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Travel filmmaker chooses Winnipeg — of all places — as home base after visiting 80 countriesIn a now-viral video that has been watched over 153,000 times on YouTube, Karl Watson shared the reasons why he moved from London, England to the Manitoba capital.CanadaOct 4, 2024
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Curtains close on the 2023 Calgary International Film FestivalThe Calgary International Film Festival has just wrapped after 11 days of screening 200 features and short films, spotlighting local and well-known filmmakers.EntertainmentOct 4, 2023
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Oscar-nominated Quebec filmmaker confronts rail industry with Lac-Mégantic tragedy docuseriesDrawing on the harrowing first hand-accounts of victims and interviews with railway officials, the docuseries traces how the small town became the site of the 2013 rail disaster.CanadaApr 29, 2023
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Man accused of killing Burnaby RCMP officer was filmmaker with roots in TorontoJongwon Ham was an up-and-coming Ontario filmmaker whose life appears to have begun falling apart after he was accused of sexual assault -- a charge that was later withdrawn.CrimeOct 21, 2022
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Halifax Black Film Festival returns with record-breaking number of filmsThe Halifax Black Film Festival is celebrating its sixth anniversary online from Feb. 24 to 27.PerspectivesFeb 17, 2022
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Canadian director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58His representative Bumble Ward said Sunday that Vallée died suddenly in his cabin outside Quebec City over the weekend.EntertainmentDec 27, 2021
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Music of Moose Jaw producer used in James Cameron’s MasterClass commercialThe music of Moose Jaw producer Jared Robinson is being used in a commercial for Canadian filmmaker and director James Cameron’s MasterClass.CanadaJun 23, 2021
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Halifax-raised filmmaker Ben Proudfoot up for OscarBen Proudfoot is nominated alongside American composer Kris Bowers, who co-directed with him and is also featured in the film.EntertainmentMar 15, 2021
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Short film premieres in Kelowna for Black History Month"It's definitely a heavy, heavy subject but I thought why not tackle a theme that I am desperately trying to understand myself."LifestyleFeb 23, 2021
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Award-winning Manitoba filmmaker’s work coloured by personal subjects, storiesAaron Zeghers, best known as the director of the Gimli Film Festival. is the recipient of the Winnipeg Film Group's 2019 Hothouse Award.EntertainmentDec 13, 2019
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