We are honoured to announce that Frantic Films has received two nominations for the 2019 Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards for Baroness Von Sketch Show and Still Standing in the Comedy & Variety Program category!
The full list of nominees can be viewed here.
We are pleased to announce our 11 nominations for the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards!
Best Sketch Comedy Show & Ensemble Performance
Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC) Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jamie Brown
Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy
Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC) Jordan Canning & Jeremy LaLonde
Best Photography, Comedy
Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC) Nick Haight
Best Picture Editing, Comedy
Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC) Mike Fly, Marianna Khoury, Jeremy LaLonde, Stephen Withrow
Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy
Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC) Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Monica Heisey
Best Factual Series
Still Standing (CBC) Jamie Brown, Anne Francis, Jeff Peeler
Best Host in a Program or Series
Still Standing (CBC) Jonny Harris
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Still Standing (CBC) Maya Bilbao
Best Writing, Factual
Still Standing (CBC) Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Graham Chittenden, Steve Dylan
Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series
The Writers’ Block (CBC) Aurora Browne
Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series
The Writers’ Block (CBC) Jayne Eastwood
Congratulations to all of the nominees!
Shelagh Carter’s “Into Invisible Light” opens this Friday, February 1st at the Cineplex Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto (259 Richmond Street West) and the Cineplex Scotiabank Theatre in Winnipeg (817 St James Street).
“Into Invisible Light” was written by Shelagh Carter and Jennifer Dale and stars Jennifer Dale, Peter Keleghan, Kari Matchett and Stuart Hughes. It’s a co-production of Frantic Films and Studio Feather, distributed by A71 Entertainment and generously supported by Manitoba Film and Music, Telefilm Canada and CBC.
For showtimes visit Cineplex.com
Chatelaine has compiled a list of the newsmakers, trendsetters, policy-makers and all-around awesome women who helped put Canada on the world stage, naming the women of Baroness Von Sketch Show in the #2 spot.
The full ’32 Canadian Women Who Absolutely Rocked 2018′ article can be read here.
“2018 might not have seen a lot of sketch comedy on TV, but what did exist featured a wide diversity of perspectives. And crucially, none of the best sketch shows of the year relied on celebrities playing political figures to get easy applause. Here are five sketch comedy shows to track down from this year…”
Read the full article here.
Shelagh Carter’s Into Invisible Light, a co-production with Ontario based Studio Feather, premiered at the Whistler Film Festival on Saturday, December 1. Congratulations to all involved!
You can watch the official trailer for the feature film here:
“This terrific Canadian series is back for its third season, as silly and perceptive as ever.”
Read the full article here.
Fast Company has released a list of 101 new movies, tv shows, albums and books to check out in the month of November including Baroness Von Sketch Show‘s season 3 premiere on IFC November 8th.
“…as we embark upon the “fall back” part of daylight savings time, bidding farewell to post-5 p.m. sunsets for months to come, at least there’s plenty of high-quality entertainment on the way to ease the transition into winter.”
See the full list here.
Congratulations to Yael Staav on her win at the 2018 DGC Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series on Baroness Von Sketch Show!
CBC has renewed its award-winning, all-female original sketch comedy series Baroness Von Sketch Show for a fourth season (10 x 30). Created by and starring Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen, the new season will begin production in Toronto this September for launch on CBC in 2019.
The renewal announcement comes just ahead of the premiere of Season 3 on CBC, the CBC TV streaming app and cbc.ca/watch on Tuesday, September 18 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT).
Read more here: https://www.tv-eh.com/2018/08/23/cbc-renews-baroness-von-sketch-show-for-season-4/
here: http://playbackonline.ca/2018/08/23/baronesses-to-keep-laughing-on-cbc/