Louise Leger
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Canada pursues commerce over culture
Ararat and Crash producer Robert Lantos is readying a series of big-budget films with international casts - in line with Canadian funding body Telefilm's aim to support films with box office potential.
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Toronto to mark 9/11anniversary
The Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 5-14), that was massively disrupted by last year's terrorist attacks, is to mark the anniversary of the tragic events by remaining dark.
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Toronto unveils world and North American premieres
The Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 5-14) will feature the world premiere of director Shekhar Kapur's The Four Feathers, along with the North American premieres of writer/director Brian de Palma's Femme Fatale and Julie Taymor's Frida.
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Festival unveils more world and North American premieres
The Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 5-14) will feature the world premiere of director Shekhar Kapur's The Four Feathers, along with the North American premieres of writer/director Brian de Palma's Femme Fatale and Julie Taymor's Frida.
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Motown, Migration among Toronto's 32 documentary features
A special presentation of Paul Justman's passionate account Standing In The Shadows Of Motown (pictured) and the highly cinematic Winged Migration (Le Peuple Migrateur) from Jacques Perrin are among the 32 documentary feature films announced for the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 5-14.
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Montreal world film festival reveals full competition line-up
With a total of five films, France is especially well represented in the official competition of the 26th Montreal World Film Festival, which runs from Aug 22 to Sept 2.
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Denzel Washington's Antwone Fisher to premiere at Toronto
Antwone Fisher, Denzel Washington's directorial debut, makes its world premiere as a gala presentation at the 27th Toronto International Film Festival.
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Daredevil relocates in fear of Canadian strike
20th Century Fox has pulled Daredevil, a multi-million dollar feature produced by Bernie Williams (The Score) and directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Simon Birch), out of Montreal for fear of a strike by 18,000 Canadian actors union (ACTRA) members.
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Canada's Equinox reveals $59.1m slate
Montreal-based Equinox Entertainment's new production and development slate will have a total budget of $59.1m (C$80m), including approximately $23.3m (C$36m) for a series of Italian/Canadian 'movies of the week' and feature film co-productions.
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Tube and Talisman announce co-production deal
Tube Studios of Montreal and Talisman, a U.K.-based entertainment company, announced Aug. 8 that they are about to finalise an international co-production agreement to co-develop, finance and produce a slate of film and television properties valued at an estimated US$200 million.
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Canadian provinces offer film shooting incentives
With confusion still surrounding the status of Australia's tax laws for film investors, Canada could profit from international productions seeking an alternative tax-friendly location - especially now that its provinces are offering special incentives.
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Life As A House to premiere at Toronto Festival
Irwin Winkler's Life as a House will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival it was announced August 7. One of the festival's gala presentations, the film stars Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas.
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Quebec's Falardeau takes director award
Quebec director Philippe Falardeau has won this year's Claude Jutra Award for The Left Half Of The Fridge (La Motie Gauche Du Frigo), a mockumentary that uses humour to tackle the issue of unemployment.
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Canada boosts funding for domestic films
The Canadian government has unveiled its new Feature Film Policy under which it will double its investment in feature films to $67m (C$100m) a year.
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Canada's Corus to buy Nelvana for $374m
Corus Entertainment, one of Canada's leading media concerns, is to buy Canadian children's entertainment house Nelvana for $374m, the two companies announced on Monday.
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Nelvana takeover, merger on cards
Animation house Nelvana hasconfirmed it is in talks "to investigate the possibility of a businesscombination".
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Cinar founders to stay on as directors
Cinar Corp CEO Barrie Usher has said that the company will keep founders Micheline Charest and Ronald Weinberg on the board of directors, despite having asked them to step down on August 17.
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Cinar founders Charest and Weinberg fight back
Cinar co-founders Micheline Charest and Ronald Weinberg have rejected the company's decision to fire them from their managerial posts and also its request that they relinquish their seats on the board of directors.
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Cinar fires founders Charest and Weinberg
Cinar Corp has fired its co-founders Micheline Charest and Ronald Weinberg as employees of the company and asked them to step down as directors.
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Canada's Nelvana eyes Cinar acquisition
Canadian animation company Nelvana is considering buying the assets of troubled family entertainment producer Cinar Corp, estimated to be worth anywhere between $235m and $765m.