Charles Officer, known as one of the leaders in Black Canadian independent film, has died. He was 49 and succumbed at his home in Toronto Friday from complications from a heart attack.
Officer had been battling what’s been described as a lengthy illness that was not specified. He had a lung transplant in December 2022.
Officer’s best-known film was the 2009 indie Nurse.Fighter.Boy, an urban love story. He also directed four episodes of The Porter, a CBC/BET+ drama about railway workers from both sides of the Canadian-u.S. border.
He was a cofounder of the Black Screen Office in Canada, and launched and ran Canesugar Filmworks with longtime business partner Jake Yanowski.
Officer’s latest film was Akilla’s Escape, a crime noir. His other fims included the documentary Mighty Jerome and Unarmed Verses.
The Toronto Black Film Festival on X, formerly Twitter, saluted his career: “We’re...
Officer had been battling what’s been described as a lengthy illness that was not specified. He had a lung transplant in December 2022.
Officer’s best-known film was the 2009 indie Nurse.Fighter.Boy, an urban love story. He also directed four episodes of The Porter, a CBC/BET+ drama about railway workers from both sides of the Canadian-u.S. border.
He was a cofounder of the Black Screen Office in Canada, and launched and ran Canesugar Filmworks with longtime business partner Jake Yanowski.
Officer’s latest film was Akilla’s Escape, a crime noir. His other fims included the documentary Mighty Jerome and Unarmed Verses.
The Toronto Black Film Festival on X, formerly Twitter, saluted his career: “We’re...
- 12/3/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Charles Officer, a pioneering Black Canadian film and TV director, has died. He was 49.
Officer died Friday at his home in Toronto of complications from a long illness following a lung transplant that he underwent in December 2022.
Officer’s latest film was Akilla’s Escape, a crime noir about an urban child soldier, Akilla Brown, who captures a 15-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
His breakout movie was the 2009 indie Nurse.Fighter.Boy, an urban love story that follows a widowed single mother coping with sickle cell disease who works as a night-shift nurse to support her son Ciel. When she meets Silence, a troubled and brooding boxer, their lives are changed forever.
He also directed four episodes of The Porter, the CBC/BET+ drama about railway workers from both sides of the Canadian-u.
Officer died Friday at his home in Toronto of complications from a long illness following a lung transplant that he underwent in December 2022.
Officer’s latest film was Akilla’s Escape, a crime noir about an urban child soldier, Akilla Brown, who captures a 15-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
His breakout movie was the 2009 indie Nurse.Fighter.Boy, an urban love story that follows a widowed single mother coping with sickle cell disease who works as a night-shift nurse to support her son Ciel. When she meets Silence, a troubled and brooding boxer, their lives are changed forever.
He also directed four episodes of The Porter, the CBC/BET+ drama about railway workers from both sides of the Canadian-u.
- 12/3/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The BET+/CBC drama The Porter and the HBO Max/CBC comedy Sort Of were the big winners at the Canadian Screen Awards on Friday night.
The Porter, a civil rights drama about 1920s Black train employees in Montreal and Chicago, won for best TV drama, best drama direction for Charles Officer, best drama writing for Marsha Greene and Alfre Woodard picked up the trophy for best guest drama performance.
The first Canadian drama to boast an all-Black creative team also picked up a host of other trophies for best photography, original music, picture editing, make-up and hair and costume and production design. The Porter led the film and TV field for the Canadian Screen Awards with 19 nominations in all, including for best small-screen drama.
Also dominating the TV categories at the non-telecast Canadian Screen Awards was the Peabody Award-winning comedy Sort Of. The series about a gender fluid young...
The Porter, a civil rights drama about 1920s Black train employees in Montreal and Chicago, won for best TV drama, best drama direction for Charles Officer, best drama writing for Marsha Greene and Alfre Woodard picked up the trophy for best guest drama performance.
The first Canadian drama to boast an all-Black creative team also picked up a host of other trophies for best photography, original music, picture editing, make-up and hair and costume and production design. The Porter led the film and TV field for the Canadian Screen Awards with 19 nominations in all, including for best small-screen drama.
Also dominating the TV categories at the non-telecast Canadian Screen Awards was the Peabody Award-winning comedy Sort Of. The series about a gender fluid young...
- 4/15/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Canadian Screen Awards has unveiled nominations for the national film and TV prize-giving, and the CBC civil rights drama The Porter leads the film and TV field with 19 mentions in all, including for best small-screen drama.
The first Canadian drama series from an all-Black creative team, which also streams on BET+, centers on the lives of Black train porters and their families as they launch North America’s first Black labor union in the 1920s.
The TV categories, voted on by around 3,000 Canadian industry insiders, also sees the CBC series Detention Adventure and Sort Of – a Peabody award-winning show about a gender fluid young Muslim in Toronto played by Bilal Baig — nab 15 nominations each in an awards show shaping up to be a major showcase for people of color.
That follows Canadian film, and TV industry efforts to ensure diversity and inclusivity in the country’s indie production sector and prize-giving process.
The first Canadian drama series from an all-Black creative team, which also streams on BET+, centers on the lives of Black train porters and their families as they launch North America’s first Black labor union in the 1920s.
The TV categories, voted on by around 3,000 Canadian industry insiders, also sees the CBC series Detention Adventure and Sort Of – a Peabody award-winning show about a gender fluid young Muslim in Toronto played by Bilal Baig — nab 15 nominations each in an awards show shaping up to be a major showcase for people of color.
That follows Canadian film, and TV industry efforts to ensure diversity and inclusivity in the country’s indie production sector and prize-giving process.
- 2/22/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Independent has revealed the television nominations for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards, which this year have gone gender-neutral, just like its film colleagues. As revealed online Tuesday morning by Asia Kate Dillon (“Billions“), the annoncement included a winner: Apple TV+’s “Pachinko” won for best new ensemble cast, including Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson and Yuh-jung Youn.
Overall, leading the nominees were ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” FX’s “The Bear,” Apple TV+’s “Severance” and HBO Max’s “Severance,” all tied with three nods each.
“As the television landscape continues to evolve, and independent artists expand the idea of how stories can be told, we’re proud to be changing with them,” said Josh Welsh, president of Film Independent. “With our new categories and gender-neutral acting awards, we hope to better reflect the diversity of...
Overall, leading the nominees were ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” FX’s “The Bear,” Apple TV+’s “Severance” and HBO Max’s “Severance,” all tied with three nods each.
“As the television landscape continues to evolve, and independent artists expand the idea of how stories can be told, we’re proud to be changing with them,” said Josh Welsh, president of Film Independent. “With our new categories and gender-neutral acting awards, we hope to better reflect the diversity of...
- 12/13/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Film Independent announced the TV nominations for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Tuesday morning, with four shows in particular leading the pack. ABC’s beloved comedy “Abbott Elementary,” FX’s critical darling “The Bear,” the HBO Max limited series “Station Eleven” and the acclaimed Apple TV+ drama “Severance” scored the most nominations of any show with three each.
The Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” won the Best Ensemble award.
New this year, as with the film nominees, is a switch to gender neutral acting awards with the Best Actor and Best Actress categories replaced by a 10-nominee Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series award. In addition to this change, a Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series award has been added to honor performances outside of the leading roles.
The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held on March 4, 2023, in Santa Monica. Check out the film nominees here.
The Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” won the Best Ensemble award.
New this year, as with the film nominees, is a switch to gender neutral acting awards with the Best Actor and Best Actress categories replaced by a 10-nominee Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series award. In addition to this change, a Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series award has been added to honor performances outside of the leading roles.
The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held on March 4, 2023, in Santa Monica. Check out the film nominees here.
- 12/13/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
The Film Independent Spirit Awards are unveiling their 2023 nominees for television Tuesday morning. The reveal marks a previously announced expansion of the TV categories, as well as a move to gender-neutral acting races this year in both television and film, the latter of which were revealed last month during the Spirits’ film nominations.
The organization has combined both actor and actress in TV’s Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series, and in the new category of Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series.
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Billions star Asia Kate Dillon...
The organization has combined both actor and actress in TV’s Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series, and in the new category of Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series.
Related Story Spirit Award Noms 2023: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Leads & Will Vie For Best Picture With ‘Bones And All’, ‘Our Father, The Devil’, ‘Tár’ & ‘Women Talking’ Related Story Spirit Awards Set 2023 Date, Go Gender-Neutral And Increase Budget Cap Related Story Film Independent Spirit Awards: 'The Lost Daughter' Takes Home Best Feature As Netflix Reigns With Six Wins
Billions star Asia Kate Dillon...
