It was standing-room only tonight at the catalogue launch for the 26th edition of the Images Festival, held at the Urbanspace Gallery. Now that the programming has been released to the public, we’re pleased to announce that we are co-presenting […]
Surreal Experiences of a First Time Filmmaker
The following is written by Unsung Voices Filmmaker, Althea Balmes (who also won the WIFT-T Award at Reel Asian for Suman Ladies). As I write this, I’m on the College streetcar on my way to The Royal to catch The […]
Theatre review: Occupy Cabaret – Script Tease ’12
The 2012 Script Tease Project Occupy Cabaret by Ins Choi June 3, 2pm – Review by Barbara Goslawski It was a celebration of the spontaneous and the outrageous. Even the ticket stub goaded the audience. It read, “Warning: Anything is […]
Trash talking and cake walking
Last night the RA gang participated in the annual Artist Run Centre Holiday Cookie Bake-off. After feeling like we were ripped off last year (what do you mean rice krispies aren’t a cookie?), we had been racking our brains for […]
If I had a million dollars
Last night I went to the sneak preview screening of the pilot for MILLIONS, the web-series four years in the making by emerging Asian Canadian filmmaker Andrew Chung and his sister and co-Director Emily Chung. It was a packed house […]
Everything & Everyone
Reel Asian alumni, Ian Tang had his Toronto premiere of Everything & Everyone last night. Bittersweet Complexity replaces the words behind the BC abbreviation of British Columbia, where Everything & Everyone was filmed. Opening on an eventful afternoon Rose & William snatch […]
Affecting Defecting
I think it’s pretty clear from my bulging Flickr account that I like to snap a shot or two. It’s a hobby & fun to share a perspective from my very own view point. The camera lens is playful, sarcastic […]
Dazzling Displays
Once the balloons had time to settle there was one last party to end the festival events behind the scenes. As a thank you to all the volunteers that put their hard work & time in to this year’s event […]
Cake Ache
I’ve had a little time to digest the blue icing, so just before the festival lights up the projector bulb in Richmond Hill, here’s the last slice of happenings from Day Six at the festival downtown. Sunday’s are normally reserved […]
Lost for Words
I’m still finding the words to express the awesomeness of the final day at the downtown festival but in honour of Muybridge’s Strings (Les Cordes de Muybridge) winning the NFB Best Canadian Film Award here are some animated highlights from the festival this […]