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Darkest Miriam
''Darkest Miriam'' is a 2024 Canadian drama film, directed by Naomi Jaye.Caryn James"‘Darkest Miriam’ Review: Britt Lower in a Marvel of a Drama About a Young Librarian’s Loves and Fears" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', June 9, 2024. Adapted from Martha Baillie's novel ''The Incident Report'', the film stars Britt Lower as Miriam, a librarian in Toronto who leads a closed-off, grief-stricken life after her father's death; amid a series of strange incidents at the library, she meets and begins a romance with Janko ( Tom Mercier), a Slovenian immigrant who opens her up to new possibilities.Josh Korngut"Fantasia 2024: 'Darkest Miriam' Finds Poetry Amidst the Chaos of a Toronto Library" ''Exclaim!'', July 17, 2024. The cast also includes Sook-Yin Lee, Jean Yoon, Jaimara Beals, Clyde Whitham, Susannah Hoffmann, Scott McCulloch, Igor Shamuilov, Joshua Odjick, Sarah Li Wen Du, Anita Yung, Peter Millard, Danté Prince, Scott Ryan Yamamura, Jamaal Grant, Aviva Armour-Ostroff, and Laur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Jaye
Naomi Jaye is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Toronto, Ontario."Filmmaker Naomi Jaye to debut first Yiddish-language feature ever filmed in Canada". ''The City Centre Mirror'', April 29, 2014. She is most noted for her 2024 film ''Darkest Miriam'', for which she received Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025. A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre, she made a number of short films before releasing ''The Pin'', her directorial debut and the first Yiddish language film ever made in Canada, in 2013. She has also created video art installation projects, including ''MRI''. In 2022 she staged ''Miriam's World'', a multimedia theatrical adaptation of the same Martha Baillie novel that would become ''Darkest Miriam'', at Theatre Passe Muraille.Kate Taylor, "Miriam’s World transforms theatre into a walk-through library". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 13, 2022. She won the Directors Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses Burlington, Ontario, Burlington and Grimsby, Ontario, Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is situated approximately southwest of Toronto in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Conceived by George Hamilton (city founder), George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand, Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, the town of Hamilton became the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe. On January 1, 2001, the current boundaries of Hamilton were created through the Merger (politics), amalgamation of the original city with other municipalities of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth. Residents of the city are known as Hamiltonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th Canadian Screen Awards
The 13th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 30 May to 1 June 2025, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2024. The main gala was held on 1 June, hosted by comedian Lisa Gilroy, and was broadcast live on CBC Television and CBC Gem. Nominees were announced on March 26. ''Universal Language'' received the most nominations in film categories with 13, while '' Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent'' topped the field in television categories with 20 nominations. '' Canada's Drag Race'' was the most-awarded work overall with eight, while ''Universal Language'' would win the most awards in film categories with six. Ceremony information The Canadian Screen Week programme of events prior to the main gala (including non-televised ceremonies for technical and genre categories) were consolidated and reduced to two days (30 and 31 May). After multiple ceremonies in which television cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Awards
The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the awards recognize excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The awards were first presented in 2013 as the result of a merger of the Gemini Awards and Genie Awards—the Academy's previous awards presentations for television (English-language) and film productions. They are widely considered to be the most prestigious award for Canadian entertainers, artists, and filmmakers, often referred to as the equivalent of the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards in the United States, the BAFTA Awards in the United Kingdom, the AACTA Awards in Australia, the IFTA Awards in Ireland, the César Awards in France and the Goya Awards in Spain. History The award's historic root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Daily
''Screen International'' is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company which also owned '' Broadcast''. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global film business. The magazine in its current form was founded in 1975, and its website, ''Screendaily.com'', was added in 2001. ''Screen International'' also produces daily publications at film festivals and markets in Berlin, Germany; Cannes, France; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California; and Hong Kong. History ''Screen International'' traces its history back to 1889 with the publication of ''Optical Magic Lantern and Photographic Enlarger''. At the turn of the 20th century, the name changed to ''Cinematographic Journal'' and in 1907 it was renamed '' Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly''. Kinematograph Weekly ''Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly'' contained trade news, advertisemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival, also known as Fantasia Fest or simply Fantasia, is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on fantasy, horror, sci-fi and cult genre films. Regularly held in July/August, by 2016 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers. ''Fantasia'' has been often cited as the most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America, and as one of the top three in the world, alongside Sitges and Fantastic Fest. Its mission is to promote genre, anti-Hollywood cinema and assist independent filmmakers, having launched the careers of many modern auteurs throughout the years. Since 2012, the festival has also held the ''Frontières'' cinema market that allows promising projects to find potential producers and distributors. In 2016, the ''Frontières'' announced collaboration with the Marché du Film, led by the Cannes Film Festival. Overview ''Fantasia'' focuses on niche, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Anarchy
