Nearly 60 international and Canadian producers will head to the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s (Omdc) annual International Financing Forum in Toronto.
The 10th anniversary edition of Omdc’s International Financing Forum (Iff), a feature co-financing market for English-language projects, will run Sept 13-14 during Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20).
The projects include Drama, the third feature to be directed by Oscar-winning Us actress Helen Hunt, written by Justin W. Lo (‘Mistresses’).
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The two-day event includes one-on-one meetings, an industry panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.
Iff partners include Telefilm Canada, UK Trade and Investment (Ukti) and new sponsor Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa).
More than 750 meetings will be scheduled for the 37 producer teams (20 Canadian projects and 17 international projects).
In total, 56 producers have been selected to participate in the programme from countries including: Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Spain, Uganda...
The 10th anniversary edition of Omdc’s International Financing Forum (Iff), a feature co-financing market for English-language projects, will run Sept 13-14 during Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20).
The projects include Drama, the third feature to be directed by Oscar-winning Us actress Helen Hunt, written by Justin W. Lo (‘Mistresses’).
Scroll down for more projects
The two-day event includes one-on-one meetings, an industry panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.
Iff partners include Telefilm Canada, UK Trade and Investment (Ukti) and new sponsor Canadian Media Producers Association (Cmpa).
More than 750 meetings will be scheduled for the 37 producer teams (20 Canadian projects and 17 international projects).
In total, 56 producers have been selected to participate in the programme from countries including: Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Spain, Uganda...
- 9/1/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A few years ago I caught Pedro Pires' debut short film Danse Macabre which preceded a Canadian feature at Viff. I can't recall anything about the feature but I've never forgotten Pires' short. I looked up everything I could on the director and have been tracking his career since (his feature film debut Triptyque premiered at Tiff and was co-directed with Canadian legend Robert Lepage). I'm thrilled that everyone can now take in Pires' glorious short.
Phi Centre, who a few weeks ago released Denis Villeneuve's Next Floor, have released Pires' morbidly gorgeous short for free viewing. Watching this again, I'm stunned at how much of it I rememb [Continued ...]...
Phi Centre, who a few weeks ago released Denis Villeneuve's Next Floor, have released Pires' morbidly gorgeous short for free viewing. Watching this again, I'm stunned at how much of it I rememb [Continued ...]...
- 10/22/2013
- QuietEarth.us
Pedro Pires' short film Danse Macabre is a perfect little gem of a film, a fusion of film and performance art revolving around the sanctity and even beauty of death captured flawlessly on film. It's been a great favorite here at Twitch for some years now and it has just been released online for free viewing. This is eight minutes very, very well spent.For a period of time, while we believe it to be perfectly still, lifeless flesh responds, stirs and contorts in a final macabre ballet. Are these spasms merely erratic motions or do they echo the chaotic twists and turns of a past life?...
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- 10/22/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The 42nd edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma will be held in Montreal from October 9 to the 20th, showcasing the best new films and filmmakers from around the world. The festival which has often been described as ‘ baby-tiff’ picks up the best from Berlinale, Cannes, Venice, Telluride, Toronto and more. This new edition demonstrates the vibrancy of filmmaking in all its forms and for all audiences with an incredible 273 films (146 feature films and 124 shorts) from 47 countries – including (count them) 39 world premieres, 33 North American premieres and 47 Canadian premieres. I will be breaking down the line-up throughout the day, starting with the opening and closing films.
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Opening and Closing Films
This year the Festival will open with the film Triptych by Robert Lepage and Pedro Pires (Quebec). Wednesday, October 9, the festival will have the chance to meet Robert Lepage at the opening of the event ten years after The Dark of...
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Opening and Closing Films
This year the Festival will open with the film Triptych by Robert Lepage and Pedro Pires (Quebec). Wednesday, October 9, the festival will have the chance to meet Robert Lepage at the opening of the event ten years after The Dark of...
- 9/24/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
We wouldn't dare neglect the selection of bite-sized cinema from around the world. Here are the Twitch contributors' favorite shorts and web series from 2011. Shorts Hope (Canada) Director: Pedro Pires by Todd Brown Though Jesus Orellana's Rosa is arguably the short of the year in terms of industry response and overall awareness--and for good reason, it's fantastic--i prefer Pedro Pires' Hope. The latest from the director of Danse Macabre is pure visual art, packed to the gills with gorgeous images and haunting emotional resonance. This man's a genius and needs to be turned loose on a feature now. Nursery Crimes (United Kingdom) Lost for Words (Canada) Coup de Grâce (Spain) by Shelagh M Rowan-Legg Films began as shorts, and it's nice to see directors...
