8.4 /10 1 Votes
90% Rotten Tomatoes Produced by Paperny Entertainment Starring Ron Sexsmith Initial release 2010 Music director Ron Sexsmith | 7.9/10 IMDb Directed by Douglas Arrowsmith Written by Douglas Arrowsmith Distributed by Paperny Entertainment Director Douglas Arrowsmith Screenplay Douglas Arrowsmith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 8, 2010 (2010-10-08) (VIFF) Awards Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series Cast Ron Sexsmith, Elvis Costello, Bob Rock, Feist, Kiefer Sutherland Similar Movies about music, Movies about singing, Documentaries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Love shines official trailer
Love Shines is a documentary film about Canadian songwriter Ron Sexsmith by filmmaker Douglas Arrowsmith. The film is produced by Paperny Entertainment and commissioned by The Movie Network and Movie Central with funding from Astral Media's Harold Greenberg Fund and the Rogers Documentary Fund.
Contents
- Love shines official trailer
- Live love shines a song for my daughters about god
- Synopsis
- Release dates
- Subjects interviewed
- References
It was nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series, Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series, and Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series.
Live love shines a song for my daughters about god
Synopsis
Love Shines follows Ron Sexsmith as he attempts to turn his niche following into mainstream success by recording his album Long Player Late Bloomer with legendary producer Bob Rock.
Release dates
Love Shines had its world premiere as a "special presentation" at the 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival and won audience awards at SXSW 2011 and the 2011 Maui Film Festival. It also screened at the 2011 Hot Docs Festival in Toronto. It debuted on television on BBC Four in March 2011 and on HBO Canada in May 2011.