- 12/13/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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Film Independent has revealed the TV nominees for the 2023 Spirit Awards.
Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Severance and Station Eleven landed three nominations each, the most of any series.
Notable nominees include Emmy winners Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph of Abbott Elementary, who earned Emmys in September for best writing for a comedy series and supporting actress, respectively, for the ABC sitcom. Emmy nominee Janelle James was also honored with a supporting performance nomination. Other nominees from September’s Emmys include Yellowjackets‘ Melanie Lynskey, Station Eleven‘s Himesh Patel and Severance‘s Adam Scott.
While Till star Danielle Deadwyler was not recognized in the film categories for her acclaimed performance in the United Artists drama, she did earn a supporting performance nod for her role in Station Eleven.
While lead actor Jeremy Allen White was not nominated for his performance on The Bear,...
Film Independent has revealed the TV nominees for the 2023 Spirit Awards.
Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Severance and Station Eleven landed three nominations each, the most of any series.
Notable nominees include Emmy winners Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph of Abbott Elementary, who earned Emmys in September for best writing for a comedy series and supporting actress, respectively, for the ABC sitcom. Emmy nominee Janelle James was also honored with a supporting performance nomination. Other nominees from September’s Emmys include Yellowjackets‘ Melanie Lynskey, Station Eleven‘s Himesh Patel and Severance‘s Adam Scott.
While Till star Danielle Deadwyler was not recognized in the film categories for her acclaimed performance in the United Artists drama, she did earn a supporting performance nod for her role in Station Eleven.
While lead actor Jeremy Allen White was not nominated for his performance on The Bear,...
- 12/13/2022
- by Hilary Lewis and Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Josh Epstein, Kyle Rideout Team With Good Question Media for Dark Comedy ‘Knight’s Camp’ (Exclusive)
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Josh Epstein and Kyle Rideout, the Canadian filmmaking team behind indies Eadweard and Adventures in Public School, are going medieval.
The duo have set up their latest feature project, the dark comedy Knight’s Camp, at Good Question Media, which is financing development.
Epstein and Rideout co-wrote the project with Rideout in the director’s chair for a spring 2023 start.
Producing are Dan Bekerman (Falling, The Witch) and Chris Yurkovich (Slash/Back) of Good Question Media, along with Epstein. Deanna Brigidi of 5th House Casting is casting.
Knight’s Camp follows four bubble-wrapped teens at a summer “knight’s training camp” who are preparing to re-enact an ancient battle when they are accidentally transported to the real battle in 1293.
Set in and around a Scottish castle, the comedy seeks to highlight the clash between modern-day teens and the realistically brutal world of those gritty times.
Josh Epstein and Kyle Rideout, the Canadian filmmaking team behind indies Eadweard and Adventures in Public School, are going medieval.
The duo have set up their latest feature project, the dark comedy Knight’s Camp, at Good Question Media, which is financing development.
Epstein and Rideout co-wrote the project with Rideout in the director’s chair for a spring 2023 start.
Producing are Dan Bekerman (Falling, The Witch) and Chris Yurkovich (Slash/Back) of Good Question Media, along with Epstein. Deanna Brigidi of 5th House Casting is casting.
Knight’s Camp follows four bubble-wrapped teens at a summer “knight’s training camp” who are preparing to re-enact an ancient battle when they are accidentally transported to the real battle in 1293.
Set in and around a Scottish castle, the comedy seeks to highlight the clash between modern-day teens and the realistically brutal world of those gritty times.
- 10/28/2022
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future and Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders lead nominees for the upcoming Dgc Awards with three each.
The Directors of Guild of Canada unveiled nominations for its 21st Dgc Awards on Nov. 5 on Friday. Del Toro, who shot Nightmare Alley mostly in and around Toronto, did not receive a nomination for best feature film direction.
But del Toro’s tribute to the film noir genre, which starred Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett, did earn Oscar-nominated production designer Tamara Deverell a Dgc Awards nod in the same category, Cam McLauchlin a nomination for feature best picture editing, and best sound editing nominations for Nathan Robitaille, Jill Purdy, Dashen Naidoo, Josh Brown, Nelson Ferreira, Kayla Stewart, Craig MacLellan and Kevin Banks.
Cronenberg received a best film director nomination for Crimes of the Future,...
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future and Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders lead nominees for the upcoming Dgc Awards with three each.
The Directors of Guild of Canada unveiled nominations for its 21st Dgc Awards on Nov. 5 on Friday. Del Toro, who shot Nightmare Alley mostly in and around Toronto, did not receive a nomination for best feature film direction.
But del Toro’s tribute to the film noir genre, which starred Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett, did earn Oscar-nominated production designer Tamara Deverell a Dgc Awards nod in the same category, Cam McLauchlin a nomination for feature best picture editing, and best sound editing nominations for Nathan Robitaille, Jill Purdy, Dashen Naidoo, Josh Brown, Nelson Ferreira, Kayla Stewart, Craig MacLellan and Kevin Banks.
Cronenberg received a best film director nomination for Crimes of the Future,...
- 9/23/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Aircraft Pictures is teaming up with Dolphin Entertainment to produce a new feature adaptation of the 1986 sports drama, Youngblood, with rising filmmaker Charles Officer (Akilla’s Escape) on board to direct. The film is slated to begin principal photography in early 2023.
Youngblood follows hockey prodigy Dean Youngblood, who joins the Hamilton Bulldogs and discovers he must face off against toxic behavior on the ice and within himself, to fulfill his dream of being drafted into the National Hockey League. The original film, distributed by MGM, starred Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves in his feature debut, and has since become a cult classic among hockey fans.
Josh Epstein & Kyle Rideout, Seneca Aaron and Officer penned the script for the new film, which will be distributed in Canada by Photon Films — being made with the financial participation of Telefilm Canada and the Talent Fund, as well as Ontario Creates and the Shaw Rocket Fund.
Youngblood follows hockey prodigy Dean Youngblood, who joins the Hamilton Bulldogs and discovers he must face off against toxic behavior on the ice and within himself, to fulfill his dream of being drafted into the National Hockey League. The original film, distributed by MGM, starred Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves in his feature debut, and has since become a cult classic among hockey fans.
Josh Epstein & Kyle Rideout, Seneca Aaron and Officer penned the script for the new film, which will be distributed in Canada by Photon Films — being made with the financial participation of Telefilm Canada and the Talent Fund, as well as Ontario Creates and the Shaw Rocket Fund.
- 9/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A new feature film based on the 1986 sports drama “Youngblood,” this time centering on an African American hockey prodigy, is in the works from Aircraft Pictures and Dolphin Entertainment. Rising filmmaker Charles Officer is on board to direct the film, which is slated to begin principal photography in early 2023.
The reimagined update follows hockey prodigy Dean Youngblood, who joins the Hamilton Bulldogs and faces toxic behavior throughout his journey to the National Hockey League draft. The original 1986 film, distributed by MGM, was Keanu Reeves’ feature film debut. It also starred Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze, and it has since become a cult classic among hockey fans.
“The opportunity to re-imagine the beloved classic hockey drama ‘Youngblood’ is a gift, and I am excited to bring a fresh story that centers on an African American hockey prodigy to the screen,” Officer said.
Officer previously directed the crime-noir feature film “Akilla’s Escape,...
The reimagined update follows hockey prodigy Dean Youngblood, who joins the Hamilton Bulldogs and faces toxic behavior throughout his journey to the National Hockey League draft. The original 1986 film, distributed by MGM, was Keanu Reeves’ feature film debut. It also starred Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze, and it has since become a cult classic among hockey fans.
“The opportunity to re-imagine the beloved classic hockey drama ‘Youngblood’ is a gift, and I am excited to bring a fresh story that centers on an African American hockey prodigy to the screen,” Officer said.
Officer previously directed the crime-noir feature film “Akilla’s Escape,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
’André Rieu’s 2022 Maastricht Summer Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again’ plays widely this weekend.
Universal’s survival thriller Beast is the widest release among the features debuting at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, however event cinema André Rieu’s 2022 Maastricht Summer Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again boasts the overall largest figure.
Beast is directed by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur. The survival thriller stars Idris Elba as a grieving widower, who must protect his daughters from a voracious lion. It is set to play at 601 sites this weekend.
Kormakur’s best known for 2015 real-life disaster thriller, Everest, which opened to £2.4m from 567 sites.
Universal’s survival thriller Beast is the widest release among the features debuting at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, however event cinema André Rieu’s 2022 Maastricht Summer Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again boasts the overall largest figure.
