Cinema loves to celebrate intense, overwhelming love. It’s full of romances in which two people feel such a desperate compulsion to be together that, in the end, the whole world has to make way for them. In real life, however, people caught up by such feelings may not want to disrupt or damage the world around them. The may have other priorities and, at least rationally, want to escape from their attraction. Sean Garrity’s The Burning Season, which screened as part of the 2024 Glasgow Film Festival, examines a situation like this, travelling back in time from one liaison to another to uncover what lies at the heart of it.
It begins at a wedding – the end of the film, chronologically speaking, as it is in many a romcom, and a lot of the tropes of that genre are present. The bride is Poppy (Tanisha Thammavongsa), the groom Jb.
It begins at a wedding – the end of the film, chronologically speaking, as it is in many a romcom, and a lot of the tropes of that genre are present. The bride is Poppy (Tanisha Thammavongsa), the groom Jb.
- 3/3/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A summer love, picturesque woodland setting and a dark secret makes The Burning Season a film with oodles of intrigue that keeps you wondering.
The familiar team of director Sean Garrity and Jonas Chernick return to the Glasgow Film Festival yet again but this time with something distinctly different to last year’s The End of Sex.
Of course, sex is indeed on the cards in this story where we are introduced to Jb (Jonas Chernick) and Alena (Sara Canning) who begin an illicit affair and rekindle a summer love at the same cabin retreat where they met as teenagers.
In that summer they met it would prove to be pivotal as they now share a secret that binds them.
Chernick stars and also takes on script duties with Diana Frances in a tense drama that from the beginning makes its mark in its unusual way of telling the story backwards.
The familiar team of director Sean Garrity and Jonas Chernick return to the Glasgow Film Festival yet again but this time with something distinctly different to last year’s The End of Sex.
Of course, sex is indeed on the cards in this story where we are introduced to Jb (Jonas Chernick) and Alena (Sara Canning) who begin an illicit affair and rekindle a summer love at the same cabin retreat where they met as teenagers.
In that summer they met it would prove to be pivotal as they now share a secret that binds them.
Chernick stars and also takes on script duties with Diana Frances in a tense drama that from the beginning makes its mark in its unusual way of telling the story backwards.
- 2/29/2024
- by Thomas Alexander
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Burning Season
From their very first days, the movies have always been in love with love. Intense, passionate, obsessive love most of all – and often with little concern for what that means for supporting characters whose lives are left in disarray thanks to the central couple. The Burning Season – directed by Sean Garrity, written by Jonas Chernick and Diana Frances, starring Jonas himself opposite Sara Canning – takes a rather different approach. opening at a wedding and unfolding backwards in time, it explores a connection which both Jonas and Sara’s characters find damaging and try to resist.
Although we need to take care to avoid spoilers, there’s lots to explore here. Nonetheless, when I caught up with the team as preparations were underway for the film to screen at the Glasgow Film Festival, I couldn’t help but begin by wondering out loud why Jonas, whom I last.
From their very first days, the movies have always been in love with love. Intense, passionate, obsessive love most of all – and often with little concern for what that means for supporting characters whose lives are left in disarray thanks to the central couple. The Burning Season – directed by Sean Garrity, written by Jonas Chernick and Diana Frances, starring Jonas himself opposite Sara Canning – takes a rather different approach. opening at a wedding and unfolding backwards in time, it explores a connection which both Jonas and Sara’s characters find damaging and try to resist.
Although we need to take care to avoid spoilers, there’s lots to explore here. Nonetheless, when I caught up with the team as preparations were underway for the film to screen at the Glasgow Film Festival, I couldn’t help but begin by wondering out loud why Jonas, whom I last.
- 2/28/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A story of mystery, love and trauma is at the heart of The Burning Season in a film told in an unusual way.
With Sean Garrity directing and Jonas Chernick starring but also on writing duties with Diana Frances, the team bring another film for its UK premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival.
This story sees Chernick star alongside Sara Canning who become embroiled in an illicit affair each summer at a cabin retreat. The pair burden the trauma of a secret from their past that forever binds them together.
We have a chat with Jonas, Sara and Sean to talk all things summer love, the setting of the incredible Canadian wilderness and more!
You can watch the full interview below:
The Burning Season screens at Glasgow Film Festival on March 3rd followed by a Q&a session with Jonas, Sara & Sean – tickets available here
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With Sean Garrity directing and Jonas Chernick starring but also on writing duties with Diana Frances, the team bring another film for its UK premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival.
This story sees Chernick star alongside Sara Canning who become embroiled in an illicit affair each summer at a cabin retreat. The pair burden the trauma of a secret from their past that forever binds them together.
We have a chat with Jonas, Sara and Sean to talk all things summer love, the setting of the incredible Canadian wilderness and more!
You can watch the full interview below:
The Burning Season screens at Glasgow Film Festival on March 3rd followed by a Q&a session with Jonas, Sara & Sean – tickets available here
The post Jonas Chernick, Sara...
- 2/28/2024
- by Thomas Alexander
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A married couple’s attempts to kickstart their sex life are unfunny and unconvincing, and will leave you groaning in despair
This film may leave you moaning in despair, groaning in agony, screaming in irritation at the sheer embarrassing awfulness of entire scenes. It’s a comedy directed by Sean Garrity about a married couple who decide to kickstart their nonexistent sex life after packing their kids off to camp. A smarter, sharper film might have explored what happens next in an otherwise happy marriage when the spark goes out. Instead, the comedy here is as broad as it gets, with some wildly unconvincing and unhilarious set-pieces.
Emma (Emily Hampshire) is an art teacher who is married to her childhood sweetheart Josh (Jonas Chernick). Ten years of raising small kids has killed off their sex life. In one of the film’s few decent jokes Josh compares his feelings about...
This film may leave you moaning in despair, groaning in agony, screaming in irritation at the sheer embarrassing awfulness of entire scenes. It’s a comedy directed by Sean Garrity about a married couple who decide to kickstart their nonexistent sex life after packing their kids off to camp. A smarter, sharper film might have explored what happens next in an otherwise happy marriage when the spark goes out. Instead, the comedy here is as broad as it gets, with some wildly unconvincing and unhilarious set-pieces.
Emma (Emily Hampshire) is an art teacher who is married to her childhood sweetheart Josh (Jonas Chernick). Ten years of raising small kids has killed off their sex life. In one of the film’s few decent jokes Josh compares his feelings about...
- 6/28/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Blue Fox Entertainment has picked up U.S. rights to the romantic comedy The End of Sex, starring Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) and Jonas Chernick (James vs. His Future Self), from Vortex Media. The film directed by Sean Garrity will be released in theaters nationwide in April, hitting theaters across Canada via Vortex at the same time.
World premiering at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, The End of Sex tells the story of a married couple (Hampshire and Chernick) who are feeling the pressures of parenting and adulthood. After they send their young kids to camp for the first time, they embark on a series of comic sexual adventures to reinvigorate their relationship.
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World premiering at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, The End of Sex tells the story of a married couple (Hampshire and Chernick) who are feeling the pressures of parenting and adulthood. After they send their young kids to camp for the first time, they embark on a series of comic sexual adventures to reinvigorate their relationship.
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- 2/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Six world premieres, 16 European and international premieres and 70 UK premieres feature in the line-up
Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) has unveiled the full line-up for its 19th edition, taking place March 1-12, with the UK premiere of Nida Manzoor’s Sundance title Polite Society the closing night film.
The festival will screen 123 features, including six world premieres, 16 European and international premieres and 70 UK premieres.
Polite Society is the feature debut of Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 Nida Manzoor, who created Channel 4 and Peacock series We Are Lady Parts.
Her first feature is an action comedy about an aspiring stuntwoman who tries...
Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) has unveiled the full line-up for its 19th edition, taking place March 1-12, with the UK premiere of Nida Manzoor’s Sundance title Polite Society the closing night film.
The festival will screen 123 features, including six world premieres, 16 European and international premieres and 70 UK premieres.
Polite Society is the feature debut of Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 Nida Manzoor, who created Channel 4 and Peacock series We Are Lady Parts.
Her first feature is an action comedy about an aspiring stuntwoman who tries...
- 1/25/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Blue Finch Films has boarded international sales rights (excluding North America) to the Toronto Film Festival selection The End of Sex ahead of the American Film Market.
Starring Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) and Jonas Chernick (Ashgrove), the film follows Emma and Josh, whose kids are away at camp. With the house empty for a week, the couple embark on a series of sexual adventures to recapture the magic of their now-too-comfortable relationship.
The film was directed by Sean Garrity who is re-teaming with his My Awkward Sexual Adventure collaborators Chernick and Hampshire.
Justin Rebelo, CEO of Vortex Media, serves as producer alongside Sally Karam, and Christopher Giroux, with Jesse Ikeman and Bill Marks executive producers for Vortex Media. On behalf of Brainstorm Media, Michelle Shwarzstein and Alex Peters act as executive producers. Stars Hampshire and Chernick also executive produce.
‘We’re thrilled with the reception at TIFF of The End of Sex,...
Starring Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) and Jonas Chernick (Ashgrove), the film follows Emma and Josh, whose kids are away at camp. With the house empty for a week, the couple embark on a series of sexual adventures to recapture the magic of their now-too-comfortable relationship.
The film was directed by Sean Garrity who is re-teaming with his My Awkward Sexual Adventure collaborators Chernick and Hampshire.
Justin Rebelo, CEO of Vortex Media, serves as producer alongside Sally Karam, and Christopher Giroux, with Jesse Ikeman and Bill Marks executive producers for Vortex Media. On behalf of Brainstorm Media, Michelle Shwarzstein and Alex Peters act as executive producers. Stars Hampshire and Chernick also executive produce.
‘We’re thrilled with the reception at TIFF of The End of Sex,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The End of Sex TIFF Contemporary World Cinema Section Reviewed for Shockya.com by Abe Friedtanzer Director: Sean Garrity Writer: Jonas Chernick Cast: Emily Hampshire, Jonas Chernick, Gray Powell, Lily Gao, Melanie Scrofano Screened at: Critics’ link, CA, 9/1/22 Opens: September 10th, 2022 (Toronto International Film Festival) There’s so much more to a relationship than sex, […]
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- 9/14/2022
- by Abe Friedtanzer
- ShockYa
Are you getting enough sex? Is it the right kind of sex? Is it as good as the sex which your neighbours are having, or the people across the street? We live in a society which is obsessed by these questions and suffused with sexual imagery, yet in which there is relatively little honest conversation about how sex fits into our lives in the real world. One of the few formats in which this can be addressed is comedy, and Sean Garrity’s latest contribution to the Toronto International Film Festival line-up tells a story which viewers from many different backgrounds will relate to.
