April 2017 Audience Award Winner
Thanks to everyone who attended last night. The Audience Award was hard fought, but in the end, when you name your film Second to None, you’re going to win all the awards. Congratulations to Vincent Gallagher! It’s nice to have a close race, and it’s also gratifying when every film in the programme is the […]
Full Program for April 13 Screening
Spring is here (maybe) and we’ve got a great lineup of (mostly) funny films to brighten your April. We’d love it if you could join us! Thursday April 13th at 7:00pm Carlton Cinemas 20 Carlton Street (steps from College subway station) ANIME Dir: Arnaud Brisebois Canada – 2016 We showed Arnaud Brisebois’ first short film […]
January 2017 Audience Award Winner
Thanks to everyone who attended last night. It was another small but passionate audience, with a clear favourite for our Audience Award. Congratulations to Mickey Duzyj, whose film about a loveable losing racehorse won our Audience Award prize by several lengths! The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere – 7 votes Object – 1 vote Peace […]
Full Program for January 12 Screening
We’re kicking off our SIXTH great season next month and we’d love it if you could join us. We have an amazing lineup of films and after that, we’ll be walking over to Lou Dawg’s Southern BBQ (76 Gerrard St. E.) for food, beverages, and post-screening conversation. We’d love it if you could join us! […]
October 2016 Audience Award Winner
Thanks to everyone who attended last night. It was a small but passionate audience, and one of the closest races ever for our Audience Award. Congratulations to both Ainslie Henderson (Stems) and Patrick Muhlberger (Pop Music), whose films tied for the Audience Award prize! Pop Music – 4 votes Stems – 4 votes Her Friend […]
Full Program for October 13 Screening
Hoping to add one more film before next week, but wanted to get the rest of the lineup out there today. Thanks for your patience! We’re wrapping up our FIFTH great season next week and we’d love it if you could join us. We’ll have at least one of the filmmakers present for a post-screening […]
Encounters 2016: Day 5
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival from September 20th to 25th. My plan for today was to attend some or all of the special European Film Awards shorts screenings, but I got a late start and they all sold out. So purely by chance, I decided […]
Encounters 2016: Day 4
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival from September 20th to 25th. This morning I forced myself to go a 9:30am “networking breakfast” where filmmakers could meet festival programmers. I wasn’t sure whether there was any official presentation, but I thought I could meet some other festival […]
Encounters 2016: Day 3
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival from September 20th to 25th. Thursday in Bristol and the sun was finally shining. I was also feeling slightly more energetic, though I skipped the 10:00am screening to make sure I had some coffee and some food before watching any […]
Encounters 2016: Day 2
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival from September 20th to 25th. I had an ambitious day planned. Every day at 9:00am, pass holders can go online and choose their tickets for the day, and I planned to see five 90-minute programmes today. It didn’t quite work […]