As per today’s exclusive announcement in Playback Magazine, Gravitas Ventures has picked up international rights for Sean Garrity’s feature film “The Burning Season”, produced by Banana-Moon Sky Films and Good Movies Inc. Gravitas, who previously distributed Banana-Moon Sky’s 2019 sci-fi comedy “James Vs His Future Self” in the US, will release the film on Dec. 10, 2024, day and date with Northern Banner Releasing, who are releasing the film in Canada. “The Burning Season” recently picked up a trio of Best Screenplay awards, from the Canadian Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival and the Writers Guild of Canada. The film, which stars Sara Canning and Jonas Chernick, had its world premiere at Whistler in 2023, and made its international premiere at the 2024 Glasgow Film Festival.

The Burning Season has won the Writers Guild of Canada award for Best Feature Film, marking the third prize the film has picked up for its screenplay, after jury awards at both the Whistler Film Festival and the Canadian Film Festival. Screenwriters Jonas Chernick and Diana Frances were on hand to accept the award at the ceremony held at Toronto’s Koerner Hall. The Burning Season is currently playing in select theaters across Canada, including the Varsity in Toronto, and Cineplex McGillivray in Winnipeg, and will have its broadcast premiere in Canada on Hollywood Suite in August, before airing on the CBC in 2025.

The Burning Season picked up a nomination today for Best Feature Film, from the Writers Guild of Canada’s annual Awards, which honours the best in Canadian film and TV screenwriting. Jonas Chernick and Diana Frances co-wrote the screenplay for the dramatic feature film, which recently won a jury award for Best Screenplay at the Whistler Film Festival. The Burning Season is set to be the Closing Night Gala at the Canadian Film Festival on March 23rd in Toronto, before it is released theatrically later in the spring. The WGC Awards will be handed out at an event on May 13 in downtown Toronto.

Sean Garrity’s “The Burning Season” is set to have its international premiere at the prestigious Glasgow Film Festival next weekend, and will be the Closing Night Gala at the Canadian Film Festival on March 23, 2024, the CFF announced today. After having a world premiere at Whistler in December 2023, the feature film picked up the Borsos Award for Best Screenplay, and was nominated for a Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award last month, for Jonas Chernick’s performance as “JB”. The Glasgow Film Festival screening marks Garrity’s second consecutive feature to screen there, after last year’s “The End of Sex”, and marks writer-producer-actor Chernick’s fourth feature film to play in Glasgow in five years. The Closing Night Gala slot at the Canadian Film Festival marks the Toronto premiere of the film, which will be released theatrically in Canada in April by distributor Northern Banner Releasing. “The Burning Season” is the seventh feature film collaboration between Garrity and Chernick, and currently has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The 2023 Vancouver Film Critics Circle has nominated Jonas Chernick for Best Male Supporting Actor, for his performance in the indie feature “The Burning Season”. This marks Chernick’s first-ever nomination for a Film Critics Association award, after winning Best Screenplay at the 2023 Whistler Film Festival for writing the script for “The Burning Season” with co-writer Diana Frances. The film continues its festival run throughout the first quarter of 2024, before a scheduled Canadian theatrical release in the spring through Northern Banner Releasing. Chernick is nominated opposite Glenn Howerton and Matt Johnson (both for “BlackBerry”) and Chris Pang (“Seagrass”).

Canadian filmmaker Sean Garrity’s feature The Burning Season (pictured) has been selected to world premiere at the 2023 Whistler Film Festival (WFF). The romantic drama is directed by Garrity, and co-written by star Jonas Chernick and Diana Frances. Chernick also produces under his banner Banana-Moon Sky Films, along with Andrew Bronfman. Northern Banner Releasing is attached as the Canadian distributor. The Burning Season follows a love affair across seven different summers, with Sara Canning performing opposite Chernick. WFF runs from Nov. 29 to Dec. 3

The award-winning psychological drama “Ashgrove”, directed by Jeremy LaLonde, is now available in the US, the UK and Canada on multiple platforms. In Canada, the film is currently available on Super Channel, and most digital platforms, and will hit Hollywood Suite in 2024. The film is distributed in the US by Good Deed / Cranked Up, where it can be found on iTunes, Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu and Inifinity and Spectrum cable. In the UK, the movie is being distributed by (Yet) Another Distribution Company, and can be found on most digital platforms. The film currently sits at a stellar 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, and has picked up awards at the Canadian Film Festival and the Forest City Film Festival.

Variety announced today that Jeremy LaLonde’s psychological drama “Ashgrove” will be the Opening Night Gala at the Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival, once of Canada’s largest fests. The film had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival back in March 2022, and will open in theaters across Canada on Dec. 2, via distributor Northern Banner Releasing. Starring Amanda Brugel, Jonas Chernick, Natalie Brown and Shawn Doyle, “Ashgrove” picked up to awards at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival, and has recently sold to US distributor Good Deed Entertainment, UK distributor (Yet Another) Distribution Company, and international sales company Cardinal XD.