(via CP/CBC) Two Animated Shorts from NFB to compete for nominations in the Oscars. If I Was God… and Carface are two popular Canadian animated shorts that look like potential Oscar winning material. Cordell Barker,
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Vancouver Web Fest 2016 Adds Another Night
(Via WireService.ca) The Vancouver Web Fest is growing — plans for the 2016 edition, taking place next March, have expanded to include another night of screenings and parties. (For our coverage of 2015’s VWF, start
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Rosewater (Review)
Another movie depicting freedom of speech under attack. Well, it was being screened on the same night as CitizenFour, so I guess they were the same subject matter. Taking place in Iran, a Canadian-Iranian journalist,
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Exclusive – Let Go by Isabel Dréan Part II
Isabel Dréan started her career as a broadcaster before moving onto producing then directing. She is best known in Quebec for her very successful web series Manigances. The series has 500,000 followers. It’s won multiple
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Citizenfour (Review)
Just last weekend, New Westminster had a film fest of its own — still small, but it’s already outgrown its original doc-only format. Amazing how things change over the years. The first film I saw
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Rising Stars at WFF, UBCP Awards, SYFF at AGO
(Via PRNewsWire) The 2015 Whistler Film Festival Rising Stars are Lauren Lee Smith, Jakob Davies, Taylor Russell and Rustin Gresiuk. The four, all from the Western Provinces and all stars of films premiering at WFF,
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