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Toronto Film Fest Puts Spotlight on Need for Female Filmmakers and Their Stories

September 9, 2018 08:36 AM in The Canadian Press • 0 Comments

By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press

Geena Davis - Nandita Das — Actor Geena Davis and actor and filmmaker Nandita Das share a laugh onstage during the Share Her Journey Rally in Toronto, Saturday, Sept, 8, 2018. Share Her Journey is a campaign organized by the Toronto International Film Festival to empower women in film. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marta Iwanek)

TORONTO – Red carpet glitz and celebrity ogling were momentarily supplanted by chants of “Women rock!” at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, when hundreds of film fans and filmmakers gathered to demand gender parity at a rousing street rally.

Speakers including actress and activist Geena Davis, inclusion expert Dr. Stacy L. Smith, actress Amanda Brugel and actress and #AfterMeToo co-founder Mia Kirshner issued a clarion call to directors, producers, writers, financiers and executives to support female voices.

Gimli Film Festival Screening 59 Manitoba-Made Flicks

July 19, 2018 07:03 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

The Gimli Film Festival will literally have something for even the toughest of film critics when it screens more than 59 Manitoba-made films.

Filmmaker Guy Maddin is one of the big names attending this year’s festival, whose film “Archangel” will be screened on July 26.

Emerging Filmmaker Finalists to Pitch at Gimli Film Festival

July 12, 2018 04:31 PM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

Finalists have been announced in the 7th Annual Gimli Film Festival RBC $10,000 Emerging Filmmaker Competition.

Twelve submissions were made this year by emerging Manitoba filmmakers. Of those, five projects were selected to move on to the pitching round during the Gimli Film Festival on Saturday, July 28 at the Gimli Theatre.

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650 Extras Needed for Hollywood Film Shoot in Winnipeg

April 6, 2018 09:47 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

A casting call has gone out for 650 paid extras to work on a major Hollywood feature film shooting in Winnipeg later this month.

The paid background performers must be available on April 19 for a full 12 hours.

Three Manitoba Companies Nominated for 13 Canadian Screen Awards

January 19, 2018 02:45 PM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

WINNIPEG — Three Manitoba companies have been nominated for a combined 13 Canadian Screen Awards.

Eagle Vision Inc., Merit Motion Pictures and Frantic Films picked up the nods for categories such as Best Factual Series, Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series and Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series.

‘A Life on the Line’: Manitoba Filmmaker Returns to Rural Roots

January 11, 2018 07:06 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

By RoseAnna Schick (@ras_creative)

A Life on the Line premieres January 14 at 6 p.m. on APTN. (A LIFE ON THE LINE / HANDOUT)

WINNIPEG — When Sam Karney set out to make a news piece about his father’s trapline, he unknowingly set the course for something much larger. This weekend, his one-hour documentary “A Life on the Line” debuts on APTN, revealing what turned out to be a heart-warming story about reconnecting with family, tradition, and history.

“For as long as I can remember, fur trapping has been in my life,” says Karney, a Métis filmmaker from Roblin, Manitoba. “My dad Chuck started working on a trapline when I was very young, so to me, the sights and smells became everyday things.”

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