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Christopher Donaldson
Christopher Donaldson is a Canadian film and television editor. He is most noted for his work on the films '' Crimes of the Future'', for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, and ''The Shrouds'', for which he was nominated in the same category at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025. He has previously been nominated for Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series numerous times for his work in television, winning at the 23rd Gemini Awards in 2008 for his work on '' The Border'',Jennie Punter"‘Tudors’ rule at Geminis " ''Variety'', October 22, 2008. and receiving nods at the 19th Gemini Awards in 2004 and the 22nd Gemini Awards in 2007 for '' Slings & Arrows'', the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011 and the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for '' Flashpoint'', and at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017 for ''Vikings Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimes Of The Future (2022 Film)
''Crimes of the Future'' is a 2022 science fiction body horror drama film written and directed by David Cronenberg. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart. It follows a performance artist duo (Mortensen and Seydoux) who perform surgery for audiences in a future where human evolution has accelerated for much of the population. Although the film shares its title with Cronenberg's 1970 film of the same name, it is not a remake as the story and concept are unrelated. The film marked Cronenberg's return to the science fiction and horror genres for the first time since '' Existenz'' (1999). An international co-production of Canadian, French, British, and Greek companies, ''Crimes of the Future'' had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and received a six-minute standing ovation. The film received a theatrical release in France on May 25, 2022, opened in Canada on June 3, 2022, and had a same day limited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Uncles
''The Uncles'' is a 2000 Canadian drama film directed by James Allodi. The film stars Chris Owens as John, an Italian Canadian restaurant manager in Toronto who is supporting his brother Marco (Kelly Harms), a college student, and sister Celia (Tara Rosling), who is disabled after a head injury. When Celia develops an obsession with kidnapping neighbourhood babies to indulge her maternal instincts, John and Marco hatch a plan to get her pregnant so that she'll have her own baby and stop stealing other people's. The film's cast also includes Dino Tavarone, Veronica Hurnick, Nicola Lipman, Deborah Grover, Alan Van Sprang, Tony Nappo and Carlos Díaz. The film premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. It was a finalist for the Best Canadian Film award at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2001, and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list. Owens received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002."Nominees fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember (2015 Film)
''Remember'' is a 2015 drama thriller film directed by Atom Egoyan and written by Benjamin August. Starring Christopher Plummer, Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Lieven, Henry Czerny, Dean Norris and Martin Landau, it was a co-production of Canada and Germany. The plot follows an elderly Holocaust survivor with dementia who sets out to kill a Nazi war criminal in retaliation for the death of his family and was inspired by August's consideration that there were fewer parts for senior actors in recent years. After a screening at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, it was theatrically released in Canada on October 23, 2015, in Germany on December 31, 2015, and in the United States by A24 on March 11, 2016. ''Remember'' received mostly positive reviews and won a few film festival awards. At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, August received the Award for Best Original Screenplay and ''Remember'' was also nominated for Best Motion Picture. Plot In a New York City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Fright (2014 Film)
''Stage Fright'' is a 2014 Canadian musical comedy slasher film directed by Jerome Sable and is his feature-film directorial debut. The film had its world release on March 10, 2014 at South by Southwest, a VOD release on April 3, 2014, and a theatrical release on May 9. It stars Allie MacDonald as a hopeful young singer terrorized by a killer at a musical theater camp. Plot In 2004, Broadway diva Kylie Swanson opened the musical ''The Haunting of the Opera'' (a reference to real-life musical ''The Phantom of the Opera'') to a packed audience. However, that same night, she was murdered backstage by an unknown assailant wearing the mask of the play's villain, Opera Ghost. 10 years later in the present-day, Kylie's children Camilla and Buddy have grown up raised by Roger McCall, a former lover of Kylie's and the producer of a musical theater summer camp on the brink of bankruptcy. When Camilla hears that the camp will be producing a kabuki version of ''The Haunting of the Opera'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Kind Of Wrong (film)
''The Right Kind of Wrong'' is a 2013 Canadian romantic comedy film directed by Jeremiah Chechik and written by Megan Martin, based on the 1987 novel ''Sex and Sunsets'' by Tim Sandlin. Its premiere was in the Gala Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Leo, a failed writer and recent divorcee, now works as a dishwasher in the restaurant of his friend, Mandeep. His former wife, Julie, has written a blog about Leo entitled "Why You Suck", which has gone on to be published and become a top selling book. Leo also suffers from a crippling fear of heights. Leo falls in love with Colette when he first sees her about to enter the church on her wedding day. He decides to win her heart, pursuing her despite scorn from his friends and from Colette's new husband, Danny. Cast * Ryan Kwanten as Leo Palamino * Sara Canning as Colette Hart * Will Sasso as Neil * Catherine O'Hara as Tess, Colette's mother * Kristen Hager as Julie Deere, Leo's ex-wife * Rya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottage Country (film)
