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09/05/2024

Mesures For a Funeral made it on teh most anticipated autumn festival premieres on Letterboxd

Operatic divas, kidnapped congressmen, Olympic boxers and beyond: all this and more in this year's cream of the crop, premiering across the 2024 fall film festival season.

08/08/2024

MEASURES FOR A FUNERAL will have it's World Premiere at TIFF 24!!

We're so pleased to announce that Sofia Bohdanowicz's forthcoming feature film will be screening as part of the CENTREPIECE program at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Co-written and starring Deragh Campbell, the film follows Audrey Benac as she undertakes a haunted research quest to revive violinist Kathleen Parlow's forgotten legacy. Featuring performances by acclaimed violinist Maria Dueñas, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Metropolitain, the film also includes a never before heard performance of Halvorsen's lost Concerto for Violin, OPUS 28.

Thanks so much to all our friends and collaborators who got us here, and especially to Telefilm Canada, SODEC and Ontario Creates.

Showtimes will soon be available here: https://www.tiff.net/events/measures-for-a-funeral

See you soon

12/11/2023

🌟Tahmina🌟 We are thrilled to be awarded to this very competitive fund together with our Dutch and German partners and director, Aboozar Amini.

Four brand new projects have been selected for New Dawn. An independent committee selected 2 documentaries and 2 feature films from a total of 41 applications.

11/21/2023

Quelle soirée!!

L’Orchestre Métropolitain et son chef Yannick-Nézet Séguin ont donné un bouleversant concert à la Maison symphonique, samedi soir, en proposant un monument symphonique soviétique et un concerto qui a tout pour s’inscrire durablement au répertoire.

11/11/2023

📣 OPUS 28 - LIVE 📣
As many of you know we have been hard at work on ’s forthcoming feature OPUS 28. The film is dedicated to reviving the memory of forgotten Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow.
The final piece of the production puzzle comes together next Saturday night, November 18th, as the and Grammy winning smash-hit super star and the will perform for the first time on Canadian soil the lost Halvorsen Violin concerto OPUS 28 - written by the Norwegian composer in Kathleen Parlow's honour and premiered in 1909 with Parlow as soloist. All traces of the composition were assumed lost until a few years ago, when researchers at U of T's Faculty of Music discovered Kathleen's personal copy of sheet music for the piece.
Inspired by this incredible story Sofia Bohdanowicz and wrote their film OPUS 28, and in doing so created a reason to get this piece performed again.
The concert - and the live filming of the concert - happens at the Maison symphonique de Montréal, with the incredible María Dueñas · violinist as soloist, with tickets on sale via the OM’s website.

Head over to the Globe and Mail website to read ’s great article on the concert, the film, and Sofia’s process.

A big thanks to the entire cast and crew, as well as all those who have worked tirelessly to pull this off, including , the OM crew, .sodec and the crew.

See you on the 18th!!!
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11/11/2023

📣 OPUS 28 - LIVE 📣

As many of you know we have been hard at work on Sofia Bohdanowicz's forthcoming feature OPUS 28. The film is dedicated to reviving the memory of forgotten Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow.

The final piece of the production puzzle comes together next Saturday night, November 18th, as the and Grammy winning smash-hit super star Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain will perform for the first time on Canadian soil the lost Halvorsen Violin concerto OPUS 28 - written by the Norwegian composer in Kathleen Parlow's honour and premiered in 1909 with Parlow as soloist. All traces of the composition were assumed lost until a few years ago, when researchers at U of T's Edward Johnson Building, Faculty of Music discovered Kathleen's personal copy of sheet music for the piece.

Inspired by this incredible story Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell wrote their film OPUS 28, and in doing so created a reason to get this piece performed again.

The concert - and the live filming of the concert - happens at the Maison symphonique de Montréal, with the incredible María Dueñas · violinist as soloist, with tickets on sale via the OM's site here: https://orchestremetropolitain.com/en/concerts/the-leningrad-symphony/?show_date_id=5871

Head over to the Globe and Mail website to read Barry Hertz's article here (we'd link to it, but you know... Meta is a steaming pile of c**a doodoo) so a screengrab will suffice! :

See you on the 18th!!!

