(Via Wireservice.ca) Today marks the North American release of indie feature Kidnapped in Romania, starring Vancouver’s Andrea Stefancikova. She plays one of a pair of journalists whose car breaks down on a lonely road, leaving
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(Via Marketwired) How much can you say in one minute of silent film? That’s the challenge thrown out by the Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF). North America’s longest-running commuter film festival, now in its 10th
Continue Reading1st in VR, 40th for Animation Fest
(Via PRNewswire) Trinity, the first live-action interactive film project shot in virtual real- ity, has begun production, announces Montreal VR production studio Unlimited. It’s a sci-fi adventure set in a futuristic world, where the viewer
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TIFF’s MacNaughton Goes to Washington, Grand Unified Theory Goes to Beijing, Director X Goes Across the Line
Things are looking different for TIFF this year as David MacNaughton has stepped down from the TIFF board of directors. MacNaughton has now taken on an important international role as Canadian ambassador to the United States.
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4DX at Cineplex, Visuals in Songs, and Canada in Memphis
(Via Marketwired) Cineplex is bringing 4DX, an immersive theatre technology, to Canada for the first time. “Amplifying the experience from watching a movie to almost being in it,” is how a media release describes 4DX.
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Aiming for the Roses with Devil at Your Heels
(Via Wireservice.ca) The story of stuntman Ken Carter — aka the Mad Canadian — and his attempted leap over the St. Lawrence in a rocket car, aiming for a bed of roses on the U.S.
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