''Cottage Country'' is a 2013 Canadian comedy horror film directed by Peter Wellington. It stars Malin Åkerman, Tyler Labine, Dan Petronijevic and Lucy Punch Lucy Alice T. Punch (born 30 December 1977) is an English actor. She has appeared in the films '' Ella Enchanted'' (2004), ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), '' You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'', '' Dinner for Schmucks,'' (both 2010) and ''Into the Woods'' .... It was released on March 14, 2013. The film was produced by Whizbang Films and Red Rock Entertainment. Plot Todd (Labine) wants everything to be perfect at his family cottage, where he plans to propose to Cammie (Åkerman). However, things go wrong when Todd's slacker brother, Salinger (Petronijevic), and his free-spirited girlfriend, Masha (Punch), show up. Todd accidentally kills his brother with an axe. After he confesses to Cammie, they devise a plan to kill Masha. While she is in the kitchen cooking mushrooms, Masha turns around and catches Todd, who is about to str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take This Waltz (film)
''Take This Waltz'' is a 2011 romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Sarah Polley. The film centres on Margot, a 28-year-old freelance writer who lives in Toronto's Little Portugal neighbourhood, as she struggles with and examines her feelings for Lou, her husband of five years, while exploring a new relationship with Daniel, an artist and rickshaw driver who lives across the street. The film stars Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, and Sarah Silverman. Plot While touring the historic town of Louisburg in Nova Scotia, Canada on an assignment, freelance writer Margot has a couple of chance encounters with Daniel, an artist and rickshaw operator. They run into each other again on the airplane from Halifax to Montreal, and then to Toronto. When the pair return home, they agree to split a cab, and an attraction between the two becomes obvious. Margot learns that Daniel actually lives across the street from her. Before she departs the cab, she tells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterlife
''Waterlife'' is a 2009 documentary film and web documentary about the state of the Great Lakes. It was directed by Kevin McMahon. Film McMahon began filming ''Waterlife'' in 2007. The film explores the beauty of the Great Lakes as well as their degradation due to water pollution. The film looks at the water system from its headwaters in Lake Superior to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, accompanied by Josephine Mandamin, an Anishinabe elder from Thunder Bay, who walks along the Great Lakes each spring to protest deteriorating conditions. ''Waterlife'' is co-produced by Primitive Entertainment and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The film received the Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature at the 2009 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The United Kingdom distributor is Dogwoof Pictures. Web documentary The interactive version of ''Waterlife'' was created by Toronto-based web and design company Jam3 and creative directors Adrian Belina and Pablo Vio for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Metal
''Global Metal'' is a 2007 documentary film directed by Scot McFadyen and Canadian anthropologist Sam Dunn. It is a follow-up to their successful 2005 documentary, '' Metal: A Headbanger's Journey''. The film's international premiere took place at the Bergen International Film Festival on 17 October 2007. ''Global Metal'' aims to show the impact of globalization on the heavy metal underground as well as how different people from different cultures are transforming heavy metal music. Interviews As in ''Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'', most of the information in the film comes in the form of interviews: Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil Non musicians * Claudia Azevedo, University of Rio de Janeiro * Eric de Haas, Rock Hard Brazil * Toninho, Sepultura fan club Tokyo, Japan Non musicians * Masa Itoh, Rock City TV * Katsuya Minamida, Kobe University Mumbai and Bangalore, India Non musicians * Atul Sharma, MetalIndia.net Beijing, China Non musicians * Wang Xiao, 666 Rock S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I, Curmudgeon
''I, Curmudgeon'' is a 2004 documentary film by Alan Zweig about curmudgeons, himself included. Self-declared curmudgeons interviewed in the film also include Harvey Pekar, Fran Lebowitz, Mark Eitzel, Cintra Wilson, Bruce La Bruce, Andy Rooney and Scott Thompson. The film was shot with a camcorder, with Zweig using a mirror to record his own experiences. Film festivals The film was selected to the 2004 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and received a Silver Hugo at the 2005 Chicago International Film Festival The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the comp .... It also received an honorary mention at the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, in 2005. References External links * English-language Canadian films Canadian documentary films Films directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luck (2003 Film)
''Luck'' is a 2003 Canadian romantic comedy film written and directed by Peter Wellington. Set in 1972 against the backdrop of the Canada-Russia Summit Series hockey competition, the film stars Luke Kirby as Shane, a man who falls into a gambling addiction after being turned down by his love interest Margaret (Sarah Polley), but concocts a plan to bet heavily on the hockey games in the hopes of both paying off his gambling debt and winning Margaret back. The film's cast also includes Noam Jenkins, Jed Rees, Sergio Di Zio, Peter MacNeill and Fiona Reid. The film premiered at the 2003 Montreal World Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2004 South by Southwest festival, where it won the award for best narrative competition feature. Wellington received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 24th Genie Awards."CHUM tries to uncork the Genies". ''Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
