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Casey MQ
Casey Manierka-Quaile, also known as Casey MQ, is a Canadian singer, musician, film composer, songwriter, and record producer. In 2022, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards for "And Then We Don't", a song he co-wrote with Tika Simone for Thyrone Tommy's film '' Learn to Swim''."Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards" , April 8, 2022. Career MQ began making music sometime during the 2010s. Formerly associated with the band Unbuttoned, MQ released his solo debut album, titled ''babycasey' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadence Weapon
Roland "Rollie" Pemberton, better known by his stage name Cadence Weapon, is a Canadian-American rapper based in Toronto, Ontario. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Pemberton released his first album, '' Breaking Kayfabe'', in 2005 with positive reviews. He subsequently signed with the American record label ANTI-, releasing the albums '' Afterparty Babies'' in 2008 and '' Hope in Dirt City'' in 2012. In 2009, Cadence Weapon was named Edmonton's Poet Laureate. His first book ''Magnetic Days'' was published by Metatron in 2014. Cadence Weapon released a self-titled album in 2018. His fifth studio album, '' Parallel World'', was released on April 30, 2021, and won the 2021 Polaris Music Prize on September 27, 2021."Cadence Weapon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Land
''Easy Land'' is a 2019 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Sanja Živković. The film stars Mirjana Joković and Nina Kiri as Jasna and Nina, a mother (a trained Architect) and daughter from Serbia who are struggling to adapt to their new lives after emigrating to Canada as refugees. The film's cast also includes Daniel Kash, Richard Clarkin, Sarah Deakins, Arlene Duncan and Sugith Varughese. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Critical response Alisha Mughal of ''Exclaim!'' rated the film 7 out of 10, writing that "it's a complex film that explores not just the difficulties refugees and immigrants experience as they try to convince their new country that they are capable enough, but also a fraught mother-daughter relationship, something we're not used to seeing on film. Jasna and Nina do love each other, but they also fight viciously, with the younger Nina oftentimes taking the role of mother, and Jasna the foolhardy teen. The film is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Glowicki
Grace Glowicki is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Edmonton, Alberta.Fish Griwkowsky"Edmonton-born actress wins at Sundance" ''Edmonton Journal'', February 2, 2016. Glowicki directed and starred in the feature film ''Tito (2019 film), Tito'' (2019), which was nominated for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards. She is also known for starring in the short film ''Her Friend Adam'' (2016), which earned her a special jury award for best actress in a short film at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Career An alumna of McGill University, Glowicki moved to Toronto, Ontario after graduation. She has acted in films including ''Hemorrhage (film), Hemorrhage'' (2012), ''The Oxbow Cure'' (2013), ''Her Friend Adam'' (2016), ''Suck It Up (film), Suck It Up'', ''Cardinals (film), Cardinals'', ''We Forgot to Break Up (2017 film), We Forgot to Break Up'' (all 2017), ''Paper Year'' (2018), ''Raf (film), Raf'' (2019), ''Strawberry Mansion (film), Strawberry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito (2019 Film)
''Tito'' is a 2019 Canadian drama film written and directed by Grace Glowicki. Glowicki plays Tito, a man terrified of the outside world and hunted by sexual predators. The refuge he finds in an abandoned house is disturbed by the arrival of John (Ben Petrie), a cheerful and protective neighbor. The film premiered at the 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award. It also won the first Audacity Award at the 2019 Oldenburg International Film Festival. The film was shortlisted for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. Critical response ''The New Yorker'''s Richard Brody called it "the most remarkable feature that I saw at the Maryland festival." Production On August 16, 2018 a post-production Kickstarter campaign was launched with a fundraising target of $18,000. Funding closed with $23,027 pledged by 121 backers. References External links * * 2019 films Canadian drama films En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honey Bee (2018 Film)
''Honey Bee'' is a 2018 Canadian drama film written by Bonnie Fairweather and Kathleen Hepburn, directed by Rama Rau and starring Julia Sarah Stone and Martha Plimpton. It is Rau's narrative feature directorial debut. Plot Cast *Julia Sarah Stone as Natalie *Martha Plimpton as Louise *Steven Love as Ryan *Michelle McLeod as Chante * Connor Price as Matt * Sofia Banzhaf as Cherry *Maurice Dean Wint as Det. Walker *Peter Outerbridge as Christian *Tammy Isbell as Sophia Release The film premiered at the 2018 Whistler Film Festival, and was released commercially on September 20, 2019. Reception The film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews. Brad Wheeler of ''The Globe and Mail'' awarded the film two and a half stars out of four. Norman Wilner of ''Now Now most commonly refers to the present time. Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to: Organizations * Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization * National Organization for Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmin Mozaffari