A big thanks to the entire cast and crew, as well as all those who have worked tirelessly to pull this off, including the OM staff, Deutsche Grammophon - DG, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Ontario Creates, and the CineGround crew.

11/10/2023

📣 OPUS 28 - LIVE 📣

As many of you know we have been hard at work on Sofia Bohdanowicz's forthcoming feature OPUS 28. The film is dedicated to reviving the memory of forgotten Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow.

The final piece of the production puzzle comes together next Saturday night, November 18th, as the Orchestre Métropolitain and Grammy winning smash-hit super star Yannick Nezet-Seguin will perform for the first time on Canadian soil the lost Halvorsen Violin concerto OPUS 28 - written by the Norwegian composer in Kathleen Parlow's honour and premiered in 1909 with Parlow as soloist. All traces of the composition were assumed lost until a few years ago, when researchers at Toronto's Edward Johnson Bldg U Of T faculty Of Music discovered Kathleen's personal copy of sheet music for the piece.

Inspired by this incredible story Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell wrote their film OPUS 28, and in doing so created a reason to get this piece performed again.

The concert - and the live filming of the concert - happens at the Maison symphonique de Montréal, with the increadible María Dueñas · violinist as soloist, with tickets on sale via the OM's site here: https://orchestremetropolitain.com/en/concerts/the-leningrad-symphony/?show_date_id=5871

Read all about it in Barry Hertz's The Globe and Mail article here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-inside-one-canadian-filmmakers-quest-to-resurrect-classical-musics/ #:~:text=Arts-,Inside%20one%20Canadian%20filmmaker's%20quest%20to%20resurrect%20classical%20music's,Lady%20with%20the%20Golden%20Bow

See you on the 18th!!!

For Sofia Bohdanowicz, Opus 28 might be the film that helps her break into the Canadian cinema mainstream

07/28/2023

Thrilled to be working with Telefilm on Julien Elie's SHIFTING BASELINES.

Telefilm Canada is announcing its funding commitment to 20 feature-length documentaries in the English market under the Theatrical Documentary Program, for a total of $5 million.   Under the same program, Telefilm announced the selection of eight feature-length documentaries in the French market l...

05/05/2022

So thrilled that our long time collaborator, filmmaker, Jacquelyn Mills winning the Grand Prize with her film Geographies of Solitude at the prestigious Jeonju Film Festival in South Korea. Huge congrats to her producer Rosalie CP, EP Brad Mills , co-editor Pablo Alvarez Mesa, contributing composers: Emily Millard, Marc Boudreau, and distributor Mustafa Uzuner We continue honouring our collaboration with Jacquelyn Mills through our support in different areas of production and post production throughout last 5 years of this making, and we hope continue to do so in many years to come.

Acclaimed Canadian nature documentary “Geographies of Solitude” was Wednesday named the best film in the international competition section at South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival. The p…

04/01/2022

Los Nombres de las Flores / The Names of Flowers available on iTunes and appleTV April 14th. Pre-order starts Today.

- le prix Gilles-Carle at Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2021
- Jury Prize at PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2019

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/movie/los-nombres-de-las-flores/id1611062212?l=fr&ls=1

https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/the-names-of-the-flowers/umc.cmc.62znulr7l4gmwr5rsh8pejdmk

Thank you H264.

As Bolivia stages the 50th anniversary of Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s death, Julia an old countryside teacher is invited to share her historical story wit…

03/18/2022

Cœur À Cœur 🎥

❤️ 𝑪𝑰𝑵𝑬́𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑺 𝑪𝑶𝑬𝑼𝑹 𝑨̀ 𝑪𝑶𝑬𝑼𝑹 ❤️

Le moment est venu pour le premier cœur à cœur entre cinéastes !

