Canada’s first all-Black awards ceremony was a big moment for the two brothers who made it happen.
On Sunday night, The Black Academy, co-founded by actors Stephan James and Shamier Anderson, held the inaugural Legacy Awards, honouring Black Canadian talent.
Read More: Shamier Anderson And Stephan James To Host The Legacy Awards, Announce Performers And Presenters
Et Canada’s Carlos Bustamante caught up with the duo on the red carpet at the event, which they also co-hosted, and asked what it felt like to see The Legacy Awards become a reality after years of planning.
“Surreal. I mean, truly,” Anderson said.
James added, “Surreal, unreal. We can’t believe that this little idea that we had in our heads two-and-a-half years ago has now come to fruition and we’re all here celebrating Black excellence. So we’re incredibly pleased.”
Asked about the incredible energy in the air at the awards,...
On Sunday night, The Black Academy, co-founded by actors Stephan James and Shamier Anderson, held the inaugural Legacy Awards, honouring Black Canadian talent.
Read More: Shamier Anderson And Stephan James To Host The Legacy Awards, Announce Performers And Presenters
Et Canada’s Carlos Bustamante caught up with the duo on the red carpet at the event, which they also co-hosted, and asked what it felt like to see The Legacy Awards become a reality after years of planning.
“Surreal. I mean, truly,” Anderson said.
James added, “Surreal, unreal. We can’t believe that this little idea that we had in our heads two-and-a-half years ago has now come to fruition and we’re all here celebrating Black excellence. So we’re incredibly pleased.”
Asked about the incredible energy in the air at the awards,...
- 9/26/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Britain is getting ready to bury its longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, after what is anticipated to be one of the largest state funerals in the country’s history.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in London, with leaders from across the globe flying in to pay their respects.
Read more: A peek inside the history of Westminster Hall, where Queen Elizabeth lies in state
Elizabeth died on Sept. 8 at the age of 96.
London’s police force said her state funeral Monday will be the biggest security operation it has ever undertaken.
Here is what is expected on the day and where to watch it:
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The state funeral service will begin at 6 a.m. Et (11 a.m. U.K. time) on Monday and run for an hour.
The venue is Westminster Abbey, the same church in London where the queen was crowned 70 years ago.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in London, with leaders from across the globe flying in to pay their respects.
Read more: A peek inside the history of Westminster Hall, where Queen Elizabeth lies in state
Elizabeth died on Sept. 8 at the age of 96.
London’s police force said her state funeral Monday will be the biggest security operation it has ever undertaken.
Here is what is expected on the day and where to watch it:
View link »
The state funeral service will begin at 6 a.m. Et (11 a.m. U.K. time) on Monday and run for an hour.
The venue is Westminster Abbey, the same church in London where the queen was crowned 70 years ago.
- 9/19/2022
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
The list of which Canadian officials will be attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London, U.K., on Monday is now clear.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office released the full delegation that will make the trip across the pond for the official commemoration ceremonies, which will take place in Westminster Abbey.
Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, will attend and be accompanied by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her husband, Whit Fraser, along with former governors general Michaëlle Jean and David Johnston.
In addition, former prime ministers Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, and Stephen Harper will be part of the delegation.
Read more: Long queues not deterring mourners from seeing Queen Elizabeth: ‘We’ve lost someone special’
Several Indigenous leaders will also attend: Assembly of First Nations national chief RoseAnne Archibald, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed, and Métis National Council president Cassidy Caron.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office released the full delegation that will make the trip across the pond for the official commemoration ceremonies, which will take place in Westminster Abbey.
Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, will attend and be accompanied by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her husband, Whit Fraser, along with former governors general Michaëlle Jean and David Johnston.
In addition, former prime ministers Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, and Stephen Harper will be part of the delegation.
Read more: Long queues not deterring mourners from seeing Queen Elizabeth: ‘We’ve lost someone special’
Several Indigenous leaders will also attend: Assembly of First Nations national chief RoseAnne Archibald, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed, and Métis National Council president Cassidy Caron.
- 9/15/2022
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
Shamier Anderson and Stephan James, Scarborough natives and co-founders of the Black Academy, just announced the preliminary lineup of presenters and performers for the inaugural edition of the Legacy Awards — the first major Canadian award show to celebrate and showcase Black talent.
The live 90-minute telecast, set to air on CBC and CBC Gem on Sunday, September 25, 2022, at 8 p.m., will be broadcast from Live Nation Canada’s newest entertainment venue History, in Toronto’s east end.
