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2024 Sundance Film Festival
My Old Ass – Premiere
Elliott Labrant (Maisy Stella), who has been advised by her future self (Aubrey Plaza) not to fall in love, is sure she can do so after being given the advice. That is, until she meets the boy her older self warned her about. Find out what three DGC Ontario Members who worked on My Old Ass had to say about filming this coming-of-age comedy in the beautiful Muskoka Lakes region.
Click here for a list of all the DGC Ontario Members who worked on My Old Ass.
Out Of My Mind – Premiere
Melody Brooks (Phoebe-Rae Taylor) is navigating sixth grade as a nonverbal wheelchair user who has cerebral palsy. With the help of some assistive technology and her devoted, exuberant allies, Melody shows that what she has to say is more important than how she says it.
Click here for a list of all the DGC Ontario Members who worked on Out Of My Mind.
Freaky Tales (DGC Ontario Post Only) – Premiere
In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town’s underdogs in four interconnected tales: Teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score. Basically another day in the Bay. To learn more about the Post Production process behind Freaky Tales, check out our May 2023 Wider Lens interview with Freaky Tales’ Post Production Supervisor, DGC Ontario Member Lori Waters, and fellow Post Production industry veteran Andre Coutu.
Click here for a list of all the DGC Ontario Members who worked on Freaky Tales.
Winner (DGC Ontario Post Only)
Reality Winner is a brilliant young misfit from a Texas border town who finds her morals challenged while serving as an NSA contractor. A sarcastic, gun-loving, vegan, yogi, and CrossFit fanatic, Reality is an unconventional whistleblower who ends up being prosecuted for exposing Russia’s hacking of the 2016 election.
Click here for a list of all the DGC Ontario Members who worked on Winner.
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 18-28, 2024.
74th Berlin International Film Festival
Seven Veils – International Premiere
Written and Directed by Atom Egoyan, Seven Veils stars Amanda Seyfried as Jeanine, an ambitious young theatre director dealing with repressed trauma as she prepares to remount a production of the opera Salome after the death of its revered creator, her mentor. Jeanine is forced to re-examine her tangled personal history with the project, the deceased man, and her own family. Director Atom Egoyan discusses his intentions and process behind Seven Veils in our September 2023 podcast episode with fellow Director Kelly Fyffe-Marshall.
Click here for a list of all the DGC Ontario Members who worked on Seven Veils.
The Berlin International Film Festival runs from February 15 – 25, 2024.
South By Southwest
The Queen of My Dreams – U.S. Premiere
In 1999, the sudden death of her father Hassan sends queer Muslim grad student Azra flying back to her ancestral home in Pakistan, where her stern mother Mariam demands she play the role of the perfect grieving daughter. But through flashbacks to Mariam’s own life in Karachi 30 years before, we see the connections uniting mother and daughter, starting with their shared love of the Bollywood star Sharmila Tagore.
Click here for a list of all the DGC Ontario Members who worked on The Queen of My Dreams.
Star Trek: Discovery Final Season – World Premiere
Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious 800-year-old Romulan vessel; until the artifact hidden inside is stolen, leading to an epic chase. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime, and Tilly’s efforts to help pull her into a tangled web of secrecy.
Click here for a list of all the DGC Ontario Members who worked on Season 5 of Star Trek: Discovery.
Doin’ It – Premiere
Lilly Singh returns to her comedy roots with a coming-of-age feature that sees her as 30-year-old virgin Maya, who returns to the US from India to become a substitute high school sex-ed teacher so that she can research the teenage demographic for an app she’s developing. Throughout, Maya tries to reclaim the American high school experience she missed when she moved to India years ago.
Click here for a list of all the DGC Ontario Members who worked on Doin’ It.
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story – Premiere
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story?reveals the extraordinary rise to fame, sudden disappearance, and resurgence of trailblazing Black trans soul singer Jackie Shane. Told in her own voice through never-before-heard phone conversations and dynamic rotoscope animation—alongside her family’s powerful journey to discover her legacy—the film conjures the spirit of an ahead-of-her-time icon who dared to live life on her own terms, even when it came at?a great personal cost.
Click here for a list of all the DGC Ontario Members who worked on Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story.
SXSW runs from March 8-16, 2024.
