Lucky Star hits the jackpot with sensitive portrayal of gambling addiction
Charlie Smith
May 8, 2025
In Lucky Star, geteran actor Terry Chen plays a family man who’s keeping his gambling problem secret from his wife.
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CBC renews police procedural series Saint-Pierre for second season and Allegiance for third season
Charlie Smith
May 1, 2025
Joséphine Jobert and Allan Hawco star as police officers solving crimes in France’s Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
Actor Anna Lambe reveals that APTN, CBC, and Netflix have renewed North of North for second season
Charlie Smith
April 29, 2025
Indigenous-owned Red Marrow Media and Northwood Entertainment produce North of North, which is filmed in and around Iqaluit.
Two-time Juno winner Aysanabee looks forward to performing alongside Indigenous musicians in Taiwan
Charlie Smith
April 24, 2025
The Oji-Cree recording artist will perform twice at the Jade Music Fest in Asia, which is at Taipei’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park.
Hot Docs: Director Ali Asgari delivers courageous and visually dazzling take on Tehran in Higher than Acidic Clouds
Charlie Smith
April 23, 2025
Authorities search the director’s home, seizing hard drives, but Asgari declares that these officials cannot confiscate his memories.
Jade Music Fest in Asia invites seven GTA musicians—including Aysanabee, Jacq Teh, and Aiko Tomi—to perform in Taipei
Charlie Smith
April 21, 2025
They’ll be joined by fellow GTA musicians Tennyson King, Chynnna Lewis, Vicki Lovelee, and Dr. Holic, as well as six others from Vancouver.
Hot Docs: Congolese director Sammy Baloji upends documentary conventions in The Tree of Authenticity
Charlie Smith
April 21, 2025
The Tree of Authenticity offers a breathtaking exploration into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s colonial past under Belgian rule.
Hot Docs: Aisha’s Story captures Palestinian family’s heartfelt desire for Right to Return
Charlie Smith
April 19, 2025
By focusing on one Palestinian family, co-directors Elizabeth Vibert and Chen Wang give meaning to a macro tale of monumental significance.
Van Lefan explores love, loss, joy, grief, and hope on Unsent Letters: To Whom It May Concern
Charlie Smith
April 18, 2025
One song by Lefan, “Beyond the Clouds”, is inspired by Lord of the Rings characters Samwise Gamgee, Gandalf, and King Aragorn.
#skoden is more than a meme—it’s a three-dimensional film that speaks volumes about Indigenous-settler relations in Canada
Charlie Smith
April 14, 2025
Mark Brave Rock shares warm recollections of his friend Pernell Bad Arm, whose photo gave rise to the #skoden hashtag on social media.
Cathy Xinman: Do Not Heal
Cathy Xinman
March 22, 2026
Indian classical singer and composer Ramneek Singh welcomes colours of spring
Charlie Smith
March 21, 2026
Kinky caricature no more: How Pillion is rewriting BDSM cinema
Staff
March 20, 2026
Vancouver International Music Competition adds woodwinds on top of existing piano, strings, and voice categories
Charlie Smith
March 19, 2026
Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté re-imagine a masterpiece in The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Charlie Smith
March 17, 2026
Women Without Men: a novella that tells the history of Iran through women’s bodies
Staff
March 10, 2026
1849 and 1904: Two Fires That Built Toronto
Paige Wen
March 9, 2026
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Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