Jasmin Mozaffari () is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.""The girls I grew up around weren't delicate creatures": Jasmin Mozaffari on TIFF Discovery title 'Firecrackers'" '''', September 25, 2018."TIFF 2018: One to watch – the dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firecrackers (film)
''Firecrackers'' is a 2018 Canadian drama film written and directed by Jasmin Mozaffari. An expansion of Mozaffari's 2013 short film of the same name, the film stars Michaela Kurimsky and Karena Evans as two teenage girls trying to escape their small town. The film has its world premiere on September 8, 2018 at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. It was released theatrically on March 29, 2019 in Canada and on July 12, 2019 in the United States. Plot Lou and Chantal are best friends whose plan to leave their isolated small town to move to the city are threatened when Chantal is assaulted by her possessive ex-boyfriend. The young women take revenge and the consequences threaten their chances of ever leaving. The more Lou fights to save her friendship and hold onto her dreams, the more she spins out of control. Cast Release Critical reception On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of , based on reviews, and an average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly McGlynn
Molly McGlynn is a Canadian Americans, Canadian American film and television director and screenwriter."Molly McGlynn's debut feature – a TIFF breakout – isn't a comedy or drama, just 'scorchingly true'" CBC Arts, September 15, 2017. She is known for her feature films ''Mary Goes Round'', for which she won the Jay Scott Prize from the Toronto Film Critics Association,Pinto, Jordan "Anthropocene claims top Canadian honours at TFCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Goes Round
''Mary Goes Round'' is a 2017 Canadian drama film directed by Molly McGlynn. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film centres on Mary, a substance abuse counsellor who loses her job after getting arrested for drunk driving. Returning to her hometown to visit her estranged father, she struggles to cope with the revelations that her father is terminally ill and that she has a teenage half-sister she has never met. Plot Mary is an addiction counsellor in Toronto who is herself secretly struggling with an addiction to alcohol. After getting arrested while drinking and driving Mary is forced into a sabbatical at work and her boyfriend leaves her. Unwilling to admit she has a problem, Mary decides to return to her hometown of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara as her estranged father has been pressuring her to connect with Robyn, her teenage paternal half-sister who Mary has never met. Immediately upon arriving however Mary learn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklou
Marylou Vanina Mayniel (born 23 April 1993), better known by her stage name Oklou (pronounced "Okay Lou"; ˈəʊkeɪ 'luː), is a French musician from Poitiers. Her debut mixtape ''Galore'' was released in 2020, which was followed up by her debut album '' Choke Enough'' in 2025. Early life Marylou Mayniel was born on 23 April 1993, in Poitiers, France. Mayniel grew up in the countryside of western France with her two parents and an older brother. She was classically trained in piano and cello and sang in choirs as a child. Her brother would bring home CDs from the local library, exposing her to artists such as Dälek. The first album she bought was by Gorillaz. Career 2014-2019: Early beginnings Mayniel self-released her debut EP, ''Avril'', in June 2014, under the moniker Loumar. She moved to Paris in 2015, and self-released her first Oklou EP, ''First Tape'', alongside a limited run of cassettes. After meeting in late 2015, Mayniel co-founded the female DJ collective TGA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghostly International
Ghostly International is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by Samuel Valenti IV and currently headquartered in Brooklyn, New York City with team in Los Angeles, and London. Artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye (a.k.a. Tadd Mullinix), Com Truise, Tycho, Gold Panda, School of Seven Bells, Kate Bollinger, Brijean, C418, crushed, Julie Byrne, dreamcastmoe, Dua Saleh, Ginger Root, Hana Vu, Helios, Goya Gumbani, Mary Lattimore, quickly quickly, Shigeto and Loraine James (as Whatever The Weather). History Ghostly International was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Sam Valenti IV in 1999.Ghostly International: The Q&A The Journal of Murketing He grew up in suburban , where, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
