2016 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Feature Film Nominations that screened at VIFF Best Motion Picture Brooklyn – Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey The Forbidden Room – Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso, Phyllis Laing, David Christensen, Guy Maddin My Internship in Canada | Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre – Luc Déry, Kim McCraw Our Loved Ones | … Continue reading
The Academy Award race may have become a little clearer after the People’s Choice Award at TIFF was awarded to the drama Room at the end of the 11 day festival. Although Canadian-made films aren’t always likely to receive this type of success at TIFF, Room prevailed over the other films and received the prestigious $15,000 … Continue reading
Be sure to check out any of these films for a guaranteed laugh at VIFF this year! No Men Beyond This Point (Canada | DIR: Mark Sawers ) In a world where women procreate asexually, male babies have become passé and an entire gender faces extinction… What’s a guy to do? Well, the youngest man alive … Continue reading
You know that persistent buzz that’s been ringing in your ear for the past week? It’s been emanating from a certain film festival in Central Canada that suddenly has everyone talking about movies. Of course, as the National Post recently noted, TIFF isn’t the only celluloid show in town (by which we mean country). This year, … Continue reading
Let these films captivate you with their awe inspiring images on the big screen at VIFF. Charlotte’s Song: Think Pan’s Labyrinth meets Carnivale and you’ll still be unprepared for this astonishing debut from Done Four Productions and director Nicholas Humphries. In this Dust Bowl-era reimagining of The Little Mermaid, an amphibious siren (Katelyn Mager) falls … Continue reading
2015 Programming Sneak peak! While we’re not allowed to announce titles just yet, I did want to share with you a couple of focuses and strands which will be prevalent at this year’s festival. * This was a great year for ITALIAN filmmaking, there are quite a few films which show the literary and touristic … Continue reading