Siblings Anderson and James will host the ceremony, while many of Canada’s most exciting Black music artists, including Jully Black, Deborah Cox, Keysha Freshh, Izzy-s, Kardinal Offishall, Sate, Savannah Ré, and DJ 4Korners will perform.
Read More: Toronto Actor-Brothers Stephan James And Shamier Anderson Launch The Black Academy
So far, the presenter lineup includes comedian/actor King Bach, the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean; and media personalities Arisa Cox, Brandon Gonez, Kathleen Newman-Bremang,...
The live 90-minute telecast, set to air on CBC and CBC Gem on Sunday, September 25, 2022, at 8 p.m., will be broadcast from Live Nation Canada’s newest entertainment venue History, in Toronto’s east end.
Siblings Anderson and James will host the ceremony, while many of Canada’s most exciting Black music artists, including Jully Black, Deborah Cox, Keysha Freshh, Izzy-s, Kardinal Offishall, Sate, Savannah Ré, and DJ 4Korners will perform.
Read More: Toronto Actor-Brothers Stephan James And Shamier Anderson Launch The Black Academy
So far, the presenter lineup includes comedian/actor King Bach, the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean; and media personalities Arisa Cox, Brandon Gonez, Kathleen Newman-Bremang,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
What pleasures await in Panama! As part of the invited press corps, I attended the first ever Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano where I met numerous journalists from all over the world, though most particularly from Latin America.
As part of the expanded International Film Festival of Panama, running April 3 to 9, 2014, the Platinum Awards Ceremony was held in the huge Convention Center Theater just across from the Sheraton where we were given four days.
Watch this compendium of Iberoamerican cinema on You Tube: http://youtu.be/VXxgtudHzz0 (or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXxgtudHzz0)
The old city of Panama is undergoing extensive modernization and gentrification. When finished, it may look a beautiful as Cartagena…both are Colonial styles, but there is unbearable traffic in the Panama streets which was not the case in Cartagena. The city not only reveals layers and layers of history, from the indigenous days to the Spanish days of conquest and colonialism where it was the starting point of the quest to conquer the Incas, to the days when all the gold and silver of Latin America passed through the isthmus here on its way to Spain, to the first 80 years of independence from Spain as a part of Colombia, from its independence from Colombia with the aid of the U.S., to the days when the French attempted to build the Panama Canal followed by the early 20th Century when U.S. succeeded, to those days of Noriega which U.S. terminated by invading Panama in Operation Just Cause under Commander in Chief George W. Bush in 1989, to today when you can see the capital of the world pouring into the economy, building massive sky scrapers and restoring the old town to its colonial and later French splendor.
What struck me most after the horrible traffic, were the fabulous artisanal goods, of embroidery, straw weaving, bone carvings, gourds, panama hats! This picture of a Guna woman is an example of one of many selling their wares in rich markets. I could spend a lot of money here if and when I return!
The Panamanian economy has been among the fastest growing and best managed in Latin America. Latin Business Chronicle had previously predicted that Panama would be the fastest growing economy in Latin America in the five-year period of 2010–14, matching Brazil's 10% rate. This was obvious from our tour. The expansion project of the Panama Canal, combined with the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the United States, is expected to boost and extend economic expansion for some time.
The Panama Canal during an empty moment, as shot by me from the terrace. We saw ships going through as well. In 2014, 100 years after its establishment, a new canal will allow larger container ships to transport goods between the two largest oceans in the world. This literally positions Panama as the trade crossroads of the world and it is experiencing an investment surge which astounds the first time visitor (like me!)
After our tour of Panama City and the night we were feted after taking another tour of the Panama Canal, we had dinner and a Festival party on the terrace overlooking it.
Panama’s film history is null, but it is quickly being rectified by Jose Pacheco, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and also the President of the Panama Film Commission, along with his one-woman band, Arianne Marie Benedetti who has taken maternity leave for the moment.
They are responsible for instigating the new film law, for the four year old film festival, coproduction meetings, and hiring Toronto Latina programmer Diana Sanchez to program their festival and now the first Iberoamerican Platinum Awards, and much more.
The workshops at this event are outstanding. I wish I were able to hear all they have to say!
