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News: Film Festivals and Final 6 Teams for Amazing Race Canada

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016Today's Top StoriesAmazing Race Canada, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bell Media, National Film Board of Canada, NFB, Telefilm Canada, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

Announcements regarding Canadian film festivals. (via PRnewswire) The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival is coming soon and is going to be headlined by two expert climbers as well as all about mountain climbing

Days to Remember

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016Today's Top Stories19 Days, Asha and Roda Siad, Chanie Wenjack, Heritage Minutes, Historica Canada, Krystal Nutarak, Mittimatalik, Naskumituwin (Treaty), National Film Board, NFB, Oceans North, Savannah Killiktee, Shane Belcourt, Siad sisters, Siad sisters Asha and Roda, Tallurutiup Tariunga, Wabunganung Film Company

19 Days, a short (half-hour) documentary about refugees at at the Margaret Chisholm Resettlement Centre in Calgary, is streaming free at the NFB site, the ever well-informed Eric Volmers of The Calgary Herald reports. The

Juke-Bar (Review)

May 30, 2016May 30, 2016ReviewAnimation, canadian independent film, Juke-Bar, Juke-Bar (Review), National Film Board, NFB, review

While Indieflix has run dry for me, I’ve had to find an alternative. I thought “Hey, maybe I won’t get so much weirdness now that Traveling is out of my reviews.” Boy, was I wrong.

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

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