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Bate’s Car: Sweet as a Nut (Review)

May 18, 2016May 18, 2016ReviewBate's Car: Sweet as a Nut (Review), canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, National Film Board, NFB, review, Tony Lanzelo

Well, since everything else I tried to look at today was too weird to transcribe, I went for something a little more simple sounding and ancient. As one may have guessed, this is a film

News Today (Video)

May 18, 2016May 18, 2016Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, CRTC, Much Music Video Awards, TIFF, TIFF Bell Lightbox

Top stories include TIFF bringing out a new list of fun events for the summer, Broadcaster Magazine announces two awards for a Canadian Documentary, CRTC wants to know all about opinions on data plans, and

Exclusive – Sons 2 The Grave Part II

May 18, 2016July 31, 2019Exclusive, Interviewcanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Have Faith Productions, James Tripp-Haith, Lynne Stoltz, Sons 2 The Grave

Lynne Stoltz wrote a screenplay about a neighborhood where crime happens, homicides happen and nobody talks. A footbridge divides the poor neighbourhood from the wealthy. In the eyes of the law, one neighbourhood is always

Exclusive – Sons 2 The Grave Part I

May 18, 2016July 31, 2019Exclusive, InterviewBrad James, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, exclusive, Greg Alan Williams, Have Faith Productions, Justin Martin, Lynne Stoltz, Maria Howell, Messiah Harris, Sons 2 The Grave, Trevor Jackson

Give an artist a paintbrush and stand back. You will be in awe. A novelist turns to screenwriting. Prepare to be in awe again. Lynne Stoltz is a former novelist turned screenwriter/producer. Sons 2 The

Karate Kids (Review)

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016ReviewAnimation, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Karate Kids, Karate Kids (Review), National Film Board, NFB

Derek Lamb’s Karate Kids wasn’t what I expected. Back in the 1990s there were films aimed at young audiences which focused on topics considered too extreme for kids nowadays. Taking place in a generic third

Looking Back at DOXA 2016 (with Video)

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, documentary, DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, festivals

It was a good year for Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival, which wrapped up on Saturday. How good was it? It was so good that: Most film screenings at the Festival sold out in advance.