“Warrior Strong” is a new sports feature, directed by Shane Belcourt starring Jordan Johnson-Hinds, Sarah Podemski and Andrew Dice Clay, now streaming on AppleTV:
“…’Bilal Irving’, a headstrong aspiring professional basketball player is asked by his former high school principal ‘Jules’ to return to the school as assistant to head basketball coach ‘Avery Schmidt ‘.
Cast also includes Stephen Kalyn, Julian Young, Rosa Blasi, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat, Raoul Bhaneja, Rohan Mead, Dylan Cook, Macaulee Cassaday, Aidan Kalechstein, Keenan Grom and Randy Jernier.
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“…’Bilal Irving’, a headstrong aspiring professional basketball player is asked by his former high school principal ‘Jules’ to return to the school as assistant to head basketball coach ‘Avery Schmidt ‘.
Cast also includes Stephen Kalyn, Julian Young, Rosa Blasi, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat, Raoul Bhaneja, Rohan Mead, Dylan Cook, Macaulee Cassaday, Aidan Kalechstein, Keenan Grom and Randy Jernier.
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- 1/18/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Stanley Nelson’s Firelight Films and Hulu have set Julianna Brannum (Now I Lay Me Down), Ivan MacDonald (Breaking the Silence) and Juan Carlos Dávila Santiago (When Reggaeton Was a Crime) as the first filmmakers to benefit from their new Hulu/Firelight Kindling Fund. Through the initiative, each will be awarded $25,000 to develop their original documentary feature or limited series for a first look by the companies.
The mid-career filmmakers, who are alums of Firelight’s artist programs, will be expected to develop their project into a robust treatment, pitch deck, budget, and schedule for the aforementioned first look, and in addition to the financial prize, will receive one-on-one professional development sessions on producing for Hulu with Hulu’s documentary division. Project pitches considered for additional development or greenlight from Hulu will, if selected, be co-produced with Firelight Films, executive produced by Nelson, for streaming on Hulu.
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The mid-career filmmakers, who are alums of Firelight’s artist programs, will be expected to develop their project into a robust treatment, pitch deck, budget, and schedule for the aforementioned first look, and in addition to the financial prize, will receive one-on-one professional development sessions on producing for Hulu with Hulu’s documentary division. Project pitches considered for additional development or greenlight from Hulu will, if selected, be co-produced with Firelight Films, executive produced by Nelson, for streaming on Hulu.
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- 9/22/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sarah Podemski (Reservation Dogs) and Rosa Blasi (The Thundermans) have signed on to star alongside Andrew Dice Clay and Jordan Johnson-Hinds in Quiver Distribution’s basketball drama Warrior Strong, which Shane Belcourt (Red Rover) is directing from Dan Gordon’s (Wyatt Earp) script.
The film currently in production in Canada centers on basketball protege and egocentric Bilal Irving (Johnson-Hinds), who is asked by school principal Jules (Podemski) to serve as the assistant coach of his former high school team, the Dumont Warriors, alongside Coach Avery Schmidt (Clay). Bilal subsequently learns that true coaching involves far more than simply teaching the game. The question is, will this rag-tag team of misfits have what it takes to put aside their differences and become Warrior Strong?
Blasi will play Vicki, who runs the local diner and slowly helps Coach Schmidt out of grieving for his deceased wife, prompting him to move on with a new relationship.
The film currently in production in Canada centers on basketball protege and egocentric Bilal Irving (Johnson-Hinds), who is asked by school principal Jules (Podemski) to serve as the assistant coach of his former high school team, the Dumont Warriors, alongside Coach Avery Schmidt (Clay). Bilal subsequently learns that true coaching involves far more than simply teaching the game. The question is, will this rag-tag team of misfits have what it takes to put aside their differences and become Warrior Strong?
Blasi will play Vicki, who runs the local diner and slowly helps Coach Schmidt out of grieving for his deceased wife, prompting him to move on with a new relationship.
- 8/23/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Andrew Dice Clay (Pam & Tommy) and Jordan Johnson-Hinds (The Endgame) will star in the Quiver-acquired basketball drama Warrior Strong from director Shane Belcourt (Red Rover), which has entered production in Northern Ontario, Canada.
The film written by Dan Gordon (Wyatt Earp) centers on basketball protege and egocentric Bilal Irving (Johnson-Hinds), who is asked to be the assistant coach of his former high school team, the Dumont Warriors, alongside Coach Avery Schmidt (Clay). Bilal subsequently learns that true coaching involves far more than simply teaching the game. The question is, will this rag-tag team of misfits have what it takes to put aside their differences and become Warrior Strong?
