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Amar Wala’s Shook presents a portrait of early adulthood defined by quiet anxieties and the long train rides that bookend them. The film centers on Ashish (Saamer Usmani), an aspiring writer in his twenties whose post-graduate life lacks a clear direction. His cynicism about love is a shield, forged in the wake of his parents’ recent divorce and his specific discontent with his father.

His world is the commute between the suburban calm of Scarborough and the creative hum of downtown Toronto, a physical representation of his own in-between state. This delicate balance is disrupted by two events that pull him in opposing directions. A tentative romance begins with Claire (Amy Forsyth), a barista who sees past his guarded exterior.

Simultaneously, he receives news that his estranged father, Vijay (Bernard White), has been diagnosed with a serious illness. Shook immediately establishes itself as an intimate study of that messy,...

SeriesFest, the annual television festival in Denver, has unveiled the winners of its independent pilot competition.

Lake Boga won best drama pilot, Settle Down won best comedy pilot, Vs. Goliath won best unscripted pilot and F*ckUps Anonymous picked up the award for best short series.

“We can think of no better way to close out another successful edition of the festival than to celebrate and give back to the independent storytellers who continue to push the boundaries of the medium,” said SeriesFest Co-Founders Randi Kleiner and Kaily Smith. “SeriesFest has a long history of being a discovery platform for the independent television community, and we are thrilled to be able to further this year’s creatives’ work through the opportunities these awards and resources provide.”

Lake Boga, which was directed by Ben Bryan and exec produced by Nick Farnell and Anthony Sharpe, follows Nathan, an experienced ex-military assassin, who...

Joy and Jerry Jennings (played by Mindy Cohn and Enrico Colantoni respectively) are, as usual, hosting daughter Jolene (Melanie Leishman) and son Jim (Iain Stewart) for Sunday dinner. Recently, it seems like the four are getting together out of duty rather than anything else and this particular meet up is further strained by the fact that all four of them seem to have something they’d rather not tell anyone. Matters are made much worse by the unexpected arrival of Jerry’s brother Frank (an effectively loathsome Juan Chioran), a dreadful bigot with a nasty surprise for his relatives, a surprise which has them contemplating murder…

Writer/director Caden Douglas mixes a bunch of the wholesome with a pinch of the wholly inappropriate, introducing us to a quartet whose outwardly mundane lives cover a series of shambolic decisions which have left them all facing various quandaries, all exacerbated by the...

Liza Weil, Douglas Smith and Noah Parker are set to star in the dark comedy feature Lunar Sway.

Nick Butler is writing and directing the movie that hails from Cloudy Pictures Inc., with development funding from the Canada Council for the Arts. Lucas Meeuse (The Legacy of Cloudy Falls) and Izad Etemadi (Cyrus and Chels) serve as producers, while Robin Cass (Lilies) executive produces.

Lunar Sway centers on Cliff (Parker), who is struggling with his love life in a desert town when he unexpectedly connects with his estranged birth mother (Weil). After learning of his mom’s string of secrets, Cliff is led on a wild misadventure while also spending time with his love interest Stew (Smith), a mysterious dentist.

The film is continuing the casting process and aims to begin shooting in September. Lunar Sway marks Butler’s sophomore directorial feature following The Legacy of Cloudy Falls, which is...

Jay inadvertently gets involved with a cult – something Flower has a little experience dealing with – on CBS’s Ghosts season two episode three. Directed by Trent O’Donnell from a script by Guy Endore-Kaiser, episode three – “Jay’s Friends” – will air on Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 8:30pm Et/Pt.

Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar return as Samantha and Jay, the living residents of the mansion. Reprising their roles as the resident ghosts are Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, Richie Moriarty as Pete, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, and Asher Grodman as Trevor. Román Zaragoza stars as Sasappis, Sheila Carrasco plays Flower, Rebecca Wisocky is Hetty, and Devan Chandler Long plays Thorfinn.

“Jay’s Friends” Plot: Sam becomes alarmed when the ghosts suggest Jay’s new friends may be part of a cult run by a charismatic leader named Micah (Drew Tarver). Also, Pete changes his attitude after Sasappis criticizes his unceasing cheeriness.