Filmmaker

• Travel filmmaker chooses Winnipeg — of all places — as home base after visiting 80 countries

  In 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.

  Canada

  Oct 4
  
• Curtains close on the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival

  The Calgary International Film Festival has just wrapped after 11 days of screening 200 features and short films, spotlighting local and well-known filmmakers.

  Entertainment

  Oct 4, 2023
  
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• Oscar-nominated Quebec filmmaker confronts rail industry with Lac-Mégantic tragedy docuseries

  Drawing 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.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2023
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• Man accused of killing Burnaby RCMP officer was filmmaker with roots in Toronto

  Jongwon 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whose life appears to have begun falling apart after he was accused of sexual assault -- a charge that was later withdrawn.

  Crime

  Oct 21, 2022
• Halifax Black Film Festival returns with record-breaking number of films

  The Halifax Black Film Festival is celebrating its sixth anniversary online from Feb. 24 to 27.

  Perspectives

  Feb 17, 2022
• Canadian director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58

  His representative Bumble Ward said Sunday that Vallée died suddenly in his cabin outside Quebec City over the weekend.

  Entertainment

  Dec 27, 2021
• Music of Moose Jaw producer used in James Cameron’s MasterClass commercial

  The music of Moose Jaw producer Jared Robinson is being used in a commercial for Canadian filmmaker and director James Cameron’s MasterClass.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2021
• Halifax-raised filmmaker Ben Proudfoot up for Oscar

  Ben Proudfoot is nominated alongside American composer Kris Bowers, who co-directed with him and is also featured in the film.

  Entertainment

  Mar 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."

  Lifestyle

  Feb 23, 2021
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• Award-winning Manitoba filmmaker’s work coloured by personal subjects, stories

  Aaron Zeghers, best known as the director of the Gimli Film Festival. is the recipient of the Winnipeg Film Group's 2019 Hothouse Award.

  Entertainment

  Dec 13, 2019