Show times for SHOOK are up 👀 See you all on Saturday night, Sept. 7th!

Logged on at the exact moment TIFF tickets went on sale to the public to see how #Shook is doing and… 😅

From a double dose of Deragh Campbell to a curiously high number of films featuring Dan Aykroyd: Presenting the buzziest TIFF films that The Globe and Mail's Arts writers can't wait to see at #TIFF24 theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/tiff…

This place absolutely rules 👇🏽

I've never had a core memory unlock as hard as it did when I read the below line... 😳😳 ...from the TIFF write up of Amar Wala's upcoming #Shook. This just shot up my list! #TIFF24 tiff.net/events/shook

Apparently TIFF randomly opened more seats to the premiere of #Shook today so if you’ve been yelling at me all week here’s your chance!

TIFF 2024 Interview: Amar Wala on Life's Circuitous Path to "Shook" moveablefest.com/amar-wala-shoo…

I've been privileged to have a lot of great film writing done about my work, but this may be one of the best pieces ever about my films. Grateful to winnie!!

Looks like a couple seats left for our final public screening of Shook tonight! Hope you can make it ❤️

Wrote about how my doc background was vital in making my first scripted feature, and how the industry would be better served if artists got opportunities in both forms, rather than being siloed. cbc.ca/arts/amar-wala…

Got this lovely note from someone who saw Shook TIFF. Remember, specificity translates. Lean into what you feel and what you know. The audience will feel it too.

One of the final end credits for Amar Wala's Shook is: "Filmed in Scarborough and Toronto, Ontario, Canada." This local feature emphasized the T in #TIFF24: #ScarbTO has much beauty but those stories rarely make it to the big screen. Welcome to the hood. TIFF

Luckily our friends Elevation Pictures will be releasing the film in Canadian cinemas down the road. Stay tuned!

Spoke with Rachel Ho at CBC Arts about SHOOK, and making BIPOC films that capture healing instead of trauma.

Matt and Mara (2024), written and directed by Kazik Radwanski—now playing in NY (IFC Center), Chicago (Siskel Film Center), Philadelphia (Philly Film Society), OKC (OKC Museum of Art), Omaha (Film Streams), Indianapolis (The Kan-Kan) & Wilmington, DE (DelArt) via @cinemaguild

Tomorrow night Anita Lee and I discuss anti-racism in cinema. Swing on by.

The first non-Toronto reviews of SHOOK are in…