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Ontario Green Screen offers free training on climate science and sustainable production – helping you gain the knowledge and tools to reduce environmental impact in the film and TV industry!      Upcoming Facilitated Training Dates: August 7, 7-9pm  September 11, 7-9pm

Ontario Green Screen offers free training on carbon calculation and how it can help cut down your production’s carbon footprint in a practical way! Upcoming Facilitated Training Dates: August 21, 7-8:15pm September 25, 7-8:15pm ontariocreates.ca/filmcommission…

In emergencies. In disasters. In communities. In hospitals. In schools. In refugee camps. When crises strike, humanity answers through volunteers. #WorldHumanitarianDay #ActForHumanity

‘Honouring the storyteller’: the potential of Playback Theatre in health policy and systems research academic.oup.com/heapol/article…

OUR EMERGING DIRECTORS’ PITCH COMPETITION IS BACK! In partnership with CBC and open to emerging and mid-career BIPOC filmmakers, we’re inviting pitches for unscripted, documentary shorts ​that are 12-25 minutes in length​.

27 years ago today, we lost the great Djibril Diop Mambéty. His two features, Touki Bouki (1973) and Hyènes (1992), contain some of the most beautiful shots to ever grace our screens, and we've compiled some of our favourites (as well as the director's cameo in Hyènes). Enjoy!

Saturday is the first-ever International Day of Hope. At a time when people and communities are facing persistent challenges, hope can be a guiding principle to help inspire action for a better world. un.org/en/observances…

Congratulations to Sandra Brewster on receiving the @CanadaCouncil's prestigious Photography Prize! 🎉 Renowned for her compelling explorations of identity, memory, and place through photo-based and multimedia art, Brewster brings a powerful lens to the diasporic experience. We're honoured to feature her site-specific installation 𝘍𝘐𝘚𝘏 at the McMichael. The piece depicts the Essequibo River in Guyana and its distinctive fish species, evoking the fluidity and dynamism of water as a metaphor for migration and transformation. We also invite you to watch David Hartman's short film capturing Sandra’s creative process and the themes of migration and belonging that anchor her work → youtu.be/G8RVAqHKzPQ?si… 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳: 𝘍𝘐𝘚𝘏 is presented in partnership with CONTACT Photography Festival. Congratulations to Sandra Brewster on receiving the @ prestigious Photography Prize! Collection, April 12, 2025–January 2026. Photo credit: Toni Hafkenscheid@c

Calling all book lovers! The 2025 Toronto Book Awards longlist is here and it’s packed with powerful stories and brilliant voices. Congratulations to all the nominated authors. Dive into the list now: tpl.ca/tba @cityoftoronto @culture_to #TOBookAwards

Johatsu - Into Thin Air is an intriguing, often quite shocking documentary into toxic work environments and their repercussions on those affected by them. asianmoviepulse.com/2024/03/docume…

This year’s #JAPANCUTS Documentary slate brings three powerful stories to the big screen—from a heart-wrenching home video diary confronting mental illness to the underground art movements of postwar Japan. 🍿 japansoc.org/JCUTS2025

While the past decade has witnessed an increase in the representation of the queer community on the African screen, the first and second generation of African filmmakers also made efforts to include queer characters in their stories. Here's a list of some of our favourites.

FANON by Jean-Claude Barny (Trailer) youtu.be/cePm7PooxwI?si… via @YouTube

📣 Calling all South Asian* and Indo-Caribbean* youth and allies aged 15-20 in the GTA! The Toronto Area Solidarity Summer Alliance (TASSA) 2025 Workshop Series is open for applications! The due date for submissions is June 30, 2025. 🔗 Learn more at torontoareasolidaritysummeralliance.ca.

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks | Official Trailer | HBO youtu.be/kZehOkTyrgY?si… via @YouTube

“The university is not a brand to be sold, nor a parrot for political and economic rhetoric,” FQPPU President, Madeleine Pastinelli ✊💯 sauvonsnosuniversites.ca/en/