News flash: Bell is ending its decades-long sponsorship of the Toronto International Film Festival, according to a scoop from Robert Benzie of the Toronto Star’s Queen’s Park Bureau. Seriously bad news for the fest, since Bell is its lead sponsor: tinyurl.com/5f9z3ntv #TIFF23

Check out this exclusive from Screen International on the release of our On Screen Report yesterday! Thanks to all who attended the launch and to WIFT for hosting the event! #telefilmcanada #canadamediafund #WIVOS23 screendaily.com/news/report-sh…

A huge loss for Canadian film and television.

Exclusive: TIFF cuts 12 full-time positions across departments in organizational restructuring, following strike-affected September fest in which TIFF lost $2.76-million in revenue from stakeholders that reduced or cancelled #TIFF23 participation. theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/arti…

NOW ONLINE: Our Autumn 2023_#Cycles issue – with a thematic focus on circularity and recursivity in the special section and the AV section, feature articles, an interview, exhibition/book/film festival reviews and two data papers✨All #OpenAccess here: necsus-ejms.org/portfolio/autu…

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"Few festivals are likely to match the excitement of unearthing archival moments, feelings, and memories that a first-time visit to Il Cinema Ritrovato Cineteca di Bologna can generate", writes Belén Vidal in this #festivalreview in our #Cycles issue. necsus-ejms.org/inside-the-arc…

In the #festivalreview "On the habitus of festival-going: Digital anxiety and urban aspects of post-COVID Berlinale", Minerva Campos argues that a successful festival experience now demands a combination of (new) digital and (classical) field skills. necsus-ejms.org/on-the-habitus…

"Film festival norms and traditions exist in tension with the requirements and desires of disabled attendees", writes Anna Debinski in this #festivalreview of the 2023 Melbourne International Film Festival Melbourne Film Fest. necsus-ejms.org/accessing-film…

NEW: 250+ Canadian filmmakers — including Atom Egoyan, Denis Villeneuve, Denys Arcand, Philippe Falardeau, Robert Lantos, former Telefilm chief Carolle Brabant — urging CRTC to review its C-11 levies on streamers: “The entire Canadian film industry has been left out in the cold.”

NOW ONLINE: Our Spring 2024_#Open issue features a special section guest edited by the NECS Open Scholarship Committee, feature articles as well as a film festival review section on virtual reality, exhibition and book reviews and a data paper ✨ necsus-ejms.org/portfolio/spri…

Apple’s message to movie theatres:

The #festivalreview section of our Spring 2024_#Open issue is dedicated to virtual reality – starting off with Da Ye Kim's historical overview of the emergence of VR at international film festival networks. Read "The two sides of VR utopias" here: necsus-ejms.org/the-two-sides-…

In "Why (film) festivals? Virtual reality experiences at a crossroads’", part of our #festivalreview section on VR, Philippe Bédard considers the limitations of festivals as an exhibition site for the burgeoning medium of VR films. necsus-ejms.org/why-film-festi…

The challenges and advantages of exhibiting VR at festivals: In conversation with Marijke de Valck, Dutch VR artist Nemo Vos discusses his approach to VR and his vision of the role played by film festivals in making VR available. necsus-ejms.org/on-reaching-an…

Unfortunately, this was to be expected... theconversation.com/online-streami…

NEW: 1,300+ members of Canadian film industry, including Denis Villeneuve, Clement Virgo, Sarah Gadon, and Xavier Dolan join forces to urge Trudeau to keep Liberals' election promise of permanently increasing funding to Telefilm Canada before current funding expires in '26

GIVEAWAY 🖤 - 1 single ticket section 230 for 12/7 - 1 single ticket section 430 for 12/8 - 2 tickets section 231 for 12/8 REPOST, LIKE, & REPLY BELOW TO ENTER!!! ✨ *These are ALL no stage view tickets!*

Jayna 💕 idk if this is allowed but Canada has a petition going on as a call to the Government to limit ticket resale for a profit. It’s open til December 19 (Canadian residents + citizens, pls sign) ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…

Today is the last day of voting for the #WPMOYChallenge! Repost to vote for Bobby Wagner