(Via WireService.ca) One of a dozen upcoming heritage projects to receive support from the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC) is Becoming Edmonton, a documentary film project that will collect oral histories
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Churchill’s Island: A Documentary Review
On National Canadian Film Day, I decided to dwell in history and check out a film from 1941, streaming free on the NFB site. Churchill’s Island is a war themed documentary. This film explains the
Continue ReadingLooking Back on NCFD 2015
We told you yesterday about some of the National Canadian Film Day events being held all across the country in celebration of our people and their filmmaking accomplishments. Here are some more notes and quotes
Continue ReadingGood Stuff in Film Industry News Today in Canada
Good for them — Human Harvest, a Canadian documentary on organ harvesting in China, has won one of the 74th Annual Peabody Awards for Documentary, Broadcaster reports. Congratulations to filmmaker Leon Lee, Principal of Flying
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Sonja Bennett’s independent feature film Preggoland will open on May 1st in Toronto, Montreal, and the star/screenwriter’s hometown, Vancouver, according to Vancity Buzz. It’s a comedy about 35-year-old Ruth, whose life changes for the better when everyone
Continue Reading7 Canadian Docs Get $625,000 From Telefilm and Rogers
(Via CNW Group) Congratulations to the teams producing the seven feature-length documentaries to receive funding support, for production or post-production, under the Theatrical Documentary Program! Namely: Nettie Wild’s Faultlines Mila Aung-Thwin’s Let There Be Light
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