Josh (screenwriter Jonas Chernick) and Emma are a couple in early middle age watching their children set off on holiday without them for the first time, for winter camp. Josh is distraught...
Josh (screenwriter Jonas Chernick) and Emma are a couple in early middle age watching their children set off on holiday without them for the first time, for winter camp. Josh is distraught...
- 9/13/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Emma (Emily Hampshire) and Josh’s (Jonas Chernick) first kiss was at a summer camp as teenagers and, minus a few break-ups here and there, they’ve been together ever since. They’re best friends, awesome parents, and, because of their two daughters being their focus for every waking second of every single day, mutually apathetic to the concept of sex. So, now that it’s the girls’ time to start going to that same camp, Emma and Josh have no clue what to do with their independence. And maybe they should read into the fact that suggesting sex (with the door open and as loud as they want) came after “go to a matinee.” They should read even harder upon discovering they’ve all but forgotten how to do it.
Written by Chernick and directed by Sean Garrity, The End of Sex delivers a raunchy conceit (figure out new...
Written by Chernick and directed by Sean Garrity, The End of Sex delivers a raunchy conceit (figure out new...
- 9/13/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Melanie Scrofano, Emily Hampshire and Jonas Chernick in The End Of Sex
A comedy about a couple who face a crisis when their kids go away to winter camp and they realise that a planned week of sexual passion just isn’t working out, The End Of Sex is the latest project for director Sean Garrity and writer Jonas Chernick, who also plays the role of hapless hero Josh. It screened as part of the Toronto International Film Festival and Jonas kindly managed to find the time for a chat just beforehand. We had last spoken in February, when his film Ashgrove screened at the Glasgow Film Festival, about a month after shooting on The End Of Sex wrapped. I congratulate him on the speed with which this film has made it to a major festival.
“Yeah. It all happened pretty quick,” he says. “I am very excited about it.
A comedy about a couple who face a crisis when their kids go away to winter camp and they realise that a planned week of sexual passion just isn’t working out, The End Of Sex is the latest project for director Sean Garrity and writer Jonas Chernick, who also plays the role of hapless hero Josh. It screened as part of the Toronto International Film Festival and Jonas kindly managed to find the time for a chat just beforehand. We had last spoken in February, when his film Ashgrove screened at the Glasgow Film Festival, about a month after shooting on The End Of Sex wrapped. I congratulate him on the speed with which this film has made it to a major festival.
“Yeah. It all happened pretty quick,” he says. “I am very excited about it.
- 9/11/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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Schitt’s Creek star Emily Hampshire is bringing her latest film, The End of Sex, directed by Sean Garrity, to the Toronto Film Festival.
And she shared insights about fest and city with THR.
What I miss most about not being at TIFF during the pandemic is…
The excitement of seeing a movie on the big screen and knowing it’s an Oscar contender in six months. Seeing it with an audience is fundamental to that.
What I don’t miss about TIFF is…
The long lines! No one likes lines. Anywhere.
My “only in Toronto” moment is…
Seeing that iconic pink gummy bear-looking monument every time I’m booked at The Soho Hotel & Residence for a movie or TV shoot. That’s my second home.
What I’ve missed most about Toronto as a city is…
Being able to walk to wherever I need to go.
Schitt’s Creek star Emily Hampshire is bringing her latest film, The End of Sex, directed by Sean Garrity, to the Toronto Film Festival.
And she shared insights about fest and city with THR.
What I miss most about not being at TIFF during the pandemic is…
The excitement of seeing a movie on the big screen and knowing it’s an Oscar contender in six months. Seeing it with an audience is fundamental to that.
What I don’t miss about TIFF is…
The long lines! No one likes lines. Anywhere.
My “only in Toronto” moment is…
Seeing that iconic pink gummy bear-looking monument every time I’m booked at The Soho Hotel & Residence for a movie or TV shoot. That’s my second home.
What I’ve missed most about Toronto as a city is…
Being able to walk to wherever I need to go.
- 9/8/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steven Pasquale is set to star opposite Neve Campbell in the upcoming ABC series “Avalon,” Variety has learned.
The announcement of Pasquale’s casting comes just one day after Campbell’s, with Campbell set to play the lead role in the show. It hails from co-creators David E. Kelley and Michael Connelly, with the show based on a short story that Connelly wrote. It was ordered straight-to-series at ABC in February.
The series takes place in the main city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where LA Sheriff Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Pasquale will play Detective William Claypool,...
The announcement of Pasquale’s casting comes just one day after Campbell’s, with Campbell set to play the lead role in the show. It hails from co-creators David E. Kelley and Michael Connelly, with the show based on a short story that Connelly wrote. It was ordered straight-to-series at ABC in February.
The series takes place in the main city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where LA Sheriff Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Pasquale will play Detective William Claypool,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Steven Pasquale has been tapped as the male lead opposite Neve Campbell in Avalon, ABC’s drama series based on Michael Connelly’s short story, from David E. Kelley, A+E Studios and 20th Television.
Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Pasquale will play Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective William Claypool. Intelligent, head strong and good-humored, Claypool is called to Catalina to investigate a terrifying discovery on the island.
Avalon is created and executive produced by Kelley,...
Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Pasquale will play Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective William Claypool. Intelligent, head strong and good-humored, Claypool is called to Catalina to investigate a terrifying discovery on the island.
Avalon is created and executive produced by Kelley,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the international arm of its festival. Taking place September 8 through 18, TIFF previously unveiled Sally El Hosaini’s opening night film “The Swimmers” as well as Special Presentations including the world premieres of Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans,” Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” and Nicholas Stoller’s “Bros.”
“The Woman King,” “Catherine Called Birdy,” “The Menu,” “Moonage Daydream,” and “My Policeman” additionally debut at the festival.
Now, the Contemporary World Cinema slate has been announced for 2022 TIFF. The lineup includes features from more than 50 countries spanning the globe. The respective world premieres for “Bones of Crows” and “The Swearing Jar” are among programming highlights, as well as the North American premieres for Koji Fukada’s “Love Life” and Jerzy Skolimowski’s “Eo.”
“We are so proud of the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema programs,” Anita Lee, chief programming officer,...
“The Woman King,” “Catherine Called Birdy,” “The Menu,” “Moonage Daydream,” and “My Policeman” additionally debut at the festival.
Now, the Contemporary World Cinema slate has been announced for 2022 TIFF. The lineup includes features from more than 50 countries spanning the globe. The respective world premieres for “Bones of Crows” and “The Swearing Jar” are among programming highlights, as well as the North American premieres for Koji Fukada’s “Love Life” and Jerzy Skolimowski’s “Eo.”
“We are so proud of the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema programs,” Anita Lee, chief programming officer,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
New films from Werner Herzog, Laura Poitras, Cristian Mungiu and Jerzy Skolimowski have been added to the lineup of the 2022 Toronto International film Festival, TIFF organizers announced on Wednesday.
The new films are in the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections and together will make up almost 75 additions to the lineup of the festival, which will run from Sept. 8-18.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the world premiere of Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues.” Other films in the section include Herzog’s “Theatre of Thought,” which examines new research into the brain; Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin and her campaign to get museums to reject the patronage of the Purdue Pharma-owning Sackler family; and “In Her Hands,” Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen’s film about Zarifa Ghafari, the youngest woman mayor in Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power in that country.
The new films are in the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections and together will make up almost 75 additions to the lineup of the festival, which will run from Sept. 8-18.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the world premiere of Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues.” Other films in the section include Herzog’s “Theatre of Thought,” which examines new research into the brain; Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin and her campaign to get museums to reject the patronage of the Purdue Pharma-owning Sackler family; and “In Her Hands,” Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen’s film about Zarifa Ghafari, the youngest woman mayor in Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power in that country.
- 8/17/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Steven Pasquale (American Crime Story: The People v Oj Simpson), Stephanie Szostak (A Million Little Things) and Tony Curran (Your Honor) are set for key recurring roles in David E. Kelley’s The Missing, Peacock’s eight-episode series based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File. Details of their characters are being kept under wraps.
Written by Kelley, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer, and directed by Barry Levinson, The Missing tells the story of Detective Avraham (Jeff Wilbusch), whose belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down.
In addition to Wilbusch, they join previously announced series regulars Juliana Canfield, Karen Robinson and Michael Mosley.
Executive producing alongside Kelley are Levinson,...
Written by Kelley, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer, and directed by Barry Levinson, The Missing tells the story of Detective Avraham (Jeff Wilbusch), whose belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down.
In addition to Wilbusch, they join previously announced series regulars Juliana Canfield, Karen Robinson and Michael Mosley.
Executive producing alongside Kelley are Levinson,...
- 4/26/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Schitt’s Creek star Emily Hampshire is starring in and executive-producing under-the-radar rom-com The End Of Sex, which has just wrapped in Hamilton, Canada.
Also starring are Jonas Chernick (James Vs His Future Self), Gray Powell (Sort Of), Lily Gao (Letterkenny) and Melanie Scrofano (Wynonna Earp).
The feature follows a young couple (Hampshire and Chernick), who feeling the pressures of parenting and adulthood, send their kids to camp for the first time and embark on a series of sexual adventures to reinvigorate their relationship.
Vortex Productions is behind the feature from director Sean Garrity who is re-teaming with his My Awkward Sexual Adventure collaborators Chernick and Hampshire. Chernick has also penned the script.
Vortex Media financed the picture, in association with Brainstorm Media. Vortex and Brainstorm will collaborate on the distribution plan. Worldwide rights remain open.
Justin Rebelo and Sally Karam served as producers with Jesse Ikeman, Christopher Giroux and...
Also starring are Jonas Chernick (James Vs His Future Self), Gray Powell (Sort Of), Lily Gao (Letterkenny) and Melanie Scrofano (Wynonna Earp).
The feature follows a young couple (Hampshire and Chernick), who feeling the pressures of parenting and adulthood, send their kids to camp for the first time and embark on a series of sexual adventures to reinvigorate their relationship.
