Festival 2019: November 15-16
Hey film lovers and filmmakers! Our second annual festival of Canadian and international short films will take place on Friday November 15 and Saturday November 16 at the Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space at 401 Richmond Street West. Passes are ON SALE NOW and we would love to see you there! Check out the entire film guide […]
El regreso: Thursday August 22, 2019
Way back in October 2013, we presented our first (and so far, only) themed lineup. El ataque de los cineastas españoles was so great, we brought it back again in January 2014, and now we’re bringing it back again, five years later! These shorts, made between 2003 and 2012, are so weird and (to me, […]
Full Program for February 21 Screening
We are tickled to be launching our EIGHTH great season on Thursday February 21st. We’d love it if you could join us! Thursday February 21st at 7:00pm Cinecycle 129 Spadina Avenue (slightly down the alley) BROTHERHOOD Dir: Meryam Joobeur Canada/Tunisia/Qatar/Sweden – 2018 Mohamed is a hardened shepherd living in rural Tunisia with his wife and […]
Sundance 2019: Day 13
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 11 Happy to say that not overindulging last night made getting up to pack at 8:00am much less painful than last year. Nevertheless, the work and play and disrupted sleep and eating schedules of the […]
Sundance 2019: Day 12
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 10 I slept very late today since I wasn’t going to be seeing any films. We were advised to make ourselves available for the whole day to prepare for the Awards Ceremony but Bobby told […]
Sundance 2019: Day 11
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 9 Another hour in the office this morning, and then off to the enormous Eccles Theatre to see To The Stars, a rural 50s story about two misfit young women. Great performances, really nice black […]
Sundance 2019: Day 10
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 8 Another very quiet day in the office which allowed me to see two films. At noon, there was a volunteer screening of Penny Lane’s documentary Hail Satan?, which was an excellent examination of the […]
Sundance 2019: Day 9
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 7 Slept in today, as might be expected, and didn’t get into the office until just before noon. Nothing really happening, but today was “Puppy Day” so Bobby and I piled into a car with […]
Sundance 2019: Day 8
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 6 Today was mostly spent preparing for the big Shorts Awards party. I spent a few hours in the office, but then went home from 4:00-6:00pm for a nap. My job at the party was […]
Sundance 2019: Day 7
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 5 First of all, if I met you at the festival-filmmaker “speed dating” event at Slamdance this afternoon, welcome! The site doesn’t always look like this. You can click here to see what our festival […]