- 1/12/2012
- Screen Anarchy
I will soon post a list of films I have already seen that I highly recommend as well as a list of my most anticipated films screening at this year’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema. For now here is the press release from the festival. Make sure you read carefully because there are a ton of great films to check out.
Montreal, Tuesday September 27, 2011– Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma will be celebrating its 40th edition from October 12 to 23. For the past 40 years, Canada’s oldest film festival has offered film buffs a selection of the year’s most exciting new films — a bold lineup with plenty of whimsical and surprising elements, but one that also turns its lens on social realities and the evolution of film and new technologies. Over the course of this year’s 11-day Festival, audiences of all ages can take in features and shorts, fiction films and documentaries,...
Montreal, Tuesday September 27, 2011– Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma will be celebrating its 40th edition from October 12 to 23. For the past 40 years, Canada’s oldest film festival has offered film buffs a selection of the year’s most exciting new films — a bold lineup with plenty of whimsical and surprising elements, but one that also turns its lens on social realities and the evolution of film and new technologies. Over the course of this year’s 11-day Festival, audiences of all ages can take in features and shorts, fiction films and documentaries,...
- 9/27/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
With his brilliant debut short Danse Macabre director Pedro Pires announced himself as a major new talent on the Canadian film scene, one who employed a striking and distinctive visual language that few could match. With his sophomore effort, Hope, Pires makes it very clear that Danse Macabre was not a fluke and that he is not just one of the best in Canada but that he is arguably one of the finest directors in the world who is yet to shoot a feature.Ten minutes of perfection Hope is a surreal, dreamlike reflection on life and death as experienced by a general dying on a nameless battlefield. Like Danse Macabre, Hope plays entirely without dialog because Pires is smart enough to understand that words...
- 9/14/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The director of the brilliant Danse Macabre - available now on iTunes and well worth the money - returns to Toronto with his latest effort titled simply Hope.Fragmented violence of war seen through the eyes of a general on his deathbed. His mind, accustomed to a life on the battlefield, surrenders to a stream of consciousness, mixing death, brutality and one last gesture of hope. The film is based on the award-winning play, Jimmy, créature de rêve by Marie Brassard.Though he has yet to complete a feature director Pedro Pires has very quickly established himself as one of the very brightest talents in Canada, possessing a unique voice and an impressive eye. This latest is no different. Take a look at the haunting trailer...
- 9/4/2011
- Screen Anarchy
It was a couple years back now that director Pedro Pires made huge waves with his short film Danse Macabre. A gorgeously shot meditation on death, Danse Macabre teetered in a world somewhere between a dream state and a performance dance piece winning raves from the arthouse and genre worlds alike. It's a piece of art, bluntly, and one that announced the arrival of an enormously talented director.Pires has been busy on a number of projects since, but the first that will be seen publicly is his new short film Hope, freshly selected to the Toronto International Film Festival.The fragmented violence of war seen through the eyes of a General on his deathbed. A mind accustomed to a life on the battlefield surrenders to a...
- 8/9/2011
- Screen Anarchy
A few years ago, before a screening of something or other at a festival, I saw a short film that blew me away. A combination of arthouse, dance and morbid beauty, Pedro Pires' Danse Macabre was the only thing I remember of that night. I haven't had the opportunity to re-watch the film since I first saw it but the images and music and burned into my mind.
Pires has been busy with a number of projects, including work with Cirque du Soleil's "Totem" but he's found the time to re-team with Canadian film and heatre legend Robert Lepage for a new short.
Premiering at Tiff later this year, Hope is described as:
The fragmented violence of war seen through the eyes of a General on his deathbed. A mind accustomed to a life on the battlefield surrenders to a stream of consciousness, mixing death, brutality, and finally, one last gesture of hope.
Pires has been busy with a number of projects, including work with Cirque du Soleil's "Totem" but he's found the time to re-team with Canadian film and heatre legend Robert Lepage for a new short.
Premiering at Tiff later this year, Hope is described as:
The fragmented violence of war seen through the eyes of a General on his deathbed. A mind accustomed to a life on the battlefield surrenders to a stream of consciousness, mixing death, brutality, and finally, one last gesture of hope.
