Super Channel
#FIRSTLOOK: SUPER CHANNEL SEPTEMBER 2024 PROGRAMMING
Super Channel has unveiled a selection of new series and movies to premiere on the network’s schedule this September, including:
SERIES
Troppo *Super Channel Fuse | New Episodes
Sundays at 9 p.m. ET
Episodes available on Demand the following day
An eccentric private investigator with a criminal past recruits a disgraced ex-cop to help solve the disappearance of a Korean tech pioneer in the wilds of Far North Queensland. Adapted for television by Yolanda Ramke, Troppo is inspired by Candice Fox’s bestselling novel Crimson Lake. Starring Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun.
MOVIES
Someone Like You *Super Channel Heart & Home | Premiere
Saturday, Sept 7 at 8 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on September 8
Trailer
Shocking news hits after young architect, Dawson Gage, loses his best friend, London Quinn. Now in his heartbreak, Dawson is compelled to launch an impossible search for London’s secret twin sister, twins separated as embryos. But along the way, Dawson never planned to fall in love. Based on the popular novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury.
Devil’s Peak *Super Channel Fuse | Premiere
Saturday, Sept 7 at 9 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on September 1
Trailer
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Jacob desperately tries to escape his meth-dealing kingpin father and long-suffering mother to run off with the girl of his dreams. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, Hopper Penn and Katelyn Nacon.
Love in Tahiti *Super Channel Heart & Home | Premiere
Saturday Sept 14 at 8 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on September 15
Trailer
Scuba diver Brielle Wilson has always believed the ocean floor is full of treasures just waiting to be found. Over the years she has found rings, coins, lost jewelry and more. Instead of profiting from them, she loves reuniting people with their lost valuables. When she finds an engagement ring and returns it to Marcus, a handsome US Navy serviceman, Brielle soon discovers what has been missing in her life, treasures of the heart.
For the Love of Lily *Super Channel Heart & Home | Premiere
Saturday Sept 21 at 8 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on September 22
Trailer
When a no-nonsense consultant is blindsided by her boss’ switch to a greener, more natural office space, she’ll partner with the rooftop florist to make her building come alive with the beauty of nature.
The Love Gala *Super Channel Heart & Home | Premiere
Saturday Sept 28 at 8 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on September 29
When Kate is given the job of planning her mom’s Garden Gala, the biggest fashion event of the year, she has to compromise with the unhelpful head of the Botanical Garden. Juggling this combative relationship as well as trying to please her mom, the last thing she needs is to be challenged by not one, not two, but three love interests as well!
Stars Fell Again *Super Channel Fuse | Premiere
Saturday Sept 28 at 9 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on September 1
Trailer
Hollywood agent Bryce Dixon is ready to propose to Madison during their Christmas time visit to her family in rural Oregon. However, the spontaneous engagement and wedding of Madison’s sister throws Bryce’s perfect plan into a tailspin.
About Super Channel Entertainment Network:
Super Channel offers viewers exceptional entertainment value, uncut and commercial-free, with four diverse channels – Super Channel Fuse, Heart & Home, Vault and GINX TV Canada – plus, access to Super Channel On Demand where available by service provider. Super Channel is available via most cable providers across the country as well as streaming live and On Demand with Amazon Prime Video Channels, Apple TV+ and Fubo. In addition, Super Channel offers two FAST channels, Super Channel Uncovered and Super Channel Hearties, available on streaming platforms including Tubi, Plex, Xumo Play, LG and Roku. Super Channel is owned by Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc., an Edmonton based media company. For a list of service providers, please visit: superchannel.ca/subscribe
#FIRSTLOOK: SUPER CHANNEL JULY 2024 PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
SUPER CHANNEL announce their July 2024 programming highlights including Documentaries, Movies and Series!
DOCUMENTARIES
Stolen Time
*Super Channel Fuse Original | Premiere Saturday, July 13 at 9 p.m. ET Available On Demand on July 1 Trailer
As her firm receives more and more complaints against Canadian for-profit senior care homes, attorney Melissa Miller builds a case to sue facilities for neglect and expose a system wrought with abuse.
SERIES
To Kill a Dictator *Super Channel Fuse Original | New Episodes Tuesday, July 2 at 9 p.m. ET // New episodes air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET All episodes available On Demand now
Assassinations, even of the most treacherous dictator, can shake a nation’s confidence, launch wars, or end them. But no matter who the mark is, high profile takedowns always shock the world… In stories motivated by obsession, hatred, politics, and fanaticism, covert plots and dark conspiracies take shape. For decades, the details of these plans, hatched to put an end to tyranny, have remained virtually unknown. Now, we go behind closed doors to meet the rebels, revolutionaries, and intelligence operatives tasked with undertaking these ruthless takedowns. Upcoming episodes include: Hilter, Stalin, Kim II Sung, El Jefe and Saddam Hussein.