Vortex Productions is behind the feature from director Sean Garrity who is re-teaming with his My Awkward Sexual Adventure collaborators Chernick and Hampshire. Chernick has also penned the script.
Vortex Media financed the picture, in association with Brainstorm Media. Vortex and Brainstorm will collaborate on the distribution plan. Worldwide rights remain open.
Justin Rebelo and Sally Karam served as producers with Jesse Ikeman, Christopher Giroux and...
- 1/31/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Jessica Parker’s Divorce character is about to dip her toe into the dating pool.
Rescue Me veteran Steven Pasquale is joining the HBO comedy for Season 2 in a recurring role, according to our sister site Deadline. He’ll play Andrew, a friend of Nick (Tracy Letts) who gets set up on a date with Frances (Sarah Jessica Parker). The two hit it off and embark on a “casual relationship.”
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Which makes sense: Season 1 ended with Frances’ bitter divorce from Robert (Thomas Haden Church) far from finalized,...
Rescue Me veteran Steven Pasquale is joining the HBO comedy for Season 2 in a recurring role, according to our sister site Deadline. He’ll play Andrew, a friend of Nick (Tracy Letts) who gets set up on a date with Frances (Sarah Jessica Parker). The two hit it off and embark on a “casual relationship.”
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Which makes sense: Season 1 ended with Frances’ bitter divorce from Robert (Thomas Haden Church) far from finalized,...
- 4/13/2017
- TVLine.com
The Raven Banner specialty label has acquired Canadian rights to Kevan Funk’s film ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Discovery section next month.
Hello Destroyer stars Tiff Rising Star Jared Abrahamson as a shy enforcer on a hockey team whose life is shattered by an act of violence during a game.
As he struggles with the repercussions he learns more about the brutal world of his locker room compadres.
Toronto-based Northern Banner plans an early 2017 theatrical release.
Kurt Max Runte, Paul McGillion, Ian Tracey, Sara Canning, Ben Cotton, Maxwell Haynes and newcomer talent Joe Dion Buffalo round out the key cast.
Haydn Wazelle of Tabula Dada and Daniel Domachowski of Type One produced Hello Destroyer and Christine Haebler and Trish Dolman served as executive producers. Telefilm Canada participated in the development and financing.
“Like the vast majority of my short film work that I have made leading up to this, the film is...
Hello Destroyer stars Tiff Rising Star Jared Abrahamson as a shy enforcer on a hockey team whose life is shattered by an act of violence during a game.
As he struggles with the repercussions he learns more about the brutal world of his locker room compadres.
Toronto-based Northern Banner plans an early 2017 theatrical release.
Kurt Max Runte, Paul McGillion, Ian Tracey, Sara Canning, Ben Cotton, Maxwell Haynes and newcomer talent Joe Dion Buffalo round out the key cast.
Haydn Wazelle of Tabula Dada and Daniel Domachowski of Type One produced Hello Destroyer and Christine Haebler and Trish Dolman served as executive producers. Telefilm Canada participated in the development and financing.
“Like the vast majority of my short film work that I have made leading up to this, the film is...
- 8/17/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
One of the highlights of last years Viff was Sean Garrity's hybrid road trip/family dramedy Borealis. Jonas Chernick wrote the script and stars as Jonah, a gambling addicted father whose daughter Aurora (Joey King) is suffering from a condition which has led to her vision deteriorating.
With only a short window of before his daughter goes completely blind, Jonah decides the time has come to take Aurora on a road trip to see the Northern Lights but his gambling problem? It's come to bite him in the ass. He owes $50K and Tubby (Kevin Pollak) and his sidekick Brick (Clé Bennett) are determined to collect. Whatever it takes.
Garrity is a talented filmmaker and Chernick's script is a wonderful blend of comedy and drama peppered with great father/daughter moments that don [Continued ...]...
With only a short window of before his daughter goes completely blind, Jonah decides the time has come to take Aurora on a road trip to see the Northern Lights but his gambling problem? It's come to bite him in the ass. He owes $50K and Tubby (Kevin Pollak) and his sidekick Brick (Clé Bennett) are determined to collect. Whatever it takes.
Garrity is a talented filmmaker and Chernick's script is a wonderful blend of comedy and drama peppered with great father/daughter moments that don [Continued ...]...
- 5/27/2016
- QuietEarth.us
I first discovered director Sean Garrity ten years ago after seeing Lucid (trailer), a dark dramedy about an insomnia-plagued psychotherapist whose life is falling apart. I was so taken by the fine balance of drama and comedy of Garrity's work and the striking look of the movie, that I became an instant fan.
In the decade since the release of Lucid, Garrity and frequent collaborator Jonas Chernick have doled out a wide variety of projects and their latest is another winner.
Borealis stars Chernick as Jonah, a gambler who is on the verge of losing everything. His girlfriend (Emily Hampshire) is nearing the end of her rope and his daughter Aurora (Joey King) is only living at home because she doesn't have another choice.
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In the decade since the release of Lucid, Garrity and frequent collaborator Jonas Chernick have doled out a wide variety of projects and their latest is another winner.
Borealis stars Chernick as Jonah, a gambler who is on the verge of losing everything. His girlfriend (Emily Hampshire) is nearing the end of her rope and his daughter Aurora (Joey King) is only living at home because she doesn't have another choice.
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- 9/28/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Earnestly reigniting a heartfelt relationship between an estranged parent and child can be an emotionally daunting endeavor, especially when you don’t know how to best overcome the differences that have formed after undergoing a painful experience together. That intimidating process of initially reconnecting, and subsequently overcoming your contrasting opinions on how to best approach life again as you contend with that harrowing occurrence, is relatably explored in director Sean Garrity’s new comedy, ‘After the Ball.’ The family film, which opened this weekend in theaters and on VOD, mixes compelling sentiments and natural humor between its father and daughter, played Chris Noth and Portia Doubleday, to emphasize that no matter what [ Read More ]
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- 4/26/2015
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
The things we do for fashion!
"After the Ball" is a modern-day fairy tale set in the world of fashion, starring Portia Doubleday ("Youth in Revolt," "Her") Marc-André Grondin ("Goon"), Chris Noth ("Sex and the City"), Lauren Holly ("Dumb & Dumber), Mimi Kuzyk, and Carlo Rota. The light-hearted movie is directed by Sean Garrity ("My Awkward Sexual Adventure").
"After the Ball," which features elements of "Cinderella" and "Twelfth Night," takes place in the contemporary fashion industry. Kate's (Doubleday) dream is to design for couturier houses. Although she's a bright new talent, she can't get a job. No one trusts the daughter of Lee Kassell (Noth), a retail guru who markets clothes "inspired" by the very designers Kate wants to work for. Who wants a spy among the sequins and stilettos?
Reluctantly, Kate joins the family business where she must navigate around her duplicitous stepmother (Holly) and two "wicked" stepsisters. With the...
"After the Ball" is a modern-day fairy tale set in the world of fashion, starring Portia Doubleday ("Youth in Revolt," "Her") Marc-André Grondin ("Goon"), Chris Noth ("Sex and the City"), Lauren Holly ("Dumb & Dumber), Mimi Kuzyk, and Carlo Rota. The light-hearted movie is directed by Sean Garrity ("My Awkward Sexual Adventure").
"After the Ball," which features elements of "Cinderella" and "Twelfth Night," takes place in the contemporary fashion industry. Kate's (Doubleday) dream is to design for couturier houses. Although she's a bright new talent, she can't get a job. No one trusts the daughter of Lee Kassell (Noth), a retail guru who markets clothes "inspired" by the very designers Kate wants to work for. Who wants a spy among the sequins and stilettos?
Reluctantly, Kate joins the family business where she must navigate around her duplicitous stepmother (Holly) and two "wicked" stepsisters. With the...
- 1/9/2015
- by Chris Jancelewicz
- Moviefone
For a few years now, a chorus of individuals, myself included, have been calling the Whistler Film Festival the "Sundance of the North." The festival has always featured an impressive line-up of Canadian titles and the Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature has always attracted a high calibre of Canadian film but this year's Canadian features line-up features no less that 22 home grown titles, 11 of which are world premieres.
Among this year's notable titles are the world premieres of Sean Garrity's follow up to Blood Pressure (review) After the Ball, Carl Bessai's blaxploitation homage Bad City, Sophie Deraspe's Wolves, Cameron Labine's [Continued ...]...
Among this year's notable titles are the world premieres of Sean Garrity's follow up to Blood Pressure (review) After the Ball, Carl Bessai's blaxploitation homage Bad City, Sophie Deraspe's Wolves, Cameron Labine's [Continued ...]...
- 10/27/2014
- QuietEarth.us
Exclusive: While she’s got TV projects 12 Monkeys and Schitt’s Creek on deck, Canadian actress Emily Hampshire has added a new feature to her résumé. She’ll reteam with her My Awkward Sexual Adventure director Sean Garrity for Borealis. The drama follows an unemployed gambler who takes his estranged pot-smoking teenage daughter on a dangerous road trip to Churchill, Manitoba to show her the magnificent Northern Lights — before her vision disorder renders her completely blind. Kevin Pollak and Joey King also star in the Buffalo Gal Pictures production.
Hampshire, whose credits also include Rookie Blue and Cosmopolis, is starring in Syfy’s 12 Monkeys which premieres January 15. She’s playing the female version of Brad’s Pitt’s character in the original Terry Gilliam film. The CBC’s Schitt’s Creek also premieres in January with Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara.
Hampshire’s agent Dani De Lio of Creative Drive Artists...
Hampshire, whose credits also include Rookie Blue and Cosmopolis, is starring in Syfy’s 12 Monkeys which premieres January 15. She’s playing the female version of Brad’s Pitt’s character in the original Terry Gilliam film. The CBC’s Schitt’s Creek also premieres in January with Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara.
Hampshire’s agent Dani De Lio of Creative Drive Artists...
- 10/9/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
• Boardwalk Empire actor Jack Huston will take the chariot reins as the title role in the upcoming remake of Ben-Hur. Previously, Tom Hiddleston had been in talks for the role of slave Judah Ben-Hur in the Paramount and MGM picture. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) is directing the film adapted by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and Keith Clarke (The Way Back) that is said to be based more on Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ than the 1959 film that starred Charlton Heston. Morgan Freeman has already been cast as Ildarin, the teacher who helps make the slave Ben-Hur into chariot racer champion.