Nicholas Tabarrok and Leah Jaunzems are producing for Darius Films, with Quiver’s Berry Meyerowitz, Jeff Sackman and Larry Greenberg serving as exec producers. Quiver holds worldwide rights to the film and will be introducing it for sale at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.
The film written by Dan Gordon (Wyatt Earp) centers on basketball protege and egocentric Bilal Irving (Johnson-Hinds), who is asked to be the assistant coach of his former high school team, the Dumont Warriors, alongside Coach Avery Schmidt (Clay). Bilal subsequently learns that true coaching involves far more than simply teaching the game. The question is, will this rag-tag team of misfits have what it takes to put aside their differences and become Warrior Strong?
Nicholas Tabarrok and Leah Jaunzems are producing for Darius Films, with Quiver’s Berry Meyerowitz, Jeff Sackman and Larry Greenberg serving as exec producers. Quiver holds worldwide rights to the film and will be introducing it for sale at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.
- 8/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Advisory committee assessing projects to be revealed after decisions for all programmes announced.
Telefilm Canada is supporting six Indigenous projects through the Indigenous Stream submitted under the Theatrical Documentary Program and the Production Program.
The organisation, which appointed Francesca Accinelli to serve as interim executive and CEO when Christa Dickenson steps down on September 10, has made a total commitment of more than C3m (Usd 2.3m).
Telefilm Canada allocates C4m (USD3.1m) annually to creators from Canada’s Indigenous communities, with the remainder reserved for Indigenous projects applied through the Talent to Watch Program and the Development Program.
Projects...
Telefilm Canada is supporting six Indigenous projects through the Indigenous Stream submitted under the Theatrical Documentary Program and the Production Program.
The organisation, which appointed Francesca Accinelli to serve as interim executive and CEO when Christa Dickenson steps down on September 10, has made a total commitment of more than C3m (Usd 2.3m).
Telefilm Canada allocates C4m (USD3.1m) annually to creators from Canada’s Indigenous communities, with the remainder reserved for Indigenous projects applied through the Talent to Watch Program and the Development Program.
Projects...
- 7/22/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Hot Docs has wrapped its 11-day hybrid edition, handing out three more cash prizes, announcing audience top picks, and tipping the hat to the 225 films from 63 countries that screened during the festival.
The animated documentary “Eternal Spring,” by Jason Loftus, won the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary, which comes with Cdn. 25,000 cash, and also claimed the top spot in the overall audience poll of cinemagoers and online doc-watchers.
“Eternal Spring,” which had its North American premiere at Hot Docs and has racked up other awards this year at European festivals, mixes 3D and new live footage to trace the story of comic-book illustrator Daxiong, a Falun Gong practitioner, who fled China after police began cracking down on members of the outlawed spiritual group.
Mark Bone’s “Okay! (The Asd Band Film),” which follows four autistic musicians as they prepare for their first live gig, is the second Roger...
The animated documentary “Eternal Spring,” by Jason Loftus, won the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary, which comes with Cdn. 25,000 cash, and also claimed the top spot in the overall audience poll of cinemagoers and online doc-watchers.
“Eternal Spring,” which had its North American premiere at Hot Docs and has racked up other awards this year at European festivals, mixes 3D and new live footage to trace the story of comic-book illustrator Daxiong, a Falun Gong practitioner, who fled China after police began cracking down on members of the outlawed spiritual group.
Mark Bone’s “Okay! (The Asd Band Film),” which follows four autistic musicians as they prepare for their first live gig, is the second Roger...
- 5/9/2022
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
In 2014, at age 53, Tom Wilson, a singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario, with a stack of gold records and stories aplenty, found out quite accidentally that he had been adopted. Soon afterward he learned that his biological parents were Mohawk from the Kahnawake community, just outside of Montreal.
For legions of fans familiar with Wilson’s story thus far—a precocious local teenage rocker grows up to found ’90s major-label alt-rock unit Junkhouse, battles various demons, gets sober, starts to paint, evolves into a troubadour of note in the acclaimed trio Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and the edgier collaborative Lee Harvey Osmond—this revelation marked a substantial shift in his personal narrative and in the subject matter of his creative work.
Wilson’s 2017 memoir “Beautiful Scars: Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home” (Doubleday Canada) became a best-seller in Canada. A new documentary, currently on Hot Docs’ Audience Top 20 list,...