One Way Mirror *Super Channel Fuse Original | Premiere Friday, July 5 at 9 p.m. ET // New episodes air Fridays at 9 p.m. ET Episodes 1 – 12 available On Demand July 1
One Way Mirror uses actual interrogation footage released by courts after reaching a guilty verdict as the backbone of each story. Each episode reveals the most telling parts of the investigation, including when the criminals began to crack and when the investigators closed in on their case. Crime experts screen and analyze the interrogation and help the audience understand these interrogation techniques, taking the audience into the killer’s mindset in this high-pressure situation.
Almost Unsolved Heists *Super Channel Fuse Original | Premiere Monday, July 15 at 9 p.m. ET // New episodes air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET All episodes available On Demand July 15
A ‘whodunnit’ true crime series examining the world’s most baffling and bizarre stories about brazen thieves who pull off elaborate heists. Heists they almost get away with. From the moment the crime is committed, it’s a race against time to catch the thieves and with every minute, day, and month that go by, criminals snitch, mistakes are made, and detectives find a way to catch up.
MOVIES
Unwind with Heart & Home every night this month at 8 p.m. ET for a delightful Christmas in July movie, including the Super Channel premiere of Toying with the Holidays starring Chad Michael Murray. For more featured programming, click HERE.
Toying with the Holidays *Super Channel Heart & Home | Premiere Sunday, July 14 at 8 p.m. ET Available On Demand on July 1
A workaholic single mom returns to her hometown determined to introduce her young son to some beloved holiday traditions. While there, she reconnects with a former classmate, now a model train hobbyist. Starring: Chad Michael Murray, Cindy Busby
#FIRSTLOOK: SUPER CHANNEL ANNOUNCE UPCOMING JUNE 2024 PROGRAMMING
Super Channel have unveiled their upcoming June 2024 programming including new Series, Documentaries and Movies to premiere on the network.
DOCUMENTARIES
Shadow Man: William Stephenson and the Art of Political Warfare *Super Channel Fuse Original | Premiere
Saturday, June 1 at 8 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on June 1
This feature documentary tells the untold story of William Stephenson, a British undercover agent who during the second world war, was sent to the USA to manipulate US public opinion towards the USA entering the war against Hitler. Eighty years before “fake news” become a controversial political issue, Stephenson already mastered it – with great success. The film features rich re-enactments and the valuable insights of historians, some of which are the only ones who had access to the secret files that disclose Stephenson’s mission.
Bending Light *Super Channel Fuse Original | Premiere
Saturday, June 8 at 8 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on June 9
Bending Light is a feature documentary that tells the story of an incredible 1922 expedition to prove Einstein’s theory of general relativity as we approach the journey’s 100th year anniversary.
SERIES
When Calls The Heart *Super Channel Heart & Home
Sunday, June 2 at 9 p.m. ET
Available on Demand Monday, June 3
Rosemary’s newspaper article creates waves when she questions Lucas’ judgement. Allie discusses her birth father with Nathan, and Elizabeth realizes Little Jack is growing up.
Sunday, June 9 at 9 p.m. ET
Available on Demand Monday, June 10
Allie makes a daring decision, and Nathan and Elizabeth rush to intervene. Uncovered memories shift Lucas’ plans. Faith takes a big step. Mei cooks for Hickam’s family.
Sunday, June 16 at 9 p.m. ET
Available on Demand Monday, June 17
Nathan and Bill take charge when a notorious gangster threatens the town. Rosemary teams up with her competition to uncover the truth. Elizabeth and Nathan take a leap of faith.
Sunday, June 23 at 9 p.m. ET *Super Channel Heart & Home | Finale
Available on Demand Monday, June 24
A wedding celebration brings heightened emotions and surprises. Nathan and Elizabeth exchange secrets. Rosemary and Lee pitch Lucas an idea for the future of Hope Valley.
To Kill a Dictator *Super Channel Fuse Original | New Series Premiere
Tuesday, June 25 at 9 p.m. ET
All episodes available On Demand on June 25
Fidel Castro: In the 60s, the spectre of Communism looms large, as the United States ramps up its efforts to quell leftist movements across the world and in the Americas. In Cuba, a leftist lawyer leads a revolution against a fearsome dictator and takes office. CIA intelligence fears a Communist threat, now terrifyingly close to home. Before long, a cabal of conspirators takes shape, as the CIA colludes with mafia, American business leaders, and local revolutionaries. As Castro’s grip on Cuba grows stronger, and as Cuba confirms a Soviet connection with the Cuban Missile Crisis, efforts to dispatch Fidel Castro become more desperate.
