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Download the Score:
As part of our on-going efforts to share the life of our film Tkaronto, we've decided to offer the entire original score from the film as a free download. That's right, the entire score as a download, for free, right here. You can download the score and read a message from the composer Jordan O'Connor at this link >>>

Tkaronto Behind the Scenes Video Clips:

Tkaronto Writer-Director Shane Belcourt talks about making his first feature film.

Anatomy of the Phone Call Scene: Part 1
Editor, Sound Designer, Co-Producer, and score composer Jordan O'Connor, takes us through the scene and how the score underlies the image and performances.

Anatomy of the Phone Call Scene: Part 2
Melanie McLaren talks about working on Tkaronto.

Anatomy of the Phone Call Scene: Part 3
The Phone Call scene, an exerpt.

Shane talks about why he made Tkaronto.

Meet the cast and crew of Tkaronto

Shane talks about the difference directing male and female actors.

For more visit the official website:
www.tkaronto.net

Tkaronto Continues to Get Around ...
What a roll it's been! Tkaronto has screened at film festivals around the world, on Air Canada, in arthouse theatres across Canada, among many other special presentations at Universities and Community gatherings. Now it sets to start its run on Canadian TV along with some other showings on the silver screen. We thank everyone for making this all possible, most notably our distributor KINOSMITH FILMS and our co-presentor imagineNATIVE FILM FESTIVAL.

Upcoming Screenings:

1. University of Connecuit, USA - Special Screening
TKARONTO will screen at the UConn as part of a special campus screening.

Monday, March 2nd - 7:00 p.m.
location TBA

2. Toronto City Hall - 175th Anniversary Celebration
As part of the 175th Anniversary of the City of Toronto, there is a day a celebration, art, music, and film screenings taking place at City Hall. Tkaronto has been chosen to take part and will have a special screening and discussion with writer-director Shane Belcourt.

Friday, March 6th - 4:00 PM
Committee Room 1, City Hall
Queen and Bay Street, Toronto
Visit their website for more info on the celebration >>>

3. Super Channel TV Premiere (Canada)
As part of our on-going tour of Tkaronto here in Canada, which has seen it move from festival to festival, to arthouse cinemas across the country, it comes to rest for 18 months on Canada's HD network, Super Channel. TKaronto will play 11 times in March alone, with it's permiere March 12th at 8:00 PM.

March 12th - 8:00PM
Super Channel 4
Find out more details about this network and the screening here >>>

4. the Native American Film + Video Festival - New York City
Organized by the Film and Video Center of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), the Native American Film + Video Festival celebrates the creative energy of Native American directors, producers, writers, actors, musicians, cultural activists, and all the others who support their endeavors.

TKARONTO will be making its New York Premiere
screening details to come soon
visit their website for more details >>>

5. the Origins Film Festival, London, England
Tkaronto has been chosen to screen in Boarder Crossings 2009 Origins Film Festival, in London England.

Cine Lumiere - Tuesday, May 4th
time tba
17 Queensberry Place
LONDON SW7 2DT
T: 020 7073 1350
F: 020 7073 1355
visit their website for directions here >>>

PAST SCREENINGS have included:

- Closing Night, imagineNATIVE Film Festival, October 2007
- Palm Springs Native Film Festival, March 2007
- Cowichan Film Festival, April 2008
-Ryerson University Aboriginal Day, special presentation screening, May 2008
- Dreamspeakers Film Festival, June 2008
- Talking Stick Film Festival, June 2008
- Bytowne, Ottawa, theatrical release
- the Royal Cinema, Toronto, theatrical release
- the Hyland Cinema, London, ON, theatrical release
- the Cinemateque, Winnipeg, theatrical release
- the Calgary International Film Festival, September 2008
- Kitchener Film Festival, October 2008
- Regina Public Library, theatrical release
- The National Gallery of the USA in Washington DC, special screening presented by the National Museum of the American Indian, Nov. 2nd, 2008
- American Indian Film Festival - San Francsico, USA, November 7-15th, 2008
- Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (WAFF), Nov. 19-23, 2008
- the Plaza Theatre, November 2008, Calgary, AB, Theatrical Release
- the Broadway Theatre, Nov/Dec 2008, Saskatoon, SK, Theatrical Release
- Metro Cinema, Jan. 2009, Edmonton, AB, Theatrical Release

news items

- Shane wins Best Director Awards! "Tkaronto" won best director at the 2008 Dreamspeakers Film Festival AND the Talking Stick Film Festival (where Melanie McLaren won for Best Actress for her role as "Jolene")

- IsumaTV Interview: In May 2008 Shane Belcourt spoke with IsumaTV about making films and telling stories. You can listen to that interview here as an mp3 >>>

- you can watch and comment on videos from Shane and Jordan as all our works are online now on YouTube & IsumaTV.
for Jordan's channel click here
for Shane's channel click here
for shane's IsumaTV channel

- The priddle concern EPK:
A friend and filmmaker here in Toronto, Paul Cuthbert, was hired to shoot an EPK for recording artist Bill Priddle's new band, the priddle concern. He had a box full of footage shot and needed someone to edit it and colourize the footage. So, after a couple days Jordan and Shane rendered this out which pleased Paul, Bill, and Sparks Music.
more info on the priddle concern and Sparks Music Canada click here >>>

- Shane and Duane are working on a new feature film script about ... well, we'll keep it close to our chests until we get a draft registered. Stay tuned ...

- you can still DOWNLOAD Jordan O'Connor's solo bass record for FREE here

- Shane will be creating a short film with David Hannan in the coming months. For now we can tell you it involves a life-size bear and deer that David is making with mechanical parts. Sounds loopy? We think it's going to be an emotional drama end of day.

- Shane & Jordan have begun pre-production on a short documentary entitled "Red Car, Blue Hood" which is an investigation of what made Shane's dad Tony the man he was in 1979 when he tried to outrun police in New Brunswick because his licence was already suspended.

- Shane has returned from a big trip to the promised land, Los Angeles, California. He's blogged a report from the film festival and entire experience at his blog site, www.dearclaire.com.