- 8/9/2011
- QuietEarth.us
After bursting on to the international film scene in such a big way with 2003's Tarnation - a documentary culled largely from his own home movies - it is somewhat surprising that one-time wunderkind Jonathan Caouette has been out of the limelight for so long. Since his 2003 debut he has only three credits as a director: one on a TV documentary about himself, one a short doc about the Raindance Festival, and one as co-director of last year's All Tomorrow's Parties documentary. But he's about to be back in a more direct, more personal way.
Though details are sketchy, Caouette has partnered with Montreal based arts collective The Phi Group - the backers of Denis Villeneuve's Next Floor and Pedro Pires' Danse Macabre - to create a new short film titled All Flowers In Time. The first teaser has just arrived on the official website, giving you just...
Though details are sketchy, Caouette has partnered with Montreal based arts collective The Phi Group - the backers of Denis Villeneuve's Next Floor and Pedro Pires' Danse Macabre - to create a new short film titled All Flowers In Time. The first teaser has just arrived on the official website, giving you just...
- 9/9/2010
- Screen Anarchy
This past August 28th saw the San Diego debut of the Blacklist Art and Film Festival, and your local Dread Central staff members were on hand for the event. We're happy to report a good time was had by all, and even though we'd seen a couple of the horror shorts shown during the film fest portion already, they really popped thanks to the enthusiastic crowd.
What types of films were there? Only several of the best shorts the genre has seen in some time: Jason Eisener's hilariously brilliant "Treevenge" (review here), the clever and surprising Aussie flick "Spider" from Nash Edgerton, and Ryan Spindell's quite well made "Kirksdale" (the longest entry of the night with a runtime of 21 minutes). These three came in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Beast in Show, respectively, and were all well deserving. They were joined by:
Trevor Jimenez's animated "Key Lime Pie...
What types of films were there? Only several of the best shorts the genre has seen in some time: Jason Eisener's hilariously brilliant "Treevenge" (review here), the clever and surprising Aussie flick "Spider" from Nash Edgerton, and Ryan Spindell's quite well made "Kirksdale" (the longest entry of the night with a runtime of 21 minutes). These three came in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Beast in Show, respectively, and were all well deserving. They were joined by:
Trevor Jimenez's animated "Key Lime Pie...
- 9/4/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
There's an awful lot that could be said about Canada's Genie's Awards - like how they're scarcely publicized and not even broadcast live - and very little of it good. Canada's film awards are kind of a mess but beyond that we'll leave it at simply acknowledging those who won.
The hardware was handed out last night and the big winner was Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique, which took a whopping nine awards. The true life story of a school massacre that shook the country to its core in 1989 and is still commemorated annually, this was sensitive material to say the least and handled incredibly well by one of Canada's brightest up and coming talents.
Other notable Twitch faves honored were Pedro Pires' Danse Macabre and Xavier Dolan's I Killed My Mother.
The hardware was handed out last night and the big winner was Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique, which took a whopping nine awards. The true life story of a school massacre that shook the country to its core in 1989 and is still commemorated annually, this was sensitive material to say the least and handled incredibly well by one of Canada's brightest up and coming talents.
Other notable Twitch faves honored were Pedro Pires' Danse Macabre and Xavier Dolan's I Killed My Mother.
- 4/13/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The teasing is over! This here is the real deal. The moment we wait all year for: The lineup for the powerful, the mighty Boston Underground Film Festival, which is set to run March 25 to April 1. Now in its 12th year, Buff shows no sign of slowing down or taking it easy. In fact, this might be their most demented and transgressive edition yet.
There are homages to Giallo horror, tributes to the grand grindhouse tradition of sleaze and exploitation, sex and violence galore — both separately and together — plus, a resurrected ’80s slasher classic that all combine into an epic celebration of everything that is vicious and twisted in this world. But, in a fun way, ya know.
Alas, I haven’t seen any of the feature films that are playing this year, so I can’t offer any special recommendations of those. Although, there are many (most) that I...
There are homages to Giallo horror, tributes to the grand grindhouse tradition of sleaze and exploitation, sex and violence galore — both separately and together — plus, a resurrected ’80s slasher classic that all combine into an epic celebration of everything that is vicious and twisted in this world. But, in a fun way, ya know.
Alas, I haven’t seen any of the feature films that are playing this year, so I can’t offer any special recommendations of those. Although, there are many (most) that I...
