Nicole Bazuin’s Modern Whore will see its world premiere at TIFF50. The hybrid documentary, which is based on Andrea Werhun’s memoir of the same name, was executive produced by Anora director Sean Baker, Berry Meyerowitz, Jeff Sackman and James J. Yi, and produced by Werhun, Bazuin and Toronto's Laurent Grant. The picture was scored by Core composer TOM THIRD.
Three Canadian features are making their world premieres as part of the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Centrepiece programme, including, writer-director Gail Maurice’s BLOOD LINES. The film, produced by Maurice, Paula Devonshire and Jamie Manning, follows an estranged Métis mother and daughter whose lives are upended when an alluring woman enters their lives. Scored by Core composer JUSTIN DELORME.
Congratulations to the whole team at Banger Films and NFB for their Peabody Award today. ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY has won a host of awards so far. Scored by Core composer MURRAY LIGHTBURN, the documentary creatively chronicles the life of pioneering trans soul and R&B singer Jackie Shane.
Congratulations to Core composer ANTONIO DI IORIO on his American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) Screen Music Awards win, for his score on Legendary's GODZILLA x KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE (co-scored with Junkie XL), as one of the Top Box Office Films of 2024!!
At the end of her mother’s life, director Julietta Singh returns to her childhood home, where centuries of forgotten matriarchs emerge to reveal stories of resistance and resilience. Indigenous, Deaf, Japanese and South Asian histories intertwine, buried in a house full of secrets.
Directed by Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh, and scored by Core composer JUSTIN DELORME, The Nest will see its world premiere at Hot Docs 2025.