When you think of feature length Indy films, usually film students do not come to mind. However, in the case of the film Raw, they have definitely shattered that glass ceiling. I was very fortunate
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News from Newfoundland: Flankers & Riverhead
About a year ago, Newfoundland director Justin Oakey presented his 15-minute film Flankers and immediately charmed the festival circuit audience with a rough, hard-hearted story of feuding fishermen in the rural islands of the North.
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Hippypocalypse & the Midnight Grind Series
1960s exploitation films have been a campy little treasure of underground cinema — and now young Toronto-based filmmakers are bringing them back in all their gore and glory. PM Pictures is Director Carlo Schefter, Producer
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Interviewing the Filmmakers – 1 Year Later
When I began interviewing filmmakers one year ago, I had been writing screenplays, attended many pitch-fests, attended many film festivals and been to film school. I really thought I had a pretty good idea of
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Beyond National Aboriginal Day
National Aboriginal Day 2016 (June 21st) saw announcements of several initiatives that will work to give more of a voice, through film and other media, to the First Nations of this country. CBC Docs (via
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Changing a “Making It” Mentality to a Sustainable Career Mindset
As a screenwriting lecturer at a prestigious film school in the States, I sometimes hear my wonderful students talk grandly about “making it” in the film industry. Though their ambition is appreciated, a filmmaker’s focus
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