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Exclusive – The Energy Within at GPIFF

January 12, 2018January 12, 2018Exclusive, InterviewGPIFF, Samuel de Ceccaty, The Energy Within

I’m always inspired when I watch a film with a positive message. The film, The Energy Within does it so well. The film centers around an athlete that tries to hide the fact that she’s

Woodman is growing through film festivals

January 11, 2018January 6, 2018AnnouncementsPeter New, Woodman

Does anyone remember last year when Crazy 8’s 2017 showcased a short film about a little wooden puppet? Well, the short film’s reputation has been growing like a tree sapling overtime and it’s going to

Wake in Fright and the Gift of the Restored Classic

January 10, 2018January 9, 2018ReviewTod Kotcheff, Wake in Fright

It is not entirely unusual for a film’s original print to get lost in the processes of history. In actual fact, they estimate that just over 75% of U.S. silent films are forever lost, and

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone – Review

January 9, 2018January 7, 2018ReviewDan Carmody, Ivan Reitman, Peter Strauss, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

During the second generation of 3-D motion pictures that spawned off the post-Star Wars sci-fi boom, then-rising star Canadian producers Ivan Reitman and Don Carmody hopped onto the bandwagon with their post-apocalyptic space western, Spacehunter:

Exclusive – Ari Gold Brings The Song of Sway Lake to GPIFF

January 8, 2018November 17, 2021Exclusive, InterviewAri Gold, The Song of Sway Lake

When a filmmaker produces a film, the expectation for the audience to understand their vision can sometimes be overwhelming. They’ve created a story that they hope will resonate, move, grip, inspire, provoke, evoke emotion and

Exclusive – Story of a Girl Comes to Whistler

January 5, 2018January 5, 2018Exclusive, InterviewKyra Sedgwick, Story of a Girl, Tyler Johnston

Most people go to Whistler in December for the skiing and snowboarding. I brought my toboggan and was laughed off the ski hill, but that’s another story. I was actually there for the Whistler Film