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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Films That Really ARE Films (As in 35mm)
It looks as if 35mm not only will not die — but, even in this digital age, it’s back in force. Xavier Dolan’s Grand Prix-winning Juste la fin du monde was made “using his preferred
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