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KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS, Limited Special Edition USB Collector’s Box
ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE, now available for bookings!
OF TIME AND THE CITY, now available on DVD.
PilgrIMAGE, now available for bookings. Peter Wintonick also available for screenings!
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ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE a film by Stasha Bader
“Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae” brings together the last of the great singers and musicians of Jamaica’s Golden Age of music, Rocksteady. Forty years after the Rocksteady era, they gather to record and album of greatest hits, to perform at a reunion concert and to tell their story.
Featuring: Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, Dawn Penn, Hopeton Lewis, Streager Cole, Derrick Morgan, Ken Boothe, Leroy Sibbles and U-Roy. Among the musicians are Ernest Ranglin, Sly Dunbar, Jackie Jackson, Gladstone Anderson, Hux Brown and Scully Simms. A featured guest is Rita Marley. MEET THE ARTISTS!
UPCOMING SCREENINGS!
Rocksteady at the Montreal Jazz Festival! Performance by the artists from the film! July 7 @ 9pm, Scène General Motors
Carlton Cinema, Cineplex, Toronto, Opens July 24
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Granville Cinema, Empire, Vancouver, Opens July 24
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THE HORSE BOY a film by Michel O. Scott
How far would you travel to heal someone you love? An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in a desperate attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. When two-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin Neff, a psychology professor, sought the best possible medical care for their son—but traditional therapies had little effect. Then they discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity for animals—particularly horses—and the family set off on a quest for a possible cure….
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STINGRAY SAM a film by: Cory McAbee
Narrated by David Hyde Pierce
A dangerous mission reunites STINGRAY SAM with his long lost accomplice, The Quasar Kid. Follow these two space-convicts as they earn their freedom in exchange for the rescue of a young girl who is being held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet. A musical space-western miniseries!
More info coming soon!
THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT a film by: Cory McAbee
Eraserhead meets Buck Rogers by way of an MGM musical in this bizarre outer-space saga about Samuel Curtis (Cory McAbee), a galactic truck driver looking to make a killing.
More info coming soon!
PilgrIMAGE a film by Peter Wintonick & Mira Burt-Wintonick
A father, Peter Wintonick, and his 19-year-old daughter, Mira, both filmmakers, take a cinematic roadtrip around the world. They trek through the present and future of film and image-making, using significant contemporary and historical cinematic sites and personal encounters as their points of departure. pilgrIMAGE is a trans-generational, cine-genetic meditation on media and its personal and social consequences. Equal parts verité film-journal, digital-diary and ciné-blog, through a series of Socratic father-daughter dialogues, gleaned from years of inter-continental film-gypsy journeys, they meet other renowned film 'pilgrims' and media practitioners.
Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa: July 24, 25 & 26 (Q&A with filmmaker Peter Wintonick & Mira Burt-Wintonick follows each screening).
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ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL a film by Sacha Gervasi
The reviews are in! ANVIL! is a hit with critics!
At 14, Toronto school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. They meant it.
Their band, Anvil, went on to become the "demigods of Canadian metal," releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's Metal on Metal. The album influenced a musical generation, including Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, that went on to sell millions of records. But Anvil's career took a different path - straight to obscurity. At its core, ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL is a timeless tale of survival and the unadulterated passion it takes to follow your dream, year after year. Anvil rocks - it has no other choice."
UPCOMING SCREENINGS:
Princess Cinema, Waterloo: June 30th, July 2nd & July 3rd.
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor Ontario, July 2 (One Night Only!)
Cinecenta, University of Victoria: July 17 & 18
Bytowne Cinema, Ottawa: July 19 (One Night Only!)
Revue Cinema, Toronto: July 21 - 23
Fox Theatre, Toronto: July 29 & 30
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JERICHOW a film by Christian Petzold
The reviews are in! JERICHOW a hit with critics!
Off the beaten path of life, three people stumble into a fateful encounter. Thomas, young and strong, as been dishonorably discharged from the army. Ali, an affable Turkish businessman, has seen some hard times, but now his primary concern is making sure the employees of his snack-bars don’t cheat on him. Laura, an attractive woman with a dark past, seems to find refuge in the shadows of her marriage to Ali.
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24 CITY a film by: Jia Jang Ke
Chengdu, nowadays. The state-owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called "24 CITY". Three generations, eight characters: old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their stories are the History of China.
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Previous titles include...
KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS, EXAMINED LIFE, OF TIME AND THE CITY, PATTI SMITH DREAM OF LIFE...
OF TIME AND THE CITY a film by Terrance Davies
OF TIME AND THE CITY is both a love song and a eulogy to the director's birthplace of Liverpool. It is also a response to memory, reflection and the experience of losing a sense of place as the skyline changes and time takes it's toll. Terence Davies returnes to his native liverpool and to his film making roots to caputure a sense of the City today and its influences on him growning up in the late 40's and early 50's.
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KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS a film by Ron Mann
KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows uber myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans (two of the more expert and unforgettably mercurial characters in the community) as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.
