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Brian Robertson (filmmaker)
Brian Robertson is a Canadian film and television producer and director based in Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted as producer of the 2024 film '' Darkest Miriam'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Picture at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025. Between 2020 and 2022, he produced the documentary series Cursed Films for Shudder. The series delves into the myths and legends surrounding iconic horror films. The series premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) and has been well-received for its deep and insightful exploration of film history. Although principally a producer, he was also co-director with Pavan Moondi of the 2015 film '' Diamond Tongues''.Erik Luers"Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson on Diamond Tongues, Working with Tim Heidecker and Shooting Quickly in Toronto" ''Filmmaker'', February 19, 2016. He is the founder and head of the Toronto film production company Low End. Filmography *''Freakers'' - 2010, producer and director *'' Everyday Is Like Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavan Moondi
Pavan Moondi (born August 21, 1985) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter.Barry Hertz"Why Sundowners – the kind of Cancon the industry needs – was so hard to get made" ''The Globe and Mail'', August 23, 2017. Biography Originally from Kitchener, Ontario, Moondi made a number of short films before expanding his last short film into the feature film ''Everyday Is Like Sunday'' (2013). He followed up in 2015 with ''Diamond Tongues'', which was co-directed by producer Brian Robertson, and in 2017 with '' Sundowners''. His films have been noted in particular for his frequent casting of musicians with little or no prior acting experience, including Nicholas Thorburn, Dan Werb, Leah Fay Goldstein and Luke Lalonde. In television he directed the 2016 CBC Television series '' Four in the Morning'', was a story editor on the writing team for ''Schitt's Creek'', and wrote one episode of the television series ''Find Me in Paris ''Find Me in Paris'' is an Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Producers From Toronto
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay The Night (2022 Film)
''Stay the Night'' is a 2022 Canadian romantic drama film, written and directed by Renuka Jeyapalan. The film stars Andrea Bang and Joey Scarpellino. It was released to positive reviews from critics and was nominated for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards. Premise Grace is a woman who decides to seek out a one-night stand with a man after being passed over for a promotion at work for being too reserved; visiting a bar she meets Carter, a professional hockey player who is also at a career crossroads, with the two making a more profound emotional connection over the course of the evening than either expected.Marriska Fernandes"Can wandering Toronto streets in winter be sexy? New film ‘Stay the Night’ tackles the ‘one night’ romance story" ''Toronto Star'', November 17, 2022. Cast *Andrea Bang as Grace * Joe Scarpellino as Carter *Humberly González as Joni *Raymond Ablack as Roshan * Graham Abbey as Coach Matthews *Raven Dauda as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tramps!
''Tramps!'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kevin Hegge and released in 2022.Rachel Ho"'TRAMPS!' Celebrates and Mourns London's New Romantic Movement" ''Exclaim!'', May 31, 2022. The film is a portrait of the New Romantic scene, including Duggie Fields and Judy Blame, that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Release The film premiered as the closing gala film at BFI Flare in 2022, and had its Canadian premiere at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival. Reception Kat Duma, Verity Susman and Matthew Simms received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Music in a Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards The 12th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2023. They were held at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto ... in 2024. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenzin (film)
''Tenzin'' is a 2021 Canadian drama film, directed by Michael LeBlanc and Josh Reichmann and released theatrically in Canada in 2023.Liam Lacey"Canadian Film Festival: Full Stream Ahead for the Third Year" ''Original Cin'', March 22, 2022. The film stars Tenzin Kelsang as Tenzin, a young Tibetan Canadian man who is struggling to come to terms with the death of his older brother by self-immolation at a Tibetan independence movement demonstration. The film's cast also includes Tenzin Choekyi, Salden Kunga, Yeshi Tenzin, Chemi Lhamo, Norbu Dhundup, Mr. Tibet Sangyal, Ivan Mendez Romero and Tsesang Wangmo. The screenplay was written collaboratively by the directors and the main cast members. The film premiered in 2021 at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival, where Kelsang won the award for Best Breakthrough Performance.Victoria Ahearn"Canadian Film Fest winners announced" '' Playback'', April 8, 2022. Mara Zigler rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundowners (2017 Film)