- 9/18/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
Raven Banner announced in Toronto it has launched Northern Banner, a new distribution label that to focus on films from the vanguard of worldwide cinema for the Canadian market.
Like its parent company, Northern Banner will acquire international and Canadian titles for distribution within Canada for the English and French markets.
The focus will be on quality independent fare with an eye on multi-platform VOD and theatrical distribution.
The first title acquired under the new label is Sean Garrity’s Borealis, written by and starring Jonas Chernick, which is currently in pre-production with Buffalo Gal Pictures and Chernick’s Banana-Moon Sky Films.
The Northern Banner includes Iceland’s Life In A Fishbowl (pictured), which played in Toronto.
“Raven Banner has become a reputable and distinguishable brand,” said managing partner Michael Paszt, “and it’s vital that we maintain our focus on its core product.
“Northern Banner will allow us to bring our knowledge and passion for film...
Like its parent company, Northern Banner will acquire international and Canadian titles for distribution within Canada for the English and French markets.
The focus will be on quality independent fare with an eye on multi-platform VOD and theatrical distribution.
The first title acquired under the new label is Sean Garrity’s Borealis, written by and starring Jonas Chernick, which is currently in pre-production with Buffalo Gal Pictures and Chernick’s Banana-Moon Sky Films.
The Northern Banner includes Iceland’s Life In A Fishbowl (pictured), which played in Toronto.
“Raven Banner has become a reputable and distinguishable brand,” said managing partner Michael Paszt, “and it’s vital that we maintain our focus on its core product.
“Northern Banner will allow us to bring our knowledge and passion for film...
- 9/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Forty Canadian and international producers will head to the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s annual International Financing Forum in Toronto.Scroll down for full list of projects
The ninth-annual International Financing Forum (Iff), a feature co-financing market for English-language projects, will run Sept 7-8 during Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14).
The two-day event includes one-on-one meetings, an industry panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.
Iff partners include Telefilm Canada, UK Trade and Investment (Ukti), and Toronto Film Commission & Entertainment Industries.
Among this year’s international projects are:
The Lunchbox producer Guneet Monga with sci-fi drama Punha, starring Kanal Nayyar of The Big Bang Theory;
Land Ho! producers Mynette Louie and Sara Murphy reteaming with director Aaron Katz on Settlers;
former Screen International Future Leader Sol Bondy of Germany’s One Two Films with Us-based Jennifer Fox with her thriller The Tale to star Laura Dern, Ellen Burstyn and [link...
The ninth-annual International Financing Forum (Iff), a feature co-financing market for English-language projects, will run Sept 7-8 during Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14).
The two-day event includes one-on-one meetings, an industry panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.
Iff partners include Telefilm Canada, UK Trade and Investment (Ukti), and Toronto Film Commission & Entertainment Industries.
Among this year’s international projects are:
The Lunchbox producer Guneet Monga with sci-fi drama Punha, starring Kanal Nayyar of The Big Bang Theory;
Land Ho! producers Mynette Louie and Sara Murphy reteaming with director Aaron Katz on Settlers;
former Screen International Future Leader Sol Bondy of Germany’s One Two Films with Us-based Jennifer Fox with her thriller The Tale to star Laura Dern, Ellen Burstyn and [link...
- 8/26/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Telefilm Canada has confirmed its financial support of nearly $13 million of Canadian tax payers' money towards the production of nine English-language feature films through the 'Canada Feature Film Fund', although there doesn't seem to be anything culturally 'Canadian' about most of their selections, other than the crews that will be working on them.
Among the films receiving money include a psycho horror with a demonic 'Santa Claus', a bio pic about a former Queen of Sweden, the 'relationship' between 'James Dean' and a photographer, a thriller involving a Satanic child abuse sex ring, and an inflatable Sex Doll drug smuggling story:
The films are "After the Ball" (Sean Garrity), "A Christmas Horror Story" (Steven Hoban, Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan), "Aloft" (Claudia Llosa), "A Worthy Companion" (Jason Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez), "Life" (Anton Corbijn), "Regression" (Alejandro Amenabar), "Rest Home" (Michael Rowe), "The Girl King" (Mika Kaurismäki) and "Zoom" (Pedro Morelli...
Among the films receiving money include a psycho horror with a demonic 'Santa Claus', a bio pic about a former Queen of Sweden, the 'relationship' between 'James Dean' and a photographer, a thriller involving a Satanic child abuse sex ring, and an inflatable Sex Doll drug smuggling story:
The films are "After the Ball" (Sean Garrity), "A Christmas Horror Story" (Steven Hoban, Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan), "Aloft" (Claudia Llosa), "A Worthy Companion" (Jason Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez), "Life" (Anton Corbijn), "Regression" (Alejandro Amenabar), "Rest Home" (Michael Rowe), "The Girl King" (Mika Kaurismäki) and "Zoom" (Pedro Morelli...
- 6/21/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Principal photography has begun in Montreal on the modern-day fairy tale set in the world of fashion. Myriad Pictures handles world sales and will introduce in Cannes.
Portia Doubleday, Marc-André Grondin, Chris Noth, Lauren Holly (pictured), Mimi Kuzyk and Carlo Rota star in the project, described as Cinderella meets Twelfth Night.
Le Château is working in collaboration with costume designer Mario Davignon to provide wardrobe for the story of an aspiring designer who battles with duplicitous relatives at the family business.
Sean Garrity directs the story and Don Carmody, Robin Crumley, Gabriella Martinelli and Jane Silverstone Segal produce. Jason Sherman and Kate Melville co-wrote the screenplay.
Pacific Northwest Pictures will distribute the film in Canada.
“We are excited to be working with Don and Gabriella on this charming project with Sean at the helm,” said Myriad CEO Kirk D’Amico.
“He is a very talented director and the perfect fit for this material. We can’t wait...
Portia Doubleday, Marc-André Grondin, Chris Noth, Lauren Holly (pictured), Mimi Kuzyk and Carlo Rota star in the project, described as Cinderella meets Twelfth Night.
Le Château is working in collaboration with costume designer Mario Davignon to provide wardrobe for the story of an aspiring designer who battles with duplicitous relatives at the family business.
Sean Garrity directs the story and Don Carmody, Robin Crumley, Gabriella Martinelli and Jane Silverstone Segal produce. Jason Sherman and Kate Melville co-wrote the screenplay.
Pacific Northwest Pictures will distribute the film in Canada.
“We are excited to be working with Don and Gabriella on this charming project with Sean at the helm,” said Myriad CEO Kirk D’Amico.
“He is a very talented director and the perfect fit for this material. We can’t wait...
- 4/14/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Review Juliette Harrisson 3 Jan 2014 - 12:37
Community is back with Dan Harmon at the helm. Juliette checks out season five's opening double-bill...
This review contains spoilers.
5.1 Repilot & 5.2 Introduction To Teaching
Previously behind the scenes at Community: creator Dan Harmon and regular Chevy Chase fell out spectacularly, Harmon was fired, a shortened season four went out without him, Chase left before filming was finished, despite one or two decent episodes season four was critically panned, then to everyone’s complete shock an equally short season five without Chase was ordered, Dan Harmon was re-hired and there was much rejoicing, it was announced that Donald Glover would only appear in less than half the season, and everyone was sad again. Phew.
There is a general consensus that the rot set in for Community during the universally derided season four, but there’s a case to be made that the shark hove...
Community is back with Dan Harmon at the helm. Juliette checks out season five's opening double-bill...
This review contains spoilers.
5.1 Repilot & 5.2 Introduction To Teaching
Previously behind the scenes at Community: creator Dan Harmon and regular Chevy Chase fell out spectacularly, Harmon was fired, a shortened season four went out without him, Chase left before filming was finished, despite one or two decent episodes season four was critically panned, then to everyone’s complete shock an equally short season five without Chase was ordered, Dan Harmon was re-hired and there was much rejoicing, it was announced that Donald Glover would only appear in less than half the season, and everyone was sad again. Phew.
There is a general consensus that the rot set in for Community during the universally derided season four, but there’s a case to be made that the shark hove...
- 1/3/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Us in Progress initiative to showcase five features by independent Us filmmakers.
Austin, Texas-based filmmaker Michael Tully’s [pictured] coming-of-age-vacation comedy Ping Pong Summer kicks off the latest edition of Us in Progress on Thursday.
The Us in Progress initiative, hosted by the Champs Elysées Film Festival, will showcase five features by independent Us filmmakers over the coming two days to some 30 European buyers.
Set against the Maryland beach resort of Ocean City, Ping Pong Summer combines a cast of unknown adolescent actors with established big screen stars Susan Sarandon and John Hannah.
The picture was among six recipients last year of a $300,000 grant from the San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. Other projects in that selection included Fruitvale and Short Term 12.
Tully’s previous films include Cocaine Angel, Silver Jew and Septien.
Also screening on Thursday is New York director Leah Meyerhoff’s I Believe in Unicorns about a teenager who runs...
Austin, Texas-based filmmaker Michael Tully’s [pictured] coming-of-age-vacation comedy Ping Pong Summer kicks off the latest edition of Us in Progress on Thursday.
The Us in Progress initiative, hosted by the Champs Elysées Film Festival, will showcase five features by independent Us filmmakers over the coming two days to some 30 European buyers.
Set against the Maryland beach resort of Ocean City, Ping Pong Summer combines a cast of unknown adolescent actors with established big screen stars Susan Sarandon and John Hannah.
The picture was among six recipients last year of a $300,000 grant from the San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. Other projects in that selection included Fruitvale and Short Term 12.
Tully’s previous films include Cocaine Angel, Silver Jew and Septien.
Also screening on Thursday is New York director Leah Meyerhoff’s I Believe in Unicorns about a teenager who runs...
- 6/13/2013
- ScreenDaily
Sex sells! Remake rights for Sean Garrity's My Awkward Sexual Adventure have been sold to companies in France and South Korea, according to The Hollywood Reporter, proving once again that sex is truly the international language. The Canadian sex comedy debuted at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, and has since gained distribution deals in the U.S. (Tribeca Films), France (Entertainment One), and South Korea (Joy-n Contents). From the official synopsis: When uptight accountant Jordan Abrams proposes marriage to his life-long soul mate Rachel, she finally reveals the painful truth: he's terrible in bed. Frustrated and deeply unsatisfied, Rachel dumps him, and Jordan embarks on a desperate mission to seek some much-needed sexual experience and acquire some basic requisite skills. Committed to doing whatever it...
