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The Slamdance Film Festival winners were announced Jan. 29. The Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Film went to Charles-Olivier Michaud's Snow and Ashes (above), in which a war correspondent wakes from a coma to discover that his collaborator has disappeared. The Best Documentary Film was Mark Claywell's American Jihadist. The synopsis below is from the Slamdance website: "American Jihadist is a look at militant [...]

Adam Scott in Passenger Side Toronto Festival's Top Ten Canadian Films of 2009 Top Ten Canadian Feature Films of 2009 (in alphabetical order) Cairo Time – Ruba Nadda Carcasses – Denis Côté Crackie – Sherry White Defendor – Peter Stebbings La Donation / The Legacy – Bernard Émond J'ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother – Xavier Dolan Passenger Side – Matthew Bissonnette [...]

Patricia Clarkson in Cairo Time (top); Joel Bissonnette, Adam Scott in Passenger Side (middle, upper); Danse Macabre by Pedro Pires (middle, lower); Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica by Cam Christiansen (bottom) The Toronto Film Festival has announced the lists of the top 10 Canadian features and shorts of 2009. Among the selected features are Denis Côté's Carcasses, Xavier Dolan's I Killed My Mother, and [...]

Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (top photo); Lee Daniels The bizarrely titled Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, formerly known as Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire, was the Audience Award winner at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival. The Toronto win, which follows widespread critical acclaim and a couple of Sundance awards earlier in the [...]