ScreenAnarchy, previously known as Twitch Film or Twitch, is a Canadian English-language website featuring news and reviews of mainly international, independent and cult films. The website was founded in 2004 by Todd Brown. In addition to films, the website covers various film festivals from Sundance, Toronto and Fantasia to Sitges, Cannes and the Berlinale. They partnered with Instinctive Film in 2011 to found Interactor, a crowd funding and viral marketing site, and with Indiegogo in 2013. Brown is a partner at XYZ Films, and '' Variety'' credits Twitch Film as helping to popularize the production company's films. Brad Miska of Bloody Disgusting wrote that Twitch "...quickly established itself as the online world's leading source for international, independent, cult, arthouse and genre film news, review and discussion." He also wrote: "Over the years I have become increasingly impressed by what Todd Brown has done with Twitch Film, he has cornered the market for all edgy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbourfront Centre
Harbourfront Centre is a cultural organization on the waterfront of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated at 235 Queens Quay West. Established as a crown corporation in 1972 by the Government of Canada to create a waterfront park, it became a non-profit organization in 1991. Funding comes from corporate sponsors, government grants, individual donors and entrepreneurial activities. Harbourfront Centre has a seating capacity of 2,000. Harbourfront Centre works with over 450 community organizations, and hosts more than 4,000 events a year in many disciplines such as theatre, dance, literature, music, film, visual arts and craft. The development is governed by a 26-person community based volunteer Board of Directors, and is assisted by approximately 2,000 volunteers who generously contribute their efforts and time. Harbourfront Centre is patrolled by its own in-house security team, which works closely with police to ensure that the property is protected. History The Government of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan (; ; born July 19, 1960) is an Armenian Canadians, Armenian-Canadian filmmaker. One of the most preeminent directors of the Toronto New Wave, he emerged during the 1980s and made his career breakthrough with ''Exotica (film), Exotica'' (1994), a Hyperlink cinema, hyperlink film set in a strip club. He followed this with his most critically acclaimed film, ''The Sweet Hereafter (film), The Sweet Hereafter'' (1997), an adaptation of the Russell Banks The Sweet Hereafter (novel), novel of the same name, for which he received Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay. Egoyan's other significant films include ''The Adjuster'' (1991), ''Ararat (film), Ararat'' (2002), ''Where the Truth Lies'' (2005), ''Adoration (2008 film), Adoration'' (2008), ''Chloe (2009 film), Chloe'' (2009), ''Devil's Knot (film), Devil's Knot'' (2013), and ''Remember (2015 film), Remember'' (2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whistler Film Festival
The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is an annual film festival held in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 2001, the festival is held the first weekend of December and includes juried competitive sections, the Borsos Awards, and the Pandora Audience Award. A conference for the Canadian film industry, known as the Whistler Summit, is organised in connection with the film festival. The festival has built up a reputation as one of the most important Canadian film festivals despite its location in a much smaller community than most of the other major festivals, particularly as a premiere venue for Canadian independent films.Norman Wilner"Five buzzy films to stream at the Whistler Film Festival" ''Now'', December 1, 2020. Some film critics have even gone so far as to suggest that the festival is emerging as Canada's equivalent to the influential American Sundance Film Festival. As of 2015, the Whistler Film Festival bills itself as "Canada's coolest film festival" and has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borsos Competition
The Borsos Competition is the main awards program for Canadian feature films screening at the annual Whistler Film Festival. The award is named in memory of Canadian film director Phillip Borsos. Introduced for the first time in 2004, the juried competition presents six awards annually to honour films, actors, screenplays, directors, cinematographers and editors in Canadian cinema. Initially, only films that were having their world premieres at Whistler were eligible for the competition,Katherine Monk"Whistler film fest to present award" ''Vancouver Sun'', July 9, 2004. although this requirement was soon dropped as the festival had difficulty attracting entrants who were willing to forego larger film festivals such as TIFF or the FNC, and thereafter films selected for competition only had to be a regional premiere within the Western Canada Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West, or Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28th Fantasia International Film Festival
The 28th Fantasia International Film Festival was held from 18 July to 4 August 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Juries Compétition Cheval Noir * Matt Johnson (director), Matt Johnson, Canadian filmmaker – Jury President * Steve Dollar, American film critic * Rob Jabbaz, Canadian filmmaker * Kristina Klebe, American actress and filmmaker * Ariane Louis-Seize, French-Canadian filmmaker New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature * Rain Rannu, Estonian filmmaker – Jury President * Sapna Moti Bhavnani, Indian filmmaker * Éric S. Boisvert, Canadian filmmaker * Amelia Moses, Canadian filmmaker International Short Film Competition * Heidi Honeycutt, American film critic – Jury President * Jean Anne Lauer, American professor and festival programmer * Emily Lerer, Canadian filmmaker * Gary Pullin, American illustrator * Alex Williams, American film acquisitions executive Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation * Johane Matte, Canadian story artist – Jury P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
