The 30th anniversary edition of the Fantasia International film festival starts tonight! Excited to join the madness this weekend. Here's my current-raiser: variety.com/2026/film/gl...

Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’ Ignites Fantasia’s 30th Edition as Hot Global Genre Titles Get Set to Stoke or Take Over the Mainstream

The 30th annual Fantasia International Film Festival and Frontières market open this week in Montreal.

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“While specific details are far from clear at this point, the proposed actions outlined in US President Donald Trump’s announcement will cause significant disruption and economic hardship to the media production sectors on both sides of the Canada-US border," says CMPA President/CEO Reynolds Mastin.

The NDP is Struggling Nationally. Can Bhutila Karpoche Paint a Corner of Toronto Orange? thelocal.to/taiaiakon-pa... "A star candidate in an otherwise dismal election cycle for the NDP, Karpoche hopes to remind voters why the party is an underdog worth rooting for." I voted for her. 🙏🏻 @thelocal.to

The NDP is Struggling Nationally. Can Bhutila Karpoche Paint a Corner of Toronto Orange?

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Congrats on your newest Juno award, @kaiakater.bsky.social ! Great story by Toronto writer Chaka V. Grier, published earlier this year in @musicworksmag.bsky.social I had a lovely chat with Kaia during production on Musicworks 150 💖 Can't wait to hear what she's working on . . . !

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Hot on the heels of winning the 2025 Juno for Contemporary Roots Album for STRANGE MEDICINE, composer, banjoist & singer @kaiakater.bsky.social hits Toronto tonight, Apr. 4. Warm up with Chaka V. Grier's profile of Kaïa, now posted for your online reading enjoyment! www.musicworks.ca/kaia-kater-c...

Congratulations to Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, whose " Revolución diamantina" has won the 2025 #GRAMMY for Contemporary Classical Composition!

Canada's Abel Tesfaye / aka The Weeknd graciously forgives the #Grammys with a fab falsetto performance, featuring flailing red hued human bodies. White-suit sporting super host Trevor Noah takes advantage of the moment: "Take that, internet, we are not the same person" #GRAMMYS2025

AMAZINGLY creative experimental fashion at the #Grammys2025    tonight. House hats, circus tent pants, sculptured hair . . . 😍 Women propelling the show so far!VROOM!

Excited to share this great news from the TFCA! I interviewed Tonya about @reelworldfilm.bsky.social in 2002 for the Globe where she discussed her dreams for the festival... she's realized those and more! Congrats to all the TFCA special award winners 👏📽️ torontofilmcritics.com/features/ton...

Tonya Williams to Receive TFCA Luminary Award; J Stevens Wins Jay Scott Prize - Toronto Film Critics Association

Toronto Film Critics Association honours Tonya Williams with the Luminary Award, J Stevens with the Jay Scott Prize, and Alex Mooney with the Telefilm Canada Emerging Critic Award.

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UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, Canada's official submission for Best International Feature Film, has made the #oscarshortlist! Congrats to director Matthew Rankin, cowriters Pirouz Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi, and all involved. One of my fave films of the year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-37...

Universal Language - Official U.S. Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories HD

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Congrats to Quebec filmmakers Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel of Sémaphore Films for making the shortlist for the Best Animated Short Oscar with their film A CRAB IN THE POOL! @Travellingfilms #animation #oscarshortlist travellingdistribution.com/en/film/a-cr...

Congrats to director-writers Seth Scriver & Pete Scriver whose animated doc ENDLESS COOKIE screens in the 2025 World Cinema Documentary Competition @sundancefest.bsky.social ! The doc explores the bond between two half brothers - one Indigenous and one white. #documentary #Canadianfilm #animation

Congrats to Quebec filmmaker Chloé Robichaud, whose TWO WOMEN screens in the 2025 World Cinema Dramatic Competition @sundancefest.bsky.social, slate unveiled today! She mentions the project at the end of this piece I wrote about her 2023 film Days of Happiness: variety.com/2023/film/ne...

‘Days of Happiness’ Director Chloé Robichaud on Creating a Modern Conductor for the Big Screen

Chloe Robichaud on Toronto Film ‘Days of Happiness’ Classical Music and Sophie Desmarais in Conductor Bootcamp

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Musicworks 147: Halifax saxophonist-improviser Andrew MacKelvie, exploratory trumpeter Nicole Rampersaud, Solidaridad Tango, Blackfoot composer Sonny-Ray Day Rider, Currently Arts Society, Pseudo Laboratories #newmusic #canadianmusic #experimentalmusic musicworksmag.myshopify.com/products/win...

Congrats Sophie Dupuis, director of #TIFF23 Best Canadian Film Solo, on signing with Black Bear’s management arm. I spoke with her for this @variety.bsky.social piece on #Quebec films. “To have a queer story on the TIFF Gala screen is huge. This kind of film can change lives — even save lives.”

Quebec’s Strong Film Community Flexes at Fests With Venice Winner ’Humanist Vampire,’ ‘Solo�...

'Humanist Vampire’ ‘Solo’ Top Quebec Films at Festivals Like Venice Toronto

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Congratulations to DEBBY FRIDAY on winning the 2023 @polarismusicprize.bsky.social for Good Luck! Musicworks featured DEBBY FRIDAY on the cover of Musicworks 138 (3 years ago!). ICYMI Here's @brenmccracken.bsky.social's cover story, 📸 Pierre Langlois! www.musicworks.ca/debby-friday...