A drama that focuses on Tamil immigrants, trying to adjust to their new lives in Canada. The film starts out with four guys in a car, heading down the street, while hip-hop music plays. After
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Theater of Life: Encore for Food
(via NFB) Theater of Life has recently finished shooting and is moving into post-production. This amazing new feature documentary talks about hunger and the waste of food, and how to fight both of these issues.
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Two Calls for Entries, and a Festival
(Via MarketWired) The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film has posted its 2016 call for entries. According to a media release, “photographers and filmmakers from around the world are encouraged to submit documentary
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2015 VIFF Industry comes to a perfect close
(Via WireService.ca) The 30th edition of VIFF’s Industry Conference has ended on a rather high note this year. There were 1685 delegates attending, along with 104 guest speakers. To begin, the conference held the VIFF
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Oscar and Optik
Night of the Slasher, which Nick reviews here, will be eligible for an Oscar nomination if it wins at either of the two Oscar qualifying festivals it’s screening at: the St. Louis International Film Festival
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Night of the Slasher (Review)
What can you accomplish all in one take? This short film explores the whole concept of a single take. I’ve been on several short film shoots like that, and man, those can be tedious. First
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