(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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Angell’s Demons? And Others
(via CBC.ca) Archive video shows royal visit in 1939. Recently, some rare archive video footage from 1939 has been uploaded to YouTube. The footage starts out with kids in Burnaby, BC, setting up for a
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Slamdance, TIFF in St. Albert, and Grease on CTV
(via CBC.ca) Regina made film to be shown at Slamdance this year. 8mm film Red is Dead by Dianne Ouellette features her mother dealing with the struggles of lung cancer while showing footage of animals
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Films of Everyday Syria, Residential School Voices, and a 13-Year Commercial Break
The Vancouver Courier has a piece on Abounaddara, “an anonymous collective of volunteer, self-taught artists whose weekly short films offer a glimpse of the lives of ordinary Syrians.” The films offer an alternative view to the
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News before the weekend
(via CNW) CTV has ordered the gripping Drama series Cardinal which focuses on a murder mystery in a six-part drama series, each episode an hour long. Originally developed by Aubrey Nealon in 2011, Cardinal was
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Watching TV, Watching Birds, Watching Winners
The Vancouver Sun’s Weekend Extra has more news on how well the film and TV industry is doing in the city, in an article by Bruce Constantineau. Also, The Financial Post’s Catherine McIntyre explores why
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