One of the big struggles about the film industry is basic money making and getting your movie out there. One of the great ways to support films though is simply by watching them at events
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SMPIA Members Take Home Yorkton Film Festival Awards
The Yorkton Film Festival took place over this weekend and a couple film production companies belonging to SMPIA have been honoured with Golden Sheaf awards: Play Creative Media and Partners in Motion. Play Creative Media
Continue ReadingWhat’s Up Doc?
It started 23 years ago not with a bang but more of a whisper, back when documentaries were still seen as a hoity-toity exercise in education and not mainstream entertainment. Now more than two decades
Continue ReadingCanadian Shorts at ICFF
(Via CNW) This year’s Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) “includes a bright spotlight on features and shorts by Italian Canadian filmmakers,” says Artistic Director Cristiano de Florentiis. With the Festival running for 11 days, June
Continue ReadingWhistler’s Great Outdoors Festival
(via wireservice.ca) As mentioned in today’s newscast, the Whistler Film Festival Society is hosting an adventure film series as a part of Whistler’s Great Outdoors Festival. In the third annual series so far, this edition of Adventure Film
Continue ReadingPhi Centre: Canada’s Virtual Reality Ambassador at Cannes
Festivalgoers at Cannes will get a chance to see how creators in Canada have been able to “tap into the infinite potential of virtual reality”, says Phi Centre, which along with SODEC (Société de développement
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