Amar Wala

How It’s Made: Amar Wala’s Shook defies the micro-budget trend

Filmmaker Amar Wala and producer Karen Harnisch discuss the instrumental elements of casting and music and how UTA has opened doors for them.

Alanis Obomsawin

In Brief: Alanis Obomsawin exhibition set for MoMA PS1

Plus: Crazy8s Film Society sets six finalists, several Canadian films are set for U.S. premieres in Santa Barbara, and more.

Amar Wala goes to camera on Scarborough-set feature

The writer-director-producer will make his scripted feature directorial debut with Shook, produced with Toronto’s Film Forge.

Playback’s 10 to Watch 2022: Ryan Bobkin

The Toronto producer has had a fast career trajectory in Canada’s film industry as head of development of Film Forge, working with filmmakers Brandon Cronenberg and Amar Wala.

Photo Gallery: 2018 DOC Institute Awards

Cinematographer Zoe Dirse and filmmaker Amar Wala were honoured at the DOC Institute’s annual awards ceremony at the Gladstone Hotel.

Zoe Dirse, Amar Wala win DOC Institute’s top honours

The veteran cinematographer won the Luminary Award while the In the Making director took home the Vanguard Award.

Edgy fare toplines Canada lineup at Hot Docs 2014

The 2014 edition of the Hot Docs festival will showcase Canadian films such as The Boy From Geita and Super Duper Alice Cooper.

Weekly roundup: Festival news, nominations and TV premieres

Among other news this week, Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell (pictured) got into New York’s New Directors/New Films Festival, GLAAD handed nominations to Degrassi and The L.A. Complex and Hot Docs launches a new Doc Ignite campaign.