Vancouver’s Cinematheque, western Canada’s largest film institute, is holding an open house this Saturday, June 13th, featuring a free screening of the classic 1959 comedy Some Like it Hot. Scout Magazine has the details.
The 2015 Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour, which we noted last month when it visited Sudbury, opens in Huntsville on Friday, June 5th, The Huntsville Forester reports via Muskokaregion.com. The festival, which shows the world’s best paddling films, hopes to inspire people to explore waterways and push their limits.
Chris Locke’s demo consists of him dying — literally. The comedian and actor finds that every screen part he plays has him getting killed, sometimes without even having any lines first, he tells Bill Brownstein of The Montreal Gazette. Right now, however, he’s back doing standup, and his Mini-Donuts Mini-Tour opens in Montreal tomorrow night.
Manitoba’s Film and Video Production Tax Credit and the Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit, originally set to run out at the end of next year, will be extended till 2019 according to Premier Greg Selinger, the CBC reports.
The Georgia Straight is asking film people to recommend “underrated, obscure, or just plain weird Canadian cinematic gems that Canadians should check out.” See why screenwriter Peggy Thompson chose the 1987 drama Loyalties.
Enemy Aliens, a feature film telling the story of two immigrant brothers interned during World War I, will be announced during the Banff World Media Festival starting on Sunday. Set near the site of the festival, the film will look back at a time when the wrong birthplace could make you an “enemy.” More on this project later.