City Sonic

 ( Music Of Toronto ) 

City Sonic is a Documentary film about Toronto-based musicians and the places that influenced their music.http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/8/Watch-This-City-Sonic-Film-Series The first five City Sonic films were previewed at Toronto's 2009 North by North East Music and Film Festival, and subsequently 10 films screened at Toronto International Film Festival and the 2010 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.

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Films City Sonic is a series of 20 short film films about places where music happens. Directed by Canadian filmmakers and co-produced by White Pine Pictures and Kensington Communications, each City Sonic film features one artist and one Toronto location that influenced them and their work. It was produced as 4 half hours for broadcast and was a leader in the development of its locative functionality through its smart phone mobile app.

• Cancer Bats at Adrift Clubhouse
• Care Failure (Die Mannequin) at CFNY-FM
• Barenaked Ladies at Ultasound Showbar
• Brian Borcherdt (Holy Fuck) at Sneaky Dee's
• Danko Jones at Maple Leaf Gardens
• Jason Collett in Kensington Market
• Justin Rutledge and Bazil Donovan (Blue Rodeo) at The Cameron House
• Damian Abraham (Fucked Up) at Rotate This
• D-Sisive at Planet Mars
• Serena Ryder at the Dakota Tavern
• Geddy Lee (Rush) at Massey Hall
• Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers) at Spadina Subway Station
• Laura Barrett with Martin Tielli at the Art Gallery of Ontario
• Woodhands at the Don Valley Brick Works
• Sarah Slean at The Rivoli
• Lioness at the Masonic Temple
• Divine Brown at The Rex Hotel
• Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene) at the Drake Hotel
• Colin Munroe at the Revival Bar
• Sebastien Grainger (Death From Above 1979) at the El Mocambo

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Directors

• Anita Doron
• Peter Lynch
• Robert Lang
• Bruce McDonald
• Charles Officer
• Rob Pilichowski
• George Vale

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External links

• City Sonic Blog
• City Sonic on Facebook
• City Sonic YouTube Channel
• City Sonic on Twitter

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