Beast is directed by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur. The survival thriller stars Idris Elba as a grieving widower, who must protect his daughters from a voracious lion. It is set to play at 601 sites this weekend.
Kormakur’s best known for 2015 real-life disaster thriller, Everest, which opened to £2.4m from 567 sites.
- 8/26/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Charles Officer’s flashy feature reflects on violence handed down the generations but has too much faith in fatigued beats from the gangster-film locker
Canadian-Jamaican director Charles Officer’s second feature looks flashy, sounds cool and – Ghost Dog-style – likes to fling out shurikens of eastern philosophy every which way. But this tale of freelance underworld fixer Akilla Brown, played with careworn wisdom by Saul Williams, doesn’t live up to its sharp tailoring and has too much faith in fatigued beats from the gangster-film locker.
Journeyman Akilla is about to retire from the illegal cannabis-distribution business in Toronto, rendered redundant by legalisation. But he finds himself on the end of a double-barrel shotgun when a depot belonging to “the Greek”, his boss, is raided by rival hoodlums. Thanks to his sang-froid, the heist runs off the rails, and Akilla steps in to stop his crew from torturing young soldier Sheppard (Thamela Mpumlwana) who,...
Canadian-Jamaican director Charles Officer’s second feature looks flashy, sounds cool and – Ghost Dog-style – likes to fling out shurikens of eastern philosophy every which way. But this tale of freelance underworld fixer Akilla Brown, played with careworn wisdom by Saul Williams, doesn’t live up to its sharp tailoring and has too much faith in fatigued beats from the gangster-film locker.
Journeyman Akilla is about to retire from the illegal cannabis-distribution business in Toronto, rendered redundant by legalisation. But he finds himself on the end of a double-barrel shotgun when a depot belonging to “the Greek”, his boss, is raided by rival hoodlums. Thanks to his sang-froid, the heist runs off the rails, and Akilla steps in to stop his crew from torturing young soldier Sheppard (Thamela Mpumlwana) who,...
- 8/23/2022
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
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The CBC and BET+ are putting out another call for The Porter.
There’s no official announcement just yet, but the Canadian and U.S. TV platforms are set to renew the civil rights drama about 1920s Black train employees and their families in Montreal and Chicago for a second season.
Showrunner Annmarie Morais and director Charles Officer talked to The Hollywood Reporter as scripts are being readied to continue portraying Black train porters’ efforts to launch North America’s first Black labor union.
The second season will also take another step toward reframing Black Canadian history as the first Canadian drama to boast an all-Black creative team, on whose shoulders rest the pressure to succeed and create opportunities for others to tell their own stories that center Black identity. The Porter‘s second season is especially meaningful in light of the fact...
The CBC and BET+ are putting out another call for The Porter.
There’s no official announcement just yet, but the Canadian and U.S. TV platforms are set to renew the civil rights drama about 1920s Black train employees and their families in Montreal and Chicago for a second season.
Showrunner Annmarie Morais and director Charles Officer talked to The Hollywood Reporter as scripts are being readied to continue portraying Black train porters’ efforts to launch North America’s first Black labor union.
The second season will also take another step toward reframing Black Canadian history as the first Canadian drama to boast an all-Black creative team, on whose shoulders rest the pressure to succeed and create opportunities for others to tell their own stories that center Black identity. The Porter‘s second season is especially meaningful in light of the fact...
- 7/15/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BET+ is venturing into the historical/period pieces with this intriguing mini-series inspired by real events!
The Porter dives into the height of the North American railway system, mainly for Black workers who made their bread and butter in the transportation business as porters, a job that was one of the most common for Black men at the time.
And through what promises to be an enthralling series, The Porter draws from the formation of the first Black Union.
Through The Porter, we follow two train porters who were as close as ever, Junior Massey and Zeke Garrett.
One tragedy strikes on the job, leaving the community reeling; the two set on completely different paths that will inevitably conflict with one another in their dogged pursuit of a better life and all that it entails as Black men during the early 1920s.
Junior takes an "if you can't beat them,...
The Porter dives into the height of the North American railway system, mainly for Black workers who made their bread and butter in the transportation business as porters, a job that was one of the most common for Black men at the time.
And through what promises to be an enthralling series, The Porter draws from the formation of the first Black Union.
Through The Porter, we follow two train porters who were as close as ever, Junior Massey and Zeke Garrett.
One tragedy strikes on the job, leaving the community reeling; the two set on completely different paths that will inevitably conflict with one another in their dogged pursuit of a better life and all that it entails as Black men during the early 1920s.
Junior takes an "if you can't beat them,...
- 4/12/2022
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Alfre Woodard is set as a series regular in BET+/CBC’s The Porter, an original drama series about a group of 1920s railway workers who unite to form the world’s first Black union. Woodard also will serve as an executive producer on the series, from Inferno Pictures and Sienna Films, a Sphere Media company. Shooting is currently underway in Winnipeg, Canada.
Created by Arnold Pinnock and Bruce Ramsay with Annmarie Morais, Marsha Greene and Aubrey Nealon, The Porter tells the story of the people who fought to ignite the civil rights movement in North America.
Set in the early 1920s, The Porter offers a dramatic and compelling look at the Black community in St. Antoine, Montreal — known, at the time, as the “Harlem of the North...
Created by Arnold Pinnock and Bruce Ramsay with Annmarie Morais, Marsha Greene and Aubrey Nealon, The Porter tells the story of the people who fought to ignite the civil rights movement in North America.
Set in the early 1920s, The Porter offers a dramatic and compelling look at the Black community in St. Antoine, Montreal — known, at the time, as the “Harlem of the North...
- 7/19/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The weathered, storied face of rapper-actor Saul Williams does the heaviest lifting in “Akilla’s Escape,” an exceedingly solemn crime drama from Canadian filmmaker Charles Officer that benefits from every ounce of his natural gravitas. As a Toronto drug trader facing the ugly roots of his underworld life in the wake of a botched deal, Williams conveys decades of isolation, ennui and internalized violence in a shorthand of creased eyes and twitching lips. Profound but uncomplaining pain seems to seep from his very pores. It’s a crinkled, considered feat of physical performance that “Akilla’s Escape,” unfortunately, doesn’t wholly count on: Instead, an overworked script underlines his trauma at every turn with fussy structural tricks and heavy-handed symbolism.
Despite an essential narrative that could have been plucked from many a straightforward B thriller, Officer’s film announces loftier intentions from its elaborate opening credit sequence, which alternates vintage newsreels and...
Despite an essential narrative that could have been plucked from many a straightforward B thriller, Officer’s film announces loftier intentions from its elaborate opening credit sequence, which alternates vintage newsreels and...
- 6/15/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
With the summer movie season underway, Cannes now on the horizon, and Tribeca kicking off this month, the film industry turns its gears again after an unprecedented near-dormancy. This month’s lineup of new releases is an eclectic mix of bold horror, mysterious romances, riveting documentaries, and much more.
15. Werewolves Within (Josh Ruben)
After making a delightful impression on Veep and I Think You Should Leave, Sam Richardson is becoming a leading man with the horror-comedy Werewolves Within, which comes from Scare Me director Josh Ruben. Also starring Milana Vayntrub, Harvey Guillén, Cheyenne Jackson, Michaela Watkins, and Michael Chernus, the film follows a small community that becomes trapped by a snowstorm and newly arrived forest ranger Finn (Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Vayntrub) must uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature.
Where to Watch: Theaters (June 25) and VOD (July 2)
14. Sweat (Magnus von Horn)
A Cannes Film Festival selection last year,...
15. Werewolves Within (Josh Ruben)
After making a delightful impression on Veep and I Think You Should Leave, Sam Richardson is becoming a leading man with the horror-comedy Werewolves Within, which comes from Scare Me director Josh Ruben. Also starring Milana Vayntrub, Harvey Guillén, Cheyenne Jackson, Michaela Watkins, and Michael Chernus, the film follows a small community that becomes trapped by a snowstorm and newly arrived forest ranger Finn (Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Vayntrub) must uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature.
Where to Watch: Theaters (June 25) and VOD (July 2)
14. Sweat (Magnus von Horn)
A Cannes Film Festival selection last year,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
A premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Charles Officer’s latest feature Akilla’s Escape follows poet, musician, and actor Saul Williams as our title character as he navigates the criminal underworld of Toronto. After a robbery went awry, he finds himself sucked back into the turbulent violence he has fought so long to escape. With a soundtrack by Saul Williams and Massive Attack’s 3D, the first trailer has now landed ahead of a June 11 release.