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- 2/26/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Feature Juliette Harrisson Feb 7, 2013
To celebrate Community's long-awaited return, Juliette counts down ten of its geekiest references to other TV shows and films...
There’s a reason Community, while struggling in the ratings out in the big wide world, often seems to be the most popular show on the internet. This is a show that has not only embraced geek culture, it threw geek culture a big party, baked it a cake then cleaned up afterwards and sent geek culture to bed with a cup of hot cocoa. From brief references to geek staples, to one-liners and visual gags, all the way up to complete spoof episodes, no show on television celebrates geek culture in quite the way that Community does. In preparation for the long-delayed return of everyone’s favourite gang of community college students, we celebrate ten of the show’s geekiest gags.
Each reference has been...
To celebrate Community's long-awaited return, Juliette counts down ten of its geekiest references to other TV shows and films...
There’s a reason Community, while struggling in the ratings out in the big wide world, often seems to be the most popular show on the internet. This is a show that has not only embraced geek culture, it threw geek culture a big party, baked it a cake then cleaned up afterwards and sent geek culture to bed with a cup of hot cocoa. From brief references to geek staples, to one-liners and visual gags, all the way up to complete spoof episodes, no show on television celebrates geek culture in quite the way that Community does. In preparation for the long-delayed return of everyone’s favourite gang of community college students, we celebrate ten of the show’s geekiest gags.
Each reference has been...
- 2/6/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Deception
When and Where: Mondays at 10 on NBC, beginning January 7th
What’s the deal: The mysterious death of a childhood friend, who also happens to be a modern-day wealthy socialite, causes Detective Joanna Locasto, played by Californication’s Meagan Good (Think Like a Man, Saw V) to go back undercover as a guest of the family she grew up with, as a servant’s daughter, to find out the truth. The cast for this includes Alias’ Victor Garber, The O.C. and Damages’ Tate Donovan, and Breakout Kings’ Laz Alonso. This series replaces the apocalyptic drama Revolution on NBC’s schedule during the latter’s extended hiatus and is created by Liz Heldens, who wrote for Friday Night Lights as well as the Us version of Prime Suspect.
1600 Penn
When and Where: Thursdays at 9:30 on NBC, beginning January 10th
What’s the deal: This traditional sitcom follows a dysfunctional family,...
When and Where: Mondays at 10 on NBC, beginning January 7th
What’s the deal: The mysterious death of a childhood friend, who also happens to be a modern-day wealthy socialite, causes Detective Joanna Locasto, played by Californication’s Meagan Good (Think Like a Man, Saw V) to go back undercover as a guest of the family she grew up with, as a servant’s daughter, to find out the truth. The cast for this includes Alias’ Victor Garber, The O.C. and Damages’ Tate Donovan, and Breakout Kings’ Laz Alonso. This series replaces the apocalyptic drama Revolution on NBC’s schedule during the latter’s extended hiatus and is created by Liz Heldens, who wrote for Friday Night Lights as well as the Us version of Prime Suspect.
1600 Penn
When and Where: Thursdays at 9:30 on NBC, beginning January 10th
What’s the deal: This traditional sitcom follows a dysfunctional family,...
- 1/7/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Toronto – Tribeca Film has acquired the U.S. rights to Sean Garrity’s My Awkward Sexual Adventure, ahead of a March 2013 release for the raunchy sex comedy. The Canadian indie, which bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival, has also been sold by Archstone Distribution to Entertainment One in France, the UK, Scandinavia and South Africa, Rialto Distribution in Australia, Premiere in the Benelux and Russia, and Euro Video in Germany. Other territories checked off by Archstone include a deal with Edko Films for Hong Kong, Hungary’s Ads, Joy-n-Contents in South Korea and Spain’s Alimpro Films. My
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- 12/18/2012
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto – On December 4th, Tiff saluted the best of Canadian Cinema at the 12th Annual Canada’s Top Ten industry event, hosted by Sarah Gadon (Cosmopolis, A Dangerous Method) and Don McKellar (Blindness, Trigger). A panel of industry professionals selected the top 10 Canadian feature and short films. Tiff Senior Programmer Steve Gravestock said that this year’s lineup “champions the work of familiar faces as well as emerging talent – all of whose stellar filmmaking achievements shape the Canadian film community”.
To celebrate the best Canadian films of 2012, Tiff will be hosting a 10-day festival of the winners. Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Festival, says that the festival “offers homegrown talent a dedicated platform to showcase their success, and we couldn’t be more impressed by the calibre of films the industry has produced this year.”
The selected top ten are as follows, in no particular order:
Short Films
Bydlo dir.
To celebrate the best Canadian films of 2012, Tiff will be hosting a 10-day festival of the winners. Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Festival, says that the festival “offers homegrown talent a dedicated platform to showcase their success, and we couldn’t be more impressed by the calibre of films the industry has produced this year.”
The selected top ten are as follows, in no particular order:
Short Films
Bydlo dir.
- 12/13/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
As selected by a panel from the Toronto International Film Festival (in alphabetical order) Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg The End of Time, Peter Mettler Goon, Michael Dowse Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan Midnight’s Children,...
- 12/6/2012
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
The 12th annual Whistler Film Festival , attracted more A-list talent and more deal-makers than previous years. The respected British stage and film actor Daniel Radcliffe discussed his upcoming films (Kill Your Darlings, The F Word, Horns) and return to London’s west stage during a special Spotlight on Daniel Radcliffe hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos.
Actor and screenwriter Rashida Jones was recognized for her talents in front and behind the camera with Wff’s Trailblazer Award For Acting and Scriptwriting. Writer and actor Will McCormack was also in attendance for the screening of Celeste and Jesse Forever, which he co-wrote and acts in. Both Jones and McCormack, who were among Variety’S 10 Screenwriter To Watch class in 2011, also received Variety’S One To Watch honor, which was announced at the festival.
Variety’s Steven Gaydos presented Melissa Rosenberg with the publication’s Billion Dollar Screenwriter Award for her impressive accomplishments with the Twilight Saga films. Five out of Variety’S 10 Screenwriters To Watch were in Whistler to receive recognition: Katie Dippold (The Heat); Patrick Aison (Wunderkind); Reid Carolin (Magic Mike); Scott Rothman (Draft Day); and Ted Melfi (St Vincent De Van Nuys).
Other stars gracing the Wff red carpet included James Cromwell (Still), Gil Bellows (Mad Ship), Rachelle Lefevre (Borsos juror and actress in Omerta which screened at Wff), musician Bruce Cockburn (featured in Bruce Cockburn Pacing The Cage), Kristanna Loken (Love Orchard), Caroline Dhavernas (Mars Et Avril), Helen Shaver (Borsos juror), Liane Balaban (Borsos juror), Katherine Isabelle (American Mary), and Emily Hampshire (My Awkward Sexual Adventure).
The Wff Audience Award went Sean Garrity’s My Awkward Sexual Adventure, which was one of eight contenders in the Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature. The Wff Audience Award runner up went to Hit ‘N Strum, Kirk Caouette’s charming Vancouver street movie which was presented in the new Discoveries program. The Wff Audience Award is a non-cash prize presented to the highest-rated film as voted by the audience.
“This year marks yet another milestone for us. We have been embraced by China, adopted by Variety, and partnered with Bell Media, and we surpassed all expectations in terms of our targets. We have 12 years of experience behind us, and we have several promising initiatives on the horizon,” commented Wff Founder and Executive Director Shauna Hardy Mishaw. “Not only have we become a desired place for filmmakers to present their films, we have become an essential place for the industry to meet and do business with both established and emerging filmmakers, and that is what makes Whistler a filmmakers’ festival. I can honestly say with my hand on my heart that this was the best fest yet!”
The Wff Programming Team under the direction of Director of Programming Paul Gratton assembled a program that was broader and more eclectic than in years past. New strands included American Indies, Discoveries, Late Night TerrorFest and Gkids Animation Showcase. Certain films from these strands, such as Vancouver-made American Mary, the French animated film The Painting, It'S A Disaster and Bruce Cockbrun Pacing The Cage created major buzz and word-of-mouth amongst festival-goers. Canadian films were prominently featured throughout the fest with a number of World Premieres such as Mad Ship, the closing night film The Sheepdogs Have At It and the World Documentary winner Status Quo?. Over all, the festival had something for everyone.
"In what was hoped to be a transformative year for Wff, audiences and critics alike seem to have responded extremely well to such innovations as repeat screenings, press and industry screenings, new programming strands and the very successful China Canada Gateway for Film Script Competition,” says Paul Gratton, Wff’s Director of Programming. “Business was done, audiences were enthusiastic and the many celebrities that graced our presence, from Daniel Radcliffe and Rashida Jones to Bruce Cockburn and James Cromwell, all gave us very positive feedback on the warm Whistler welcome they received. We are all looking forward to building on this year’s momentum and an even greater Wff in 2013.”
Whistler Film Festival screenings were organized in 9 categories: Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature; World Documentary; World Now; Mountain Culture; and ShortWork as well as the newly added American Indies; Discoveries, Late Night TerrorFest and Gkids Animation Showcase. Five Special Presentation screenings and a Programmer’s Surprise, Samsara, rounded out this year’s diverse lineup.
Several of the feature films were at or near capacity and included Still, My Awkward Sexual Adventure, Bruce Cockburn Pacing The Cage, Love, Marilyn, Bird Co Media, Anna Karenina, American Mary, The Movie Out Here, Karakara, Hit ’N Strum, The Mountain Runners, and Few Words. Total attendance, including industry insiders, was at 9,964 attendees, a 20% increase over 2011 (8,270 in 2011), including 556 delegates (a 10% increase compared to 506 in 2011). Box office was up 37% over 2011.
The Whistler Film Festival celebrated its 12th edition as one of Canada's leading festivals from November 28 to December 2. It showcased 78 films consisting of 44 features and 34 shorts on five screens in four theatres over five amazing days including 6 World Premieres, 1 North American Premiere, 8 Canadian Premieres, 5 English Canadian Premieres, 15 Western Canadian Premieres, 4 British Columbian Premieres, and 3 Whistler Premieres. 51 percent of the films presented were Canadian. Films from 18 countries were screened: Canada, UK, USA, France, China, India, Iran, Japan, Netherlands, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Vietnam, Slovakia, Colombia, Poland, Palestine and Australia.
