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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 Hits Theatres in Canada!

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE HERE >>>

Very, very, very, very exciting news: TKARONTO will be touring art house cinemas in Canada starting in August. The film "tour" will be co-presented by KINOSMITH FILMS (our distributor in Canada) and imagineNATIVE FILM FESTIVAL.

Below are the screening details from confirmed bookings. I (the director) and some cast will be at every opening screening. The Toronto screenings will also include some panel discussions following the film with very some special guests. We really hope you can make it out to see the film for the first time or to see it again. Having a very indie Canadian film hitting theaters is a rare occurrence, let alone an Aboriginal indie feature, so I hope you can help us make this release a successful one.

We are extremely, extremely, extremely thrilled.

PS - since we last updated, TKARONTO has won "Best Director" prize at the 2008 Dreamspeakers Film Festival as well as "Best Actress" and "Best Director" at the Talking Stick Film Film Festival (Sante Fe, New Mexico).

OTTAWA
Bytowne Cinema
325 Rideau St.
613-789-film
website: http://www.bytowne.ca/cgi-bin/film-descript.cgi?film_id=TKA001

Friday August 8th - 9pm
Saturday August 9th - 6:45 pm
Sunday Augst 10th - 4:10 pm
Monday August 11th - 6:40 pm

TORONTO
the Royal
608 College St.
416-534-5252
my space: http://www.myspace.com/theroyaltheatre
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2330990282

Friday August 15
7pm – TKARONTO
9:30pm - TKARONTO

Saturday August 16
9:15pm - TKARONTO

Sunday August 17
4:15pm – TKARONTO
9:15pm - TKARONTO

Monday August 18
9:15pm - TKARONTO

Tuesday August 19
9:15pm - TKARONTO

Wednesday August 20
7pm – TKARONTO

Thursday August 21
7pm – TKARONTO

*** SPECIAL TORONTO SHOWING ADDED ***
Wednesday, September 3rd, 7pm
at the Royal Cinema
FREE SCREENING TO ALL!!!
(with Q and A with director and cast)

LONDON (ON)
The Hyland Cinema
240 Wharncliffe Rd South
519-913-0313website: http://www.hylandcinema.com/pub/hyland1/MovieDetails/249

Runs September 12th - 18th. Exact show times TBA

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 the man he was, the man in 1979 that tried to outrun police in New Brunswick becuase 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.