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With Hot Docs’ marquee market event the Forum and its sidebar operations back to live action, and the festival’s 30th anniversary adding a layer of buzzy excitement, docmakers and industry pros from Western Canada are hauling out a bumper crop of adventurous docs for audiences and buyers, and chatting in the real world about new projects with potential Canadian and international partners and funders.
Nine Western Canada-made doc features span Hot Docs’ programs, with stories that go deeper into landscapes and beyond cultural stereotypes.
Kathleen Jayme’s and Asia Youngman’s “I’m Just Here for the Riot” (ESPN 30 for 30), about violence that erupted after the Vancouver Canucks’ loss of the Stanley Cup final in 2011, is one of three titles world-premiering in the Canadian Spectrum competition.
“The riot was a story that no one had ever really talked about,” said Youngman, who’s currently working on a film about...
Nine Western Canada-made doc features span Hot Docs’ programs, with stories that go deeper into landscapes and beyond cultural stereotypes.
Kathleen Jayme’s and Asia Youngman’s “I’m Just Here for the Riot” (ESPN 30 for 30), about violence that erupted after the Vancouver Canucks’ loss of the Stanley Cup final in 2011, is one of three titles world-premiering in the Canadian Spectrum competition.
“The riot was a story that no one had ever really talked about,” said Youngman, who’s currently working on a film about...
- 5/4/2023
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
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Toronto’s Hot Docs film festival has decided that Canadian media producer Bonnie Thompson will be the recipient of this year’s prestigious Don Haig Award. Thompson is the producer behind Cam Christiansen’s “Echo of Everything,” a feature length documentary exploring the power of music, which will have its world premiere at Hot Docs’ 30th-anniversary festival, on now until May 7.
The Don Haig Award is presented to an outstanding Canadian independent producer with a feature-length film at the festival, with the recipient being selected by a jury of independent filmmakers. The award recognizes creative vision and entrepreneurship, as reflected in the recipient’s body of work, as well as a track record of mentoring emerging Canadian filmmakers. Thompson will be presented with a $5,000 cash prize, courtesy of the Don Haig Foundation.
Thompson said: “As a producer, it’s been a privilege to experience incredibly diverse worlds and communities and...
The Don Haig Award is presented to an outstanding Canadian independent producer with a feature-length film at the festival, with the recipient being selected by a jury of independent filmmakers. The award recognizes creative vision and entrepreneurship, as reflected in the recipient’s body of work, as well as a track record of mentoring emerging Canadian filmmakers. Thompson will be presented with a $5,000 cash prize, courtesy of the Don Haig Foundation.
Thompson said: “As a producer, it’s been a privilege to experience incredibly diverse worlds and communities and...
- 5/2/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Wall National Film Board of Canada Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net by: Harvey Karten Director: Cam Christiansen Screenwriter: David Hare Cast: David Hare Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 3/8/19 Opens: April 3, 2019 at Film Forum in NY If you wonder why the animation, which informs the whole of this feature, is black-and-white, you might […]
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- 3/27/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
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Though he's better known for his work behind the camera as the Oscar-nominated writer of The Hours and The Reader, as well as the recent Netflix series Collateral, David Hare takes a starring role front and center in Wall. Or at least an animated version of him does.
"This is not Disney, this is not Pixar," says Hare about the visually jarring, black-and-white film directed by Cam Christiansen that is screening in competition at the Annecy Animated Film Festival. "This is deliberately handcrafted and takes animation back to what you might call a poetic roughness, rather than that very finished ...
"This is not Disney, this is not Pixar," says Hare about the visually jarring, black-and-white film directed by Cam Christiansen that is screening in competition at the Annecy Animated Film Festival. "This is deliberately handcrafted and takes animation back to what you might call a poetic roughness, rather than that very finished ...
- 6/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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Though he's better known for his work behind the camera as the Oscar-nominated writer of The Hours and The Reader, as well as the recent Netflix series Collateral, David Hare takes a starring role front and center in Wall. Or at least an animated version of him does.
"This is not Disney, this is not Pixar," says Hare about the visually jarring, black-and-white film directed by Cam Christiansen that is screening in competition at the Annecy Animated Film Festival. "This is deliberately handcrafted and takes animation back to what you might call a poetic roughness, rather than that very finished ...
"This is not Disney, this is not Pixar," says Hare about the visually jarring, black-and-white film directed by Cam Christiansen that is screening in competition at the Annecy Animated Film Festival. "This is deliberately handcrafted and takes animation back to what you might call a poetic roughness, rather than that very finished ...
- 6/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In this compelling animated documentary, director Cam Christiansen and playwright-screenwriter David Hare (The Hours, The Reader) explore the causes and effects of the 700-plus kilometer barrier erected over a decade ago along the West Bank and other areas dividing Israel from Palestine.
Known as the "separation fence" by Israelis and the "racial segregation wall" by Palestinians, the $4 billion structure, which was ostensibly built to curb terrorism and has been largely successful in that regard, is at once symbolic of the current deadlocked state of Middle Eastern affairs and proof of the continuing hardships suffered by the Palestinian people....
Known as the "separation fence" by Israelis and the "racial segregation wall" by Palestinians, the $4 billion structure, which was ostensibly built to curb terrorism and has been largely successful in that regard, is at once symbolic of the current deadlocked state of Middle Eastern affairs and proof of the continuing hardships suffered by the Palestinian people....