For legions of fans familiar with Wilson’s story thus far—a precocious local teenage rocker grows up to found ’90s major-label alt-rock unit Junkhouse, battles various demons, gets sober, starts to paint, evolves into a troubadour of note in the acclaimed trio Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and the edgier collaborative Lee Harvey Osmond—this revelation marked a substantial shift in his personal narrative and in the subject matter of his creative work.
Wilson’s 2017 memoir “Beautiful Scars: Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home” (Doubleday Canada) became a best-seller in Canada. A new documentary, currently on Hot Docs’ Audience Top 20 list,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Event to run June 21 on virtual platform.
The Banff World Media Festival (Banff) will host its first International Indigenous Screen Industry Summit next month featuring panels on the future of broadcasting and global opportunities for content creators.
Hosted on the festival’s virtual platform, the Summit takes place on Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrating the heritage, cultures and achievements of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
The day-long programme was created under the guidance of a dedicated advisory board and includes a masterclass conversation with the stars and creative team on FX’s Reservation Dogs (pictured), the...
The Banff World Media Festival (Banff) will host its first International Indigenous Screen Industry Summit next month featuring panels on the future of broadcasting and global opportunities for content creators.
Hosted on the festival’s virtual platform, the Summit takes place on Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrating the heritage, cultures and achievements of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
The day-long programme was created under the guidance of a dedicated advisory board and includes a masterclass conversation with the stars and creative team on FX’s Reservation Dogs (pictured), the...
- 5/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Review by Stephen Tronicek
Red Rover premieres On Demand May 12 from Indiecan Entertainment.
Red Rover is not a film about traveling to Mars. Instead, it is a film about a man named Damon (Kristian Bruun) who is living in the basement of his ex-girlfriend. Eventually, he meets Phoebe (Cara Gee), a fantasy woman, who pushes him out of his everyday routine by proposing he join the Mars project.
Red Rover didn’t need to be about traveling to Mars. When you’re working within the framework of the independent film, the budget simply doesn’t exist to create a larger film with a lot of VFX work. Unfortunately, Red Rover is just a horribly derivative version of a “man getting back his mojo” movie.
The above-average aspects of the piece do show at least a little inventiveness, though. Shane Belcourt directs the film well and the actors are all in for the haphazard storyline.
Red Rover premieres On Demand May 12 from Indiecan Entertainment.
Red Rover is not a film about traveling to Mars. Instead, it is a film about a man named Damon (Kristian Bruun) who is living in the basement of his ex-girlfriend. Eventually, he meets Phoebe (Cara Gee), a fantasy woman, who pushes him out of his everyday routine by proposing he join the Mars project.
Red Rover didn’t need to be about traveling to Mars. When you’re working within the framework of the independent film, the budget simply doesn’t exist to create a larger film with a lot of VFX work. Unfortunately, Red Rover is just a horribly derivative version of a “man getting back his mojo” movie.
The above-average aspects of the piece do show at least a little inventiveness, though. Shane Belcourt directs the film well and the actors are all in for the haphazard storyline.
- 4/14/2020
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship, a four-day creative and business immersion program focused on strengthening and advancing scripted projects takes place in conjunction with the Whistler Film Festival + Content Summit from November 28 to December 2.
Offering a curated itinerary that includes a focus on creative, marketing and distribution as well as scheduled market meetings with attending industry and advisors, the 18th annual Whistler Film Festival (Wff) has confirmed the seven finalists and faculty.
“Wff’s Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship is recognized by the industry for the strong support it offers to Indigenous storytellers. This year we are excited to include a feature length project alongside six short form projects,” said Julie Di Cresce, Wff’s Director of Industry Programming. “It gives us a great sense of pride to witness fellows excel and advance their projects through mentorship and relationships built during their time at the Whistler Film Festival.”
Formerly known as the Aboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship,...
Offering a curated itinerary that includes a focus on creative, marketing and distribution as well as scheduled market meetings with attending industry and advisors, the 18th annual Whistler Film Festival (Wff) has confirmed the seven finalists and faculty.
“Wff’s Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship is recognized by the industry for the strong support it offers to Indigenous storytellers. This year we are excited to include a feature length project alongside six short form projects,” said Julie Di Cresce, Wff’s Director of Industry Programming. “It gives us a great sense of pride to witness fellows excel and advance their projects through mentorship and relationships built during their time at the Whistler Film Festival.”
Formerly known as the Aboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship,...
- 11/20/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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