- 3/12/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Every year around this time the Toronto International Film Festival announces their picks for Canada's Top Ten: A selection of what they consider to be the best ten Canadian produced shorts and features from the previous year. And, true to form, last night was announcement time. No big surprises, really, and no late additions either. Without further ado, here are the lists:
The top ten Canadian feature films of 2009 are (in alphabetical order, including future release dates where applicable):
Cairo Time - Ruba Nadda (Mongrel Media)
Carcasses - Denis Côté (FunFilm Distribution)
Crackie - Sherry White (Kickham East)
Defendor - Peter Stebbings (Alliance Films, early 2010)
La Donation - Bernard Émond (E1 Entertainment, January 2010)
J'ai tué ma mère - Xavier Dolan (K-Films Amérique, February 2010)
Passenger Side - Matthew Bissonnette (KinoSmith, March 2010)
Polytechnique - Denis Villeneuve (Alliance Films)
The Trotsky - Jacob Tierney (Alliance Films, May 2010)
The Wild Hunt - Alexandre Franchi (Tva Films,...
The top ten Canadian feature films of 2009 are (in alphabetical order, including future release dates where applicable):
Cairo Time - Ruba Nadda (Mongrel Media)
Carcasses - Denis Côté (FunFilm Distribution)
Crackie - Sherry White (Kickham East)
Defendor - Peter Stebbings (Alliance Films, early 2010)
La Donation - Bernard Émond (E1 Entertainment, January 2010)
J'ai tué ma mère - Xavier Dolan (K-Films Amérique, February 2010)
Passenger Side - Matthew Bissonnette (KinoSmith, March 2010)
Polytechnique - Denis Villeneuve (Alliance Films)
The Trotsky - Jacob Tierney (Alliance Films, May 2010)
The Wild Hunt - Alexandre Franchi (Tva Films,...
- 12/8/2009
- Screen Anarchy
Adam Scott in Passenger Side Toronto Festival’s Top Ten Canadian Films of 2009 Top Ten Canadian Feature Films of 2009 (in alphabetical order) Cairo Time – Ruba Nadda Carcasses – Denis Côté Crackie – Sherry White Defendor – Peter Stebbings La Donation / The Legacy – Bernard Émond J’ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother – Xavier Dolan Passenger Side – Matthew Bissonnette Polytechnique – Denis Villeneuve The Trotsky – Jacob Tierney The Wild Hunt – Alexandre Franchi Top Ten Canadian Short Films of 2008 (in alphabetical order) The Armoire – Jamie Travis The Cave – Helen Haig-Brown Danse Macabre – Pedro Pires Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica – Cam Christiansen Naissances – Anne Émond Out in that Deep Blue Sea – Kazik Radwanski Runaway – Cordell Barker The Spine – Chris Landreth La Vie commence – Émile Proulx-Cloutier Vive la [...]...
- 12/8/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Patricia Clarkson in Cairo Time (top); Joel Bissonnette, Adam Scott in Passenger Side (middle, upper); Danse Macabre by Pedro Pires (middle, lower); Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica by Cam Christiansen (bottom) The Toronto Film Festival has announced the lists of the top 10 Canadian features and shorts of 2009. Among the selected features are Denis Côté’s Carcasses, Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother, and Bernard Émond’s The Legacy. Shorts include Pedro Pires‘ Danse Macabre, Jamie Travis‘ The Armoire, and Kazik Radwanski’s Out in that Deep Blue Sea. Topics include hockey’s behind-the-scenes homoerotic moments to the sound of the Rheostatics (Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica); an adulterous romance in Egypt (Cairo Time); the erratic movements of a [...]...
- 12/8/2009
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Greek film Dogtooth by director Yorgos Lanthimos won the $15,000 Louve D'Or prize [1] at the 38th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema at the weekend. The seriously twisted black comedy stunned audiences world wide starting at Cannes where it picked up the Prix Un Certain Regard [2]. Always unpredictable and certainly provocative, the picture is bound to raise a few questions and eyebrows. You can read our review here or listen to it here. Here is a list of all the other winners Jury's Special Mention- The Red Race, Chao Gan (Chine/Allemagne, 2009) Acting Award - Magaly Solier pour Fausta : La Teta Asustada, Claudia Llosa (Pérou, 2009) Daniel Langlois Innovation Award - Should I Really Do It?, Ismail Necmi (Turquie, 2008) Cinémathèque québécoise Grand Prize -Nuages Sur La Ville, Simon Galiero (Québec/Canada, 2009) Jury's Special Mention - Crackie, Sherry White (Canada, 2009) Loup argenté, Best Short Film Award -Jalkeilaa Tass, Maarit Suomi-Väänäen (Finlande, 2009) Grand Prix...