Christopher Schobert said in his TIFF review, “There is a palpable sense of exhaustion and an air of dread over nearly every scene in Akilla’s Escape. It’s no wonder that despite the legalization of marijuana in Canada, Toronto-based drug dealer Akilla Brown is desperately trying to leave the trade. After all, in the film’s first thirty minutes, Brown has watched as a man is hacked to death before his eyes,...
Christopher Schobert said in his TIFF review, “There is a palpable sense of exhaustion and an air of dread over nearly every scene in Akilla’s Escape. It’s no wonder that despite the legalization of marijuana in Canada, Toronto-based drug dealer Akilla Brown is desperately trying to leave the trade. After all, in the film’s first thirty minutes, Brown has watched as a man is hacked to death before his eyes,...
- 5/24/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Schitt’s Creek” and “Blood Quantum” were the big winners in the television and film categories, respectively, at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards.
“Schitt’s Creek” led television honors with eight awards for it’s sixth and final season, including best comedy series; best direction, comedy for Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy; and the sixth win in a row for Catherine O’Hara as best lead actress in comedy. “Canada’s Drag Race” follows with five wins, including best reality/competition program or series.
Jeff Barnaby’s “Blood Quantum” topped film honors with seven Canadian Screen Awards, including Michael Greyeyes in the performance by an actor in a leading role category. Tracey Deer’s first feature “Beans” won best motion picture, while Deepa Mehta was awarded best achievement in direction for “Funny Boy.” Michelle Pfeiffer won actress in a leading role for “French Exit.”
Recently departed Canadian thespian Christopher Plummer was the recipient of best...
“Schitt’s Creek” led television honors with eight awards for it’s sixth and final season, including best comedy series; best direction, comedy for Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy; and the sixth win in a row for Catherine O’Hara as best lead actress in comedy. “Canada’s Drag Race” follows with five wins, including best reality/competition program or series.
Jeff Barnaby’s “Blood Quantum” topped film honors with seven Canadian Screen Awards, including Michael Greyeyes in the performance by an actor in a leading role category. Tracey Deer’s first feature “Beans” won best motion picture, while Deepa Mehta was awarded best achievement in direction for “Funny Boy.” Michelle Pfeiffer won actress in a leading role for “French Exit.”
Recently departed Canadian thespian Christopher Plummer was the recipient of best...
- 5/21/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
"I'm doing this my way..." Vertical Ent. has released the official trailer for Akilla's Escape, an acclaimed "crime noir" film that originally premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival last fall. The second feature from Jamaica-Canadian filmmaker Charles Officer (also of Nurse.Fighter.Boy), the film is about the modern urban child-soldier. Saul Williams stars as Akilla Brown, who is about to cash out of his cannabis growing business. He then captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery at his place. Over one grueling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped. The cast includes Thamela Mpumlwana, Donisha Rita, and Claire Prendergast. I heard tons of great things about this film out of TIFF last year, and I've been looking forward to catching up with it ever since. Quite a powerful trailer!! I dig the style, the poster is dope, and...
- 5/20/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Tunisian drama debuted at Venice and is nominated for best international feature.
Studio Soho Distribution has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s drama The Man Who Sold His Skin, which is up for the best international feature at the Oscars this weekend.
The drama, sold by Paris-based Bac Films, premiered in Venice’s Horizons strand last September, where it won Yahya Mahayni best actor and the film the Edipo Re Award. Studio Soho is planning to release the feature theatrically in August.
Inspired by true events, it follows a young Syrian refugee in...
Studio Soho Distribution has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s drama The Man Who Sold His Skin, which is up for the best international feature at the Oscars this weekend.
The drama, sold by Paris-based Bac Films, premiered in Venice’s Horizons strand last September, where it won Yahya Mahayni best actor and the film the Edipo Re Award. Studio Soho is planning to release the feature theatrically in August.
Inspired by true events, it follows a young Syrian refugee in...
- 4/23/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Canadian public broadcaster CBC and BET+ have set the headline cast for The Porter, an original drama series about a group of 1920s railway workers who unite to form the world’s first Black union.
Aml Ameen, the British actor who starred in HBO/BBC’s award-winning I May Destroy You and Idris Elba-directed feature Yardie, leads the series as Junior Massey, an intelligent, smooth, ambitious, and fearless risk-taker and war veteran employed as a porter with the transcontinental railroad.
He is joined by Star Trek: Discovery actor Ronnie Rowe Jr, who plays Massey’s war buddy Zeke Garrett, and The Umbrella Academy star Mouna Traoré, who features as Massey’s wife Marlene, a worker with the Black Cross Nurses, an offshoot of Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Produced by Winnipeg-based Inferno Pictures and Sphere Media’s Sienna Films, The Porter was created by Arnold Pinnock...
Aml Ameen, the British actor who starred in HBO/BBC’s award-winning I May Destroy You and Idris Elba-directed feature Yardie, leads the series as Junior Massey, an intelligent, smooth, ambitious, and fearless risk-taker and war veteran employed as a porter with the transcontinental railroad.
He is joined by Star Trek: Discovery actor Ronnie Rowe Jr, who plays Massey’s war buddy Zeke Garrett, and The Umbrella Academy star Mouna Traoré, who features as Massey’s wife Marlene, a worker with the Black Cross Nurses, an offshoot of Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Produced by Winnipeg-based Inferno Pictures and Sphere Media’s Sienna Films, The Porter was created by Arnold Pinnock...
- 4/8/2021
- by Jake Kanter and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced nominees for its 2021 Screen Awards today, with winners set to be crowned across a series of presentations May 17 – May 20.
Schitt’s Creek continued its fine awards form, picking up 21 nominations including Best Comedy Series, and Best Writing for Dan Levy, who also scored Best Lead Actor alongside his dad Eugene Levy. The show also had a double nom in the Best Lead Actress category for Annie Murphy and Catherine O’Hara. Behind-the-scenes doc Best Wishes, Warm Regards: A Schitt’s Creek Farewell landed a nom in the Best Biography or Arts Documentary category.
Elsewhere in series, Cardinal: Until The Night and Trickster both picked up 15 nominations each.
On the film side, Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum topped nominations with 10, while Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy had nine and Charles Officer’s Akilla’s Escape had eight.
You can see the full list of Canadian Screen Award nominations – across 141 film,...
Schitt’s Creek continued its fine awards form, picking up 21 nominations including Best Comedy Series, and Best Writing for Dan Levy, who also scored Best Lead Actor alongside his dad Eugene Levy. The show also had a double nom in the Best Lead Actress category for Annie Murphy and Catherine O’Hara. Behind-the-scenes doc Best Wishes, Warm Regards: A Schitt’s Creek Farewell landed a nom in the Best Biography or Arts Documentary category.
Elsewhere in series, Cardinal: Until The Night and Trickster both picked up 15 nominations each.
On the film side, Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum topped nominations with 10, while Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy had nine and Charles Officer’s Akilla’s Escape had eight.
You can see the full list of Canadian Screen Award nominations – across 141 film,...
- 3/30/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Paris-based company’s documentary arm Wide House also achieved deals on Hot Docs title Bloom Up.
Paris-based sales company Wide Management has unveiled a slew of deals done at the European Film Market earlier this month.
It sold French director Julien Hilmoine’s erotic romance The Night Belongs To Lovers to Japan (At Entertainment) and the Cis (Russian Report). The film has also been acquired by Munich-based Alamode Film’s genre label Pierrot le Fou for German-speaking territories.
The drama, which has recently completed post-production, co-stars Laura Müller and Schemci Lauth as two former school friends who meet on the...
Paris-based sales company Wide Management has unveiled a slew of deals done at the European Film Market earlier this month.
It sold French director Julien Hilmoine’s erotic romance The Night Belongs To Lovers to Japan (At Entertainment) and the Cis (Russian Report). The film has also been acquired by Munich-based Alamode Film’s genre label Pierrot le Fou for German-speaking territories.
The drama, which has recently completed post-production, co-stars Laura Müller and Schemci Lauth as two former school friends who meet on the...
- 3/24/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The Santa Barbara Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Aaron Maurer’s documentary Invisible Valley, which profiles the stories of the disparate people that make up the Coachella Valley. It kicks off a festival that will run March 31-April 10 with a hybrid edition that includes online elements and screenings at a pair of pop-up beachside drive-in venues.
The full lineup revealed Tuesday features 47 world premieres and 37 U.S. premieres from 45 countries alongside the fest’s annual tributes featuring the likes of Bill Murray, Carey Mulligan, Sacha Baron Cohen and Amanda Seyfried which will be livestreamed online.
