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Crave Proudly Supports 14 Canadian Films and Documentaries at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival

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– Crave-supported titles include Clement Virgo’s powerful new film BROTHER; UNINTERRUPTED Canada and TSN’s original documentary BLACK ICE, exploring the journey of Black hockey players; and Madison Thomas’ BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: CARRY IT ON, a Crave Original documentary about the life, music, and activism of the legendary Indigenous singer-songwriter –
– Crave is on the ground at Festival Street with a trivia-challenge activation booth from Sept 8-11, plus fans get a chance to win access to BLACK ICE’s world premiere event –

Tags: @CraveCanada, @Crave_PR, @TheLede_ca TORONTO (September 7, 2022) – As the official streaming partner of TIFF, Crave is proud to support 14 of the biggest-buzz, English and French, Canadian films and documentaries chosen for the 2022 Toronto International Festival, including the Crave Original documentary BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: CARRY IT ON which is slated to premiere on Crave later this year following a festival and theatrical run. “Canadians create some of the best content in the world, and we’re honoured to play a supporting role in bringing these dynamic, entertaining, and important stories to life,” said Justin Stockman, Vice-President, English Content Development & Programming at Bell Media. “Congratulations to our production partners as they prepare to celebrate their works on the world stage at the Toronto International Film Festival.” Crave-supported titles premiering at TIFF 2022 include:   In addition, Crave is running a contest on @CraveCanada for fans to attend the world premiere of UNINTERRUPTED Canada and TSN’s original documentary BLACK ICE. Contest runs from Sept. 2-8. And, beginning Sept. 11, attendees can visit Crave’s TIFF trivia challenge booth on Festival Street (King St. West between Peter St. and University Avenue). Attendees can test their knowledge of their favourite past TIFF films that are now streaming on Crave, for a chance to win prizes. The 47th Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 8-18, 2022.

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Delivering more Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning programming than any other service, Crave is Canada’s prestige entertainment offering, with HBO, HBO Max Originals, SHOWTIME®, STARZ, Hollywood-hit movies, is the exclusive Canadian streaming home of FRIENDS, and boasts a robust slate of English and French original series. Crave is a major supporter of Canada’s production industry, helping to fund numerous film projects, and features acclaimed selections from some of Canada’s prestigious film festivals including Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, HOT DOCS, ImagineNATIVE, and Inside Out LGBT Film Festival.

Crave is a bilingual TV and streaming service with thousands of hours of exclusive French-language content. Crave is available directly to all Canadians with access to the Internet at Crave.ca, via iOS and Android, and other platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, select LG Smart TVs, PlayStation, Roku, select Samsung Smart TVs, and Xbox One. It’s also available through participating service providers across ten, 24-hour High Definition linear and on demand channels. Crave is from Bell Media, Canada’s leading content company, providing Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed television programming on network, specialty, pay and digital platforms. Visit our website at Crave.ca.

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