Munich Film Festival, Germany: July 3 & 4
The Lyric, Ft. Collins, CO: July 9 - 16
Ragtag Cinema, Columbia, MO: July 10 - 17
Maine International Film Festival: July 10 - 19
The Hollywood, Portland, OR: July 17, 18, 19, 25 & 26
Alamo Ritz, Austin, TX: July 29
Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville, NY: Sept. 2
EXAMINED LIFE a film by Astra Taylor
EXAMINED LIFE takes philosophy out of the darkened corners of academia and into the hustle and bustle of the everyday, a visual reminder that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the world around us. Featuring the “rock star” philosophers of our time, including Cornel West, Peter Singer, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler, Avital Ronell, Michael Hardt, Anthony Appiah and Martha Nussbaum.
More info! / Showtimes! / Press Release / Book this film!
PATTI SMITH DREAM OF LIFE a film by: Steven Sebring
DREAM OF LIFE is a plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker Patti Smith. This portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores themes of spirituality, history and self expression. Known as the godmother of punk, she emerged in the 1970’s, galvanizing the music scene with her unique style of poetic rage, music and trademark swagger...
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
OF TIME AND THE CITY - A film by Terence Davies
Terence Davies returnes to his native liverpool and to his film making roots to caputure a sense of the City today and its influences on him growning up in the late 40's and early 50's.
LIVERPOOL's phoenix-like rise is portrayed like it's never been seen before; how a city can change itself and the people under its influence...
Buy it now! ($24.95)
IN THE MOMENT a film by Sandra Chwialkowska
IN THE MOMENT follows six high school improv teams on their journey to compete for the gold at the Canadian Improv Games.
Though the focus of the film is improv, the National Tournament becomes a dramatic backdrop for the bigger story about modern kids and their families.
Buy it now! ($19.95)
DIED YOUNG, STAYED PRETTY a film by: Eileen Yagahoobian
DIED YOUNG STAYED PRETTYpeels back the paper curtain and looks behind the scenes of the underground poster movement. These graphic banditos roam the streets, plastering their work to every available surface. Under the guise of advertising rock shows, these unheralded masters of the silkscreen and xerox machine carry on public discourses on the merits and pitfalls of fried cheese and gritty porn...
Buy it now! ($19.95)
KENNY a film by Clayton Jacobson
From the biggest festival to the smallest church social,
Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Ignored and unappreciated, he is one of the cogs in society’s machinery; a knight in shining overalls taking care of business with his faithful ‘Splashdown’ crew.
Buy it now! ($24.95)
KENNY makes the Toronto Sun's "top 10 films" for 2008 list!
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THE DEATH OF INDIE ROCK a film by Rob Fitl
Dillon, Parker, and Hot Dog are in a band, stuck playing low-paying shows and working dead-end jobs. When they get the chance to move to Montreal for a regular gig at a downtown club, they jump at it. But the road from no-name indie act to rock-star fame is a bumpy ride.
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
View all available titles!
Press Release RSS FeedLatest press releases and news...
KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS, Limited Special Edition USB Collector’s Box
ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE, now available for bookings!
OF TIME AND THE CITY, now available on DVD.
PilgrIMAGE, now available for bookings. Peter Wintonick also available for screenings!
Click on headers below to expand info on our releases.
Now in Theatres
“Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae” brings together the last of the great singers and musicians of Jamaica’s Golden Age of music, Rocksteady. Forty years after the Rocksteady era, they gather to record and album of greatest hits, to perform at a reunion concert and to tell their story.
Featuring: Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, Dawn Penn, Hopeton Lewis, Streager Cole, Derrick Morgan, Ken Boothe, Leroy Sibbles and U-Roy. Among the musicians are Ernest Ranglin, Sly Dunbar, Jackie Jackson, Gladstone Anderson, Hux Brown and Scully Simms. A featured guest is Rita Marley. MEET THE ARTISTS!
UPCOMING SCREENINGS!
Rocksteady at the Montreal Jazz Festival! Performance by the artists from the film! July 7 @ 9pm, Scène General Motors
Carlton Cinema, Cineplex, Toronto, Opens July 24
Facebook InviteGranville Cinema, Empire, Vancouver, Opens July 24
Facebook InviteMore info! / Press Release / Showtimes! / Book this film!
How far would you travel to heal someone you love? An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in a desperate attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. When two-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin Neff, a psychology professor, sought the best possible medical care for their son—but traditional therapies had little effect. Then they discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity for animals—particularly horses—and the family set off on a quest for a possible cure….
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
Narrated by David Hyde Pierce
A dangerous mission reunites STINGRAY SAM with his long lost accomplice, The Quasar Kid. Follow these two space-convicts as they earn their freedom in exchange for the rescue of a young girl who is being held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet. A musical space-western miniseries!
More info coming soon!
Eraserhead meets Buck Rogers by way of an MGM musical in this bizarre outer-space saga about Samuel Curtis (Cory McAbee), a galactic truck driver looking to make a killing.
More info coming soon!