Ce samedi 19 mars à 16h, notre invitée Kyoka Tsukamoto sera avec nous pour présenter 𝑀𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑒𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒́𝑒.

Elle sera de retour le lendemain pour s'entretenir avec Jacquelyn Mills au sujet de 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠, son coup de cœur du cinéma canadien.

Une rencontre que nous avons très hâte de vivre avec vous ce dimanche 20 mars à 18h30.

Nous remercions Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada.

𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 & 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲
→ https://bit.ly/3JDJzDE

03/17/2022

Don't miss out on this opportunity to watch In the Waves by Jacquelyn Mills this weekend at Cinéma Public! With an artist talk! A beautiful film not to be missed.

Un documentaire qui dépeint la vie d'une octogénaire dans son village côtier qui lui aussi vieillit. Ce film est un flux oscillant entre le rêve et la réalité, le passé et le présent, un regard sur l'enfance et une rencontre avec la fin d'une vie.

01/21/2022

Cet événement, l'un des plus importants du début d'année en Europe se tient en salle et en ligne du 28 janvier au 6 février.

01/17/2022

Congrats to Jacquelyn Mills on her entry to the Berlinale Forum with Geographies of Solitude!

Berlin International Film Festival - official website

12/15/2021

Social Hygiene, our Berlinale winner is on illico, iTunes, appleTV for our Canadian viewers and fans of Denis Côté Cinema Officiel during the holiday season!

Hygiène sociale - Film sur illico.tv avec Larissa Corriveau, Ève Duranceau et Maxim Gaudette. Un homme à la manière exceptionnelle avec les mots utilise ses dons pour se sortir du pétrin.

11/11/2021

A fantastic line-up of short films awaits at this great collaboration between Main Film and Cinéma Public - including the extended cut of Anjali Nayar's RIDM/HOT-DOCS/DOCNYC fav, Oil & Water!

Notre seconde soirée courts métrages avec Cinéma Public se tiendra le 11 nov. à la Casa d'Italia Montreal. On a hâte de vous y voir 🌟
🎟 Billetterie : bit.ly/2XRopQp
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Au programme 5 courts métrages qui se sont promenés dans plusieurs festivals :
▪️ L'Enfant-Tempête de Ines Guennaoui,
▪️ Ka tatishtipatakanit (Éthéré) de Isabelle Kanapé,
▪️ Desert Islands de Ralitsa Doncheva,
▪️ Fly Away With Me de Maude Matton, Nikki Shaffeeullah et Amina Mohamed,
▪️ La Aguja y el Tambor de Andrés Solis Barrios
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Accompagnés d'une discussion avec les réalisateur·trice·s : Ines Guennanoui, Ralitsa Doncheva et Maude Matton. 🤩

09/27/2021

Hygiène Sociale / Social Hygiene plays tonight 59th New York Film Festival.

Mischievous Quebecois filmmaker Denis Côté’s absurdist comedy is constructed as a series of frank and often hilarious repartees between an insolent petty thief named Antonin and a succession of largely fed-up women, keeping a pandemic-worthy and humorous distance from one another as they verball...

09/22/2021

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Women Make Movies.
Save 25% on Select Films Now, including Primas le film !

For more than 45 years, Women Make Movies has championed women filmmakers and their stories. The largest distributor of films by and about women in the world, WMM also supports hundreds of independent filmmakers each year with our highly successful Production Assistance Program.

09/16/2021

We have been working on a film in Afghanistan since 2020, and we know truly that all film community must unite to stand in solidarity with Afghani filmmakers, technicians and subjects, in this difficult time. They are part of the target, and Canada should recognize this and provide necessary support. Please SIGN.

09/16/2021

We are introducing A Portrait, new film of Sofia Bohdanowicz, co-written and staring Deragh Campbell in the FNC's new initiative at home - a co-production market!

13/09/2021 - For its 50th anniversary, the FNC unveils the selected projects for the first edition of its new international co-production market

05/14/2021

The Names of Flowers, winner of Gilles Carle Award – Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2021, plays at Cinéma Moderne starting May 20th.