Every film screening will be offered for free this year, with a ticketed online component that will showcase the entire film lineup along with the tributes, industry panels and filmmaker Q&As.
The fest will close with a series of short documentaries by local filmmakers.
Here’s the trailer for Invisible Valley,...
The full lineup revealed Tuesday features 47 world premieres and 37 U.S. premieres from 45 countries alongside the fest’s annual tributes featuring the likes of Bill Murray, Carey Mulligan, Sacha Baron Cohen and Amanda Seyfried which will be livestreamed online.
Every film screening will be offered for free this year, with a ticketed online component that will showcase the entire film lineup along with the tributes, industry panels and filmmaker Q&As.
The fest will close with a series of short documentaries by local filmmakers.
Here’s the trailer for Invisible Valley,...
- 3/9/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Winners to be announced at live virtual ceremony on February 10.
The producers of French Exit, No Ordinary Man and Nadia, Butterfly are among nominees for the 15th annual Indiescreen Awards announced by the Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa).
The winners of both the Established Producer and Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer categories will be announced at a live virtual ceremony presented in partnership with Telefilm Canada as part of Cmpa’s Prime Time Online conference on February 10.
Cmpa president and CEO Reynolds Mastin said despite the impact of the pandemic on the independent Canadian film sector, “this diverse group of incredible...
The producers of French Exit, No Ordinary Man and Nadia, Butterfly are among nominees for the 15th annual Indiescreen Awards announced by the Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa).
The winners of both the Established Producer and Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer categories will be announced at a live virtual ceremony presented in partnership with Telefilm Canada as part of Cmpa’s Prime Time Online conference on February 10.
Cmpa president and CEO Reynolds Mastin said despite the impact of the pandemic on the independent Canadian film sector, “this diverse group of incredible...
- 1/12/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
French sales company Wide Management has boarded Charles Officer’s crime-noir “Akilla’s Escape,” which world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. The film is headlined by poet-musician-actor Saul Williams, who also collaborated with Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack to create the original score.
Williams stars in the film as Akilla Brown, a 40-year-old drug trader who is caught in the middle of a violent robbery after a routine deal goes bad. Weaving present-day Toronto and 1990s Brooklyn, the movie follows Akilla as he tries to set things right and capture one of the thieves, a 15-year-old boy named Sheppard. Upon finding out that the bandits are affiliated with a Jamaican crime gang he fell into as a child, Akilla is propelled into a cycle of violence he thought he had escaped.
Wide Management has acquired international sales rights outside of North America and will kick off sales at...
Williams stars in the film as Akilla Brown, a 40-year-old drug trader who is caught in the middle of a violent robbery after a routine deal goes bad. Weaving present-day Toronto and 1990s Brooklyn, the movie follows Akilla as he tries to set things right and capture one of the thieves, a 15-year-old boy named Sheppard. Upon finding out that the bandits are affiliated with a Jamaican crime gang he fell into as a child, Akilla is propelled into a cycle of violence he thought he had escaped.
Wide Management has acquired international sales rights outside of North America and will kick off sales at...
- 1/6/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
TIFF Drama Gets Canada Deal
Exclusive: Following its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, levelFILM has acquired Canadian rights to crime noir Akilla’s Escape by director Charles Officer, who co-wrote the script with Wendy ‘Motion’ Braithwaite. Produced by Jake Yanowski & Officer of Canesugar Filmworks, pic stars slam poet Saul Williams and newcomer Thamela Mpumlwana who anchors the story about an ‘urban child-soldier’. The film is slated for a mid-2021 theatrical release. Executive producers are Martin F. Katz, Karen Wookey, and Michael A. Levine. XYZ handles international sales. Vertical has domestic rights.
Raw Hires BBC Studios Exec As COO Gold Rush and Don’t F**k With Cats producer Raw has hired Fiona Clarke, BBC Studios’ director of business and commercial for factual, to the newly-created role of chief operating officer. She will report to CEO Joely Fether and take up her role in the New Year.
Exclusive: Following its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, levelFILM has acquired Canadian rights to crime noir Akilla’s Escape by director Charles Officer, who co-wrote the script with Wendy ‘Motion’ Braithwaite. Produced by Jake Yanowski & Officer of Canesugar Filmworks, pic stars slam poet Saul Williams and newcomer Thamela Mpumlwana who anchors the story about an ‘urban child-soldier’. The film is slated for a mid-2021 theatrical release. Executive producers are Martin F. Katz, Karen Wookey, and Michael A. Levine. XYZ handles international sales. Vertical has domestic rights.
Raw Hires BBC Studios Exec As COO Gold Rush and Don’t F**k With Cats producer Raw has hired Fiona Clarke, BBC Studios’ director of business and commercial for factual, to the newly-created role of chief operating officer. She will report to CEO Joely Fether and take up her role in the New Year.
- 12/15/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix set a December premiere date for “The Netflix Afterparty,” and CBC and BET Plus greenlit an original series, “The Porter.”
Dates
“The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year,” an end-of-year special featuring talents from the streamer’s hit series, is set to premiere on Dec. 13. The special, hosted by David Spade, Fortune Feimster and London Hughes, will feature conversations with Kevin Hart, Anya Taylor-Joy, Lily Collins, Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor, Lauren and Cameron Hamilton and Rick Kirkham. Jo Koy will also join as a guest comedian, while the first episode of of “The Netflix Afterparty” proper in 2021 will feature the cast of “Cobra Kai” and Bill Burr.
HBO Max is set to debut “12 Dates of Christmas: Unwrapped” on Dec. 17. The dating series’ reunion special, hosted by D.J. “Shangela“ Pierce, invites cast members Chad Savage, Faith Fernandez, Garrett Marcantel...
Dates
“The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year,” an end-of-year special featuring talents from the streamer’s hit series, is set to premiere on Dec. 13. The special, hosted by David Spade, Fortune Feimster and London Hughes, will feature conversations with Kevin Hart, Anya Taylor-Joy, Lily Collins, Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor, Lauren and Cameron Hamilton and Rick Kirkham. Jo Koy will also join as a guest comedian, while the first episode of of “The Netflix Afterparty” proper in 2021 will feature the cast of “Cobra Kai” and Bill Burr.
HBO Max is set to debut “12 Dates of Christmas: Unwrapped” on Dec. 17. The dating series’ reunion special, hosted by D.J. “Shangela“ Pierce, invites cast members Chad Savage, Faith Fernandez, Garrett Marcantel...
- 12/10/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, and BET+ have teamed on The Porter (working title), an original drama series about a group of railway workers who unite to form the world’s first Black union, from Winnipeg-based Inferno Pictures and Sphere Media’s Sienna Films.
Created by Arnold Pinnock and Bruce Ramsay with Annmarie Morais, Marsha Greene and Aubrey Nealon, The Porter (wt) has been greenlit for 2021/22.
Set in the 1920s and inspired by real events, The Porter follows the journeys of four ambitious souls who hustle, dream, cross borders and confront barriers in the fight for liberation – on and off the railways that crossed North America.
Morais and Greene are writers/showrunners on the eight-part series, with Charles Officer and R.T. Thorne set to executive produce and direct.
Created by Arnold Pinnock and Bruce Ramsay with Annmarie Morais, Marsha Greene and Aubrey Nealon, The Porter (wt) has been greenlit for 2021/22.
Set in the 1920s and inspired by real events, The Porter follows the journeys of four ambitious souls who hustle, dream, cross borders and confront barriers in the fight for liberation – on and off the railways that crossed North America.
Morais and Greene are writers/showrunners on the eight-part series, with Charles Officer and R.T. Thorne set to executive produce and direct.
- 12/10/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has snatched up the U.S. distribution rights to Akilla’s Escape, Charles Officer’s crime drama which had its world premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and now has a planned release for Q2 of next year.
Saul Williams (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) stars as Akilla Brown, an urban child-soldier who captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one grueling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he had escaped.
Thamela Mpumlwana (Star Trek: Discovery), Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast (Marathon + Black Bodies), and Vic Mensa (The Birth of a Nation) co-star.
Officer, who co-wrote the screenplay with Wendy “Motion” Brathwaite, also produced the pic with Jake Yanowski. Executive producers are Martin F. Katz, Karen Wookey, and Michael A. Levine.
“Charles Officer’s daring vision and the thoroughly affecting performances from the entire cast make Akilla’s Escape a boldly entertaining film.
