Canadian Screen Awards 2013: Shorts
I’ll admit that I could never keep the Geminis and the Genie Awards straight. Looks like the folks at the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television have gotten the hint. This year, they’ve combined the awards into a new format called the Canadian Screen Awards. These awards will honour Canadian work on all screens: cinema, […]
Canada’s Top Ten 2012: Shorts
Note: We’ll be showing Chloé Robichaud’s very funny Chef de meute from this selection on Thursday January 17th at the Carlton Cinemas. Advance tickets are on sale already. On Sunday night, TIFF Bell Lightbox screened all of this year’s shorts named to Canada’s Top Ten. Here are my thoughts on the films (including two I’d […]
Full Program for January 17 Screening
Christmas has come early! I’m happy to announce our full program for January 17, 2013. I am delighted to begin our second year of screening the best Canadian and international shorts with a very strong selection from Canada, Ireland and the UK. If you like what you see, why not save some money and get […]
First Films Announced for January 17
If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll know a few of these by now, but I wanted to officially announce the first batch of films screening at our January 17, 2013 edition. We’ll be back at the Carlton Cinemas, and advance tickets ($8) are already on sale. See you in the new year! […]
Reel Asian Co-presentation: Once Lost, Now Found
I am very proud to be co-presenting (along with Asiansploitation) a program of short films at this year’s Reel Asian Film Festival. It’s on Wednesday November 7th at 7:15pm at Innis Town Hall, and it’s called Once Lost, Now Found. Here are some details about the five films in the lineup: MAGICAL COINCIDENCE Director: Keith […]
Full(ish) Program for October 11 Screening
We’re waiting to hear back from one more filmmaker, but I figured you’d like to see the shape of our program, since our screening is just ONE WEEK AWAY! If you can’t figure it out already, I’m insanely excited about this particular slate of films, since I put it together all by myself. Normally, the […]
TIFF 2012 Shorts: A (Generous) Selection
(cross-posted from my other blog Toronto Screen Shots) One of the more unique aspects of the Toronto International Film Festival is that its shorts programme is all-Canadian. And it’s a great showcase for young Canadian talent. Some of these filmmakers may go on to make features, but as a lover of the short film format, […]
Full Program for July 13 Screening
I’m happy to announce our full program for July 13. We’ll be showing a film from local filmmaker Alex Kingsmill and one from young Australian filmmaker Andrew Kavanagh in addition to the Future Shorts pop up festival slate. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing more information about each film individually, but for now, […]
Full Program for our April Screening
UPDATE (March 1, 2012): Future Shorts has added The Arm to the program. See the synopsis below! I’m happy to share the full program for our April 13 screening with you today. We’ll be showing two acclaimed Canadian shorts in addition to the Future Shorts pop up festival slate. Over the next few weeks, I’ll […]
Full Program for our January Screening
I’m happy to share the full program for our January 13 screening with you today. We’ll be showing two NFB animated shorts before the Future Shorts pop up festival slate. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing more information about each film individually, but for now, here’s the overview. If you like what you […]