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Deadline: ‘Transparent’ Actress Alexandra Billings To Star And Executive Produce Trans Revolutionary Indie Feature ‘Queen Tut’

Deadline: Rosario Dawson Joins 2022 GLAAD List Script ‘Re-Live: A Tale Of An American Island Cheerleader’ As Exec Producer And Will Appear In A Cameo

Variety: Maricel Soriano Cast in Rain Valdez Rom-Com ‘Re-Live’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Broadway World: Maricel Soriano to Join Cast of Trans-Led Romcom RE-LIVE: A TALE OF AN AMERICAN ISLAND CHEERLEADER

Devdiscourse: Maricel Soriano joins cast of rom-com 'Re-Live'

The New York Times: The Day New Queer Cinema Said: Let’s Do This

The Hollywood Reporter: Sundance: Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne to Talk Love Life, Creative Pact on ‘Am I OK?’ at Outfest House

FOX 29: Sundance Film Festival 2022: Elizabeth Banks, John Boyega and a battle of the clones

Them.: Framing Agnes Masterfully Asks: Who Gets to Write Trans History?

Film Threat: SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW!

POV Magazine: How Framing Agnes Flips the Script at Sundance

Daily Bruin: Sundance 2022: ‘Framing Agnes’ delves into UCLA’s past to challenge viewers’ perceptions

Solzy At The Movies: Zachary Drucker appears in Framing Agnes by Chase Joynt, an official selection of the NEXT section at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

AWFJ: FRAMING AGNES (Sundance FF 2022) – Review by Leslie Combemale

The Wrap: ‘Framing Agnes’ Film Review: Trans Artists and Academics Bring History into the Present

Screen Daily: ‘Framing Agnes’: Sundance Review

Shock Ya! Entertainment: 2021 Sundance Film Festival Video Interview: Chase Joynt and Jules Gill-Peterson Talk Framing Agnes (Exclusive)

Cheat Sheet Entertainment: ‘Framing Agnes’ Movie Review [Sundance 2022]: Opening the Book on Transgender Visibility

Yahoo! News: Sundance’s ‘Framing Agnes’ Pushes for More Complicated Trans Representation

Hammer To Nail: HtN’s Top Picks For Sundance 2022

NBC News: Sundance 2022 presents a broader queer scope for an expanded global audience

NBC News: In 'Framing Agnes,' filmmaker uses trans history to illuminate current issues

The Spool: Sundance 2022: 10 films we can’t wait to see

Telegraph India: Sundance Film Festival opts for hybrid edition

School Of Visual Arts: Meet the Artist: Chase Joynt on “Framing Agnes” | Sundance 2022

Playback Online: Babysitter, Framing Agnes among Canadian films heading to Sundance

Washington Blade: Looking ahead to a very queer year at the movies

American Film Institute: Congratulations to the AFI Alumni with Films at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival

New Now Next: The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Films of 2022

Out Magazine: 11 Queer Movies Coming Out in 2022 We Can’t Wait to See

Realscreen: Sundance Film Festival reveals 2022 program lineup

I-D/Vice: 8 anticipated movies premiering at Sundance 2022

DEADLINE: Sundance 2022: Hybrid Festival Sees Princess Diana, Michael Kenneth Williams, Dakota Johnson, Bill Cosby, NYC Rock’n’Roll & Regina Hall Fill Lineup

CBC ARTS: The 10 most anticipated queer films and TV shows coming out in 2022

January 6, 2022

Paste Magazine: The 10 Most Anticipated Movies of Sundance 2022

January 5, 2022

Deadline: Sundance 2022: Hybrid Festival Sees Princess Diana, Michael Kenneth Williams, Dakota Johnson, Bill Cosby, NYC Rock’n’Roll & Regina Hall Fill Lineup

December 9, 2021

The ongoing pandemic can’t stall the fountainhead of cinematic creative bursting from the Sundance Film Festival’s 2022 lineup, which was unveiled Thursday. Chase Joynt’s FRAMING AGNES selected for Sundance’s NEXT program.


