posted Friday, May 19, 2023
The End of Wonderland follows Tara Emory, a veteran performer who has worked independently in the sex industry since the early 2000s. Facing impending eviction from her massive studio, Wonderland, Tara must confront her family’s past of compulsive hoarders, her art, and herself. SNAPSH|OT REVIEW This is a very candid documentary that follows the daily […]
posted Thursday, May 11, 2023
Velvet Jesus tells the gripping story of a man’s desperate journey to discover the truth about his past. Along the way, he uncovers secrets about himself that will forever change the course of his life. Available from Breaking Glass Pictures. Available from Breaking Glass Pictures.
posted Sunday, May 7, 2023
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 […]
posted Thursday, May 4, 2023
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 […]
posted Thursday, May 4, 2023
The Lost Weekend, A Love Story reveals a missing chapter in The Beatles’ canon: the passionate 18-month relationship between John Lennon and his assistant May Pang. The film uses never-before-seen footage and photos, including interviews with Julian Lennon, to paint a complex and moving portrait of Pang and the late Beatle. Billed as “a weekend […]
posted Friday, April 28, 2023
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 […]
posted Thursday, April 27, 2023
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 […]
posted Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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 […]
posted Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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: […]
posted Thursday, March 30, 2023
In The Pilgrim, Will, an architect living in London, begrudgingly returns home after his estranged mother dies. Tasked with transporting her remains to their final resting place, he embarks on an odyssey through the American West, and begins to question the man he has become. Available from Freestyle Digital Media Pieces of Us is […]
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