The Festival continued to support cinematic excellence and awarded up to $31,500 in cash prizes and commissions. Picture Day, by first time feature director Kate Melville, won the coveted $15,000 Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature. The$1,000 Canadian ShortWork Award went to Requiem For Romance, directed by Jonathan Ng. The $500 ShortWork Student Award went to Plating by Sfu student Jon Thomas. The Mppia Short Film Award was won by Jon Ornoy for True Love Waits. Presented by Mppia and British Columbia Film + Media, the award consists of a $15,000 cash award plus up to $100,000 in production services.
Whistler Film Festival announced three Canadian film projects that will move into development with Chinese production financing. There were several other deal discussions that began at the Festival both with China and other international investors.
With a focus on the changing media landscape and designed to facilitate international alliances and financial partnerships, the Whistler Summit, Wff’s industry forum, focused on filmmaking in the digital age presenting 15 interactive sessions that addressed a range of issues affecting the film, television and digital media industry. Sessions were complimented by networking opportunities including one-on-one meetings, roundtable information sessions and receptions.
Overall, the industry Summit was at 82% capacity. In addition to the scheduled meetings that took place during the Summit, there was again a notable increase in unscheduled meetings that took place outside of scheduled blocks proving the festival remains an important place for the industry to meet and do business. Industry guests came from the USA and Canada to participate, and delegate representation was from the USA, China, UK, Norway, Japan, Korea and Canada.
A team of 143 volunteers contributed over 1500 hours of time to support the festival’s success.
For information, go to whistlerfilmfestival.com
The Whistler Film Festival is supported by Telefilm Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Tourism Whistler, and is sponsored by Bell Media, Variety, the Directors Guild of Canada - British Columbia, American Airlines, Sorel, Kokanee, Zoom Audio Visual Networks, Christie Digital, Glacier Media Group, Whistler Blackcomb and the Westin Resort & Spa Whistler.
The Whistler Film Festival Society (Wffs) is a cultural charitable organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler. Wffs produces one of Canada’s leading film festivals and plays a leadership role in offering professional and project development programs for filmmakers.
Whistler is Canada’s premier, year-round destination located in the spectacular Coast Mountains of British Columbia, and just two hours north of Vancouver. Consistently ranked the number one mountain resort in North America, Whistler features two majestic mountains, epic skiing and snowboarding conditions, four championship golf courses, more than 200 shops, 90 restaurants and bars, accommodations galore, hiking trails, spas and arguably the best mountain bike park in the world. In short, Whistler has everything you will ever need to have the time of your life - and so much more.
Actor and screenwriter Rashida Jones was recognized for her talents in front and behind the camera with Wff’s Trailblazer Award For Acting and Scriptwriting. Writer and actor Will McCormack was also in attendance for the screening of Celeste and Jesse Forever, which he co-wrote and acts in. Both Jones and McCormack, who were among Variety’S 10 Screenwriter To Watch class in 2011, also received Variety’S One To Watch honor, which was announced at the festival.
Variety’s Steven Gaydos presented Melissa Rosenberg with the publication’s Billion Dollar Screenwriter Award for her impressive accomplishments with the Twilight Saga films. Five out of Variety’S 10 Screenwriters To Watch were in Whistler to receive recognition: Katie Dippold (The Heat); Patrick Aison (Wunderkind); Reid Carolin (Magic Mike); Scott Rothman (Draft Day); and Ted Melfi (St Vincent De Van Nuys).
Other stars gracing the Wff red carpet included James Cromwell (Still), Gil Bellows (Mad Ship), Rachelle Lefevre (Borsos juror and actress in Omerta which screened at Wff), musician Bruce Cockburn (featured in Bruce Cockburn Pacing The Cage), Kristanna Loken (Love Orchard), Caroline Dhavernas (Mars Et Avril), Helen Shaver (Borsos juror), Liane Balaban (Borsos juror), Katherine Isabelle (American Mary), and Emily Hampshire (My Awkward Sexual Adventure).
The Wff Audience Award went Sean Garrity’s My Awkward Sexual Adventure, which was one of eight contenders in the Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature. The Wff Audience Award runner up went to Hit ‘N Strum, Kirk Caouette’s charming Vancouver street movie which was presented in the new Discoveries program. The Wff Audience Award is a non-cash prize presented to the highest-rated film as voted by the audience.
“This year marks yet another milestone for us. We have been embraced by China, adopted by Variety, and partnered with Bell Media, and we surpassed all expectations in terms of our targets. We have 12 years of experience behind us, and we have several promising initiatives on the horizon,” commented Wff Founder and Executive Director Shauna Hardy Mishaw. “Not only have we become a desired place for filmmakers to present their films, we have become an essential place for the industry to meet and do business with both established and emerging filmmakers, and that is what makes Whistler a filmmakers’ festival. I can honestly say with my hand on my heart that this was the best fest yet!”
The Wff Programming Team under the direction of Director of Programming Paul Gratton assembled a program that was broader and more eclectic than in years past. New strands included American Indies, Discoveries, Late Night TerrorFest and Gkids Animation Showcase. Certain films from these strands, such as Vancouver-made American Mary, the French animated film The Painting, It'S A Disaster and Bruce Cockbrun Pacing The Cage created major buzz and word-of-mouth amongst festival-goers. Canadian films were prominently featured throughout the fest with a number of World Premieres such as Mad Ship, the closing night film The Sheepdogs Have At It and the World Documentary winner Status Quo?. Over all, the festival had something for everyone.
"In what was hoped to be a transformative year for Wff, audiences and critics alike seem to have responded extremely well to such innovations as repeat screenings, press and industry screenings, new programming strands and the very successful China Canada Gateway for Film Script Competition,” says Paul Gratton, Wff’s Director of Programming. “Business was done, audiences were enthusiastic and the many celebrities that graced our presence, from Daniel Radcliffe and Rashida Jones to Bruce Cockburn and James Cromwell, all gave us very positive feedback on the warm Whistler welcome they received. We are all looking forward to building on this year’s momentum and an even greater Wff in 2013.”
Whistler Film Festival screenings were organized in 9 categories: Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature; World Documentary; World Now; Mountain Culture; and ShortWork as well as the newly added American Indies; Discoveries, Late Night TerrorFest and Gkids Animation Showcase. Five Special Presentation screenings and a Programmer’s Surprise, Samsara, rounded out this year’s diverse lineup.
Several of the feature films were at or near capacity and included Still, My Awkward Sexual Adventure, Bruce Cockburn Pacing The Cage, Love, Marilyn, Bird Co Media, Anna Karenina, American Mary, The Movie Out Here, Karakara, Hit ’N Strum, The Mountain Runners, and Few Words. Total attendance, including industry insiders, was at 9,964 attendees, a 20% increase over 2011 (8,270 in 2011), including 556 delegates (a 10% increase compared to 506 in 2011). Box office was up 37% over 2011.
The Whistler Film Festival celebrated its 12th edition as one of Canada's leading festivals from November 28 to December 2. It showcased 78 films consisting of 44 features and 34 shorts on five screens in four theatres over five amazing days including 6 World Premieres, 1 North American Premiere, 8 Canadian Premieres, 5 English Canadian Premieres, 15 Western Canadian Premieres, 4 British Columbian Premieres, and 3 Whistler Premieres. 51 percent of the films presented were Canadian. Films from 18 countries were screened: Canada, UK, USA, France, China, India, Iran, Japan, Netherlands, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Vietnam, Slovakia, Colombia, Poland, Palestine and Australia.
The Festival continued to support cinematic excellence and awarded up to $31,500 in cash prizes and commissions. Picture Day, by first time feature director Kate Melville, won the coveted $15,000 Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature. The$1,000 Canadian ShortWork Award went to Requiem For Romance, directed by Jonathan Ng. The $500 ShortWork Student Award went to Plating by Sfu student Jon Thomas. The Mppia Short Film Award was won by Jon Ornoy for True Love Waits. Presented by Mppia and British Columbia Film + Media, the award consists of a $15,000 cash award plus up to $100,000 in production services.
Whistler Film Festival announced three Canadian film projects that will move into development with Chinese production financing. There were several other deal discussions that began at the Festival both with China and other international investors.
With a focus on the changing media landscape and designed to facilitate international alliances and financial partnerships, the Whistler Summit, Wff’s industry forum, focused on filmmaking in the digital age presenting 15 interactive sessions that addressed a range of issues affecting the film, television and digital media industry. Sessions were complimented by networking opportunities including one-on-one meetings, roundtable information sessions and receptions.
Overall, the industry Summit was at 82% capacity. In addition to the scheduled meetings that took place during the Summit, there was again a notable increase in unscheduled meetings that took place outside of scheduled blocks proving the festival remains an important place for the industry to meet and do business. Industry guests came from the USA and Canada to participate, and delegate representation was from the USA, China, UK, Norway, Japan, Korea and Canada.
A team of 143 volunteers contributed over 1500 hours of time to support the festival’s success.
For information, go to whistlerfilmfestival.com
The Whistler Film Festival is supported by Telefilm Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Tourism Whistler, and is sponsored by Bell Media, Variety, the Directors Guild of Canada - British Columbia, American Airlines, Sorel, Kokanee, Zoom Audio Visual Networks, Christie Digital, Glacier Media Group, Whistler Blackcomb and the Westin Resort & Spa Whistler.
The Whistler Film Festival Society (Wffs) is a cultural charitable organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler. Wffs produces one of Canada’s leading film festivals and plays a leadership role in offering professional and project development programs for filmmakers.
Whistler is Canada’s premier, year-round destination located in the spectacular Coast Mountains of British Columbia, and just two hours north of Vancouver. Consistently ranked the number one mountain resort in North America, Whistler features two majestic mountains, epic skiing and snowboarding conditions, four championship golf courses, more than 200 shops, 90 restaurants and bars, accommodations galore, hiking trails, spas and arguably the best mountain bike park in the world. In short, Whistler has everything you will ever need to have the time of your life - and so much more.
- 12/6/2012
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
The 12th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Top 10 list of the best Canadian films made room for heavyweights like David Cronenberg and Deepa Mehta and bourgeouning talents with Xavier Dolan's third film, Laurence Anyways and Sean Garrity's cheekily-titled My Awkward Sexual Adventure cracking the best-of list.
