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Course News:

Jonathan Robbins' film Subway Fantasy was accepted to the Toronto UrbanFilm Festival. (note Jeff Hammond also had a film accepted) .Broken Lines, a WWII short starring Jonathan Robbins, won the People's Choice Award at the Speak Out Film Festival, as well as Best Film of theYear.

Jeff Hammond directed the short film "Bobbing for Apples," a top finalist in the YouTube's "Project Direct" sponsored by Fox Searchlight. The film featured Ashleigh Harrington, Liz Harpur, and Jamie Spilchuk. View the film at www.youtube.com/hammondcheeze.

Katya Gardner is starring alongside Maria del Mar in the feature film Touch of Grey, currently shooting in Toronto.

Jonathan Robbins has just wrapped the leading role in the 35mm short Sorry for the Inconvenience.

Darrell Dennis's feature project, Tales of an Urban Indian (based on his play of the same name), has been selected for the 2008 Screenwriters Lab at the prestigious Sundance Institute.

Jamie Spilchuk recently wrapped a role in the film adaptation of the bestselling novel The Memory Keeper's Daughter, which also stars Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, and Gretchen Mol.

Peter Nelson plays a key supporting role in the feature film "Dark Rising," now available across Canada on DVD. He also recently completed a role in the feature "Guinea Pigs."

Dawn Cox shot a guest starring role on the W Network series "The Smart Woman Survival Guide," set to air in the spring.

Lisa Warner recently guest starred on the Showcase series "Billable Hours."

Al Bernstein has appeared in numerous productions in New York and Toronto, including the TV shows "Street Time" and "Sue Thomas F.B.Eye," the films "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" and "Godsend," and the plays "Riff Raff," "Measure for Measure," "Sight Unseen," "King Lear," and "Will" (an original work of his own). Al is also the Associate Artistic Director of the Alley Theatre Workshop in Toronto.

Miranda Handford plays the leading role in "Can You Wave Bye-Bye?" which screened as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Short Cuts Canada program. For more information, visit http://tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/shortdetails.aspx?ID=706291156421293 (read the on-line synopsis at your own risk, as it spoils the ending!)

The short film "Your Ex-Lover is Dead," starring Geneviève Cholette, Sean Clement, Jonathan Robbins, Peter Nelson, and Adrian Roberto, written and directed by Jonathan Robbins, and produced by Darren Adderley, previewed at the Sundance Film Festival last year and has been invited to premiere at HDHouse at this coming year’s festival.

Shane Daly plays “Burr Baldwin” in 20th Century Fox’s “Firehouse Dog,” which opened in theatres April 4. In the past year, Shane has also shot supporting roles in ESPN’s “Codebreakers,” starring Scott Glenn, and ABC’s “The Path to 9/11.” Most recently, he booked an episode of the new series “The Murdoch Mysteries.”

Jonathan Robbins has shot two more commercials for 3M Privacy Filters and plays the leading role in the WWII film “Broken Lines,” which will be playing at the Toronto International Film Festival. A music video he directed, set to “9 Crimes” by Damien Rice, can be seen on YouTube. Check out his production company website at http://www.mojoprofilms.com/ and his acting website at http://www.jonathanrobbins.ca/.

Jonathan Baldock is the host of a new sports betting TV show called “Playing the Odds,” which will run for 13 weeks on MenTV (a Global Digital channel) this summer.

Katya Gardner recently starred in the Lifetime movie “Cheater’s Club,” as well as the upcoming feature film “Stir of Echoes: The Dead Speak,” opposite Rob Lowe.

Darrell Dennis was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for “Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis” at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco.

Several members of Thor East Toronto traveled to Los Angeles this past spring to support “The Getaway,” a short film that was nominated for Best Comedy at the F.A.I.F Film Festival. Sean Clement, Mark Robinson, Geneviève Cholette, Chris Whitby, Mathew Lyons, Rhea Akler, and Andrea Lui starred in the film, which was written and directed by Dave Renaud. The film was also awarded an Audience Choice Award an the Washington D.C. Short Film Festival.

Chris Whitby and Geneviève Cholette co-starred in a short film that won first place at the Toronto Curiosity Film Festival.

Check out the trailer for Jeff Hammond's latest directorial effort, entitled “Dreamer”: http://www.myspace.com/hammondcheeze

Kirstin Hinton played Diane Anderson in a miniseries for CBS titled “The Hades Factor.” She has also completed the leading role of Hailey in “Empty Room,” a Canadian Film Centre short directed by Sheila Pye. Visit Kirstin’s website at http://www.kirstinhinton.com/.

Rhea Akler played Rona Radler, wife of Conrad Black’s right-hand man David Radler in “Shades of Black,” a movie of the week about Black produced for CTV.

Tyler Gallagher played a regular role on “Beach Girls” for Lifetime and Fox Television, and also shot a guest lead on “72 Hours” for Global and CBC.

Adrian Roberto filmed a recurring role on the CBC series “11 Cameras,” which aired this past year.

Katya Gardner and Andrea Lui star in the soon to be released feature “The House”: http://www.thehousemovie.com/