Last night I volunteered at a monthly gathering known as the Celluloid Social Club. Once a month at the ANZA club in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, filmmaker Paul Armstrong holds this evening event for filmmakers, movie enthusiasts,
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Apocalypse Story: A Review
Apocalypse Story, by Jeffrey P. Nesker, is about someone trying to figure out who exactly they are, even after the world has been destroyed. It starts with our protagonist Claire, walking through the ruins of Ontario
Continue ReadingVOD at NFB: New Channels for Indies and Docs
(Via CNW) The National Film Board is launching two new video-on-demand channels today at nfb.ca: One each dedicated to “the finest in Canadian and international independent feature films” and “point-of-view documentaries from around the world,”
Continue Reading7 Canadian Docs Get $625,000 From Telefilm and Rogers
(Via CNW Group) Congratulations to the teams producing the seven feature-length documentaries to receive funding support, for production or post-production, under the Theatrical Documentary Program! Namely: Nettie Wild’s Faultlines Mila Aung-Thwin’s Let There Be Light
Continue ReadingIt Haunts Me and Cold Blood: Double Drama Review
I’ve decided to look even further back into Canadian short films and discovered one of the first Canadian movies to hit Indieflix: It Haunts Me, which is a drama for all ages. The movie stars
Continue ReadingMilk Premieres at Hot Docs this Month
(Via WireService.ca) Milk, a documentary by Noemi Weis, will have its world premiere at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto on April 27th. The film explores the challenges faced by mothers in both
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