Il sera de nouveau possible pour les résidents du Mile End (et au-delà) d’assister à un visionnement au Cinéma Moderne, qui reprendra ses activités dès lundi.

05/14/2021

Denis gets into funny business in Hygiène Sociale / Social Hygiene!! Opening tomorrow Cinéma du Musée!

We spoke with Montreal director Denis Côté about his new film Hygiène sociale, which many consider his first comedy.

05/13/2021

24 images parlent avec Denis Côté Cinema Officiel de Hygiène Sociale / Social Hygiene avant son sortie en salle!

Cette semaine, à l'émission, Simon Laperrière rencontre Denis Côté pour discuter de son plus récent film Hygiène sociale – qui prend l'affiche le 14 mai.

05/07/2021

Bahman Tavoosi remporte le prix Gilles-Carle aux pour son film Las nombres de las flores! Merci aux jury et merci à toute l'équipe du Rendez-Vous d'avoir, malgré tout, réussi à monter un festival aussi plein l'énergie que jamais! ☺️☺️☺️

Congrats to The Names of Flowers, by Bahman Tavoosi on winning Best First Feature, Prix Gilles-Carle at ✨✨⚡️

Thank you for the jury members and Québec Cinéma in recognizing the artistry in Bahman's work and the works of the creative team behind, in particularly -

DOP: Nicolás Taborga
Editor: Lucas Villegas
Colorist: Mathieu Marano

Vivre le cinema québécois!

https://quebeccinema.ca/la-une/rvqc-2021-les-laureats-sont-devoiles

04/27/2021

Congrats Guillaume Tremblay on receiving Best Actor Award for WILCOX.

03/23/2021

Great news - WAYS TO RUN is one of the projects to receive EURIMAGES financing this year!
Thanks again to Telefilm Canada and the Dutch Film Fund for doing such a great job with the pitch. And thanks again to our wonderful little gang Jia Zhao, Iris Lammertsma, Eva Blodiau and of course, Aboozar Amini .

https://www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages/-/24-co-productions-supported-at-the-162nd-eurimages-board-of-management-meeting?fbclid=IwAR2WOeLEMTs2aMDqChdqc3On9XOCxFxDWR2D5Z-mmuSd0xRGEOkafdbYZ6k

22 March 2021 ...

03/06/2021

The Quebec auteur never strays from a fixed-camera tableau and socially distanced characters outdoors for his Berlin Encounters entry.

03/05/2021

WHAT A DAY! 2 GREAT FILMS, 2 GREAT FESTS, 2 GREAT DIRECTORS...

2 BEST DIRECTOR AWARDS!!! 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾

DENIS CÔTÉ wins Best Director for Hygiène Sociale / Social Hygiene at Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival Encounters!

Bahman Tavoosi wins Best Director for The Names of the Flowers at International Film Festival of Kerala - IFFK Official!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNV2H1l7zXc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a83d5tK4X6A

cc: Denis Côté Cinema Officiel, Bahman Tavoosi, Andreas Mendritzki, Aonan Yang

03/02/2021

THE FILM STAGE X SOCIAL HYGIENE

“An aura of pure eccentricity billows off the new film by Québécois provocateur Denis Côté [...] All through its compact but still satisfying 75-minute runtime, the viewer is liable to ask, “What on earth is this?”, and by its finale, this unanswered query feels rewarding as opposed to exasperating. But you can still feel Côté chuckling behind our backs.”

https://thefilmstage.com/berlin-review-denis-cotes-social-hygiene-is-an-unclean-blast-of-eccentricity/

An aura of pure eccentricity billows off the new film by Québécois provocateur Denis Côté, like a fug of stale-smelling nitrous oxide. Akin to his prior work only in its magpie-like experimental se…

03/02/2021

HYGIÈNE SOCIALE X SCREENDAILY!

https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/social-hygiene-berlin-review/5157265.article

Denis Cote delivers - or declaims - an oddity for Berlin's Encounters