Yukon – Yukon comes to life through this sweeping roundup of films made across a span of eight decades.comes to life through this sweeping roundup of films made across a span of eight decades. How People Got Fire This introspective short animation takes place In the village of Carcross, in the Tagish First Nation. Neighbourhood pillar Grandma Kay tell the …
LA – Sandra Bullock is happy to return to Practical Magic 2 alongside Nicole Kidman. An insider said: “Nicole is someone she adores, and she can’t wait to spend more time with her.” Earlier, Nicole and Sandra confirmed that they would “return as witchy sisters Sally and Gillian Owens,” respectively after 25 years of their original movie
Montreal – Suzanne Guèvremont is pleased to announce that Julia Qiwen Zhu is the National Film Board of Canada’s new Chief Financial Officer and Director General, Finance and Administration, effective August 19. Julia Qiwen Zhu, CPA, CMA, brings more than 15 years of experience in performance planning, operational and commercial strategies, enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation and digital transformation across a wide range of sectors. “The NFB must continue to adapt to …
Montréal – The Quartier des spectacles de Montréal welcomes the ComediHa! comedy festival this summer for its 25th anniversary. Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED), along with the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Honourable Pascale St‑Onge, are unveiling the funding the Government of Canada has granted to the Festival International du Rire ComediHa! to …
Montreal – Vibrant new NFB productions will be launched in August: Audrey Nantel-Gagnon’s short Fire-Jo-Ball will be online as of August 2 and the documentary series Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land, by Graeme Mathieson and Chris Flanagan, will have its premiere on nfb.ca on August 23, the day after a special launch event in Toronto. The month of August is also packed with cultural and social happenings, and nfb.ca is a great place to explore current …
Toronto – National Film Board of Canada (NFB) At the height of the golden age of reggae, some of Jamaica’s brightest stars left their homeland to relocate to Toronto. Now their stories and the musical community they helped build are celebrated in Graeme Mathieson and Chris Flanagan’s captivating National Film Board of Canada (NFB) anthology series Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land, premiering August 23 on nfb.ca and the NFB’s …
London – Eminem has recently made history after he was honoured with prestigious BRIT Billion Award for reaching seven billion UK streams. According to the Official Charts Company, the singer was announced as first British artist to transcend seven billion streams on his songs. Eminem released his 12th studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) on July 12 and …
Ottawa – Lucah Rosenberg-Lee is a Toronto-based independent filmmaker, speaker and entrepreneur. Lucah was adopted from the Dominican Republic into a Toronto family, where he developed his love of activism through film and his passion to tell stories of marginalized voices. Lucah has produced and directed a variety of film projects, including Passing and For Nonna Anna, that have been screened at TIFF, Inside …
Toronto – Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee’s award-winning Banger Films/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) feature documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story is opening in cinemas across Canada beginning August 16, distributed by the NFB. Nashville-born soul singer Jackie Shane boldly carved a new path as one of music’s pioneering Black trans performers—but on the edge of stardom, why did she suddenly leave the spotlight? Any Other Way: The …
LA – David Arquette has talked about his cameo in upcoming Scream 7 movie. A fan asked him about seeing the character Dewey Riley “in some form of a flashback sequence” in the forthcoming movie. David said, “I don’t think so — I mean, I don’t know! I guess there’s a chance, but I haven’t gotten any calls or anything.”
