April 2015 Audience Award Winner
Thanks to everyone who attended last night, and congratulations to Justin Tagg, whose Mouse-X won our Audience Award prize! Mouse-X – 9 votes De Honger (The Hunger) – 7 votes Memorable Moi (Remember Me) – 5 votes En Retour (In Return) – 4 votes Kneel Through The Dark – 1 vote Rehovot – 1 vote […]
Introducing FastLane Submissions
As a quarterly screening series with no festival “deadline,” we find ourselves in an unusual situation when it comes to submissions. We are able to work through our submission queue and select films that may not play for up to 5-6 months. As a shoestring operation with very few staff, we have also found ourselves […]
January 2015 Audience Award Winner
Thanks to everyone who attended last night, and congratulations to Monia Chokri, whose Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire walked away with our Audience Award prize! Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire – 13 votes Day 40 – 9 votes This Is It – 6 votes Unicorn Blood – 4 votes The Champ – 4 votes Pop The Grapes – 4 votes (40 […]
2015 Subscriptions
Last year, we introduced subscriptions, which allowed our biggest fans to pre-purchase their tickets for an entire year, and get a whole lot of extra stuff in the bargain. This year, subscriptions are even better. For one low price, you get all of this: Admission to our screenings in January, April, July, and October Admission […]
October 2014 Audience Award Winner
Thanks to everyone who attended last night, and congratulations to Amika Cooper, who can add one more award to her trophy case for Frida and Dingwall Talk About Love. We’re looking forward to seeing your next project! Frida and Dingwall Talk About Love – 19 votes Ghost Train – 14 votes Butter Lamp – 11 […]
TIFF 2014 Expands Shorts Programming
As the largest film festival in our city, TIFF really leads the way when it comes to smart programming. So we were happy to hear that for the first time in their history, the festival was adding a programme of international shorts to the their always-excellent Short Cuts Canada selection of Canadian shorts. Magali Simard […]
July 2014 Audience Award Winner
Thanks to everyone who attended last night. Our Audience Award this time was extremely close, and in fact it’s the first time we’ve had a TIE! I am very happy to see that the local films topped the vote! The Runner – 7 votes Mean Teddies – 7 votes Never Stop Cycling – 6 votes […]
April 2014 Audience Award Winner
Thanks to everyone who attended our last screening. Our Audience Award this time was a bit of a landslide, proving that romance will always have a strong appeal, not to mention very innovative filmmaking techniques! Congratulations to Erik Schmitt and his team. Hopefully by the time the Canadian dollar is exchanged for Euros, you can […]
Buskers Wanted!
I learned so much attending the recent True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri. One of the greatest things they do is to have buskers play before each screening. It’s a great way to warm up the crowd and introduce them to new music being made in their community. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for […]
January 2014 Audience Award Winner
First of all, a big thanks to the 60+ who joined us at last night’s screening. What a great way to kick off our third season! And though it was a squeaker, how fitting that the film that took our Audience Award was the one whose director drove all the way from Montreal to take […]