Jonathan Jakubobiwz , the producer of the $17 million Hands of Stone (Isa: Lotus) which tells the story of the Panamanian boxer Roberto “Mano de Piedra” Durán, spoke about how this production used 15,000 extras, was shot in over 140 locations. All was filmed and produced in Panama where the producers took advantage of a 15% cash rebate and a $2.8 million advance from the Panamanian government, the latter expressly offered to make sure they lensed the story about their national hero Roberto Durán in his native land.
“They gave us full support, dozens of free locations and a level of hospitality that made everyone feel at home,” said Jonathan Jakubowicz (Secuestro Express). With 15,000 extras and a stellar international cast led by Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez, Ellen Barkin, John Turturro and Usher Raymond, Hands of Stone recreated four cities and four decades in Panama. “The footage is a million times better than even I expected,” Jakubowicz said.
Another workshop was given by one of Argentina’s top producers, Verónica Cura. Thirty-five filmmakers, mostly from Panama took part. Vero spoke about film production from an artistic and organizational perspective, starting from the moment the idea takes hold, to project development ,to shooting and all the way to theatrical exhibition. Vero started working in 1992 as a director and head of production. In 2001 she began producing her own films. From 2007 to 2009 she was President of the Association of Independent Producers and Vice President of the Chamber of Film Producers from 2009 to 2011. She has been involved in films such as The Headless Woman by Lucrecia Martel (Cannes Competition), The Other by Ariel Rotter (Berlinale, 2 Silver Bears and the Jury Grand Prize), Las Acacias by Pablo Giogelli (Camera d’or, Cannes 2011), Live-in Maid by Jorge Gaggero (Sundance Special Jury Prize), There Be Dragons by Roland Joffe, Torrente 3 by Santiago Segura, The Dead and Being Happy by Javier Rebolla, One Love by Paula Hernandez and The Game Maker by John Paul Buscarini, among others.
Panel – Producing in Central America
The panel that reads like a Who’s Who of Central America discussed producing in Latin America. These active figures in current Central American production, shared their experiences on film production in the region. Moderated by Pituka Ortega (Iff -Panamá), the speakers included
Pablo Schverdfinger (Argentina )
After his film studies in Argentina, in Avellaneda Film School and then at the Universidad del Cine, Pablo began working with the filming of Highlander II and from there he developed his career as director of photography . In 2010 he founded Dragon Films and began directing commercials and documentaries for the local market in Panama. The 2012 he started Mangrove Films, a more ambitious bid to expand its services to the local Panamanian market with prestigious directors representation opening the doors to international markets by adding the alliance with Argentina Concrete Films.
Ileana Novas (Argentina)
Ileana Nova studied Social Communication at the Universidad del Salvador in Argentina . She worked many years in production at Flehner Films and Sorin Cine, for many local productions and especially in the international department providing production services abroad. Post Production Coordinator : The Other ( Ariel Rotter - Silver Bear at Berlin Intl Film Festival 2007 ) , Hide ( Canadian Production of KCBascombe - 2007), The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, co-produced by France, Italy, Spain and nominated in the Cannes Film Festival 2008 ). Then , while working on The Acacias (Pablo Giorgelli won three awards at Cannes Film Festival 2011) , the idea arose to establish herself in Panama . Her previous work experience in Panama in 1999 encouraged her to decide to move there in 2010 where she set up Mangrove Films.
Rafael González (Guatemala )
Rafael worked on The Wagon (TV) and The Comal House in Guatemala as a producer and screenwriter. He has been looking back on the history of his country for the last 15 years, and he created Back to Home in which he addresses the issue of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico. He was a sound technician and producer on the documentary La Camioneta selected for the Festival of Guadalajara 2013. Currently he is directing and producing the documentary Flight of Azacuán , a coproduction with Doctv Latin America.
Neto Villalobos (Costa Rica )
Neto graduated with a BA in Sociology from the University of Costa Rica and later graduated in film direction at the Centre d 'Estudis Cinema de Catalunya in Barcelona. His first feature film All About the Feathers was selected for the International Film Festival in Toronto and then in the International Film Festival of San Sebastian. All About the Feathers was also at other international festivals such as Rotterdam, Miami , Buenos Aires, Toulouse, Vancouver, Stockholm, Havana, Prague, Geneva, Kerala, Cleveland and won Best American Film and Best Director at the Icarus Film Festival of Guatemala. Neto is working on his second feature film called Majijo
Luis Rafael Gonzalez (Santo Domingo )
With extensive experience in various branches of the film industry, founding member of the International Film Festival of Santo Domingo, Deputy Director of Programming and Broadcasting (2004-2006) and CEO (2007-2011) of the Dominican Cinematheque, Representative of the Dominican Republic in the Congress of the International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf) , the International Federation of Film Clubs ( Ficc ) and the First Latin American Congress of Culture dedicated to Cinema and Audiovisual, Luis Rafael has also participated in developing the law on the Promotion of Film Activity in the Dominican Republic. He won the top prize for a script at Les Films de L' Astre, 2011 with his Gods without Twilight. He is also part of the Dominican Film Selection Committee to select the Dominican film for Oscars and other international awards. He serves as Vice President of Acquisitions and Distribution for Palmera International, a distributor which operates in the territories of the United States, Central America and the Caribbean.
