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Jennie Punter

@jenniepunter.bsky.social
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Editor @Musicworksmag. @Variety contributor. Musician, cyclist, reader, mom, dog wrangler, hack gardener. TFCA member, Wavelength Music board prez, Polaris Music Prize juror. Docu whisperer. she/her

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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
TIFF 2026 is around the corner and there's a brand new cinema saloon on the horizon, TIFF: THe Market. Here's an story I put together on the inaugural Frontières showcase of genre projects that will be looking for traction in Toronto. variety.com/2026/film/ma...
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Frontières at TIFF The Market Unveils Lineup, Featuring a ‘Dim Sum Western,’ Newlywed Night of Terror and Wolf-Tracking Dark Comedy (EXCLUSIVE)
Fantasia's Frontières at TIFF: The Market unveils its inaugural six-title genre showcase lineup.
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The 30th anniversary edition of the Fantasia International film festival starts tonight! Excited to join the madness this weekend. Here's my current-raiser: variety.com/2026/film/gl...
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Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’ Ignites Fantasia’s 30th Edition as Hot Global Genre Titles Get Set to Stoke or Take Over the Mainstream
The 30th annual Fantasia International Film Festival and Frontières market open this week in Montreal.
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
“While specific details are far from clear at this point, the proposed actions outlined in US President Donald Trump’s announcement will cause significant disruption and economic hardship to the media production sectors on both sides of the Canada-US border," says CMPA President/CEO Reynolds Mastin.
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The NDP is Struggling Nationally. Can Bhutila Karpoche Paint a Corner of Toronto Orange? thelocal.to/taiaiakon-pa... "A star candidate in an otherwise dismal election cycle for the NDP, Karpoche hopes to remind voters why the party is an underdog worth rooting for." I voted for her. 🙏🏻 @thelocal.to
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The NDP is Struggling Nationally. Can Bhutila Karpoche Paint a Corner of Toronto Orange?
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Congrats on your newest Juno award, @kaiakater.bsky.social ! Great story by Toronto writer Chaka V. Grier, published earlier this year in @musicworksmag.bsky.social I had a lovely chat with Kaia during production on Musicworks 150 💖 Can't wait to hear what she's working on . . . !
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Congratulations to Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, whose " Revolución diamantina" has won the 2025 #GRAMMY for Contemporary Classical Composition!
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Canada's Abel Tesfaye / aka The Weeknd graciously forgives the #Grammys with a fab falsetto performance, featuring flailing red hued human bodies. White-suit sporting super host Trevor Noah takes advantage of the moment: "Take that, internet, we are not the same person" #GRAMMYS2025
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
AMAZINGLY creative experimental fashion at the #Grammys2025    tonight. House hats, circus tent pants, sculptured hair . . . 😍 Women propelling the show so far!VROOM!
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Excited to share this great news from the TFCA! I interviewed Tonya about @reelworldfilm.bsky.social in 2002 for the Globe where she discussed her dreams for the festival... she's realized those and more! Congrats to all the TFCA special award winners 👏📽️ torontofilmcritics.com/features/ton...
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Tonya Williams to Receive TFCA Luminary Award; J Stevens Wins Jay Scott Prize - Toronto Film Critics Association
Toronto Film Critics Association honours Tonya Williams with the Luminary Award, J Stevens with the Jay Scott Prize, and Alex Mooney with the Telefilm Canada Emerging Critic Award.
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, Canada's official submission for Best International Feature Film, has made the #oscarshortlist! Congrats to director Matthew Rankin, cowriters Pirouz Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi, and all involved. One of my fave films of the year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-37...
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Universal Language - Official U.S. Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories HD
YouTube video by Oscilloscope Laboratories
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Congrats to Quebec filmmakers Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel of Sémaphore Films for making the shortlist for the Best Animated Short Oscar with their film A CRAB IN THE POOL! @Travellingfilms #animation #oscarshortlist travellingdistribution.com/en/film/a-cr...
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Congrats to director-writers Seth Scriver & Pete Scriver whose animated doc ENDLESS COOKIE screens in the 2025 World Cinema Documentary Competition @sundancefest.bsky.social ! The doc explores the bond between two half brothers - one Indigenous and one white. #documentary #Canadianfilm #animation
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Congrats to Quebec filmmaker Chloé Robichaud, whose TWO WOMEN screens in the 2025 World Cinema Dramatic Competition @sundancefest.bsky.social, slate unveiled today! She mentions the project at the end of this piece I wrote about her 2023 film Days of Happiness: variety.com/2023/film/ne...
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‘Days of Happiness’ Director Chloé Robichaud on Creating a Modern Conductor for the Big Screen
Chloe Robichaud on Toronto Film ‘Days of Happiness’ Classical Music and Sophie Desmarais in Conductor Bootcamp
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
Musicworks 147: Halifax saxophonist-improviser Andrew MacKelvie, exploratory trumpeter Nicole Rampersaud, Solidaridad Tango, Blackfoot composer Sonny-Ray Day Rider, Currently Arts Society, Pseudo Laboratories #newmusic #canadianmusic #experimentalmusic musicworksmag.myshopify.com/products/win...
The cover of issue 147 of the magazine Musicworks is filled with a black-and-white photograph of a bearded man with closed eyes, wearing a black cap and black jacket, and standing on a large rock near a lake while playing a saxophoneA circle-shaped CD label of Musicworks 147 shows pink text listing twelve tracks of music, placed above a black and white photo of trees.
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
Congrats Sophie Dupuis, director of #TIFF23 Best Canadian Film Solo, on signing with Black Bear’s management arm. I spoke with her for this @variety.bsky.social piece on #Quebec films. “To have a queer story on the TIFF Gala screen is huge. This kind of film can change lives — even save lives.”
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Quebec’s Strong Film Community Flexes at Fests With Venice Winner ’Humanist Vampire,’ ‘Solo�...
'Humanist Vampire’ ‘Solo’ Top Quebec Films at Festivals Like Venice Toronto
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Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Congratulations to DEBBY FRIDAY on winning the 2023 @polarismusicprize.bsky.social for Good Luck! Musicworks featured DEBBY FRIDAY on the cover of Musicworks 138 (3 years ago!). ICYMI Here's @brenmccracken.bsky.social's cover story, 📸 Pierre Langlois! www.musicworks.ca/debby-friday...
Debby Friday accepting the 2023 Polaris Music Prize for her album GOOD LUCK
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