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Fantas
''Fantas'' is a 2024 Canadian French-language short film directed by Halima Elkhatabi. The film follows Tania, who decides to take her horse Fantas to the city and introduce it to some friends in the working-class neighbourhood where she and her family live. The film had its world premiere in Short Cuts at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival as part of Short Cuts 2024 Programme 1, on September 6, 2024. The film was selected in the Generation 14plus section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it will have its International premiere on 19 February 2025. Synopsis Tania sets out to introduce her horse, Fantas, to her friends in her working-class neighborhood. By sharing her passion, she hopes to bridge two parts of her life that have always remained separate. As these worlds collide, an unexpected urban tale unfolds—one tinged with a hint of the surreal. Cast * Tania Doumbe Fines * Juan Mateo Barrera Gonzales * Bourriquet * Adam Hilali * Rayan Hilali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma
The Festival du nouveau cinéma or FNC (English: ''Festival of New Cinema'') is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring independent films from around the world. Over 160,000 people attend each year. One of the oldest film festivals in Canada, it is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short films. Although the festival screens a variety of films by both new and established filmmakers, including many of the same high-profile films screening at other film festivals in the same year, its core programs are the national and international competitions, which present a variety of awards for both feature and short films by emerging Canadian and international directors. The festival is currently led by interim executive director Michel Pradier, following the departure of Nicolas Girard Deltruc from the position in early 2024.T'Cha Dunlevy"Festival du nouveau cinéma turns page after firing director" ''Montreal Gazette'', October 6, 2024. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halima Elkhatabi
Halima Elkhatabi is a Canadian filmmaker from Montreal, Quebec, most noted for her 2024 documentary film '' Living Together (Cohabiter)'', A graduate of the Institut national de l'image et du son, her short films have included '' Nina'', which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema". ''Welland Tribune'', November 23, ... list in 2015, and '' Fantas''. Filmography *''Demain peut-être'' - 2009 *''La Barricade'' - 2009 *''La Tête contre le mur'' - 2010 *''À St-Henri le 26 août'' - 2011 *''Crée-moi, crée-moi pas'' - 2013, writer *'' Nina'' - 2015 *'' Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (Dounia et la princesse d'Alep)'' - 2022, cowriter *'' Living Together (Cohabiter)'' - 2024 *'' Fantas'' - 2024 References External links * 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award For Best Live Action Short Drama
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian live action short film. Formerly part of the Genie Awards, since 2012 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. In the 1980s and 1990s, the award was not always presented at every Genie Award ceremony. In years when the award was not presented, a single award was instead presented for Best Theatrical Short Film, inclusive of both animated and live-action shorts. Under current Academy regulations, the awards for live action and animated shorts can be collapsed into a single award if either category receives two or fewer eligible submissions, but remain separate if both categories surpass two submissions. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Toronto International Film Festival
The 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 5–15, 2024. The festival opened with David Gordon Green's film ''Nutcrackers (film), Nutcrackers'', and closed with Rebel Wilson's directorial debut film ''The Deb (film), The Deb''. Key programming announcements The first programming announcements were released on June 18, 2024. A second batch of films was announced on July 9, and the opening and closing galas were announced on July 16. Full program announcements began on July 22, with the gala and special presentations lineups announced that day and several other programs announced over the course of that week.Jeremy Kay"Toronto film festival adds Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Edward Burns, David Mackenzie titles" ''Screen Daily'', July 22, 2024. The full festival schedule, including numerous late additions, was announced on August 13. In addition to new and current films, the schedule included anniversary special event screenings of Damien Chazelle's ... [...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] |
2024 Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma
The 2024 edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, the 53rd edition in the event's history, took place from October 9 to 20, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The festival's opening film was ''Universal Language (2024 film), Universal Language (Une langue universelle)'' by Matthew Rankin, and it closed with ''Misericordia (2024 film), Misericordia (Miséricorde)'' by Alain Guiraudie. Overall, the festival screened over 200 feature and short films. Awards The winners of the short film awards were announced on October 16, with the winners of feature film awards announced on October 20 at the festival's conclusion. Official selections International Competition National Competition International Panorama The New Alchemists (Les Nouveaux alchimistes) The Essentials (Les Incontournables) Temps 0 Special Presentations History of Cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma) International Competition for Short Films National Competition for Short Films Special Presentations S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Feng
Xi Feng is a Canada, Canadian film editor. She is most noted for her work on the film ''Universal Language (2024 film), Universal Language'', for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing, Best Editing at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025.Jamie Casemore"CSAs ‘25: Universal Language takes five at Cinematic Arts Awards" ''Playback (magazine), Playback'', May 31, 2025. Her other credits have include the films ''Mutts (film), Mutts (Clebs)'', ''Sing Me a Lullaby'', ''Babushka (film), Babushka'', ''This House (film), This House (Cette maison)'', ''Caiti Blues'', ''Fantas'', ''Village Keeper'', ''Lucky Star (2024 film), Lucky Star'' and ''I Never Promised You a Jasmine Garden''. She is currently the Quebec regional chair of Canadian Cinema Editors. References External links * Canadian film editors Canadian women film editors Canadian people of Chinese descent Living people Best Editing Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
75th Berlin International Film Festival
The 75th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, took place between 13 and 23 February 2025 in Berlin, Germany. American filmmaker Todd Haynes was named the Jury President for the main competition. It marked the first edition of Tricia Tuttle as the festival's artistic director after Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek stepped down after the 2024 edition. ''Dreams (Sex Love)'' directed by Dag Johan Haugerud won the Golden Bear. The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize was awarded to ''The Blue Trail'' by Gabriel Mascaro. While the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance was awarded to Rose Byrne for ''If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.'' The festival opened with German drama film ''The Light (2025 film), The Light'' by Tom Tykwer. During the opening ceremony, British actress Tilda Swinton was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear. Juries Main Competition * Todd Haynes, American filmmaker – Jury President * Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress * Maria Schrader, G ... [...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] |
Canadian Drama Short Films
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, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French-language Short Films
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
