When the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping across the globe last year, Canada’s Hot Docs, one of the world’s leading documentary film festivals, was among the first international fests forced to pivot to an online edition. But while the abrupt shift might’ve caught the organizing team off-guard, the result hardly felt like a compromise: along with virtual screenings of more than 200 films, the festival attracted a record number of buyers to its doc market.
One year later, audiences and industry players alike have grown accustomed to a virtual festival experience, and Hot Docs is poised to build on the success of last year’s trial by fire. “We’ve done it once, and the bar keeps getting raised,” says programming director Shane Smith. “We’re constantly looking at what other festivals were doing, how they were doing it, how to engage the audience, but also how to engage the industry and the filmmakers,...
One year later, audiences and industry players alike have grown accustomed to a virtual festival experience, and Hot Docs is poised to build on the success of last year’s trial by fire. “We’ve done it once, and the bar keeps getting raised,” says programming director Shane Smith. “We’re constantly looking at what other festivals were doing, how they were doing it, how to engage the audience, but also how to engage the industry and the filmmakers,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Rectify star Aden Young has landed on Angelique's Isle.
Young will play the villain Cyrus Mendenhall in the indie survival tale set during the Lake Superior copper rush of 1845. He is also currently starring in the six-part TV drama The Disappearance from NBC Universal International Studios, Productions Casablanca and Bell Media.
Twilight's Julia Jones, Charlie Carrick, Tantoo Cardinal and Stephen McHattie are also starring in Angelique's Isle, a feature co-directed by Michelle Derosier and Marie-Helene Cousineau. The movie, currently shooting in Thunder Bay, Ontario, is based on the novella, Angelique Abandoned, by James R. Stevens.
The big screen adaptation, penned by...
Young will play the villain Cyrus Mendenhall in the indie survival tale set during the Lake Superior copper rush of 1845. He is also currently starring in the six-part TV drama The Disappearance from NBC Universal International Studios, Productions Casablanca and Bell Media.
Twilight's Julia Jones, Charlie Carrick, Tantoo Cardinal and Stephen McHattie are also starring in Angelique's Isle, a feature co-directed by Michelle Derosier and Marie-Helene Cousineau. The movie, currently shooting in Thunder Bay, Ontario, is based on the novella, Angelique Abandoned, by James R. Stevens.
The big screen adaptation, penned by...
- 6/7/2017
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indigenous-led film takes place during the Lake Superior copper rush of 1845.
Circle Blue Media, Thunderstone Pictures, and Freddie Films have announced that principal photography commenced on May 29 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Angelique’s Isle, from Canadian directors Michelle Derosier and Marie-Helene Cousineau, is based on the novella Angelique Abandoned by James R. Stevens.
The film written by Derosier centres on Angelique, a young Anishinaabe woman who embarks on a journey with her voyageur husband Charlie, despite the warnings of her grandmother, Green Thunderbird.
When they are abandoned on a deserted island before a harsh winter, Angelique finds her faith tested as she fights starvation, the elements and a treacherous Lake Superior.
Julia Jones stars in the title role alongside Charlie Carrick on the film slated to be released next summer.
The film was funded through the new CBC Breaking Barriers Film Fund, which was launched last year in support of underrepresented Canadian creators. The project...
Circle Blue Media, Thunderstone Pictures, and Freddie Films have announced that principal photography commenced on May 29 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Angelique’s Isle, from Canadian directors Michelle Derosier and Marie-Helene Cousineau, is based on the novella Angelique Abandoned by James R. Stevens.
The film written by Derosier centres on Angelique, a young Anishinaabe woman who embarks on a journey with her voyageur husband Charlie, despite the warnings of her grandmother, Green Thunderbird.
When they are abandoned on a deserted island before a harsh winter, Angelique finds her faith tested as she fights starvation, the elements and a treacherous Lake Superior.
Julia Jones stars in the title role alongside Charlie Carrick on the film slated to be released next summer.
The film was funded through the new CBC Breaking Barriers Film Fund, which was launched last year in support of underrepresented Canadian creators. The project...
- 5/31/2017
- ScreenDaily
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