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DOC NOW 2015 FESTIVAL FACT SHEET
Event: DOC NOW: Ryerson University
MFA Documentary Media Festival
Dates: May 1st – June 28th, 2015
Tickets: Free
Mandate: The DOC NOW Festival is
dedicated to celebrating the work of
established and emerging
documentary practitioners from
Ryerson University’s Master of Fine
Arts program in Documentary Media.
DOC NOW appeals to a diverse and
expansive audience across Toronto,
drawing viewers interested in the
arts, social justice, and those of the
various communities that are
represented on screen and in
galleries.
Documentary Works
• 11 Films
• 7 Gallery Exhibitions
List of Venues (8):
• The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
• Charlotte Hale & Associates
• Gallery 1313
• Gallery 50
• The Gladstone Hotel
• Ryerson Artspace
• Ryerson Image Centre Student
Gallery
• Ryerson University School of
Image Arts
Festival Launch:
• May 26th, 2015
• The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen
Street West
• Keynote Speaker, Emmy Awardwinning filmmaker Ric Esther
Bienstock
• DOC NOW Festival Preview
• Doors: 6:30 pm
• Welcome & Keynote: 7:00–8:00 pm
• Reception: 8:00–10:00 pm
Premiere Film Screenings:
• The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506
Bloor Street West
• June 3rd, 6:30 pm
o Vivian Belik – Tracing Lillian
o Kathryn Atkinson – Don’t Fix It
o Gesilayefa Azorbo – Indie
Womyn
o Anna MacLean – Boom, Baby,
Boom
• June 3rd, 8:30 pm
o Chantal Dignard – Growing Pains
o Karin Culliton – Moving Still Life
o Kelly Showker – Etima
• June 4th, 6:30 pm
o Juan Pablo Pinto Mendoza – A
Stranger’s Winter Tale
o Jon Higgins – The Unspoken
Known
o Katie Anderson – Text to Play
o Briar Gorton – Parallel Lines
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Exhibitions (7):
Zile Liepins – No One Says
Anything, Everyone Rem em bers
Everything
• May 1st–May 31st
• Ryerson Artspace, 1214 Queen
Street West
• Opening Reception: May 1st, 7:0010:00 pm
• Artist Talk: May 30th, 2:00-3:00
pm
Miya Akiyama – Aos Si
• May 27th–June 6th
• Gallery 50, 50 Gladstone Avenue
• Opening Reception: May 27th,
6:00-9:00 pm
• Artist Talk & Bike Ride: June 6th,
1:00-3:00 pm
Siobhan Brannigan – A Positive
From A Negative: Coping W ith
M ental Illness
• May 27th–June 7th
• Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen Street
West
• Opening Reception: May 28th,
6:00-9:00 pm
• Artist Talk: May 30th, 3:30-4:30
pm
Vincenzo Pietropaolo – Ritual: Good
Friday in Toronto’s Italian
Im m igrant Com m unity 19692015
• June 4th–June 28th
• Ryerson Artspace, 1214 Queen
Street West
Opening Reception: June 6th,
2:00-5:00 pm
Artist Talk: June 13th, 2:00-3:00
pm
Michèle Pearson Clarke – Parade of
Cham pions
• June 5th–June 28th
• Ryerson Image Centre Student
Gallery, 33 Gould Street
Opening Reception: June 10th,
5:00-8:00 pm
Artist Talk: June 10th, 6:00-7:00
pm
Tariq Kieran – W indows to the Soul
• June 10th–June 21st
• Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen Street
West
• Opening Reception: June 11th,
6:00-9:00 pm
• Artist Talk: June 13th, 3:30-4:30
pm
Giulia Ciampini – Senza Parole
• June 10th–June 21st
• Charlotte Hale & Associates, 588
Markham Street
• Opening Reception: June 12th,
6:00-9:00 pm
• Artist Talk: June 18th, 6:00-7:00
pm
OTHER EVENTS:
DOC NOW Festival Screening After
Party: June 4th
Secondary Film Screenings:
• Ryerson University School of
Image Arts, 122 Bond Street,
Room 307
• June 20th, 12:00 – 5:00 pm
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Artist Talks:
Funders and Sponsors:
Zile Liepins, in conversation with
artist Vid Ingelevics
• May 30th, 2:00-3:00 pm
• Ryerson Artspace, 1214 Queen
Street West
Platinum Print Sponsor:
• DT Print Solutions
Siobhan Brannigan, in conversation
with participant Rachel Cooper and
POV Magazine editor and film critic,
Marc Glassman
• May 30th, 3:30-4:30 pm
• Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen Street
West
Miya Akiyama, talk and bike tour
• June 6th, 1:00-3:00 pm
• Gallery 50, 50 Gladstone Avenue
Michèle Pearson Clarke, in
conversation with artist and educator
Deanna Bowen
• June 10th, 6:00-7:00 pm
• Ryerson Image Centre, 33 Gould
Street
Vincenzo Pietropaolo, in
conversation with artist and educator
Katy McCormick
• June 13th, 2:00-3:00 pm
• Ryerson Artspace, 1214 Queen
Street West
Tariq Kieran, in conversation with
participant Bibi Zolika Ally and
author Farzana Doctor
• June 13th, 3:30-4:30 pm
• Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen Street
West
Giulia Ciampini, in conversation with
Professor Maria Ciampini
• June 18th, 6:00-7:00 pm
• Charlotte Hale & Associates, 588
Markham Street
Platinum:
• Blue Ice Group
• The Gladstone Hotel
• The Office of the President and
Provost, Ryerson University
• The Yeates School of Graduate
Studies, Ryerson University
Gold:
• Blog TO
• Documentary Media Program,
Ryerson University
• FCAD: Faculty of Arts and
Communications
• Images Festival
• Mill Street Brewery
• PFACS: Project Funding Allocation
Committee for Students
• School of Image Arts, Ryerson
University
Silver:
• Grano Restaurant
• POV Magazine
Community Partners:
• Charles Street Video
• Film Buff
• Yonge and Dundas BIA
2015 Indiegogo Campaign:
• DOC NOW raised over $6000 in our
crowd funding campaign
• View the campaign:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projec
ts/doc-now-2015--2#home
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DOC NOW Festival 2014 Attendance
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• Launch Event and Panel Discussion:
150
• DOC NOW Screenings: 700
• Landed: Together in Canada Gallery
Visits: 3000
• Other Gallery Openings: 30 - 50 per
opening
• Ryerson Image Centre Opening: 180
• Beautiful Waters Toronto Island
Installation: 75
• Secondary Screenings: 30
DOC NOW Festival 2014 Press:
Landed: Together in Canada by
Sarah Foy
• Listed in Canadian Living as one of
the “10 must-see events during
WorldPride 2014.” The exhibition
came in at #3 behind Melissa
Etheridge and the Pride Parade.
• Listed in NOW Magazine as a
“must-see show”
• Featured in the Toronto Star, page
A3.
• Featured in the Metro, page 1.
• Included in a CBC Radio One and
CBC (print) story previewing
WorldPride.
• Included in a Huffington Post story
previewing WorldPride.
• Featured on CBC’s Here and Now,
including a live on-air interview with
host Gill Deacon.
• Featured on CBC TV’s The National.
• Included in a Toronto Star editorial
about World Pride and “taking
pride in diversity.”
• Featured on The Scope at Ryerson.
Straight Guys by Daniel Lauren
Featured on Blog TO Events Page
http://www.blogto.com/radar/2014/
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