Upcoming episodes of To Kill a Dictator include Hitler, Stalin, Kim II Sung, El Jefe and Saddam Hussein.
MOVIES
To England with Love *Super Channel Heart & Home | Canadian Premiere
Saturday, June 1 at 8 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on June 2
As far as Ali’s concerned, she has it all. Until a mysterious quest sends her from Los Angeles to England on a treasure hunt through history and she finds herself opening up to old and new loves all over again. Starring: Georgia Hirst, Sean Pomorze.
Finding Love in St. Lucia *Super Channel Heart & Home | Canadian Premiere
Saturday, June 15 at 8 p.m. ET
Available On Demand on June 16
An ornithologist and a journalist partner up to save an endangered bird species in the jungle of St. Lucia. They immediately fall in love with the nature, and in the process, they’ll also fall in love with each other. Starring: Brooke Burritt, Philip Boyd.
Lost in Love *Super Channel Heart & Home | Canadian Premiere*
Saturday, June 22 at 8 p.m. ET
Available On Demand June 23
Two tourists in Turkey encounter a major bump in the road when their tour bus leaves them behind without their belongings. Working together to get to Istanbul, they find that it’s hard to travel without money or means. The path back is filled with beautiful sites and challenging obstacles, but the greatest outcome of all is the friendship and love they find in each other. Starring: Sara Fletcher, Nick Ferry.
#FIRSTLOOK: 2023 CANADIAN FILM FEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The Canadian Film Fest (CFF), an indie-spirited festival dedicated to celebrating Canadian filmmakers, revealed the award winners for their 2023 edition on Saturday, April 1, 2023 following a successful 5-day festival at Toronto’s Scotiabank Theatre and virtually across Canada on Super Channel Fuse.
Monia Chokri’s Babysitter won Best Feature and Best Set Design, Adrian Murray was honoured with DGC Ontario’s Best Director award for his film Retrograde, Fanie Pelletier’s documentary, Bloom, was awarded the William F. White Reel Canadian Indie Award, and Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers’s How To Get My Parents To Divorce won the feature film jury awards. Additionally, Joy Webster’s Menace won Best Short Film and Polarized took home People’s Pick for Best Flick.
“Congratulations to all of this year’s Canadian Film Fest winners. We’re honoured to be part of the film’s journey,” said Ashleigh Rains, Festival Director, Canadian Film Fest. “We are immensely proud of the incredible line-up of homegrown films we were able to showcase and grateful to those who participated and supported CFF this year. A special thanks to the jury who carefully reviewed all of the films and to Super Channel for being an amazing partner.”
See below for the complete list of winners for the 2023 Canadian Film Fest. For more information, visit canfilmfest.ca.
The 2023 Canadian Film Fest Award Winners:
BEST FEATURE – Babysitter
DGC ONTARIO’S BEST DIRECTOR – Adrian Murray, Retrograde
BEST SET DESIGN – Babysitter
WILLIAM F. WHITE REEL CANADIAN INDIE AWARD – Bloom
*The winner will receive a $5,000 gift certificate for equipment rental at William F. White.
BEST SHORT FILM – Menace
BEST SHORT FILM PRODUCER – Shyam Valera, Desi Standard Time Travel
PEOPLE’S PICK FOR BEST FLICK – Polarized
Feature Film Jury Awards:
The feature film jury included Barb Godfrey (The Arthur Agency), Jonas Chernick (actor and screenwriter), Faran Moradi (director) and Stephanie Sonny Hooker (producer).
BEST SCREENPLAY – How To Get My Parents To Divorce
BEST YOUTH ENSEMBLE – How To Get My Parents To Divorce, Charlotte St-Martin, Liam Patenaude, Charlie Fortier, Louka Amadeo Bélanger-Leos, Simone Laperle
Short Film Jury Awards:
The short film jury consisted of Michelle McLeod (actor), Emily Andrews (producer) and Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll (actor).
BEST DOCUMENTARY – Quiet Minds Silent Streets
BEST PERFORMANCE – Eric Peterson, Junior’s Giant
BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE – Cassandra Paige, No Bedroom
BEST ENSEMBLE – The Untouchable
OUTSTANDING ANIMATION – Corvine
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – There Was Nothing
About the Canadian Film Fest
The Canadian Film Fest (CFF) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting Canadian independent films and cultivating emerging and established filmmaking talent. Film-loving audiences come to enjoy a diverse selection of 100% Canadian film screenings (features & shorts) and filmmakers flock to the CFF’s various industry events to take advantage of essential networking opportunities. CFF’s mission is to celebrate the art of cinematic storytelling by showcasing Canadian films and filmmakers.