- 6/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In this compelling animated documentary, director Cam Christiansen and playwright-screenwriter David Hare (The Hours, The Reader) explore the causes and effects of the 700-plus kilometer barrier erected over a decade ago along the West Bank and other areas dividing Israel from Palestine.
Known as the "separation fence" by Israelis and the "racial segregation wall" by Palestinians, the $4 billion structure, which was ostensibly built to curb terrorism and has been largely successful in that regard, is at once symbolic of the current deadlocked state of Middle Eastern affairs and proof of the continuing hardships suffered by the Palestinian people....
Known as the "separation fence" by Israelis and the "racial segregation wall" by Palestinians, the $4 billion structure, which was ostensibly built to curb terrorism and has been largely successful in that regard, is at once symbolic of the current deadlocked state of Middle Eastern affairs and proof of the continuing hardships suffered by the Palestinian people....
- 6/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Recently named to the Toronto International Film Festival's Canada's Top Ten list, we have been vocal admirers of independent animator Cam Christiansen since we first came across his fantastic short I Have Seen The Future back in 2007. Christiansen's style is a unique blend of motion capture, rotoscoping and digital paint - something that may sound familiar when you see it written down like this but which is incredibly striking and distinctly Christiansen's own when you see it in action. And what has he applied his signature style to to earn that Top Ten nod? That'd be 5 Hole: Tales Of Hockey Erotica.
Be warned, Guy Maddin, you are no longer Canada's sole source of absurd self mythologizing. No, there's a new kid on that particular block. An extension of a book and musical project from The Rheostatics' Dave Bidini, 5 Hole casts Canada's love affair with hockey in a decidedly different light than usual.
Be warned, Guy Maddin, you are no longer Canada's sole source of absurd self mythologizing. No, there's a new kid on that particular block. An extension of a book and musical project from The Rheostatics' Dave Bidini, 5 Hole casts Canada's love affair with hockey in a decidedly different light than usual.
- 12/14/2009
- Screen Anarchy
Every year around this time the Toronto International Film Festival announces their picks for Canada's Top Ten: A selection of what they consider to be the best ten Canadian produced shorts and features from the previous year. And, true to form, last night was announcement time. No big surprises, really, and no late additions either. Without further ado, here are the lists:
The top ten Canadian feature films of 2009 are (in alphabetical order, including future release dates where applicable):
Cairo Time - Ruba Nadda (Mongrel Media)
Carcasses - Denis Côté (FunFilm Distribution)
Crackie - Sherry White (Kickham East)
Defendor - Peter Stebbings (Alliance Films, early 2010)
La Donation - Bernard Émond (E1 Entertainment, January 2010)
J'ai tué ma mère - Xavier Dolan (K-Films Amérique, February 2010)
Passenger Side - Matthew Bissonnette (KinoSmith, March 2010)
Polytechnique - Denis Villeneuve (Alliance Films)
The Trotsky - Jacob Tierney (Alliance Films, May 2010)
The Wild Hunt - Alexandre Franchi (Tva Films,...
The top ten Canadian feature films of 2009 are (in alphabetical order, including future release dates where applicable):
Cairo Time - Ruba Nadda (Mongrel Media)
Carcasses - Denis Côté (FunFilm Distribution)
Crackie - Sherry White (Kickham East)
Defendor - Peter Stebbings (Alliance Films, early 2010)
La Donation - Bernard Émond (E1 Entertainment, January 2010)
J'ai tué ma mère - Xavier Dolan (K-Films Amérique, February 2010)
Passenger Side - Matthew Bissonnette (KinoSmith, March 2010)
Polytechnique - Denis Villeneuve (Alliance Films)
The Trotsky - Jacob Tierney (Alliance Films, May 2010)
The Wild Hunt - Alexandre Franchi (Tva Films,...
- 12/8/2009
- Screen Anarchy
Adam Scott in Passenger Side Toronto Festival’s Top Ten Canadian Films of 2009 Top Ten Canadian Feature Films of 2009 (in alphabetical order) Cairo Time – Ruba Nadda Carcasses – Denis Côté Crackie – Sherry White Defendor – Peter Stebbings La Donation / The Legacy – Bernard Émond J’ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother – Xavier Dolan Passenger Side – Matthew Bissonnette Polytechnique – Denis Villeneuve The Trotsky – Jacob Tierney The Wild Hunt – Alexandre Franchi Top Ten Canadian Short Films of 2008 (in alphabetical order) The Armoire – Jamie Travis The Cave – Helen Haig-Brown Danse Macabre – Pedro Pires Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica – Cam Christiansen Naissances – Anne Émond Out in that Deep Blue Sea – Kazik Radwanski Runaway – Cordell Barker The Spine – Chris Landreth La Vie commence – Émile Proulx-Cloutier Vive la [...]...
- 12/8/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Patricia Clarkson in Cairo Time (top); Joel Bissonnette, Adam Scott in Passenger Side (middle, upper); Danse Macabre by Pedro Pires (middle, lower); Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica by Cam Christiansen (bottom) The Toronto Film Festival has announced the lists of the top 10 Canadian features and shorts of 2009. Among the selected features are Denis Côté’s Carcasses, Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother, and Bernard Émond’s The Legacy. Shorts include Pedro Pires‘ Danse Macabre, Jamie Travis‘ The Armoire, and Kazik Radwanski’s Out in that Deep Blue Sea. Topics include hockey’s behind-the-scenes homoerotic moments to the sound of the Rheostatics (Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica); an adulterous romance in Egypt (Cairo Time); the erratic movements of a [...]...
- 12/8/2009
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
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