(Via Wireservice.ca) Today marks the North American release of indie feature Kidnapped in Romania, starring Vancouver’s Andrea Stefancikova. She plays one of a pair of journalists whose car breaks down on a lonely road, leaving
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A Beautiful Planet, A CMT Offer, A VanChan Season, A Rain City Winner
(via CNW) In the Ontario Science Theatre, IMAX will be releasing a new space documentary on April 29. Toni Myers’ A Beautiful Planet will showcase footage of astronauts overlooking Earth and this documentary will also describe
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DV @ Hot Docs, Youth Film Competition, Out North — and Out of Big Brother
This year, for the first time ever, several of the films at Hot Docs will be available with described video and closed captioning, thanks to a partnership between the festival and Accessible Media Inc. (AMI).
Continue Reading1st in VR, 40th for Animation Fest
(Via PRNewswire) Trinity, the first live-action interactive film project shot in virtual real- ity, has begun production, announces Montreal VR production studio Unlimited. It’s a sci-fi adventure set in a futuristic world, where the viewer
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TIFF’s MacNaughton Goes to Washington, Grand Unified Theory Goes to Beijing, Director X Goes Across the Line
Things are looking different for TIFF this year as David MacNaughton has stepped down from the TIFF board of directors. MacNaughton has now taken on an important international role as Canadian ambassador to the United States.
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4DX at Cineplex, Visuals in Songs, and Canada in Memphis
(Via Marketwired) Cineplex is bringing 4DX, an immersive theatre technology, to Canada for the first time. “Amplifying the experience from watching a movie to almost being in it,” is how a media release describes 4DX.
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