María Lourdes Cortés (Costa Rica )
Costa Rican and Central American historian, professor at the University of Costa Rica, a researcher at the Foundation of New Latin American Cinema and director at Cinergia, Maria Lourdes was also director of the first School of Cinema and Television founded in Costa Rica (Universidad Veritas) and the Costa Rican Film Production Center. She has won the Joaquín García Monge Prize in cultural diffusion and twice the Essay Prize Achilles J. Echeverría for the books Love and Treachery, Film and Literature in Latin America (1999), and The Broken Screen. One Hundred Years of Cinema in Central America (2005). For this last book, she received the honorary award Ezequiel Martínez Estrada by the Casa de las Americas (Cuba ) for the best essay published in that year (2005). She is currently preparing research on Gabriel García Márquez and film and on the textual work of Silvio Rodriguez. She has been jury in film festivals in France, Holland, Cuba and Mexico where she has also given talks and workshops. The Government of the Republic of France awarded her with the rank of Knight of the Order with the Merit of Honor (2005).
Another workshop featured Cameron Bailey, the Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the most important festivals in the world and one of the largest in North America, discussed how Tiff’s position has been achieved and the importance for the Latin American industry of participating in this event. Cameron is also part of the School Advisory Council at the University of Western Arts and Humanities and the School of Cinema Institute of Haiti. He lectures on programming and preservation at the University of Toronto and is also a member of the Board of Tourism Toronto and the former co-chair of the Working Group Arts and Culture Civic Action Toronto. Former board member of the Ontario Film Development Corporation and member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of the Royal Ontarios Museum for Contemporary Culture, in 2007 he was part of the delegation accompanying the General Governor of Canada, Michaelle Jean on her state visit to Brazil.
As part of the expanded International Film Festival of Panama, running April 3 to 9, 2014, the Platinum Awards Ceremony was held in the huge Convention Center Theater just across from the Sheraton where we were given four days.
Watch this compendium of Iberoamerican cinema on You Tube: http://youtu.be/VXxgtudHzz0 (or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXxgtudHzz0)
The old city of Panama is undergoing extensive modernization and gentrification. When finished, it may look a beautiful as Cartagena…both are Colonial styles, but there is unbearable traffic in the Panama streets which was not the case in Cartagena. The city not only reveals layers and layers of history, from the indigenous days to the Spanish days of conquest and colonialism where it was the starting point of the quest to conquer the Incas, to the days when all the gold and silver of Latin America passed through the isthmus here on its way to Spain, to the first 80 years of independence from Spain as a part of Colombia, from its independence from Colombia with the aid of the U.S., to the days when the French attempted to build the Panama Canal followed by the early 20th Century when U.S. succeeded, to those days of Noriega which U.S. terminated by invading Panama in Operation Just Cause under Commander in Chief George W. Bush in 1989, to today when you can see the capital of the world pouring into the economy, building massive sky scrapers and restoring the old town to its colonial and later French splendor.
What struck me most after the horrible traffic, were the fabulous artisanal goods, of embroidery, straw weaving, bone carvings, gourds, panama hats! This picture of a Guna woman is an example of one of many selling their wares in rich markets. I could spend a lot of money here if and when I return!
The Panamanian economy has been among the fastest growing and best managed in Latin America. Latin Business Chronicle had previously predicted that Panama would be the fastest growing economy in Latin America in the five-year period of 2010–14, matching Brazil's 10% rate. This was obvious from our tour. The expansion project of the Panama Canal, combined with the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the United States, is expected to boost and extend economic expansion for some time.
The Panama Canal during an empty moment, as shot by me from the terrace. We saw ships going through as well. In 2014, 100 years after its establishment, a new canal will allow larger container ships to transport goods between the two largest oceans in the world. This literally positions Panama as the trade crossroads of the world and it is experiencing an investment surge which astounds the first time visitor (like me!)