Saul Williams (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) stars as Akilla Brown, an urban child-soldier who captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one grueling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he had escaped.
Thamela Mpumlwana (Star Trek: Discovery), Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast (Marathon + Black Bodies), and Vic Mensa (The Birth of a Nation) co-star.
Officer, who co-wrote the screenplay with Wendy “Motion” Brathwaite, also produced the pic with Jake Yanowski. Executive producers are Martin F. Katz, Karen Wookey, and Michael A. Levine.
“Charles Officer’s daring vision and the thoroughly affecting performances from the entire cast make Akilla’s Escape a boldly entertaining film.
- 11/19/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
From TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for November 2020, with local productions responding individually, based on best practices for businesses and employers to stop the spread of Covid-19:
A Christmas Set Up
Movies for Television
A Very Barry Productions Ulc
Prod.: Shane Boucher
Dir.: Pat Mills
An Ice Wine Christmas
Movies for Television
Cineflix (Ice Wine) Inc.
Prod.: Jeff Vanderwal
Dir.: Jill Carter
Coroner Season 3
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 3 Prods. (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Goulding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Charles Officer, Gloria Kim, Samir Rehem
Flee The Light
Feature – Theatrical/Streaming
Mythic Trips Entertainment
Prod.: Jennifer Mancini
Dir.: Valerie Buhagiar
Frankie Drake Season 4
Episodic Series – TV
Shaftesbury Frankie IV Inc.
Prod.: Teresa Ho
Dir.: various
In The Dark Season 3
Episodic Series – Streaming
CBS Studio Inc.
Prod.: JJ Authors
Dir.: Tbd
Kim's Convenience Season 5
Episodic Series – TV
Kim V Productions Inc.
A Christmas Set Up
Movies for Television
A Very Barry Productions Ulc
Prod.: Shane Boucher
Dir.: Pat Mills
An Ice Wine Christmas
Movies for Television
Cineflix (Ice Wine) Inc.
Prod.: Jeff Vanderwal
Dir.: Jill Carter
Coroner Season 3
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 3 Prods. (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Goulding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Charles Officer, Gloria Kim, Samir Rehem
Flee The Light
Feature – Theatrical/Streaming
Mythic Trips Entertainment
Prod.: Jennifer Mancini
Dir.: Valerie Buhagiar
Frankie Drake Season 4
Episodic Series – TV
Shaftesbury Frankie IV Inc.
Prod.: Teresa Ho
Dir.: various
In The Dark Season 3
Episodic Series – Streaming
CBS Studio Inc.
Prod.: JJ Authors
Dir.: Tbd
Kim's Convenience Season 5
Episodic Series – TV
Kim V Productions Inc.
- 11/2/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
With a mix of in-person, drive-in, and digital screenings, most of the fall film festivals soldiered on during the pandemic, reimagining what a normal year may look like. While Venice International Film Festival kept things most status quo with physical screenings only, Toronto International Film Festival and the ongoing New York Film Festival switched up their formula and today we’re taking a look at our favorite premieres in this strange, historic year.
Unlike the other two festivals, NYFF heavily features festival favorites from throughout the year we’ve already reviewed, plus look for more coverage in the two weeks remaining in the festival here as NYC drive-in and nationwide virtual screenings continue.
Check out our Venice, TIFF, and NYFF highlights below, along with a complete rundown of our reviews, and see full film festival coverage here.
The Best
76 Days
76 Days, from directors Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, and an anonymous filmmaker,...
Unlike the other two festivals, NYFF heavily features festival favorites from throughout the year we’ve already reviewed, plus look for more coverage in the two weeks remaining in the festival here as NYC drive-in and nationwide virtual screenings continue.
Check out our Venice, TIFF, and NYFF highlights below, along with a complete rundown of our reviews, and see full film festival coverage here.
The Best
76 Days
76 Days, from directors Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, and an anonymous filmmaker,...
- 9/28/2020
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
From TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for September 2020, including "Y: The Last Man", "Sneakerella", "Nightmare Alley" and a whole lot more, previously suspended due to the 'Covid-19' virus pandemic:
A Christmas Set Up
Movies for Television
A Very Barry Productions Ulc
Prod.: Shane Boucher
Dir.: Pat Mills
Sep 17 - Oct 8/20
An Ice Wine Christmas
Movies for Television
Cineflix (Ice Wine) Inc.
Prod.: Jeff Vanderwal
Dir.: Jill Carter
Sep 3 - Sep 25/20
Coroner Season 3
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 3 Prods. (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Goulding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Charles Officer, Gloria Kim, Samir Rehem
Sep 14/20 - Jan 18/21
Flee The Light
Feature – Theatrical/Streaming
Mythic Trips Entertainment
Prod.: Jennifer Mancini
Dir.: Valerie Buhagiar
Sep 13 – Oct 2/20
Frankie Drake Season 4
Episodic Series – TV
Shaftesbury Frankie IV Inc.
Prod.: Teresa Ho
Dir.: various
Sep 8 - Dec /20
In The Dark Season 3
Episodic Series – Streaming
CBS Studio Inc.
A Christmas Set Up
Movies for Television
A Very Barry Productions Ulc
Prod.: Shane Boucher
Dir.: Pat Mills
Sep 17 - Oct 8/20
An Ice Wine Christmas
Movies for Television
Cineflix (Ice Wine) Inc.
Prod.: Jeff Vanderwal
Dir.: Jill Carter
Sep 3 - Sep 25/20
Coroner Season 3
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 3 Prods. (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Goulding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Charles Officer, Gloria Kim, Samir Rehem
Sep 14/20 - Jan 18/21
Flee The Light
Feature – Theatrical/Streaming
Mythic Trips Entertainment
Prod.: Jennifer Mancini
Dir.: Valerie Buhagiar
Sep 13 – Oct 2/20
Frankie Drake Season 4
Episodic Series – TV
Shaftesbury Frankie IV Inc.
Prod.: Teresa Ho
Dir.: various
Sep 8 - Dec /20
In The Dark Season 3
Episodic Series – Streaming
CBS Studio Inc.
- 9/14/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
There is a palpable sense of exhaustion and an air of dread over nearly every scene in Akilla’s Escape. It’s no wonder that despite the legalization of marijuana in Canada, Toronto-based drug dealer Akilla Brown is desperately trying to leave the trade. After all, in the film’s first thirty minutes, Brown has watched as a man is hacked to death before his eyes, was held at gunpoint, and was forced to knock out said gunman with a shocking act of quick-thinking. Meanwhile, his decision to exit the dealer life has drawn consternation from his colleagues. And he still has to break the news to “The Greek”––who, we can infer, is most likely not going to be happy. Oh, and Akilla must also step in to save the adolescent gunman’s life before he is suffocated to death by one of the Greek’s henchmen.
It’s not an easy night,...
It’s not an easy night,...
- 9/13/2020
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Fifteen years ago, Saul Williams was a heavy metal-sampling hip-hop poet whose fiercely political live shows called for reparations at a time when that was not very fashionable. He now projects a much more subdued urgency in the title role of Charles Officer’s Akilla’s Escape, playing a man raised up amid violence who has never stopped trying to avoid it. A mature crime picture whose decades-hopping action makes the effects of generational poverty obvious without having to spell it out, it lacks some of the flash expected in commercial genre pictures, but makes up for that in seriousness.
After ...
After ...
- 9/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fifteen years ago, Saul Williams was a heavy metal-sampling hip-hop poet whose fiercely political live shows called for reparations at a time when that was not very fashionable. He now projects a much more subdued urgency in the title role of Charles Officer’s Akilla’s Escape, playing a man raised up amid violence who has never stopped trying to avoid it. A mature crime picture whose decades-hopping action makes the effects of generational poverty obvious without having to spell it out, it lacks some of the flash expected in commercial genre pictures, but makes up for that in seriousness.
After ...
After ...
- 9/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
One of the most powerful ways that filmmakers can truly connect with audiences is to completely delve into the real-life issues that are plaguing modern society. Canadian-based director Charles Officer is effortlessly doing just that with his new crime noir movie, ‘Akilla’s Escape.’ The award-winning helmer, who also co-wrote the script with Wendy Motion Brathwaite, […]
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- 9/12/2020
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Even the coronavirus pandemic couldn’t stop Saul Williams.
Williams is riding a film career surge: directing his first feature “Neptune Frost” and debuting his dream project “Akilla’s Escape” at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. The upcoming thriller, helmed by Charles Officer, stars the multi-hyphenate Williams as the titular Akilla, a Toronto-based drug dealer retiring from the business following marijuana’s legalization in Canada.