Playback: IPF picks 10 projects for Short Form Series Production Program

November 25, 2021

Six of the projects chosen by the Independent Production Fund are in English and four are in French.


Independent Production Fund: INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION FUND 2021 SHORT FORM SERIES PRODUCTION PROGRAM FUNDING DECISIONS

November 23, 2021

The IPF Board of Directors has approved 2021 production financing for ten (10) scripted short form series.


Deadline: Frameline Voices Sets Official Selections For Its 2021-22 Program

November 18, 2021

Frameline, the arts nonprofit that hosts San Francisco’s International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, has announced seven new selections for their 10th annual Frameline Voices short distribution program.


Deadline: Marvel Studios’ Victoria Alonso Among Honorees Set For 2021 Outfest Legacy Awards Gala

October 27, 2021

At the 2021 Outfest Legacy Awards, Marvel Studios’ Victoria Alonso will be honored with the Visionary Award, with additional awards going to Neon, Jonathan Howard, Robin de Jesús, Rain Valdez, Alan Koenigsberg and Marissa Román Griffith.


CBC News: How making a feel-good queer and Muslim comedy reminded Fawzia Mirza of what's really important

September 14, 2021

As she prepared to shoot The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night, her wife was diagnosed with cervical cancer


Variety: Geena Davis Bentonville Film Festival Sets 2021 Lineup (EXCLUSIVE)

July 15, 2021

The Geena Davis-led Bentonville Film Festival announced the 2021 selections for its narrative, documentary, short and episodic film competition.


CBC News: Telefilm takes steps to update its language requirements after years of criticism from filmmakers

July 7, 2021

The country's major funding provider for films is updating its eligibility criteria amid growing criticism that projects be primarily in English, French or an Indigenous language.


Kuam News: Fae Pictures president says upcoming feature film will benefit Guam

Thursday, June 10th 2021,

Shanti Joshi, president of Fae Pictures spoke before the Rotary Club Thursday about his upcoming film "Re-Live: A Tale of an American Islander Cheerleader."

 

Playback Daily BANFF names participants for 2021 Diversity of Voices initiative

May 12 2021,
Flowers in Chania

The fourth edition of the initiative supported by Netflix, BSO, CMF and SODEC includes 100 BIPOC participants, who gain full access to the annual fest.

 

Toronto Star: John Greyson documentary channels songbirds, Zoom, to explore Egyptian prison and LGBTQ activism

May 12 2021,

Greyson’s latest film “International Dawn Chorus Day” will have its North American premiere in the Hot Docs Festival on April 29.


France info: Culture The Covid-19 invites itself on the screens of the Berlinale

Mar 4, 2021,

The pandemic, which is disrupting the film industry and depriving the public of the big screen, also inspires directors: several Berlinale films evoke end-of-the-world atmospheres or address the health crisis head-on.


Screen Daily: Canada’s Fae Pictures unveils LGBTQ-themed co-production with India’s Onir (exclusive)

Dec 8, 2020

Fae Pictures is launching its Queer South Asian Slate to produce film and television projects that elevate queer perspectives on South Asian stories, including WE ARE (the first major Indian-Canadian co-production) and two short films, NOOR & LAYLA and JALA.


Eventbrite: Canada-Nigeria Business Investment Summit

December 3, 2020

Fae Pictures president Shant Joshi speaks at a webinar focused on Opportunities in Film and Media Production between Canada and Nigeria.


CBC: Mississauga's only film festival shines a much-needed spotlight on South Asian cinema

December 2, 2020

JALA, produced at the Canadian Film Centre will have its premiere at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival as a part of the Canadian Spectrum programme.


SWIFF Industry Summit: Film Funding in the time of COVID

November 16, 2020

Director of Production Lindsay Blair Goeldner moderates a panel on the triumphs and struggles of funding a film during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sponsored by BIPOC TV & Film.


