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Toronto's OTHER Art Scene (2013)
TOAS takes a long look back into the under-culture of the city’s often overlooked, and now mostly forgotten, burgeoning arts collectives. Replete with fascinating interviews and photo/video resources, the filmmakers have made palpable this unique Toronto arts history over the past 27 years.
ONE CALM HOUR (2012)
A Documentary Feature on Music, Drumming & Schizophrenia at Toronto's CAMH Unit 2-4. The film follows composer Nicholas Stirling over a year period, as he offers the inpatients a chance to enjoy music, hand drumming, and storytelling for one hour each week-that place of calm when music and imagination take over.
News & Muse
June 2013: One Calm Hour on CBC Documentary Channel
CBC’s The Documentary Channel has purchased the exclusive Canadian cable broadcast rights for the feature documentary ONE CALM HOUR Directed by Norman Lofts with original songs & music by Nicholas Stirling.
Airdates starting June 2013 to May 2015.
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New Documentary 2013: Toronto’s OTHER Art Scene
Nicholas is pleased to be scoring the upcoming winter 2013 feature documentary “Toronto’s OTHER Art Scene: artist collectives and initiative projects 1985-2012″. Directed and produced by visual artist Richard Mongiat and writer Dave Sylvestre, TOAS takes a long look back […]
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ONE CALM HOUR is a riveting trip of drumming, music and schizophrenia inside the in-patient Unit 2-4 at Toronto's CAMH facility. Featuring Nicholas Stirling and his additional songs and music.