Canada's foreign language Oscar contender Rebelle, a drama about a female child soldier in Africa, directed by Quebec's Kim Nguyen, was also part of the honoured films, chosen by industry professionals and aimed at increasing awareness of the great homegrown movies that are being made on Canadian soil but don't often demand the visibility that their Hollywood counterparts do.
Canada's foreign language Oscar contender Rebelle, a drama about a female child soldier in Africa, directed by Quebec's Kim Nguyen, was also part of the honoured films, chosen by industry professionals and aimed at increasing awareness of the great homegrown movies that are being made on Canadian soil but don't often demand the visibility that their Hollywood counterparts do.
- 12/5/2012
- by Andrea Miller
- Cineplex
Whistler, B.C. -- The Tatiana Maslany-starring coming-of-age drama Picture Day on Sunday won the Borsos Award for best Canadian feature at the Whistler Film Festival. Maslany also won the trophy for best performance in the film by first-time director Kate Melville that bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival. Picture Day follows a rebellious teenager, played by Maslany, who is caught between adolescence and adulthood as she repeats her last year of high school. Melville’s film beat out other Tiff titles for the Borsos crown, like Sudz Sutherland’s Home Again, Sean Garrity’s My Awkward Sexual Adventure
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- 12/2/2012
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gersh has signed three directors who premiered films as last month’s Toronto Film Festival. The agency inked Irish writer-director Kieron Walsh, whose film Jump also recently won best picture at the Irish Film New York Festival. He is also represented at Independent Talent in the UK. Gersh signed Antoinette Beumer, the Netherlands helmer (and sister of actress Famke Janssen) who directed the Holly Hunter-starrer Jackie. She is managed by Echo Lake. Gersh also signed Canadian Sean Garrity, who directed My Awkward Sexual Adventure. The agency also signed that film’s writer (and star), Jonas Chernick.
- 10/16/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Whistler Film Festival Offers Sneak Peek of 2012 Film and Summit Programming Early Bird Industry Registration, Festival Passes and Accommodation Now Available. The countdown has begun! The 12th annual Whistler Film Festival returns November 28 to December 2, 2012 and the Festival is proud to offer a sneak peek of the first wave of confirmed films as well highlights from its industry program designed to foster innovation, connections and deals. Set in North America’s premiere mountain resort, the Whistler Film Festival combines an esteemed international film competition with a concentrated screen-based industry Summit organized to address the ever-evolving landscape crossing borders and platforms in the digital age. The Festival hosts filmmaking luminaries for an intimate five-day program of screenings, tributes, industry initiatives and special events. Up to 90 innovative and original films from Canada and around the world will be presented. Recognized by filmmakers and film lovers alike as one of Canada’s most important showcases for film, the Festival is a place where artists are celebrated, audiences are inspired, new ideas are discussed, and business opportunities are solidified.
"This year's Whistler Film Festival program will prove to be an exciting and eclectic mix of traditional quality festival fare, sprinkled with a large sampling of the unusual, the unexpected and the just plain entertaining," comments Paul Gratton, Wff’s Director of Programming. "From the sublime to the outrageous, the films at Wff this year will offer something for everyone, with more than a few surprises along the way. The Summit will complement our film programming by addressing key challenges and opportunities facing the industry this year." The Whistler Film Festival is pleased to announce the first round of confirmed titles. Leading off the charge in this year's Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature are two world premieres, named in honor of legendary Canadian filmmaker Phillip Borsos. The Mad Ship, a first feature from Winnipeg based filmmaker David Morton, presents some of the most breathtaking shots of the prairies ever committed to film, and tells the true story of a Scandinavian immigrant caught in the Depression-era dustbowl where drought destroyed the farming hopes of a generation of would-be Prairie settlers. Having lost everything, he embarks on the Sisyphean task of building a boat in the middle of nowhere, far from any body of water. The Mad Ship features performances by Gil Bellows, Martha Burns and Aidan Devine, with Nikolaj Lie Kass in the lead. Sean Garrity's pulse-pounding thriller Blood Pressure about an unhappy wife who starts receiving anonymous notes enticing her to perform certain inexplicable acts of voyeurism directed towards a mysterious young man. Michelle Giroux, Tatiana Maslany and Jonas Chernick are featured. Another Borsos contender returns Garrity and Chernick with My Awkward Sexual Adventure, undoubtedly the funniest Canadian sex comedy ever made. A nerd is dumped by his true love for being a lousy lover. When he attempts to drown his sorrows, a Toronto stripper played by Emily Hampshire takes pity on him and teaches him the ropes, so to speak. Also featured in the Borsos Competition is Michael McGowan's moving new film, Still, featuring unforgettable performances by James Cromwell and Genevieve Bujold, who play an aging couple that lead the fight against diminished faculties by attempting to build their own dream house, despite objections from family members and the Maritime municipality in which they live. A film that will have everyone talking is the English Canadian premiere of Martin Laroch’s faux documentary Fair Sex (Les Manèges Humains), featuring a courageous, unforgettable performance by Marie-Evelyne Lessard, who plays an African-Québecoise making a documentary on her summer job with itinerant country fair workers. What starts out as a light-hearted treatise on how to lock up a ferris wheel at night, soon transforms itself into something far more substantial, as a shocking reveal at the halfway mark leads to the most human, extended sex scene between a young woman with a very particular request and an older man in his 40s who reluctantly agrees to her proposal. This is one movie that will not leave you indifferent.
Other titles confirmed for Whistler include Mountain Culture entry The Mountain Runners, an engrossing docudrama about the first mountain footrace held in Bellingham, Washington in 1911 directed by Todd Warger and Brian Young. Two other American indie films, both featuring the charismatic Julia Stiles as part of talented ensemble casts who is confirmed to attend this year’s fest, will have their BC premieres at Whistler. It's a Disaster is a dark comedy about four couples who get together for Sunday brunch regularly, only on this particular occasion, a 'dirty' bomb has gone off in downtown San Francisco, forcing them to seal up their windows, and try to carry on as usual, with David Cross and America Ferrara. Also starring Ms. Stiles is Dan Mirvisch's first feature Between Us (David Harbour, Taye Diggs and Melissa George) about two couples who get together after years of estrangement to patch up old differences, only to find that some broken things can't be mended. Taking place during the 2012 Whistler Film Festival, the Whistler Summit features three concentrated days of business programmes and networking where industry can delve into the ever-evolving convergence of the art, technology and commerce of cinema. Wondering about digital platforms and distribution, how to break into the China market, the latest trends in Visual FX, or the business of made for TV movies? Offering in-depth conversations, lively debates, and critical insight into a broad range of issues vital to the international and domestic film communities that address crossing borders and platforms in the digital age, Whistler is the place to be, to connect and to deal. New for 2012 is the China Canada Gateway for Film® Script Competition, a dynamic pitching competition designed to stimulate international financing for Canadian feature film projects by introducing experienced Canadian writer/producer teams to Chinese studios with up to $15 million on the table for three selected projects. “This year’s festival marks our 12th edition and we have some major developments which will reinforce Whistler’s reputation as being an important place to experience fresh films and connect with industry leaders,” says Whistler Film Festival Society Executive Director Shauna Hardy Mishaw. “Prepare to be inspired; our lineup this year promises to exceed expectations.” The Festival’s online box office is now open for early bird industry registration, festival passes and ticket packages until October 31st. Best accommodation rates are also available starting from $79* per night until November 8th. The Festival lineup and film schedule will be available online on November 1st. Individual film and special event tickets go on sale on online November 1st (until December 2nd). The Festival Box Office opens November 1st for phone sales and on November 22nd for walk-in sales. For information, go to www.whistlerfilmfestival.com The Whistler Film Festival is supported by Telefilm Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Tourism Whistler, and is sponsored by Bell Media, Variety, the Directors Guild of Canada - British Columbia, American Airlines, Sorel, Kokanee and the Westin Resort & Spa Whistler. About the Whistler Film Festival Society The Whistler Film Festival Society (Wffs) is a charitable cultural organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler. Wffs produces one of Canada's leading film festivals and plays a leadership role in offering project development programs and opportunities for filmmakers. About Whistler Located in the spectacular Coast Mountains of British Columbia, and just two hours north of Vancouver, Whistler is Canada’s premier, year-round destination. Consistently ranked the number one mountain resort in North America, Whistler features two majestic mountains, epic skiing and snowboarding conditions, four championship golf courses, more than 200 shops, 90 restaurants and bars, accommodations galore, hiking trails, spas and arguably the best mountain bike park in the world. In short, Whistler has everything you will ever need to have the time of your life - and so much more.
"This year's Whistler Film Festival program will prove to be an exciting and eclectic mix of traditional quality festival fare, sprinkled with a large sampling of the unusual, the unexpected and the just plain entertaining," comments Paul Gratton, Wff’s Director of Programming. "From the sublime to the outrageous, the films at Wff this year will offer something for everyone, with more than a few surprises along the way. The Summit will complement our film programming by addressing key challenges and opportunities facing the industry this year." The Whistler Film Festival is pleased to announce the first round of confirmed titles. Leading off the charge in this year's Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature are two world premieres, named in honor of legendary Canadian filmmaker Phillip Borsos. The Mad Ship, a first feature from Winnipeg based filmmaker David Morton, presents some of the most breathtaking shots of the prairies ever committed to film, and tells the true story of a Scandinavian immigrant caught in the Depression-era dustbowl where drought destroyed the farming hopes of a generation of would-be Prairie settlers. Having lost everything, he embarks on the Sisyphean task of building a boat in the middle of nowhere, far from any body of water. The Mad Ship features performances by Gil Bellows, Martha Burns and Aidan Devine, with Nikolaj Lie Kass in the lead. Sean Garrity's pulse-pounding thriller Blood Pressure about an unhappy wife who starts receiving anonymous notes enticing her to perform certain inexplicable acts of voyeurism directed towards a mysterious young man. Michelle Giroux, Tatiana Maslany and Jonas Chernick are featured. Another Borsos contender returns Garrity and Chernick with My Awkward Sexual Adventure, undoubtedly the funniest Canadian sex comedy ever made. A nerd is dumped by his true love for being a lousy lover. When he attempts to drown his sorrows, a Toronto stripper played by Emily Hampshire takes pity on him and teaches him the ropes, so to speak. Also featured in the Borsos Competition is Michael McGowan's moving new film, Still, featuring unforgettable performances by James Cromwell and Genevieve Bujold, who play an aging couple that lead the fight against diminished faculties by attempting to build their own dream house, despite objections from family members and the Maritime municipality in which they live. A film that will have everyone talking is the English Canadian premiere of Martin Laroch’s faux documentary Fair Sex (Les Manèges Humains), featuring a courageous, unforgettable performance by Marie-Evelyne Lessard, who plays an African-Québecoise making a documentary on her summer job with itinerant country fair workers. What starts out as a light-hearted treatise on how to lock up a ferris wheel at night, soon transforms itself into something far more substantial, as a shocking reveal at the halfway mark leads to the most human, extended sex scene between a young woman with a very particular request and an older man in his 40s who reluctantly agrees to her proposal. This is one movie that will not leave you indifferent.
