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Damon Vignale
Damon Vignale is a Canadian director, writer and producer working in film and television. Vignale has directed the films ''Little Brother of War'' and ''The Entrance''. He released the web series ''The Vetala'' in 2009, drawn from the Baital Pachisi, a collection of Sanskrit tales and legends,Shannon Liz Miller Dec, 2009, Gigao/ref> and received a 2010 Gemini Award.tribute.ca http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/2010winners.asp Vignale's debut documentary film '' The Exhibition'' world premiered in the Next Program of the 2013 Hot Docs International Film Festival.2013 Hot Docs/Next Program http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/exhibition The film won the 2014 International Emmy Award for Arts Programming, and was a Special Award recipient of the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards.CBC News Nov, 2014 http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/canadian-documentary-the-exhibition-wins-at-international-emmy-awards-1.2849602 Vignale's television credits as a writer-producer include ABC/CTV's homicide series ''Motive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Entrance (film)
''The Entrance'' is a 2006 independent Canadian horror thriller film directed and written by Damon Vignale. The film stars Sarah-Jane Redmond, Michael Eklund and Ron Sauvé. The film premiered on the 6th October 2006 in the United States, 16 December 2007 in Canada and put on streaming platform on 1 January 2010. Plot The movie opens on a man, Ryan James, fleeing for his life in a parking ramp. With the assistance of a janitor, Joe, Ryan is able to escape. He makes his way to a police station and speaks with Detective Porhowski, to whom he explains the events that unfolded that night. Ryan claims that he and four other men were abducted, locked in a basement and told they must play a series of games, the winner of which would be allowed to live. Before any games begin, one man attempts escape and is killed before the others. The four remaining men comply and start their first game, musical chairs. When one of the men loses, a film projector shows a clip of the man molesting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 In Canadian Television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2024. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings. Events January February April June July September October December Programs Programs debuting in 2024 Programs ending in 2024 Specials Networks and services Network launches Network rebrandings Network closures Deaths See also * List of Canadian films of 2024 Notes References External linksList of 2024 Canadian television seriesat IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... {{Years in TV by country, 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Documentary Film Directors
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, geographic, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webby Award
The Webby Awards (colloquially referred to as the Webbys) are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over three thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories include websites, advertising and media, online film and video, mobile sites and apps, and social. Two winners are selected in each category, one by members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and one by the public who cast their votes during Webby People's Voice voting. Each winner presents a five-word acceptance speech, a trademark of the annual awards show. In its early years, the award was hailed as the "Internet’s highest honor" and was associated with the phrase "The Oscars of the Internet." History In its early years, the organization was one of several vying to be the premiere internet awards show. Both shows would compare themselves to the Oscars, as did media ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontline (American TV Program)
''Frontline'' (stylized in all capital letters) is an investigative documentary program distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Episodes are produced at WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts. The series has covered a variety of domestic and international issues, including terrorism, elections, environmental disasters, and other sociopolitical issues. Since its debut in 1983, ''Frontline'' has aired in the U.S. for 42 seasons, and has won critical acclaim and awards in broadcast journalism. In 2024, ''Frontline'' won its first Oscar at the 96th Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature, '' 20 Days in Mariupol'', made by a team of AP Ukrainian journalists. ''Frontline'' has produced over 800 documentaries from both in-house and independent filmmakers, 200 of which are available online. Format The program debuted in 1983, with NBC anchorwoman Jessica Savitch as the show's first host, but Savitch died later after the first-season finale. ''PBS NewsH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Award
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia in 1999. Awards categories include but are not exclusive to live action, animated, adult dramatic, children's, documentary film, documentary television, feature films, short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...s. Event history The Leos were established to provide support and recognition for the work of film and television producers, writers, directors, performers and others. In 2005, the Leo Awards Film Festival was added to the event as a means of showcasing the best in film and television production honored a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Emmy Award For Best Arts Programming
The International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to the best arts programs produced and initially aired outside of the United States. Rules and regulations Under the rules of the International Academy: arts programming is a program dedicated to an art form or artist(s) (i.e. performance, art documentary, art series, or combination thereof). If the program is part of a continuous series of self-contained episodes (i.e. each episode has its own storyline with a conclusion; or each episode may have a different director and/or producer; or series has the potential to go on for multiple seasons), then each episode must be submitted as a separate entry. If the program is a multi-part series with a finite number of episodes (no further episodes planned), covering the same theme, two (2) episodes must be submitted to represent the series as a whole. If the program contains multiple parts with a continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Canadian Cinema And Television Diversity Award
The Diversity Award was a special award presented by Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to honour excellence in English-language television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada". It was introduced in 1988 as the Multiculturalism Award under the umbrella of the Gemini Awards,Bill Anderson, "Spotlight on Canadian TV; CBC sequel, CTV mini-series share top billing in Gemini nominations". ''Ottawa Citizen'', October 13, 1988. and renamed to the Canada Award in 1993."Vision TV show honored for multiculturalism". ''Waterloo Region Record'', February 10, 1993. The winner of the award was generally announced in advance of the ceremony, although the award was presented to the producers at the ceremony. It was renamed to the Diversity Award in 2014 after the Geminis were merged into the Canadian Screen Awards. It has not been presented since the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016. National Film Board of Canada productions and co-productions have won appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed Blessings (Canadian TV Series)
''Mixed Blessings'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which aired on APTN. The show was created by Ric Beairsto, Ron E. Scott and Drew Hayden Taylor, from an original concept by Ric Beairsto. The series stars Gary Basaraba and Tina Lameman as Hank Kowalchuk and Josie Fraser, two widowed single parents in Fort McMurray, Alberta who fall in love and are faced with the challenges of successfully blending their families despite their significantly different backgrounds: Kowalchuk is Ukrainian Canadian, while Fraser is Cree. The show's cast also includes Kirklin Maclise, Jesse Frechette, Emma Duncan, Big Daddy Tazz, Michelle Thrush, Wilma Pelly, Emma Ashbaugh, Allen Belcourt, and Griffin Powell Arcand. Following some criticism that the first season of the show wasn't particularly funny despite it having been marketed as a comedy drama, the second season was not as tightly scripted, and instead featured some opportunities for the actors to incorporate some aspects of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackstone (TV Series)
''Blackstone'' is a Canadian television series which aired on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, APTN and Showcase (Canadian TV channel), Showcase. Written, created, directed, and produced by Canadian producer Ron E. Scott, the series began filming its first season in 2010 in and around Edmonton, Alberta. The series went on to have five full seasons. Season 5 started production in spring of 2015 and premiered November 3, 2015. Season 5 was the final season. In 2015, Prairie Dog Film + Television announced a deal that had the first and second seasons of the series given a rerun, second run on CBC Television as a summer series, . ''Broadcaster'', Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