After our tour of Panama City and the night we were feted after taking another tour of the Panama Canal, we had dinner and a Festival party on the terrace overlooking it.
Panama’s film history is null, but it is quickly being rectified by Jose Pacheco, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and also the President of the Panama Film Commission, along with his one-woman band, Arianne Marie Benedetti who has taken maternity leave for the moment.
They are responsible for instigating the new film law, for the four year old film festival, coproduction meetings, and hiring Toronto Latina programmer Diana Sanchez to program their festival and now the first Iberoamerican Platinum Awards, and much more.
The workshops at this event are outstanding. I wish I were able to hear all they have to say!
Jonathan Jakubobiwz , the producer of the $17 million Hands of Stone (Isa: Lotus) which tells the story of the Panamanian boxer Roberto “Mano de Piedra” Durán, spoke about how this production used 15,000 extras, was shot in over 140 locations. All was filmed and produced in Panama where the producers took advantage of a 15% cash rebate and a $2.8 million advance from the Panamanian government, the latter expressly offered to make sure they lensed the story about their national hero Roberto Durán in his native land.
“They gave us full support, dozens of free locations and a level of hospitality that made everyone feel at home,” said Jonathan Jakubowicz (Secuestro Express). With 15,000 extras and a stellar international cast led by Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez, Ellen Barkin, John Turturro and Usher Raymond, Hands of Stone recreated four cities and four decades in Panama. “The footage is a million times better than even I expected,” Jakubowicz said.
Another workshop was given by one of Argentina’s top producers, Verónica Cura. Thirty-five filmmakers, mostly from Panama took part. Vero spoke about film production from an artistic and organizational perspective, starting from the moment the idea takes hold, to project development ,to shooting and all the way to theatrical exhibition. Vero started working in 1992 as a director and head of production. In 2001 she began producing her own films. From 2007 to 2009 she was President of the Association of Independent Producers and Vice President of the Chamber of Film Producers from 2009 to 2011. She has been involved in films such as The Headless Woman by Lucrecia Martel (Cannes Competition), The Other by Ariel Rotter (Berlinale, 2 Silver Bears and the Jury Grand Prize), Las Acacias by Pablo Giogelli (Camera d’or, Cannes 2011), Live-in Maid by Jorge Gaggero (Sundance Special Jury Prize), There Be Dragons by Roland Joffe, Torrente 3 by Santiago Segura, The Dead and Being Happy by Javier Rebolla, One Love by Paula Hernandez and The Game Maker by John Paul Buscarini, among others.
Panel – Producing in Central America
The panel that reads like a Who’s Who of Central America discussed producing in Latin America. These active figures in current Central American production, shared their experiences on film production in the region. Moderated by Pituka Ortega (Iff -Panamá), the speakers included
Pablo Schverdfinger (Argentina )
After his film studies in Argentina, in Avellaneda Film School and then at the Universidad del Cine, Pablo began working with the filming of Highlander II and from there he developed his career as director of photography . In 2010 he founded Dragon Films and began directing commercials and documentaries for the local market in Panama. The 2012 he started Mangrove Films, a more ambitious bid to expand its services to the local Panamanian market with prestigious directors representation opening the doors to international markets by adding the alliance with Argentina Concrete Films.
Ileana Novas (Argentina)
Ileana Nova studied Social Communication at the Universidad del Salvador in Argentina . She worked many years in production at Flehner Films and Sorin Cine, for many local productions and especially in the international department providing production services abroad. Post Production Coordinator : The Other ( Ariel Rotter - Silver Bear at Berlin Intl Film Festival 2007 ) , Hide ( Canadian Production of KCBascombe - 2007), The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, co-produced by France, Italy, Spain and nominated in the Cannes Film Festival 2008 ). Then , while working on The Acacias (Pablo Giorgelli won three awards at Cannes Film Festival 2011) , the idea arose to establish herself in Panama . Her previous work experience in Panama in 1999 encouraged her to decide to move there in 2010 where she set up Mangrove Films.
Rafael González (Guatemala )
Rafael worked on The Wagon (TV) and The Comal House in Guatemala as a producer and screenwriter. He has been looking back on the history of his country for the last 15 years, and he created Back to Home in which he addresses the issue of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico. He was a sound technician and producer on the documentary La Camioneta selected for the Festival of Guadalajara 2013. Currently he is directing and producing the documentary Flight of Azacuán , a coproduction with Doctv Latin America.
