Canadian Independent Films

The Flying Man: Canadian Internet Movie on the Road to the Big Screen

June 22, 2016November 17, 2021Canadian Independent Filmscanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Marcus Alqueres, Nick Smyth, Scott Glassgold, Sony Pictures, The Flying Man, youtube

As far as internet sensations go, The Flying Man hit the jackpot. A short film uploaded three years ago to the video platform YouTube, Canadian-Brazilian sfx artist Marcus Alqueres’s thriller-sci-fi caught the attention of major

Stolen Path: A Lifelong Dream (With Trailer)

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016Canadian Independent Filmscanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Daniela Smitlener, Goldie Smitlener, Jacob Brkopac, National Canadian Film Day, Stolen Path

Teenage dreams die hard — and sometimes not at all. That’s the spirit this film was made in. Not only does it tell the story of a young woman determined to marry for love in

Jason Armstrong’s Inspiration, The Movie: Part I

August 3, 2015August 1, 2015Canadian Independent Filmscanadian independent film, Inspiration The Movie, Jason Armstrong, Jason Armstrong’s Inspiration, Skeleton Key Films

I recently sat down with Jason Armstrong, writer/director of Inspiration. We were both at our computers, but all the while maintaining eye contact. He was in Ontario, me in British Columbia. It was my first

A Pickle (Review)

July 6, 2015July 3, 2015Canadian Independent FilmsA Pickle, Canadian Indie Film Series, Indieflix, review

A Pickle is a sports-style film about a little boy named Charlie who steps into somebody’s house after breaking their window with his baseball. In the unlocked house, Charlie finds Mack the owner to be

Bite Set to Premiere at Fantasia

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015Canadian Independent FilmsBite, Black Fawn Films, Breakthrough Entertainment, Chad Archibald, Fantasia, Fantasia International Film Festival, horror film

(Via WireService.ca) Bite, a new horror film directed by Chad Archibald, will make its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival beginning July 14th in Montreal. It’s brought to the screen by Breakthrough Entertainment

Enemy Aliens: Bringing Their Story to Film

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015Canadian Independent Films2015 Banff World Media Festiva, canadian independent film, Enemy Aliens

(Via WireService.ca) Banff World Media Festival is an almost painfully appropriate place to bring Enemy Aliens into the spotlight — the feature-length historical drama is set in a World War I-era internment camp not far