The outspoken activist has always worked to forge connections between political engagement and the arts, as heard in his albums “MartyrLoserKing” and “Volcanic Sunlight.” And “Akilla’s Escape” is another platform where he challenges the limit of Black stories told by the film and music industries. Variety spoke with the artist on the eve of the festival.
You studied acting, but you’re also a poet, rapper and songwriter. How do these experiences across genre influence your work as an actor?
My first love was acting. I...
Williams is riding a film career surge: directing his first feature “Neptune Frost” and debuting his dream project “Akilla’s Escape” at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. The upcoming thriller, helmed by Charles Officer, stars the multi-hyphenate Williams as the titular Akilla, a Toronto-based drug dealer retiring from the business following marijuana’s legalization in Canada.
The outspoken activist has always worked to forge connections between political engagement and the arts, as heard in his albums “MartyrLoserKing” and “Volcanic Sunlight.” And “Akilla’s Escape” is another platform where he challenges the limit of Black stories told by the film and music industries. Variety spoke with the artist on the eve of the festival.
You studied acting, but you’re also a poet, rapper and songwriter. How do these experiences across genre influence your work as an actor?
My first love was acting. I...
- 9/12/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
In this “is the cinema half-empty or half-full?” world, Canadian producers are focusing on the perks of a leaner, hybrid Toronto fest, rather than empty seats.
“There is so much happening in the world on social and political levels, I am curious how that influences the consciousness of the marketplace,” says Toronto vet Charles Officer, director and co-producer of gang drama “Akilla’s Escape,” starring poet-actor Saul Williams.
“Screening in a smaller pool of titles allows for more visibility,” says Officer. “It’s important the cast of talented Black actors receive exposure at a festival like Toronto, and it’s rare that Black filmmakers in Canada make features — we can’t afford to be passive about opportunities to participate.” XYZ Films is selling the film.
WaZabi Films’ “Beans,” Tracey Deer’s coming-of-ager set during the 1990 standoff between Mohawk communities and government forces in Oka, Quebec, is “relevant to the times we are living in,...
“There is so much happening in the world on social and political levels, I am curious how that influences the consciousness of the marketplace,” says Toronto vet Charles Officer, director and co-producer of gang drama “Akilla’s Escape,” starring poet-actor Saul Williams.
“Screening in a smaller pool of titles allows for more visibility,” says Officer. “It’s important the cast of talented Black actors receive exposure at a festival like Toronto, and it’s rare that Black filmmakers in Canada make features — we can’t afford to be passive about opportunities to participate.” XYZ Films is selling the film.
WaZabi Films’ “Beans,” Tracey Deer’s coming-of-ager set during the 1990 standoff between Mohawk communities and government forces in Oka, Quebec, is “relevant to the times we are living in,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
David Oyelowo’s feature directorial debut “The Water Man” has been added to the Toronto International Film Festival lineup for 2020 as one of the festival’s special events.
Also added to this year’s TIFF Official Selection are the documentaries “Underplayed” about female artists in the electronic music industry, “The Boy From Medellín” about Colombian musician J Balvin, “The Truffle Hunters” from director Michael Dweck and the animated “Wolfwalkers” from the team behind “The Secret of Kells.”
“The Water Man” is one of two specially selected family films for the festival and stars Oyelowo alongside Rosario Dawson, Maria Bello and Alfred Molina and is a mystical adventure that recalls family-friendly movies of the 1980s.
Also Read: Toronto Film Festival Lineup to Include Films Directed by Regina King, Halle Berry
“TIFF is about the films, and we’ve stayed true to that mission,” TIFF co-head Joana Vicente said in a statement.
Also added to this year’s TIFF Official Selection are the documentaries “Underplayed” about female artists in the electronic music industry, “The Boy From Medellín” about Colombian musician J Balvin, “The Truffle Hunters” from director Michael Dweck and the animated “Wolfwalkers” from the team behind “The Secret of Kells.”
“The Water Man” is one of two specially selected family films for the festival and stars Oyelowo alongside Rosario Dawson, Maria Bello and Alfred Molina and is a mystical adventure that recalls family-friendly movies of the 1980s.
Also Read: Toronto Film Festival Lineup to Include Films Directed by Regina King, Halle Berry
“TIFF is about the films, and we’ve stayed true to that mission,” TIFF co-head Joana Vicente said in a statement.
- 8/25/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: We’ll be seeing more of Chester P. Runk in The Flash. Brandon McKnight, who recurs as the character this season, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming seventh season of the CW series.
McKnight’s Runk is a tech genius who works out of his grandmother’s cluttered garage. A scientific wonder, not only can he design and build almost any gadget, but he does so without the expensive backing and resources of S.T.A.R. Labs. Yes, Chester is a “Diy” kinda guy, forsaking high-tech labs for junkyard finds and other folks’ discarded tech to create his own one-of-a-kind gadgets that bend the laws of physics. And beyond. Fun-loving and a great dancer, Chester is a down-to-earth guy who lights up any room he enters. Oh, and boy is he obsessed with aliens, science fiction movies, and other pop culture interests. He’s also obsessed with Jitters coffee.
McKnight’s Runk is a tech genius who works out of his grandmother’s cluttered garage. A scientific wonder, not only can he design and build almost any gadget, but he does so without the expensive backing and resources of S.T.A.R. Labs. Yes, Chester is a “Diy” kinda guy, forsaking high-tech labs for junkyard finds and other folks’ discarded tech to create his own one-of-a-kind gadgets that bend the laws of physics. And beyond. Fun-loving and a great dancer, Chester is a down-to-earth guy who lights up any room he enters. Oh, and boy is he obsessed with aliens, science fiction movies, and other pop culture interests. He’s also obsessed with Jitters coffee.
- 3/3/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for November 2019 including "The Boys", "The Expanse", "Jupiter's Legacy" and a whole lot more:
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Winne Jong, Charles Officer
Aug 19 – Nov 6/19
Cosmic Dawn
Feature Films – Theatrical
CosmicDawn Entertainment Inc.
Prod.: Joseph Raso, Mark Raso, Brian Robertson
Sept 30 - Nov 1/19
Daughter Dearest
Movies for Television
Reel One Entertainment
Prod.: Gilles Laplante, Neil Bregman
Dir: Michelle Ouellet
Oct 28 - Nov 12/19
Dodge And Miles Season 1
Episodic Series – Streaming
Sagia Productions Inc./
CBS Studios
Prod.: John Weber
Dir: Phil Abraham
Sep 23 - Nov 22/19
Endlings Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Sinking Ship Entertainment Inc.
Co-Prod.: Alexis Grieve
Line Prod.: Eric Beldowski
Dir.: Various
Sep 30/19 - Jan 31/20
Ginny & Georgia
Season 1
Episodic Series – Streaming
Netflix / Blue Ice Pictures
Prod.: Claire Welland
Dir.: various
Aug...
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Winne Jong, Charles Officer
Aug 19 – Nov 6/19
Cosmic Dawn
Feature Films – Theatrical
CosmicDawn Entertainment Inc.
Prod.: Joseph Raso, Mark Raso, Brian Robertson
Sept 30 - Nov 1/19
Daughter Dearest
Movies for Television
Reel One Entertainment
Prod.: Gilles Laplante, Neil Bregman
Dir: Michelle Ouellet
Oct 28 - Nov 12/19
Dodge And Miles Season 1
Episodic Series – Streaming
Sagia Productions Inc./
CBS Studios
Prod.: John Weber
Dir: Phil Abraham
Sep 23 - Nov 22/19
Endlings Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Sinking Ship Entertainment Inc.
Co-Prod.: Alexis Grieve
Line Prod.: Eric Beldowski
Dir.: Various
Sep 30/19 - Jan 31/20
Ginny & Georgia
Season 1
Episodic Series – Streaming
Netflix / Blue Ice Pictures
Prod.: Claire Welland
Dir.: various
Aug...
- 11/2/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for October 2019 including "Titans", "The Boys", "Jupiter's Legacy" and a whole lot more:
Against The Wild III
The Journey Home
Feature Films – Theatrical
Prod.: Jesse Ikeman
Dir.: Richard Boddington
Oct 2 - Oct 30/19
Angel Falls 2
Movies for Television
Hp Angel Falls 2 Productions Inc.
Prod.: David Anslemo, James Moorhouse
Dir.: Jonathan Wright
Oct 7 - Oct 26/19
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Exec. Prod.: Adrienne Mitchell, Jonas Prupas, Morwyn Brebner,
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Winne Jong, Charles Officer
Aug 19 – Nov 6/19
Cosmic Dawn
Feature Films – Theatrical
CosmicDawn Entertainment Inc.
