#FIRSTLOOK: “STAR WARS: AHSOKA” NEW TV SPOT AND RELEASE DATE
Today, Disney+ revealed August 23, 2023 as the premiere date for Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: Ahsoka.” To celebrate the upcoming series, Disney+ also debuted a TV spot and released three images from the series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbogpSfqTAI
Set after the fall of the Empire, “Star Wars: Ahsoka” follows the former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.
In addition to Rosario Dawson in the title role, “Ahsoka” stars ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: 2023 INSIDE OUT 2SLGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the 2023 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival Awards were announced this weekend in Toronto where $32,000 in prizes were handed out to various 2SLGBTQ+ filmmakers. Top honours went to Juan Sebastián Torales’ ALMAMULA (Best First Feature), Lulu Wei’s SUPPORTING OUR SELVES (Best Canadian Feature), Beth Warrian’s ADORE (Best Canadian Short), and Karimah Zakia Issa with SCARING WOMEN AT NIGHT (Emerging Canadian Artist).
The Audience Award winners are Ally Pankiw’s I USED TO ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “SOMETHING YOU SAID LAST NIGHT” TRAILER
From Writer/Director Luis De Filippis and starring Carmen Madonia, Paige Evans, Ramona Milano and Joey Parro. SOMETHING YOU SAID LAST NIGHT looks at being transgender in a new light. In theatres July 7, 2023.
Synopsis:
In Luis De Filippis’ resonant debut, twentysomething aspiring writer Ren (Carmen Madonia) and her younger sister Siena (Paige Evans) reluctantly accompany their parents on a family vacation. They aren’t exactly excited, and it doesn’t help that their wildly nostalgic ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: FUTURE CHICKEN FROM THE POTATOVERSE – NEW ECOTAINMENT INITIATIVE
Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, the Ontario Water Centre and its ClearWater Farm social enterprise are excited to announce today, the Potatoverse, a groundbreaking new multi-platform digital universe designed to help children counter climate “doomism” with hope, inspiration and empowerment to build a better future.
The Potatoverse revolves around a time-travelling, eco-superhero chicken named Potato, also known as “Future Chicken.”
Featuring a variety of entertaining and educational ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR JUST FOR LAUGHS TORONTO 2023
Just For Laughs TORONTO presented by Beneva, in collaboration with SiriusXM Canada, is excited to announce the first slate of artists performing at this year's highly anticipated return of Toronto’s premium comedy event of the year.
Get ready to immerse yourself in a vibrant comedy scene, as the festival presents a wide range of diverse programming. The festival will feature the best in stand-up, entertaining cast panels, film screenings and live comedy podcasts, transforming Toronto into ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: ROCK THE BARN TORONTO COMING TO DOWNSVIEW PARK
Rock The Barn Toronto is Toronto’s newest charity concert, set for Thursday, June 22, 2023 at the Barn at Fresh City Farms, Downsview Park! The lineup features 3 acts including Canadian country music artists: Claire Hunter, Cal Buckley, and a favourite Canadian country duo, nominated for 8 Juno Awards, as the surprise guests!
Founded by teen brothers, Callum Buckley (18) and Thomas Buckley(16), Rock the Barn Toronto is in its inaugural year. After losing a classmate to suicide days before ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PASSES TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF “THE FLASH”
Warner Bros. Pictures Canada x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to win Advance Screening passes to see THE FLASH!
SCREENING DETAILS:
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SYNOPSIS
Warner Bros. Pictures presents “The Flash,” directed by Andy Muschietti (the “IT” films, “Mama”). Ezra Miller reprises their ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: TELEFILM CANADA TO FUND 32 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS
Telefilm Canada is announcing its commitment to 32 feature-length films, with 25 projects in the English market and seven projects in the French market, under the lower budget stream of the Production Program for fiscal year 2023-2024, with a funding total of $19.4 million.
Previously, Telefilm announced the selection of eight French-language feature film titles and 12 feature-length films in the English market under the big budget stream.
Projects in the English market:
A Tribe ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “LOVE IN TAIPEI” COMING TO PARAMOUNT+
Paramount+ today announced the acquisition of a new original film, LOVE IN TAIPEI, based on the New York Times’ best-selling novel Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen. In the novel, a young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei – inspired by an actual program attended by thousands of Chinese and Taiwanese diaspora youth – where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance. LOVE IN TAIPEI will premiere ...
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#INTERVIEW: THE CAST OF “GLITTER & DOOM” AT INSIDE OUT 2023
Touted as a film celebrating all types of Queerness, Tom Gustafson's GLITTER & DOOM closes-out the 2023 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival - presented by RBC - after kicking-off May 25th in-person and online. The Jukebox Musical, set to the catalog of Indigo Girls, is a Rom-Com which centers on a musician and a carefree kid who fall in love and only have a small window to decide if they are right for one another. The Film stars Canadian-Filipino actor Alex Diaz and the UK's Alan Cammish ...
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