If ever there was a modern-day manifestation for the expression “Mighty things from small beginnings grow,” Kartemquin Films is it.
Keep ReadingAt its core, the new Canadian film Mulroney: The Opera by Larry Weinstein is an intertwining tale of boy meets girl.
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Keep ReadingLeaders of industry, government and labour sat down with filmmakers, broadcasters, academics, new-media designers, engineers and students to ask a question that seems to have fallen off the agenda: where are the
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