Prod.: Joseph Raso, Mark Raso, Brian Robertson
Sept 30 - Nov 1/19
Dodge And Miles Season 1
Episodic Series – Streaming
Sagia Productions Inc./
CBS Studios
Prod.: John Weber
Sep 23 - Nov 22/19
Endlings Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Sinking Ship Entertainment Inc.
Co-Prod.: Alexis Grieve
Line Prod.
Against The Wild III
The Journey Home
Feature Films – Theatrical
Prod.: Jesse Ikeman
Dir.: Richard Boddington
Oct 2 - Oct 30/19
Angel Falls 2
Movies for Television
Hp Angel Falls 2 Productions Inc.
Prod.: David Anslemo, James Moorhouse
Dir.: Jonathan Wright
Oct 7 - Oct 26/19
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Exec. Prod.: Adrienne Mitchell, Jonas Prupas, Morwyn Brebner,
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell, Winne Jong, Charles Officer
Aug 19 – Nov 6/19
Cosmic Dawn
Feature Films – Theatrical
CosmicDawn Entertainment Inc.
Prod.: Joseph Raso, Mark Raso, Brian Robertson
Sept 30 - Nov 1/19
Dodge And Miles Season 1
Episodic Series – Streaming
Sagia Productions Inc./
CBS Studios
Prod.: John Weber
Sep 23 - Nov 22/19
Endlings Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Sinking Ship Entertainment Inc.
Co-Prod.: Alexis Grieve
Line Prod.
- 10/2/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for September 2019 including "Jupiter's Legacy", "The Boys", "Titans" and a whole lot more:
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Season 4
Episodic Series - TV
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Awake
Feature Films - Streaming
eOne / Netflix
Prod.: Mark Gordon, Paul Schiff
Dir.: Mark Raso
Aug 6 – Sep 27/19
Backyard Beats
Episodic Series – TV
Bristow Global Media Inc.
Prod.: Daniel Bourre, Corinna Lehr
Dir.: tbd
Aug 19 - Sep 2/19
Beacon Street
Feature Films - Streaming
Twinkle Toes Movie Prod. Ltd.
Prod.: Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell
Dir.: Elissa Down
Jul 25 - Sep 20/19
Christmas 9 To 5
Television Movie
Christmas 95 Ulc
Prod.: Arnie Zipursky, Suzanne Berger, Tyler Levine
Dir.: Jill Carter
Aug 19 - Sep 9/19
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell,...
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Season 4
Episodic Series - TV
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Awake
Feature Films - Streaming
eOne / Netflix
Prod.: Mark Gordon, Paul Schiff
Dir.: Mark Raso
Aug 6 – Sep 27/19
Backyard Beats
Episodic Series – TV
Bristow Global Media Inc.
Prod.: Daniel Bourre, Corinna Lehr
Dir.: tbd
Aug 19 - Sep 2/19
Beacon Street
Feature Films - Streaming
Twinkle Toes Movie Prod. Ltd.
Prod.: Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell
Dir.: Elissa Down
Jul 25 - Sep 20/19
Christmas 9 To 5
Television Movie
Christmas 95 Ulc
Prod.: Arnie Zipursky, Suzanne Berger, Tyler Levine
Dir.: Jill Carter
Aug 19 - Sep 9/19
Coroner Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Coroner 2 Productions (Ontario) Inc.
Prod.: Suzanne Colvin-Golding
Dir.: Adrienne Mitchell,...
- 8/19/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for August 2019 including "Titans", "Nightmare Alley", "Zeus" and a whole lot more:
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Saison 4
Episodic Series - TV
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Anne With An E Season 3
Episodic Series - TV
Northwood Anne Trois Inc.
Dir.: Various
Mar 11 – Aug 22/19
Awake
Feature Films - Streaming
eOne / Netflix
Prod.: Mark Gordon, Paul Schiff
Dir.: Mark Raso
Aug 6 – Sep 27/19
Backyard Beats
Episodic Series – TV
Bristow Global Media Inc.
Prod.: Daniel Bourre, Corinna Lehr
Dir.: Tba
Aug 19 - Sep 2/19
Beacon Street
Feature Films - Streaming
Twinkle Toes Movie Prod. Ltd.
Prod.: Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell
Dir.: Elissa Down
Jul 25 - Sep 20/19
Condor Season 2
Episodic Series - Streaming
T5 Condor 2 Productions Inc.
Prod.: Andrea Raffaghello
Dir.: Andrew McCarthy
Apr 29 - Aug...
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Saison 4
Episodic Series - TV
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Anne With An E Season 3
Episodic Series - TV
Northwood Anne Trois Inc.
Dir.: Various
Mar 11 – Aug 22/19
Awake
Feature Films - Streaming
eOne / Netflix
Prod.: Mark Gordon, Paul Schiff
Dir.: Mark Raso
Aug 6 – Sep 27/19
Backyard Beats
Episodic Series – TV
Bristow Global Media Inc.
Prod.: Daniel Bourre, Corinna Lehr
Dir.: Tba
Aug 19 - Sep 2/19
Beacon Street
Feature Films - Streaming
Twinkle Toes Movie Prod. Ltd.
Prod.: Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell
Dir.: Elissa Down
Jul 25 - Sep 20/19
Condor Season 2
Episodic Series - Streaming
T5 Condor 2 Productions Inc.
Prod.: Andrea Raffaghello
Dir.: Andrew McCarthy
Apr 29 - Aug...
- 7/25/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for June 2019 including "Titans", "Grand Army", "The Boys" and a whole lot more:
Akilla's Escape
Feature
Canesugar Filmworks
Prod.: Jake Yanowski, Charles Officer
Dir.: Charles Officer
May 14 - Jun 6/19
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Saison 4
TV Series
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Anne With An E Season 3
TV Series
Northwood Anne Trois Inc.
Exec. Prod.: Moira Walley-Beckett, Miranda de Pencier, Tina Grewal
Dir.: Various
Mar 11 – Aug 22/19
Carter Season 2
TV Series
Sony / Amaze Films
Prod.: Victoria Hirst
Dir.: various
Apr 15 – Jul 17/19
Condor Season 2
TV Series
T5 Condor 2 Productions Inc.
Prod.: Andrea Raffaghello
Dir.: Andrew McCarthy
Apr 29 - Aug 28/19
Dare Me Season 1
TV Series
Gep / USA Network
Prod.: Dan Kaplow
Dir.: Various
Apr 22 - Aug 6/19
Dog Pack
TV Movie
Disney/ABC Television Group
Prod.
Akilla's Escape
Feature
Canesugar Filmworks
Prod.: Jake Yanowski, Charles Officer
Dir.: Charles Officer
May 14 - Jun 6/19
AMÉLIE Et Compagnie! Saison 4
TV Series
Carte Blanche Films Inc.
Prod.: Tracy Legault
Dir.: Dominque Cardona,
Jul 3 - Sep 20/19
Anne With An E Season 3
TV Series
Northwood Anne Trois Inc.
Exec. Prod.: Moira Walley-Beckett, Miranda de Pencier, Tina Grewal
Dir.: Various
Mar 11 – Aug 22/19
Carter Season 2
TV Series
Sony / Amaze Films
Prod.: Victoria Hirst
Dir.: various
Apr 15 – Jul 17/19
Condor Season 2
TV Series
T5 Condor 2 Productions Inc.
Prod.: Andrea Raffaghello
Dir.: Andrew McCarthy
Apr 29 - Aug 28/19
Dare Me Season 1
TV Series
Gep / USA Network
Prod.: Dan Kaplow
Dir.: Various
Apr 22 - Aug 6/19
Dog Pack
TV Movie
Disney/ABC Television Group
Prod.
- 5/28/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Charles Officer’s Invisible Essence: The Little Prince, the acclaimed documentary that looks at the legacy of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved book The Little Prince, begins it's Canadian theatrical run here in Toronto, tomorrow at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. Officer will be in attendance for a Q+A following the opening night screening at 6pm (ish). Check the Hot Docs Cinema site for ticket information. Invisible Essence then moves on to Edmonton (March 17th), Vancouver (April 5th), Guelph (April 19th and two dates in Ottawa and Calgary (Tbc). We just got the brand new poster to share with you, so you know what to keep an eye out for when you go to your local cinema for a show. Down the right side we can see braille,...
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- 3/7/2019
- Screen Anarchy
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