A father, Peter Wintonick, and his 19-year-old daughter, Mira, both filmmakers, take a cinematic roadtrip around the world. They trek through the present and future of film and image-making, using significant contemporary and historical cinematic sites and personal encounters as their points of departure. pilgrIMAGE is a trans-generational, cine-genetic meditation on media and its personal and social consequences. Equal parts verité film-journal, digital-diary and ciné-blog, through a series of Socratic father-daughter dialogues, gleaned from years of inter-continental film-gypsy journeys, they meet other renowned film 'pilgrims' and media practitioners.
Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa: July 24, 25 & 26 (Q&A with filmmaker Peter Wintonick & Mira Burt-Wintonick follows each screening).
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
The reviews are in! ANVIL! is a hit with critics!At 14, Toronto school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. They meant it.
Their band, Anvil, went on to become the "demigods of Canadian metal," releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's Metal on Metal. The album influenced a musical generation, including Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, that went on to sell millions of records. But Anvil's career took a different path - straight to obscurity. At its core, ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL is a timeless tale of survival and the unadulterated passion it takes to follow your dream, year after year. Anvil rocks - it has no other choice."
UPCOMING SCREENINGS:
Princess Cinema, Waterloo: June 30th, July 2nd & July 3rd.
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor Ontario, July 2 (One Night Only!)
Cinecenta, University of Victoria: July 17 & 18
Bytowne Cinema, Ottawa: July 19 (One Night Only!)
Revue Cinema, Toronto: July 21 - 23
Fox Theatre, Toronto: July 29 & 30
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
The reviews are in! JERICHOW a hit with critics!Off the beaten path of life, three people stumble into a fateful encounter. Thomas, young and strong, as been dishonorably discharged from the army. Ali, an affable Turkish businessman, has seen some hard times, but now his primary concern is making sure the employees of his snack-bars don’t cheat on him. Laura, an attractive woman with a dark past, seems to find refuge in the shadows of her marriage to Ali.
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
Chengdu, nowadays. The state-owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called "24 CITY". Three generations, eight characters: old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their stories are the History of China.
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
View all available titles!
Previous titles include...
KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS, EXAMINED LIFE, OF TIME AND THE CITY, PATTI SMITH DREAM OF LIFE...
Previously in Theatres and Still Available
OF TIME AND THE CITY is both a love song and a eulogy to the director's birthplace of Liverpool. It is also a response to memory, reflection and the experience of losing a sense of place as the skyline changes and time takes it's toll. Terence Davies returnes to his native liverpool and to his film making roots to caputure a sense of the City today and its influences on him growning up in the late 40's and early 50's.
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows uber myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans (two of the more expert and unforgettably mercurial characters in the community) as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.
Munich Film Festival, Germany: July 3 & 4
The Lyric, Ft. Collins, CO: July 9 - 16
Ragtag Cinema, Columbia, MO: July 10 - 17
Maine International Film Festival: July 10 - 19
The Hollywood, Portland, OR: July 17, 18, 19, 25 & 26
Alamo Ritz, Austin, TX: July 29
Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville, NY: Sept. 2
EXAMINED LIFE takes philosophy out of the darkened corners of academia and into the hustle and bustle of the everyday, a visual reminder that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the world around us. Featuring the “rock star” philosophers of our time, including Cornel West, Peter Singer, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler, Avital Ronell, Michael Hardt, Anthony Appiah and Martha Nussbaum.
More info! / Showtimes! / Press Release / Book this film!
DREAM OF LIFE is a plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker Patti Smith. This portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores themes of spirituality, history and self expression. Known as the godmother of punk, she emerged in the 1970’s, galvanizing the music scene with her unique style of poetic rage, music and trademark swagger...
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
Now on DVD
Terence Davies returnes to his native liverpool and to his film making roots to caputure a sense of the City today and its influences on him growning up in the late 40's and early 50's.
LIVERPOOL's phoenix-like rise is portrayed like it's never been seen before; how a city can change itself and the people under its influence...
Buy it now! ($24.95)
IN THE MOMENT follows six high school improv teams on their journey to compete for the gold at the Canadian Improv Games.
Though the focus of the film is improv, the National Tournament becomes a dramatic backdrop for the bigger story about modern kids and their families.
Buy it now! ($19.95)
DIED YOUNG STAYED PRETTYpeels back the paper curtain and looks behind the scenes of the underground poster movement. These graphic banditos roam the streets, plastering their work to every available surface. Under the guise of advertising rock shows, these unheralded masters of the silkscreen and xerox machine carry on public discourses on the merits and pitfalls of fried cheese and gritty porn...
Buy it now! ($19.95)
From the biggest festival to the smallest church social,
Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Ignored and unappreciated, he is one of the cogs in society’s machinery; a knight in shining overalls taking care of business with his faithful ‘Splashdown’ crew.
Buy it now! ($24.95)
KENNY makes the Toronto Sun's "top 10 films" for 2008 list!
View all available titles!
Coming Soon to DVD
Dillon, Parker, and Hot Dog are in a band, stuck playing low-paying shows and working dead-end jobs. When they get the chance to move to Montreal for a regular gig at a downtown club, they jump at it. But the road from no-name indie act to rock-star fame is a bumpy ride.
More info! / Showtimes! / Book this film!
View all available titles!