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Update: Cole

I wrote about this film back in 2008 and there's finally a place to see it. If you have access to IFC's Sundance Selects via your cable provider you can watch the movie On Demand.
Cole has spent his entire life picking up the pieces of his shattered family and using them as the basis for his writing and recreating an alternative reality. When Cole gets the opportunity to bring his talents to the city, he sees his potential for the first time - that he can get out of his small town and make his life what he had wanted it to be.
And the new trailer...



Official Site: www.colethemovie.com

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Canadian Music Week


It's Canadian Music Week and if you're anywhere near Toronto you should check it out. There will be plenty of concerts and a film fest. A couple of my favorite bands are nominated for The Indie Awards: Lights and The Midway State.



And if you miss Lights there she will also be at the SXSW fest.



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Amal


Amal is one of this year's nominations for Canada's Genie Awards in best direction (Richie Mehta), adapted screenplay (Richie Mehta, Shaun Mehta), best actor (Rupinder Nagra) and best picture.

"Autorickshaw driver Amal is content with the small but vital role he serves - driving customers around New Delhi as quickly and safely as possible. But his sense of duty is tested by an eccentric, aging billionaire, who, moved by Amal's humility, bequeaths him his entire estate before passing away."




The Genie Awards take place on April 4th.

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Weeneebeg Aboriginal Film & Video Festival


Tantoo Cardinal (Smoke Signals, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) has a short film being screened at the 7th Annual Weeneebeg Aboriginal Film and Video Festival this week. The fest takes place in Moosonee, Ontario and will feature 35 films that explore the Native American experience.



Official Website: www.weeneebeg.ca

[Hat tip Newspaper Rock]

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Cole


If you're a sci-fi fan then you're probably familiar with Kandyse McClure who plays Lt. Anastasia Dualla on Battlestar Galactica. She's one of those under the radar actresses who could be great if she got some starring roles. Anyhow, Cole is her venture into the indie love story realm.

"Cole Chambers is a young man who dreams for something, anything beyond his monotonous life. When Cole gets the opportunity to take a creative writing class at a University in the city, he sees his potential for the first time - that he can get out of small town Lytton and actually make something out of his life. Cole spends increasing amounts of time away from home, falling in love with Serafina, a rich girl from his writing class."

This movie has no set release date but I can't wait to see McClure in this role.

To view the trailer click here.


Director:
Carl Bessai
Writer: Adam Zang
Starring: Kandyse McClure and Richard de Klerk

Official Website: www.colethemovie.com

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Moccasin Flats


Mocassin Flats is a ground-breaking Canadian TV series about the gritty reality that many Native American youth face in the Saskatchewan providence. The story has also been explored through a short film and a made-for-TV movie. To purchase the DVDs check out www.bigsoul.net



Official Website: www.moccasinflats.com

For Fans of...
Lincoln Heights and The Wire

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Club Native


From the official website:
"On the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, located just outside the city of Montreal, Canada, there are two firm but unspoken rules drummed into every member of the community: Do not marry a white person and do not have a child with a white person. The potential consequences of ignoring these rules-loss of membership on the reserve, for yourself and your child-are clear, and for those who incur them, devastating. Break the rules, and you also risk being perceived as having betrayed the Mohawk Nation by diluting the 'purity' of the bloodline.

Club Native is a candid and deeply moving look at the pain, confusion and frustration suffered by many First Nations people as they struggle for the most important right of all: the right to belong."




Director: Tracey Deer
Official Website: Club Native

For Fans of...Smoke Signals and Tkaronto

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Tkaronto


Tkaronto is the story of "two Aboriginal thirty-somethings, Ray and Jolene, who make an unexpected connection at the pinnacle of a common struggle: to stake claim to their urban Aboriginal identity."



Director: Shane Belcourt
Starring: Melanie McLaren and Duane Murray
Soundtrack: Jordan O'Connor

Official Website:
www.tkaronto.net

For Fans Of...Before Sunset and Four Eyed Monsters

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Sabah


Sabah delves us into the story of a 40-year-old Muslim woman (Sabah) who finds love in an unexpected white Canadian dude. The story is cute and charming, introducing us to a Muslim family in an engaging and fun way. Every character pops out, full of quirks and complexities giving the film an authentic and relatable vibe. Don't expect any one-dimensional boringness here. The scene where Sabah learns how to dance is priceless. Sabah is exactly the kind of movie that the American market needs, so Hollywood take note!

Click here to watch the trailer.

Director/Writer:
Ruba Nadda
Starring: Arsinée Khanjian and Shawn Doyle
Soundtrack: TBD

For Fans of...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Something New

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