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TIFF + BELL MEDIA’S CRAVE ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL CHATS AND SCREENINGS FOR STAY-AT-HOME CINEMA EXPERIENCE, APRIL 22, APRIL 24, and APRIL 25
TORONTO — TIFF and Bell Media’s Crave continue to bring Canadians together to experience film from the comfort of their own homes. The next instalments of Stay-at-Home Cinema will take place Wednesday, April 22 (ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH), Friday, April 24 (THE HATE U GIVE), and Saturday, April 25 (HBO Films’ BAD EDUCATION).
Stay-at-Home Cinema is an event to look forward to each week, and a way to connect film lovers to each other while they enjoy classic films. Additional movie titles — all available on Crave — along with special guests are announced each week on TIFF and Crave’s respective social media channels.
On Wednesday, April 22, in celebration of both National Canadian Film Day and Earth Day, audiences can watch a virtual Q&A on Instagram Live at 7pm EDT (@tiff_net) between multiple award–winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal (a TIFF Share Her Journey Ambassador) and Nicholas de Pencier, and TIFF Artistic Director and Co-Head Cameron Bailey. At 7:30pm EDT, following the chat, audiences are invited to screen the Crave Original documentary ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH. Third in a trilogy that also includes MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES (2006) and WATERMARK (2013), ANTHROPOCENE (directed by Baichwal, de Pencier, and photographer Edward Burtynsky) chronicles the catastrophic path travelled by our species over the last century.
National Canadian Film Day celebrates our country’s extraordinary cinematic achievements with more than 1,000 Canadian films streaming across the country and around the world.
On Friday, April 24, the featured film is THE HATE U GIVE. Bailey will speak about the film and its impact at 7pm EDT (@tiff_net) with a guest to be confirmed. At 7:30pm EDT, audiences are invited to screen THE HATE U GIVE on Crave.
On Saturday, April 25, Stay-at-Home Cinema presents HBO Films’ BAD EDUCATION, the same night as its world television and streaming premiere on HBO. Bailey’s Q&A with actor and 2019 TIFF Rising Star Geraldine Viswanathan ( MIRACLE WORKERS, HALA) begins at 8pm EDT (@tiff_net). Audiences can stream BAD EDUCATION, which made its World Premiere at TIFF 2019, at 8:30pm EDT, only on Crave.
Crave recently announced that it is providing one month free for any new, direct-to-consumer subscribers with access to the internet, expanding the trial period during which Canadians can sample the service from seven to 30 days. For a limited time (offer ends April 30), the one-time-only offer is for first-time, direct-to-consumer subscribers, and can be accessed now on the Crave app or Crave.ca.
For more information, please see crave.ca and tiff.net.
TIFF is generously supported by Lead Sponsor Bell, Major Sponsors RBC, L’Oréal Paris, and Visa, and Major Supporters the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, and the City of Toronto.
About TIFF:
TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. An international leader in film culture, TIFF projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival in September; TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features five cinemas, major exhibitions, and learning and entertainment facilities; and innovative national distribution program Film Circuit. The organization generates an annual economic impact of $189 million CAD. TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including Founding Sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation and RBC. For more information, visit tiff.net.
About Crave:
Delivering more Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award–winning programming than any other service, Crave is Canada’s prestige entertainment offering, with HBO, SHOWTIME®, Starz, Hollywood-hit movies, a superior collection of kid’s movies and programs, and thousands of hours of acclaimed television series, specials, factual programming, and originals that can’t be found anywhere else.
Crave is the exclusive home of HBO in Canada, delivering HBO’s current slate of signature dramatic and comedic programs, documentaries, films, and live specials, as well as titles from HBO’s extensive off-air library. Crave is also home to current SHOWTIME series and specials, and past SHOWTIME hits. Crave Original hit series include comedies LETTERKENNY and NEW EDEN; CRAVINGS: THE AFTERSHOW with Lainey Lui; HEALTHY IS HOT with Chloe Wilde; candid interview series MUCH STUDIOS PRESENTS: MIKE ON MUCH IN CONVERSATION WITH…; a series of original stand-up specials; the upcoming competition series CANADA’S DRAG RACE; and the upcoming apocalyptic original comedic documentary series WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE.
Crave is a major supporter of Canada’s production industry, helping to fund and develop numerous film and documentary projects including feature films THE SONG OF NAMES, WHITE LIE, and THE GRIZZLIES among others, as well as Crave Original Documentaries ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND, SHARKWATER: EXTINCTION, YOU ARE HERE: A COME FROM AWAY STORY, and ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH. Crave also includes acclaimed selections from the Toronto International Film Festival which are featured in two exclusive collections: Best of TIFF and TIFF Selects.
Crave is a bilingual TV and streaming service with more than 6,000 hours of exclusive French-language content included with the Super Écran add-on. Crave is available directly to all Canadians with access to the Internet at Crave.ca, via iOS and Android, and other platforms. It’s also available in English through participating television providers across six 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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