#FIRSTLOOK: “UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE” WINS 2024 ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD AT TFCA AWARDS
The Winnipeg-set comedy Universal Language has won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2024 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. Its companion prize, Rogers Best Canadian Documentary, was awarded to the musical biopic Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story.
Universal Language imagines a Winnipeg where Persian is the dominant language and turkeys roam the snowy streets while tourists admire the drab cityscape. Any Other Way tells the story of R&B singer Jackie Shane, who broke ground as ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: CANADIAN FILM FEST LAUNCH YOU-CAN PITCH COMPETITION
The Canadian Film Fest (CFF) is thrilled to announce the launch of the You-CAN Pitch Competition, a dynamic new program designed to provide emerging Black Canadian filmmakers with the opportunity to pitch their projects to a panel of industry experts and receive valuable feedback. The competition is open to both individuals and teams, with up to five finalists invited to take part in an exclusive in-person pitch session.
The You-CAN Pitch Competition will offer finalists a chance to present ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW FEATURETTE FROM “NOVOCAINE”
Today we get a new NO PAIN, ALL GAIN Featurette from NOVOCAINE, starring Jack Quaid who you might've seen on last night's Screen Actors Guild Awards! Tickets on sale now and in theatres March 14, 2025 via Paramount Pictures Canada.
https://youtu.be/9YsV4g46oZE
SYNOPSIS:
When the girl of his dreams (Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped, everyman Nate (Jack Quaid) turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
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#FIRSTLOOK: CBC GEM MARCH 2025 PROGRAMMING
As Canadians look to support homegrown stories and creators, CBC is bringing a new lineup of 12 exceptional Canadian feature films to wide audiences across the country for free on CBC Gem. The titles include CBC Films’ BROTHER, directed by Clement Virgo, and BEANS, directed by Tracey Deer, as well as recent festival darling MATT AND MARA from Kazik Radwanski, starring Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson. The 12 films join currently available CBC Films titles such as BLACKBERRY, BONES OF CROWS, ...
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#NEWMUSIC: DESI TRILL – “HIGHER LOVE” FT. DJ KHALED, CARDI B, NATANIA AND SUBHI FROM “SMURFS”
DESI TRILL releases “Higher Love” (from Paramount Animation’s SMURFS Movie Soundtrack) featuring DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania and Subhi. “Higher Love” (from the SMURFS Movie Soundtrack) is the first single off the forthcoming Soundtrack.
Listen to “Higher Love” (from the SMURFS Movie Soundtrack) featuring DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania and Subhi HERE and watch the accompanying lyric video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmFVDC3YNIQ
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#FIRSTLOOK: “PARADISE” RENEWED A SECOND SEASON
Today, Disney+ announced that the Original drama series “Paradise,” which hails from 20th Television, has been renewed for a second season. The political thriller is from creator Dan Fogelman (“Only Murders in the Building,” “This Is Us”), and stars Sterling K. Brown (“This is Us,” “American Fiction”) as Agent Xavier Collins.
“Paradise” is set in a serene community inhabited by some of the world's most prominent individuals. But this tranquility explodes when a ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW LEGACY FEATURETTE FROM “DISNEY’S SNOW WHITE”
A brand-new legacy featurette on “Disney’s Snow White,” the live-action musical reimagining of the studio’s classic 1937 film, is now available to download and share. The magical music adventure which journeys back to the timeless story with Rachel Zegler in the title role and Gal Gadot as her Stepmother, the Evil Queen, opens exclusively in theatres March 21, 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkos8tj9scg
The stunning featurette includes interviews with cast and filmmakers, ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “THE BONDSMAN” STARRING KEVIN BACON COMING TO PRIME VIDEO CANADA APRIL 3, 2025
Today, Prime Video released first-look images from the highly anticipated new series from Blumhouse Television starring Kevin Bacon, The Bondsman. All eight episodes will be available on April 3, 2025, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Kevin Bacon stars as Hub Halloran, a murdered bounty hunter who’s back from the dead after being resurrected by the Devil to trap and send back demons that have escaped from the prison of Hell. By chasing down ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TEASER FOR “CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD”
CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD arrives in theatres May 9, 2025. Today we get a brand new Teaser!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KuJcvvPciI
Director: Eli CraigStarring: Katie Douglas, Carson MacCormac, Aaron Abrams
Kettle Springs is already dying — until Frendo, a symbol of the town's success, decides to speed up the process. Blood will spill, and no one is safe. Based on Adam Cesare’s best-selling horror series.
(Photo/video credit: Elevation Pictures)
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#FIRSTLOOK: “MURDERBOT” ARRIVES MAY 16, 2025 ON APPLE TV+
Apple TV+ today unveiled a first-look at Toronto-filmed “Murderbot,” its highly anticipated comedic thriller series created by Academy Award-nominees Chris and Paul Weitz (“About a Boy,” “Mozart in the Jungle”) and starring Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård (“Succession,” “Big Little Lies”), who also serves as executive producer. The ten-episode sci-fi series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, May 16, 2025 followed by new ...
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