-coast, and approximately 120 events in nearly 45 countries around the world.   Highlights Canadian cinema suffered two important losses since our last CanFilmDay and both will be honoured […]

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Images Festival screens over 100 films, both online and in person – Apr 13 to 26, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, April 12, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Film, Streaming Online, Toronto

Images Festival takes place from April 13 to 26, 2023 at various venues throughout Toronto. This year’s festival will feature an incredible group of films, videos, performances, workshops and exhibitions by emerging and established artists, filmmakers, and creative practitioners from Toronto and around the world. This 36th annual event presents a nestling of two concepts: […]

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What’s Queer at Hot Docs Cinema – April 2023

posted Monday, April 10, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Toronto, Trans

A slate of captivating new docs premiere at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in April, including two captivating trans themed films.  Dressed in Blue is a rarely-seen landmark 1983 film that captures the experiences of six transgender women living in Madrid in the years following Spain’s transition to democracy.  Transformer chronicles the life of world […]

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