CBC: How to watch the 2020 Polaris Music Prize celebration

October 19, 2020

In celebration of Filipinx band, Pantayo’s Polaris Prize nomination, Fae Pictures and CBC produced a music video for their song Huwag Mataranta with director Tricia Hagoriles and producer Lindsay Blair Goeldner.


Inside Out: 2020 Micro-Budget Film Finance Forum

October 15, 2020

President Shant Joshi speaks at the Hindsight 2020 panel and moderates the Film Funding panel for emerging queer filmmakers at the Inside Out Micro-Budge Film Finance Forum.


One More Lesbian: The Morning After web series trailer

September 23, 2020

Fae Pictures is proud to present the concept teaser for our series THE MORNING AFTER, presented by One More Lesbian/Tello Films in partnership with the Independent Production Fund, Canada Media Fund, and Bell Fund.


Netflix / Inside Out: Queer Film is Essential: Shant Joshi

September 13, 2020

President Shant Joshi spoke with Netflix and the Inside Out Film Festival about why queer representation is beyond essential. “We deserve nuanced stories that explore the complexities of our lives and of our community.”


Variety:Rain Valdez, Rachel Leyco Starring in Trans-Led Romcom ‘Re-Live’ (EXCLUSIVE)

September 11, 2020

Rain Valdez and Rachel Leyco will star in the trans-led romantic comedy “Re-Live: A Tale of an American Island Cheerleader,” Variety has learned exclusively. Fae Pictures has partnered with Now>Ever to finance and produce and will be pitching the project as a part of their slate at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival and at Toronto’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival in October.


Screen Daily: ‘The Babadook’, ‘French Exit’ producers to discuss new projects at Ontario Creates iff

September 1, 2020

Fae Pictures’ project QUEEN TUT is participating at the Ontario Creates International Financing Forum to executives from Amazon Studios, Elle Driver, Raven Banner, The Match Factory, WaZabi Films, and WestEnd Films, alongside returning companies such as Bankside Films, Bleecker Street, Celluloid Dreams, Cinetic Media, Cornerstone Films, Maven Screen Media, Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing, and StudioCanal.


Broadway World:The Future Of Film Showcase Hosts Industry Town Hall

August 31, 2020

Fae Pictures is proud to sponsor “The Future of Equity in Film” Industry Panel alongside the Canadian Media Producers Association and CBC Gem, featuring panelists Steven Thibault, Sohrab Merchant, Lulu Wei, Maya Annik Bedward, Jesse Brossoit and moderated by Samah Ali.


DFM: DURBAN FILMMART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2020 DURBAN FILMMART FINANCE FORUM PROJECTS

July 30, 2020

Fae Pictures’ project APE TOWN was one of 15 fiction projects selected for Durban Film Mart’s virtual Finance Forum. APE TOWN is being co-produced with Bridget Pickering (Hotel Rwanda).


DEADLINE: Inside Out LGBTQ Film Festival Unveils Recipients For Re:Focus Emergency Relief Fund

July 9, 2020

Fae Pictures project FRAMING AGNES is one of 16 projects selected to receive funding from the Inside Out Film Festival’s RE: Focus Emergency Relief Fund, funded by Inside Out’s Queer Film is Essential fundraising drive.


CBC: CBC announced 119 projects selected for Creative Relief Fund

July 18, 2020

Fae Pictures’s tween animated series project the RemiX CANADA Project (fka CANADA FOR REAL) was one of 119 projects selected for their Creative Relief Fund.


SSD20: Discover the 42 original projects from about 17 different countries that will be pitched online for funding and industry leaders’ insight at Sunny Side of the Doc 2020 Connected Edition.

May 14, 2020

Fae Pictures’ feature doc project FRAMING AGNES was one of six projects selected to pitch to History commissioning editors at this year’s Sunny Side of the Doc conference.


PlayBack Daily: Fae Pictures ups its development capacity with two exec hires

May 6, 2020

Founder Shant Joshi explains how the company is able to expand during uncertain times and how Canada's COVID-19 response may 'redefine service production.'