“The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation occurs on September 30. This day honours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families, and the resiliency of their communities. We encourage everyone to take the time on this day—and all days—to acknowledge and better understand the history and harms
Archive for September, 2022
Reel Youth Film Festival (Oct 1 & 9, Vancouver)
“The Reel Youth Film Festival is a diverse collection of short films made by emerging filmmakers around the world. Chosen by an international youth jury from 1300+ submissions and 100 countries. Whether it is a writer fishing for her next idea, a Māori boy grieving his father’s absence, or a
A World-building Performance with Multidimensional Beings (Oct 1, online)
“Join us on Zoom for an evening of readings and performances in support of Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware’s solo exhibition Random Access Memory: A Portal to Multidimensions. These beings have travelled through the portal from their far off dimensions to ours with an important message for us. Readings and performances
Call for Submissions: Josephine Massarella Artist Award 2022 (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto)
“The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces the call for submissions for the Josephine Massarella Artist Award 2022 In June of 2018 the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) longtime member Josephine Massarella passed away after a short illness. https://lift.ca/news-post/remembering-josephine-massarella She was an important part of the LIFT
Art Starts – The Virtuosity of Blackness Talent Showcase (Sept 24, Toronto)
“Celebrating everything Black, virtuous and beautiful! This FREE event highlights the most talented emerging Black artists in Toronto & GTA. About this event Art Starts is proud to present another iteration of The Virtuosity of Blackness (VoB) at Earl Bales Park in Toronto. This free dynamic showcase will feature some
Call for Submissions: 5-Minute Films About Mental Health (Art With Impact)
“Open call to submit film projects, up to 5 minutes in in length, of any genre, using mental health as the point of interest. Film topics may either be interpretive of mental health, or address it directly. Film competition is ongoing, with a new competition each month. Submitted films will
Ontario Culture Days: Performance in the St. Vincent Atrium (Radical Connections, Sep 23)
“Culture Days 2022: GrandRounds at Saint-Vincent Hospital https://culturedays.ca/en/hubs/243d021e-bf86-4342-8922-ef02745183c1 https://www.radicalconnections.ca/ Culture Days is a nationwide initiative to celebrate arts and culture. Ontario Culture Days is taking place this year from September 23 until October 16, 2022. At Radical Connections and Bruyère, we believe participation in the arts should be a standard
Call for Submissions: 2023 rEvolver Festival
“Upintheair Theatre is now accepting applications for the 2023 rEvolver Festival, May 24 – June 4, 2023. We will invite submissions from artistically and culturally diverse companies and artists from across Canada to have their work considered. About rEvolver Festival “rEvolver is an incubator of new work with a focus
Workshop – Women Of Courage: All Of Our Stories (CultureLink, online)
“A storytelling workshop series for racialized immigrant Women from CultureLink’s Anti-Racism Action Program. Racialized immigrant women age 40 and over engage in personal narrative, storytelling and/or drama. We welcome women from Afghanistan, African countries, Caribbean countries, China, Philippines, South Asian countries, Syria, and Tibet. The participants may have conventional refugee,
Regent Park Film Festival’s 20th Anniversary Special Project: Regent Park Made Visible (Sep 19-24, online)
“We’re so excited to finally share a very special project celebrating our 20th Anniversary, Regent Park Made Visible (RPMV)! As part of this project, 5 filmmakers spent a large part of the year creating short films in celebration of our community! They pulled inspiration from visual source materials such as archival footage
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