''Sundowners'' is a 2017 Canadian comedy-drama film, written and directed by Pavan Moondi.Norman Wilner"Sundowners serves up low-key pleasures" ''Now'', August 24, 2017. The film stars Phil Hanley as Alex, an aspiring filmmaker who is stuck working as a wedding videographer for unscrupulous boss Tom (Tim Heidecker). Assigned to shoot a destination wedding in Mexico, he enlists his friend Justin ( Luke Lalonde) to come along as his assistant only for an endless series of mishaps and snafus to bedevil the proceedings, including Justin's ex-girlfriend (Leah Fay Goldstein) showing up to demand that he pay for the abortion she just had without telling him; groom Mike's (Nick Flanagan) fear that his fiancée Jenny (Cara Gee) will leave him when she finds out he recently declared bankruptcy; and best man Nick (Nicholas Thorburn) planning to break up the wedding because he's in love with Jenny.Frank Scheck"‘Sundowners’: Film Review" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', December 15, 2017. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everyday Is Like Sunday (film)
''Everyday Is Like Sunday'' is a 2013 Canadian independent film directed by Pavan Moondi. It stars David Dineen-Porter, Coral Osborne and Adam Gurfinkel as twenty-something friends and roommates trying to come to terms with adulthood. The film had a limited theatrical release in Canada on August 16, 2013, and was acquired for Canadian distribution by Mongrel Media in January 2014. Cast Release The film premiered to generally favorable reviews. Manori Ravindran for the ''National Post'' wrote "Millennial angst in gritty urban centres could warrant its own section in ''The New York Times''. We’re poor, we’re jobless, we’re lonely, we get it. But there’s an honesty and whip smart humour to the micro-budget ''Everyday Is Like Sunday'' that separates it from similar fare. ''Exclaim! ''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmmaker (magazine)
''Filmmaker'' is a quarterly publication magazine covering issues relating to independent film. The magazine was founded in 1992 by Karol Martesko-Fenster, Scott Macaulay and Holly Willis. The magazine is now published by the IFP ( Independent Filmmaker Project), which acts in the independent film community. Background The magazine was launched in 1992, as a merger between the two magazines run by IFP (The Off-Hollywood Report, 1986-1992) and IFP/West ("Montage: the Unruly Magazine of Independent Film.") With a readership of more than 60,000, the magazine includes interviews, case studies, financing and distribution information, festival reports, technical and production updates, legal pointers, and filmmakers on filmmaking in their own words. The magazine used to be available outside the US in London but has not been on sale in the UK since early 2009. It has been printed on a regularly quarterly schedule, only missing one print release in the summer of 2020 during the glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Tongues
''Diamond Tongues'' is a 2015 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson. It stars July Talk band member Leah Fay Goldstein as a Toronto-based struggling actress who descends into a downward spiral of depression, narcissism and cruelty. Plot Toronto-based Edith Welland (Goldstein) is an aspiring actress willing to do whatever it takes to land a film role, even outright lying, sabotaging other actresses and outright disrespecting her former boyfriend, also an aspiring actor. Throughout the film, it is revealed she might suffer from manic depressive disorders and delusional psychosis. Cast Production Goldstein's July Talk bandmate Peter Dreimanis was involved in the film production, as the film's cinematographer. Release Diamond Tongues premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on January 25, 2015, and was acquired by Mongrel Media for distribution in Canada and by Factory 25 for the United States. It had a limited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South By Southwest
South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. It began in 1987 and has continued growing in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. There was no in-person event in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas, COVID-19 pandemic in Austin; in both years there was a smaller online event instead. SXSW is run by the company SXSW, LLC, which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. In addition to SXSW, the company runs the conference SXSW EDU and the SXSW Sydney festival (from 2023, in Sydney, Australia) and co-runs North by Northeast in Toronto. Beginning in June 2025, the inaugural South by Southwest London, SXSW London will also take place. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
