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Tehranto – Canadian Film Fest 2022

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Two students from very different Persian backgrounds begin a complicated relationship in Tehranto. Sharon Moridi (Mo Zeighami) is young woman, who has had a very westernized upbringing by Iranian-immigrant parents Fred (Ali Badshah) and Tessa (Mahsa Ghorbankarimi), complete with Sharon using a westernized form of her real name Shirin. Sharon is also being groomed by […]

Tehranto – Canadian Film Fest 2022

Shoot to Marry

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A lonely and heartbroken man uses the filming of a documentary to meet women in Shoot to Marry. Steve Markle is a middle-aged man, who becomes extremely heartbroken when his longtime girlfriend Amy breaks up with him after he proposes to her during Christmas. Desperate to meet the true love of his life, Steve begins

Shoot to Marry

Clapboard Jungle

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Full Disclosure: I have personally known Justin McConnell since 2012 and I was an Indiegogo contributor for this documentary Filmmaker Justin McConnell uses his own experiences as a jumping-off point for a discussion on how the independent film business works in Clapboard Jungle. It has been Justin McConnell’s dream of breaking into the film business since

Clapboard Jungle

Hazy Little Thing

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Friends of a writer suffering from depression stage an intervention in the form of a surprise birthday gathering in Hazy Little Thing. Billie (Erin Margurite Carter) is the author of a semi-autobiographical novel, who has been suffering from writer’s block and depression alone at her large house. After making a troublesome social media post suggesting a

Hazy Little Thing

Queen of the Morning Calm

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A Toronto sex worker hopes for a better life for her and her daughter in Queen of the Morning Calm. Debra (Tina Jung) is a 29-year-old Korean-Canadian, who has been working as a stripper while she finishes her studies to become an accountant. However, life is hard for Debra, since she has to care for her

Queen of the Morning Calm

A Perfect Plan

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A group of four career criminals are forced to plan a diamond heist in A Perfect Plan. Kate (Kathleen Munroe) wakes to find herself liked in a basement with Irishman Rowan (Michael Hough), Mexican woman Magdalene (Gia Sandhu), and smart guy Grayson (William Forsythe), all of whom happen to have a criminal background. It turns out

A Perfect Plan

Alone Across the Arctic

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An explorer documents his 4000km solo trek across Canada’s arctic wilderness in Alone Across the Arctic. Adam Shoalts is a wilderness explorer and author, who on May 13, 2017 sets of on journey alone across the Canadian arctic. Beginning his journey along the Dempster Highway in the Yukon, Adam prepares to travel an estimated 4000 km

Alone Across the Arctic

Canadian Film Fest 2020 on Super Channel Fuse May 21 – June 6

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After being one of the first casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Film Fest will be bringing its 2020 line-up to Super Channel Fuse next week for a stay-at-home edition of the festival that will run from May 21 – June 6. Here is the full film line-up, most of which I’ll be posting

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This is North Preston

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The population of the town of North Preston, Nova Scotia try to clear up their reputation as a haven of sex traffickers and drug dealers in This is North Preston. North Preston is a small community with a population of 4000, located outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The town is historically Canada’s largest black community,

This is North Preston

Honey Bee

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A teenage prostitute has to adjust to life with a new foster family in Honey Bee. Natalie (Julia Sarah Stone) is young woman working as a truck stop prostitute for her boyfriend/pimp Ryan (Steven Love), who has given her the nickname “Honey Bee.” One night, Natalie is arrested by undercover detective Walker (Maurice Dean Wint)

Honey Bee