#FIRSTLOOK: “CATCHING A SERIAL KILLER: BRUCE MCARTHUR”
By Mr. Will Wong
The 2018 capture of Bruce McArthur helped alleviate much anxiety that haunted not only Toronto’s LGBTQ+ community, but also a nation as it became known that a serial killer targeting the Church-Wellesley village was on the loose and unaccounted for. Despite a guilty plea to eight counts of murder, one thing that the public couldn’t quite reconcile was how an unsuspecting 66-year-old landscaper and sometimes Mall Santa could be capable of such gruesome acts.
While Documentary Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur got its premiere earlier this month in the U.S., the story returns home to Canada with the Film set to premiere on SuperChannel. We certainly haven’t forgotten about McArthur‘s crimes, which have left an indelible scar on the community. The Film dares to ask the question how it was so many victims quietly and anonymously began disappearing for so many years, bringing into the conversation the question of race and ethnicity of his victims, a majority who were of Middle-Eastern or South Asian descent and closeted. It was his final victim Andrew Kinsman, a Caucasian man, whose disappearance drew police closer to their target.
While the Film attempts to paint a portrait of the Serial Killer through expert analysis and commentary, ultimately we don’t get that extra layer of insight from the criminal himself like recent features on the similar topics like Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer. What the Film does do well is compile a panel of subjects who offer their analysis of McArthur and his crimes like University of Toronto Criminologist Jooyoung Lee, who makes some sense how McArthur‘s very unassuming professions served to mask his secret dark behaviours. One of the most compelling subjects is an ex-lover who was lucky enough to make it out alive after nearly being choked to death by McArthur. There’s also Karen Fraser who employed McArthur as a landscaper before the grisly discovery that among some of his victims’ body parts might have been stored at among others, her home. She tried convincing the police he was innocent because she couldn’t believe what he was being accused of. And there’s also Toronto Police’s Hank Idsinga and Lead Investigator David Dickinson, who recount for us the painstaking journey gathering evidence, ultimately to having overwhelming evidence (6,000+ pages) finding their man.
There are things about the investigation that have never seen the light of day and perhaps it is best kept that way. The victims, families and the community have been through enough. Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur brings some needed closure to something that has been deeply unsettling, even long after the crime was solved. And if anything, McArthur‘s victims have a voice in all this after having lived their lives in the dark.
The 90-minute Documentary airs in Canada Friday, April 30 at 9 p.m. ET on Super Channel Fuse and is available via Super Channel On Demand the next day.
#FIRSTLOOK: CANADIAN FILM FEST X SUPER CHANNEL PARTNER TO BRING FESTIVAL HOME TO VIEWERS
Super Channel and Canadian Film Fest are partnering again this year to bring the Festival home to Canadians!
Beginning Thursday, April 1 and running for three consecutive weekends, nine feature films will premiere on Super Channel Fuse on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. All festival feature films will have a linear only limited run, so viewers are encouraged to catch them while they can and experience them festival-style during their linear broadcast. In addition, 30 short films from the CFF will be interspersed into the schedule around the feature film presentations for viewers to enjoy as part of the film festival experience.
Virtually, pre-recorded and live Q&As with filmmakers will be made available, in addition to access to industry programs online (panel discussions, masterclass) and a virtual awards presentation.
Opening the Festival this year is Sugar Daddy (dir. Wendy Morgan), starring Kelly McCormack (Letterkenny, A Simple Favour) and Colm Feore (The Umbrella Academy, Sensitive Skin, The Borgias), which follows a young talented musician who signs up to a paid dating website which takes her down a dark path – and her music along with it. Closing out the festival on April 17, will be Range Roads (dir. Kyle Thomas) making its Canadian premiere. Starring Alana Hawley-Purvis (The Great Fear) and Joe Perry (Everfall, Blood Mountain), this poignant film is an intimate story of grief, longing, and forgiveness, that explores the painful and beautiful complexities of what it means to be a family.
A complete list of Films below:
Thursday, April 1: Sugar Daddy (Drama) – Toronto premiere
Director: Wendy Morgan
Cast: Kelly McCormack, Colm Feore, Amanda Brugel, Ishan Davé, Nicholas Campbell, Kaniehtiio Horn, Aaron Ashmore, Noam Jenkins
Darren is a wickedly talented and unconventional young musician who dreams of making music like nobody has ever heard before. But she’s broke, juggling multiple part-time jobs, and has no time to create. Desperate for cash, she signs up to a sugar daddy paid-dating website and throws herself down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world.