Other titles confirmed for Whistler include Mountain Culture entry The Mountain Runners, an engrossing docudrama about the first mountain footrace held in Bellingham, Washington in 1911 directed by Todd Warger and Brian Young. Two other American indie films, both featuring the charismatic Julia Stiles as part of talented ensemble casts who is confirmed to attend this year’s fest, will have their BC premieres at Whistler. It's a Disaster is a dark comedy about four couples who get together for Sunday brunch regularly, only on this particular occasion, a 'dirty' bomb has gone off in downtown San Francisco, forcing them to seal up their windows, and try to carry on as usual, with David Cross and America Ferrara. Also starring Ms. Stiles is Dan Mirvisch's first feature Between Us (David Harbour, Taye Diggs and Melissa George) about two couples who get together after years of estrangement to patch up old differences, only to find that some broken things can't be mended. Taking place during the 2012 Whistler Film Festival, the Whistler Summit features three concentrated days of business programmes and networking where industry can delve into the ever-evolving convergence of the art, technology and commerce of cinema. Wondering about digital platforms and distribution, how to break into the China market, the latest trends in Visual FX, or the business of made for TV movies? Offering in-depth conversations, lively debates, and critical insight into a broad range of issues vital to the international and domestic film communities that address crossing borders and platforms in the digital age, Whistler is the place to be, to connect and to deal. New for 2012 is the China Canada Gateway for Film® Script Competition, a dynamic pitching competition designed to stimulate international financing for Canadian feature film projects by introducing experienced Canadian writer/producer teams to Chinese studios with up to $15 million on the table for three selected projects. “This year’s festival marks our 12th edition and we have some major developments which will reinforce Whistler’s reputation as being an important place to experience fresh films and connect with industry leaders,” says Whistler Film Festival Society Executive Director Shauna Hardy Mishaw. “Prepare to be inspired; our lineup this year promises to exceed expectations.” The Festival’s online box office is now open for early bird industry registration, festival passes and ticket packages until October 31st. Best accommodation rates are also available starting from $79* per night until November 8th. The Festival lineup and film schedule will be available online on November 1st. Individual film and special event tickets go on sale on online November 1st (until December 2nd). The Festival Box Office opens November 1st for phone sales and on November 22nd for walk-in sales. For information, go to www.whistlerfilmfestival.com The Whistler Film Festival is supported by Telefilm Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Tourism Whistler, and is sponsored by Bell Media, Variety, the Directors Guild of Canada - British Columbia, American Airlines, Sorel, Kokanee and the Westin Resort & Spa Whistler. About the Whistler Film Festival Society The Whistler Film Festival Society (Wffs) is a charitable cultural organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler. Wffs produces one of Canada's leading film festivals and plays a leadership role in offering project development programs and opportunities for filmmakers. About Whistler Located in the spectacular Coast Mountains of British Columbia, and just two hours north of Vancouver, Whistler is Canada’s premier, year-round destination. Consistently ranked the number one mountain resort in North America, Whistler features two majestic mountains, epic skiing and snowboarding conditions, four championship golf courses, more than 200 shops, 90 restaurants and bars, accommodations galore, hiking trails, spas and arguably the best mountain bike park in the world. In short, Whistler has everything you will ever need to have the time of your life - and so much more.
- 9/11/2012
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
On a chilly Friday night last January, lights are blazing inside Glenridge Hall, a stunning but secluded mansion in the suburbs of Atlanta. The location frequently is in demand for weddings and parties, but tonight it's standing in as the home of Dr. Theodore Stark (James Woods), chief of staff at fictional Peachtree Memorial Hospital, in a TV remake of the 1978 medical thriller "Coma." The new two-part movie premieres Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 3 and 4, on A&E Network.
In the glittering party scene being filmed, Oscar winner Geena Davis is playing Dr. Agnetta Lindquist, the chilly head of psychiatry at the hospital, as she meets new medical student Susan Wheeler (Lauren Ambrose, "Six Feet Under"), the heroine of the piece, who sets the drama into motion when she notices that an improbable number of the hospital's patients are lapsing into comas.
When her scene wraps, Davis gapes at her surroundings...
In the glittering party scene being filmed, Oscar winner Geena Davis is playing Dr. Agnetta Lindquist, the chilly head of psychiatry at the hospital, as she meets new medical student Susan Wheeler (Lauren Ambrose, "Six Feet Under"), the heroine of the piece, who sets the drama into motion when she notices that an improbable number of the hospital's patients are lapsing into comas.
When her scene wraps, Davis gapes at her surroundings...
- 9/3/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Above: Ernie Gehr's Auto-Collider Xv.
The vast bulk of Tiff's 2012 has been announced and listed here, below. We'll be updating the lineup with the previous films announced, as well as updating links to specific films for more information on them in the coming days. Of particular note is that the Wavelengths and Visions programs have been combined to create what is undoubtedly the most interesting section of the festival. Stay tuned, too, for our own on the ground coverage of Tiff.
Galas
A Royal Affair (Nikolai Arcel, Demark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany)
Argo (Ben Affleck, USA)
The Company You Keep (Robert Redford, USA)
Dangerous Liaisons (Hur Jin-ho, China)
Emperor (Peter Webber, Japan/USA)
English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde, India)
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (Shola Lynch)
Great Expectations (Mike Newell, UK)
Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, UK)
Inescapable (Ruba Nadda, Canada)
Jayne Mansfield's Car (Billy Bob Thorton, USA/Russia)
Looper (Rian Johnson,...
The vast bulk of Tiff's 2012 has been announced and listed here, below. We'll be updating the lineup with the previous films announced, as well as updating links to specific films for more information on them in the coming days. Of particular note is that the Wavelengths and Visions programs have been combined to create what is undoubtedly the most interesting section of the festival. Stay tuned, too, for our own on the ground coverage of Tiff.
Galas
A Royal Affair (Nikolai Arcel, Demark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany)
Argo (Ben Affleck, USA)
The Company You Keep (Robert Redford, USA)
Dangerous Liaisons (Hur Jin-ho, China)
Emperor (Peter Webber, Japan/USA)
English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde, India)
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (Shola Lynch)
Great Expectations (Mike Newell, UK)
Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, UK)
Inescapable (Ruba Nadda, Canada)
Jayne Mansfield's Car (Billy Bob Thorton, USA/Russia)
Looper (Rian Johnson,...
- 8/22/2012
- MUBI
In the last major update for the Toronto International Film Festival 2012 slate, they’ve announced their Canadian features. The line-up includes Sarah Polley’s upcoming documentary Stories We Tell, coming off her Take This Waltz this summer (which also premiered at Tiff). The other major films include two we’ve seen at Cannes,one being Brandon Cronenberg‘s Antiviral, which premiered alongside his father’s Cosmopolis. We disliked it (full review), saying it came off as an “an amateurish, high-budget student film.” The other major title is Xavier Dolan‘s Laurence Anyways, which we loved (full review), calling it a major step forward for the filmmaker. Check out the rest of the titles below, which I’m sure will include many discoveries.
Antiviral Brandon Cronenberg, Canada/USA North American Premiere
Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans.
Antiviral Brandon Cronenberg, Canada/USA North American Premiere
Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans.
- 8/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The latest batch of titles released by the movers and shakers behind the Toronto International Film Festival today are homegrown movies, part of the Canadian 2012 lineup and include thrillers, dramas, a trans love story and one awkward sexual adventure.
Among those movies screening during Tiff are Antiviral, the directorial debut of David Cronenberg's son Brandon, a genre-mashing flick from Sarah Polley called The Stories We Tell, Xavier Dolan's modern romance Laurence Anyways and the latest from Michael McGowan (One Week, Saint Ralph), the based-on-real-events drama Still.
While those movies are part of the Special Presentations programme, the Discovery programme boasts three world premieres (Blackbird, Krivina, Picture Day) and one North American premiere (Tower) and the Contemporary World Cinema section includes the brazenly-titled My Awkward Sexual Adventure from Sean Garrity (Inertia, Lucid).
Among those movies screening during Tiff are Antiviral, the directorial debut of David Cronenberg's son Brandon, a genre-mashing flick from Sarah Polley called The Stories We Tell, Xavier Dolan's modern romance Laurence Anyways and the latest from Michael McGowan (One Week, Saint Ralph), the based-on-real-events drama Still.
While those movies are part of the Special Presentations programme, the Discovery programme boasts three world premieres (Blackbird, Krivina, Picture Day) and one North American premiere (Tower) and the Contemporary World Cinema section includes the brazenly-titled My Awkward Sexual Adventure from Sean Garrity (Inertia, Lucid).
- 8/8/2012
- by Andrea Miller
- Cineplex
Rescue Me alum Steven Pasquale has landed the dual lead role in NBC’s Jekyll & Hyde-style medical drama Do No Harm. The project, written by David Schulner, centers on Jeffrey Kohn (Pasquale), a brilliant neurosurgeon who wrestles with his dangerous alter-ego Ian Price that threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and processional life. Pasquale, repped by ICM and Emily Gerson-Saines, is best known for his role as young firefighter Sean Garrity on the FX drama Rescue Me. He recently starred in the USA Network pilot Over/Under. While USA has not officially pulled the plug on the project, I’ve learned that Do No Harm has Pasquale in first position. Mimi Kennedy is set to co-star opposite Judy Greer in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot American Judy, which centers on a cosmopolitan woman (Greer) who gets married and becomes a fish out of water in the suburbs having to juggle stepkids,...
- 2/16/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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