- 10/20/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
From a press release
Montreal, Saturday October 17, 2009 – The Festival du nouveau cinéma of Montreal is proud to announce the prize winners of its 38th edition:
Louve D’Or – Quebecor – Best first, second or third feature film in the International Selection with $15,000 cash
Canine, Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece, 2009)
Jury’s Special Mention
The Red Race, Chao Gan (China/Germany, 2009)
Acting Award – Best actor in a feature film in the International Selection
Magaly Solier in Fausta : La Teta Asustada, directed by Claudia Llosa (Peru, 2009)
*Jury: Cameron Bailey, Lucie Amyot, Kim Massee, Mario Fortin and Kim Nguyen.
Daniel Langlois Innovation Award
Should I Really Do It?, Ismail Necmi (Turkey, 2008)
*Jury: Cameron Bailey, Lucie Amyot, Kim Massee, Mario Fortin and Kim Nguyen.
The winner will receive a trophy made by the sculptor Vasco Ceccon.
Focus – Cinémathèque québécoise Grand Prize (1,500$ cash and 3,500$ in services) – Best feature film in the Focus section
Nuages Sur La Ville,...
Montreal, Saturday October 17, 2009 – The Festival du nouveau cinéma of Montreal is proud to announce the prize winners of its 38th edition:
Louve D’Or – Quebecor – Best first, second or third feature film in the International Selection with $15,000 cash
Canine, Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece, 2009)
Jury’s Special Mention
The Red Race, Chao Gan (China/Germany, 2009)
Acting Award – Best actor in a feature film in the International Selection
Magaly Solier in Fausta : La Teta Asustada, directed by Claudia Llosa (Peru, 2009)
*Jury: Cameron Bailey, Lucie Amyot, Kim Massee, Mario Fortin and Kim Nguyen.
Daniel Langlois Innovation Award
Should I Really Do It?, Ismail Necmi (Turkey, 2008)
*Jury: Cameron Bailey, Lucie Amyot, Kim Massee, Mario Fortin and Kim Nguyen.
The winner will receive a trophy made by the sculptor Vasco Ceccon.
Focus – Cinémathèque québécoise Grand Prize (1,500$ cash and 3,500$ in services) – Best feature film in the Focus section
Nuages Sur La Ville,...
- 10/18/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Toronto -- Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani¹s horror homage "Amer," a Belgium-France film that depicts three parts in a woman's life, took home the top audience award at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema.
Meanwhile, the Greek satirical film "Canine" from Yorgos Lanthimos took home the juried Louve d'Or trophy as Montreal's top auteur film festival wrapped Saturday night.
"Canine" won out over 16 other competition titles that included U.S. director Sean Baker's "Prince of Broadway"; "Les Signes Vitaux," by Canadian director Sophie Deraspe; Ryan Arnold's "Skidlove," also from Canada; and Johan Grimonprez's "Double Take," a Benelux co-production.
The Louve d'Or jury gave special mention to the China/Germany co-production "The Red Race" by Chao Gan.
Montreal's best acting award went to Magaly Solier, star of Claudia Llosa's Peruvian film "Fausta: La Teta Asustada."
The festival¹s 38th edition also saw the Turkish film "Should I Really Do It?...
Meanwhile, the Greek satirical film "Canine" from Yorgos Lanthimos took home the juried Louve d'Or trophy as Montreal's top auteur film festival wrapped Saturday night.
"Canine" won out over 16 other competition titles that included U.S. director Sean Baker's "Prince of Broadway"; "Les Signes Vitaux," by Canadian director Sophie Deraspe; Ryan Arnold's "Skidlove," also from Canada; and Johan Grimonprez's "Double Take," a Benelux co-production.
The Louve d'Or jury gave special mention to the China/Germany co-production "The Red Race" by Chao Gan.
Montreal's best acting award went to Magaly Solier, star of Claudia Llosa's Peruvian film "Fausta: La Teta Asustada."
The festival¹s 38th edition also saw the Turkish film "Should I Really Do It?...
- 10/18/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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