Neto Villalobos (Costa Rica )
Neto graduated with a BA in Sociology from the University of Costa Rica and later graduated in film direction at the Centre d 'Estudis Cinema de Catalunya in Barcelona. His first feature film All About the Feathers was selected for the International Film Festival in Toronto and then in the International Film Festival of San Sebastian. All About the Feathers was also at other international festivals such as Rotterdam, Miami , Buenos Aires, Toulouse, Vancouver, Stockholm, Havana, Prague, Geneva, Kerala, Cleveland and won Best American Film and Best Director at the Icarus Film Festival of Guatemala. Neto is working on his second feature film called Majijo
Luis Rafael Gonzalez (Santo Domingo )
With extensive experience in various branches of the film industry, founding member of the International Film Festival of Santo Domingo, Deputy Director of Programming and Broadcasting (2004-2006) and CEO (2007-2011) of the Dominican Cinematheque, Representative of the Dominican Republic in the Congress of the International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf) , the International Federation of Film Clubs ( Ficc ) and the First Latin American Congress of Culture dedicated to Cinema and Audiovisual, Luis Rafael has also participated in developing the law on the Promotion of Film Activity in the Dominican Republic. He won the top prize for a script at Les Films de L' Astre, 2011 with his Gods without Twilight. He is also part of the Dominican Film Selection Committee to select the Dominican film for Oscars and other international awards. He serves as Vice President of Acquisitions and Distribution for Palmera International, a distributor which operates in the territories of the United States, Central America and the Caribbean.
María Lourdes Cortés (Costa Rica )
Costa Rican and Central American historian, professor at the University of Costa Rica, a researcher at the Foundation of New Latin American Cinema and director at Cinergia, Maria Lourdes was also director of the first School of Cinema and Television founded in Costa Rica (Universidad Veritas) and the Costa Rican Film Production Center. She has won the Joaquín García Monge Prize in cultural diffusion and twice the Essay Prize Achilles J. Echeverría for the books Love and Treachery, Film and Literature in Latin America (1999), and The Broken Screen. One Hundred Years of Cinema in Central America (2005). For this last book, she received the honorary award Ezequiel Martínez Estrada by the Casa de las Americas (Cuba ) for the best essay published in that year (2005). She is currently preparing research on Gabriel García Márquez and film and on the textual work of Silvio Rodriguez. She has been jury in film festivals in France, Holland, Cuba and Mexico where she has also given talks and workshops. The Government of the Republic of France awarded her with the rank of Knight of the Order with the Merit of Honor (2005).
Another workshop featured Cameron Bailey, the Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the most important festivals in the world and one of the largest in North America, discussed how Tiff’s position has been achieved and the importance for the Latin American industry of participating in this event. Cameron is also part of the School Advisory Council at the University of Western Arts and Humanities and the School of Cinema Institute of Haiti. He lectures on programming and preservation at the University of Toronto and is also a member of the Board of Tourism Toronto and the former co-chair of the Working Group Arts and Culture Civic Action Toronto. Former board member of the Ontario Film Development Corporation and member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of the Royal Ontarios Museum for Contemporary Culture, in 2007 he was part of the delegation accompanying the General Governor of Canada, Michaelle Jean on her state visit to Brazil.
- 4/26/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Canadian actor Michael J. Fox was among the 74 Canadians who were appointed Wednesday by Governor General Michaelle Jean to the Order of Canada. The order, the highest honor given to a civilian, is in recognition for the lifetime achievement of the appointee.
Fox was cited for his advocacy work for Parkinson's disease - which the actor suffers from - and for his movie and television career.
Among the other appointees were astronaut Julie Payette and writer Gwynne Dyer. Payette was named an officer of the Order for serving as international ambassador for engineering in Canada. Dyer was cited for his contributions as columnist, documentary producer, broadcaster and author. Dyer served in the Canadian, American and British naval reserves.
The release of the list of Order of Canada appointees was one day ahead of Ottawa's celebration of its 143rd national day on Thursday. This year's celebration at Parliament Hill included a...
Fox was cited for his advocacy work for Parkinson's disease - which the actor suffers from - and for his movie and television career.
