Why We Need to Rethink the Broken System by Robert Misovic It's been a topic of much debate in the wake of the Oscars announcing their nominees for Best Director. Not a single woman in sight. Really? This year? I awoke this morning to comments by author Stephen...
The Pendance Film Festival is excited to announce a new partnership with Via Rail Canada to create the new Rise Canada program. Rise Canada is a program open to all Canadian filmmakers 30 or under. The program provides full travel to Toronto for the Pendance...
We're pleased to welcome the first 6 short films selected to Pendance 2020. The Van - Erenik Bequiri (Albania) The Van finally stops, the doors open and Ben comes out alive. A few more fights and he will be able to pay his way out of Albania,...
So much of what made Pendance 2019 successful was about the films. But so much of it wasn't. Who could forget Mark Raso's filmmaking workshop? Or Quest director Santiago Rizzo's heart-felt skype Q&A about youth in crisis? And what would Pendance's opening-night feature 'Age Out' have been...
There could have been no home finer than The Velvet Underground. Pendance's new Music Director Walter Noseworthy had visited and researched every concert venue in Toronto and when it came down to where he wanted to host the opening night concert to launch the Pendance...
[caption id="attachment_26122" align="aligncenter" width="853"] Asghar Farhadi at Berlinale as Iranian Cinema thrives.[/caption] This is an unspoken rule — not all languages are judged equally. As much as we’ve focused on representation and diversity on the lines of gender and race, we’ve often glossed over age, culture...
We're so proud to announce that the Pendance Library is now live. Check it out here. We love the films we select so much and stand behind these films forever. As they go online or become available on streaming platforms, you can expect to see...
Age Out (formerly Friday's Child) launched online on Google Play, ITunes and various other platforms on November, 22, 2019. After winning the Jury Award for Best Picture at Pendance 2019, a world premiere at SXSW and a great festival run, the film is finally getting...