Friday, April 2: White Elephant (Drama) – Toronto premiere
Director: Andrew Chung
Cast: Zaarin Bushra, Gurleen Singh, Dulmika Kevin Hapuarachchi, Jesse Nasmith, Yahya Amin, Kumar Kapasi, Amanda Catibog, Kalyna Fisher, Riley James Myers, Kessandra Cook
Set in 1996, in a majority-minority neighbourhood in Scarborough, 16-year-old Pooja finds herself torn between her crush on a white boy, and her Brown and Black friends. Her relentless pursuit takes a violent turn, ultimately making her quest for love, a question of self-love.
Saturday, April 3: Woman in Car (Drama) – Canadian premiere
Director: Vanya Rose
Cast: Hélène Joy, Liane Balaban, Gabrielle Lazure, Aidan Ritchie, Anthony Lemke
Anne seems to have it all – sophistication, a house on the hill, an upcoming wedding to the ideal man. But when her stepson returns home with a beautiful woman, Anne develops an obsession with the stranger whom she fears could destroy the privileged life she has built. In a story about a woman who struggles to keep her secrets hidden, Vanya Rose explores issues of class, family, desire and deception. As the countdown to her wedding day winds down, Anne drives head-on into redemption from a life of lies.
Thursday, April 8: Chained (Crime, Thriller) – Toronto premiere
Director: Titus Heckel
Cast: Marlon Kazadi, Aleks Paunovic, Adrian Holmes
An abused and bullied boy discovers and befriends a criminal chained inside an abandoned warehouse, but after a violent betrayal the abused becomes the abuser, putting both their lives in peril.
Friday, April 9: Between Waves (Drama, Sci-Fi) – Toronto premiere
Director: Virginia Abramovich
Cast: Fiona Graham, Luke Robinson, Miguel Damiao, Stacey Bernstein, Sebastian Deery
Even after his presumed death, Jamie continues to be visited by her lover Isaac, a quantum physicist, who pleads for her to join him in a parallel plane. Jamie follows a map and notebook Isaac’s left behind and embarks on a journey to the island of São Miguel in the Azores. At the centre of the Atlantic Ocean, Jamie begins to untangle the truth of what really happened the night Isaac disappeared, learning that she had a greater part in it than she cares to remember. Straddling a fine line between enlightenment and madness, how far will Jamie go before she’s in too deep?
Saturday, April 10: The Last Villains, Mad Dog & the Butcher (Documentary) – Toronto Premiere
Director: Thomas Rinfret
Cast: Paul Vachon, alias “The Butcher”
The Last Villains is the larger-than-life story of the legendary Vachon family of pro wrestlers, as recounted by its only surviving member, Paul “The Butcher” Vachon.
Thursday, April 15: The Corruption of Divine Providence (Drama) – Toronto premiere
Director: Jeremy Torrie
Cast: Ali Skovbye, Elyse Levesque, David La Haye, Corey Sevier, Tantoo Cardinal
This is the story of a sixteen-year-old Métis girl Jeanne. She resides in a small northern town, and one day she mysteriously disappears. When she is found, she is near death and has developed what appears to be stigmata, the wounds that echo those carried by Jesus Christ in his dying moments.
Friday, April 16: Events Transpiring Before, During and After a Highschool Basketball Game (Comedy) – Toronto premiere
Director: Ted Stenson
Cast: Andrew Phung, Benjamin Arthurs, Paul Cowling, Isra Abdelrahim
It’s 1999 and the Middleview Ducks boys’ basketball team are about to play the most low-stakes game of their lives. As the team prepares for another certain loss, the dramas around the game become more of a focus than the score. Locker room conversations about existentialism, an assistant coach’s obsession with an NBA offence technique, organizing a radical theatre protest, and frantically searching for an osteoporosis- stricken canine are just some of the events that take place before, during, and after the high school basketball game.
Saturday, April 17: Range Roads (Drama) – Canadian Premiere
Director: Kyle Thomas
Cast: Alana Hawley Purvis, Joe Perry, Chad Brownlee, Nicole de Boer
When her parents are killed in a sudden car accident, television actor Frankie King returns to her hometown in rural Alberta to face this tragedy after being estranged from her family for 20 years. As she struggles to reconnect with her truculent brother Grayson, old wounds are reopened, and family secrets uncovered.
All Features air at 9 PM ET with Short Film and introduction beforehand.
More details can be found here.
(Photo credit: Canadian Film Fest)
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