Among the other appointees were astronaut Julie Payette and writer Gwynne Dyer. Payette was named an officer of the Order for serving as international ambassador for engineering in Canada. Dyer was cited for his contributions as columnist, documentary producer, broadcaster and author. Dyer served in the Canadian, American and British naval reserves.
The release of the list of Order of Canada appointees was one day ahead of Ottawa's celebration of its 143rd national day on Thursday. This year's celebration at Parliament Hill included a...
- 7/1/2010
- icelebz.com
Canadians have been campaigning to make William Shatner the country's next governor general. A Facebook group has been started to ask Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to nominate the actor for the position once current holder Michaëlle Jean steps down. The page has already garnered 3,600 fans since its launch on March 22. "The governor general's position is largely ceremonial and I can think of no Canadian who would possibly make the most of those (more)...
- 4/27/2010
- by By Aaron Broverman
- Digital Spy
If a Facebook movement can land Betty White a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, can it score William Shatner the role of Governor General of Canada? One fan, who has never met Shatner, nor knows if he has any desire to serve in politics, has started a page campaigning for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to nominate him when Michaëlle Jean relinquishes the title in September at the end of her five-year term. "The Governor General's position is largely ceremonial and I can think of no Canadian who would possibly make the most of those grandiose moments as the great William Shatner,...
- 4/26/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
No, you are not still asleep and the headline of this edition of my column is not a dream, nor a nightmare. There is actual talk and some support for William Shatner to be come the next governor general of Canada. If you watched the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in February, you saw the current governor general, Michaelle Jean, declare the Olympics open. While the prime minister actually runs the country, the head of state for Canada is Queen Elizabeth II of England. As the Queen can not be present at all times to handle the ceremonial duties, she appoints a governor general as her representative. It seems that the current governor general is in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's doghouse and will be replaced when the Queen visits Canada in June. According to numerous sources ...
- 4/22/2010
- GeekNation.com
Many Canadians are not in favor of proposed changes in the country's national anthem. Ottawa wants to become politically correct by adapting gender-neutral words.
The proposal was mentioned by Canadian Governor Michaelle Jean in her March 3 Speech from the Throne. The phrase that Ottawa proposed to amend in the national anthem, "O Canada," was "in all thy sons command," which would be altered to "Thou dost in us command." The proposed change was the wording of the original 1908 version.
Since most Canadians are used to the current version, the proposed change led many residents to write to Prime Minister Gordon Brown to oppose the revision.
The opinions ranged from asking the federal government to focus on economic issues and not on trivial matters, to pointing out the proposal runs counter to the sense of national pride reawakened by Canada's good performance at the recent Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
The proposal was mentioned by Canadian Governor Michaelle Jean in her March 3 Speech from the Throne. The phrase that Ottawa proposed to amend in the national anthem, "O Canada," was "in all thy sons command," which would be altered to "Thou dost in us command." The proposed change was the wording of the original 1908 version.
Since most Canadians are used to the current version, the proposed change led many residents to write to Prime Minister Gordon Brown to oppose the revision.
The opinions ranged from asking the federal government to focus on economic issues and not on trivial matters, to pointing out the proposal runs counter to the sense of national pride reawakened by Canada's good performance at the recent Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
- 4/12/2010
- icelebz.com
Toronto -- Canada's Conservative government is to put the country's entertainment industry in play by loosening foreign ownership rules.
The feds signaled in Wednesday's Throne Speech, which triggers a new sitting of the House of Commons in Ottawa, that it will open the floodgates to more foreign ownership of Canada's communications industry.
"Our government will open Canada's doors further to venture capital and to foreign investment in key sectors, including the satellite and telecommunications industries, giving Canadian firms access to the funds and expertise they need," the speech, read by Governor General Michaelle Jean, said.
Legislative changes to Canada's Telecommunications Act to allow foreign companies to purchase controlling stakes in media groups like Rogers Communications, Bell Canada and Telus Corp. is expected to unleash a slew of eventual acquisitions of local broadcasters.
"If Rogers, Telus and Bell are bought by foreign interests, we lose control not only of our telecom/satellite industries,...
The feds signaled in Wednesday's Throne Speech, which triggers a new sitting of the House of Commons in Ottawa, that it will open the floodgates to more foreign ownership of Canada's communications industry.
"Our government will open Canada's doors further to venture capital and to foreign investment in key sectors, including the satellite and telecommunications industries, giving Canadian firms access to the funds and expertise they need," the speech, read by Governor General Michaelle Jean, said.
