THUNDER BAY – The Ontario government is investing nearly $20 million in more than 350 festivals and events across the province this year. The funding, made through Experience Ontario 2025, will help boost tourism, strengthen local economies and celebrate the best of Ontario’s communities. Today’s announcement was made by Stan Cho, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, along with Kevin …
Hungary – The next International Animation Film Festival will take place from June 8th to 14th 2025 and will pay tribute to Hungarian animation. It will also offer an immersive dive into the boundless creativity of music video, a flourishing field of experimentation! Finally, the 2025 edition will be an opportunity to celebrate an anniversary. Each year, the Annecy Festival offers professionals and the general public …
Toronto – The City of Toronto unveiled the 2025 recipients of the Cultural Festivals Funding Program (CFFP) comprising of 64 festivals across Toronto that will receive grants totalling $2,570,357. This represents an additional 15 festivals and a 33 per cent increase in program funding compared to 2024. Mayor Olivia Chow announced the funding this morning alongside Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Davenport) …
Father’s Letters Author/Director: Alexey EVSTIGNEEV (Russia) Graphic Artist: Dasha DOROFEEVA (Russia) Producers: Clémence CRÉPIN NEEL and Igor COURTECUISSE (moderato, France) In 1934, Professor Vangengheim is arrested in Moscow and sent to the Gulag Archipelago of the Solovki Islands. To protect his daughter, little Elya, from the reality of the regime and the Stalinist purges, he decides to let her believe, through his letters, that he has gone on …
Hungary – The Annecy International Animation Film Festival is thrilled to shine a light on the dazzling, culturally diverse feature films and shorts, as well as the vibrancy of the contemporary Hungarian production recently awarded at Annecy. “Despite the political turmoil, the historic richness of Hungarian animation has never faltered. For more than twenty years, many student films have heralded …
New Zealand – Come and celebrate 40 years supporting the worldwide animation film industry’s ecosystem, from 10th to 13th June 2025, and let’s prepare for the future together! Four decades have passed since the first International Animation Film Market graced the shores of Annecy Lake. The Mifa in 5 dates: 1985 – The first International Animation Film Market (Mifa) was launched …
DC- For the first time ever, Walt Disney Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Animation, Lucasfilm, Disney Television Animation and 20th Television Animation will come together at Annecy to celebrate the very best of creativity and innovation in animation. The Festival is thrilled to welcome the talented creators from The Walt Disney Company’s iconic studios to present a preview of their …
Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada will be in Cannes this year with Alex Boya’s animated short film Bread Will Walk, which has been selected to screen in the Directors’ Fortnight. Actor Jay Baruchel voices all the characters in the original English version of this frenetic, surrealist satire of our dehumanizing society, designed as a continuous shot. Organized by the Société des Réalisatrices et …
In 1903, a unique and magnificent Whaler’s shrine was shipped from Friendly Cove, on the far northwest coast of Canada, to the Museum of Natural History, New York. The shrine had lain at the cultural heart of the Mowachaht, whale hunters and fishermen who had lived at Friendly Cove for thousands of years. In the 1960s and ’70s, all but …
Ottawa – For generations, music has been at the heart of Saint Mary’s Bay, a vibrant Acadian community in southwestern Nova Scotia. It first took root in a secluded clearing called “le Trécarré,” away from the watchful eyes of local priests, and has since grown into a powerful cultural force. Far from being a relic of the past or a …