Legislative changes to Canada's Telecommunications Act to allow foreign companies to purchase controlling stakes in media groups like Rogers Communications, Bell Canada and Telus Corp. is expected to unleash a slew of eventual acquisitions of local broadcasters.
"If Rogers, Telus and Bell are bought by foreign interests, we lose control not only of our telecom/satellite industries,...
- 3/4/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Vancouver Fairmont Hotel's exterior and its lobby bar. The Fairmont Hotel on West Georgia Street in Vancouver is where all of the politicos in town for the Olympics are camping out. It's hard to miss the fact that United States vice president Joe Biden has set up shop there; the luxury hotel is swarming with his security team. We totally got a "what's up" nod from Latvian president Valdis Zatlers when we saw our party pal exiting his car outside. Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and governor general Michaëlle Jean held a reception at the hotel on Friday to welcome foreign dignitaries. And while not a politician, Ralph Lauren's David Lauren counts as fashion royalty, and he was put up there along with his girlfriend, Lauren Bush, whose grandfather and uncle were once leaders of the free world. In fact, there are so many elected officials staying at...
- 2/17/2010
- Vanity Fair
On Friday night, the eyes of the world were on Vancouver's BC Place, as the games of the Xxi Winter Olympics got underway with a lavish, joyous opening ceremony that had soul, showmanship and plenty of Wayne Gretzky.
Some 60,000 people packed inside the arena (this was, after all, the first indoor opening ceremony), and, unfortunately, I was not one of them. But I was next door, at the Molson Canadian Hockey House, a raucous viewing party/concert/celebration of all things Canuck that featured plenty of beer, ladies clad in skin-tight hockey dresses, and a piano painted with the maple leaf. It was a pretty excellent time, so I started to write an impromptu LiveTweet of the entire event -- and, by proxy, the opening ceremonies -- over on the @MTVNews Twitter account.
And since you probably weren't glued to your computer during the ceremony, I figured I'd recap some...
Some 60,000 people packed inside the arena (this was, after all, the first indoor opening ceremony), and, unfortunately, I was not one of them. But I was next door, at the Molson Canadian Hockey House, a raucous viewing party/concert/celebration of all things Canuck that featured plenty of beer, ladies clad in skin-tight hockey dresses, and a piano painted with the maple leaf. It was a pretty excellent time, so I started to write an impromptu LiveTweet of the entire event -- and, by proxy, the opening ceremonies -- over on the @MTVNews Twitter account.
And since you probably weren't glued to your computer during the ceremony, I figured I'd recap some...
- 2/13/2010
- by James Montgomery
- MTV Newsroom
A special-effects laden opening ceremony welcomed the world to the 2010 Winter Olympics. But amid the spectacle, a fallen athlete was never far from everyone's minds. Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died early Friday during a practice run when he lost control of his sled and crashed over a safety railing into a steel beam. The remaining seven members of his team decided to carry on with the competition and were greeted with a standing ovation when they entered BC Place Stadium. Moment of SilenceThe audience of 50,000 held a moment of silence just before the Olympic flag was raised, and many of...
- 2/13/2010
- by Bob Meadows
- PEOPLE.com
Who will likely be performing at the opening ceremony of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics on Friday, February 12 have been unveiled. Nelly Furtado and Sarah McLachlan are among the rumored musical guests and reportedly have been spotted at the dress rehearsals for the show.
Other suggested performers include Bryan Adams, k.d. Lang and Nikki Yanofsky. Bryan will perform with one of the female singers, k.d. may entertain the audience with one of the singles from her latest album "Recollection", and Nikki is expected to deliver the opening anthem.
In addition to the singing performances, the event will also treat sport mania with aerial acrobatics which include skiers or snowboarders jumping through Olympic rings. Formally opened by Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jean, it will begin with the arrival of athletes from every competing country with Team Canada entering the stadium last.
Meanwhile, who will be lighting the Olympic cauldron at...
Other suggested performers include Bryan Adams, k.d. Lang and Nikki Yanofsky. Bryan will perform with one of the female singers, k.d. may entertain the audience with one of the singles from her latest album "Recollection", and Nikki is expected to deliver the opening anthem.
In addition to the singing performances, the event will also treat sport mania with aerial acrobatics which include skiers or snowboarders jumping through Olympic rings. Formally opened by Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jean, it will begin with the arrival of athletes from every competing country with Team Canada entering the stadium last.
Meanwhile, who will be lighting the Olympic cauldron at...
- 2/12/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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