All Canada articles – Page 20
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NewsToronto’s levelFILM acquires KinoSmith, partners with Blue Ice Docs (exclusive)
Robin Smith joins company as head of factual content.
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NewsCanada selects ‘Drunken Birds’ for Oscars
Source: Courtesy of TIFF ‘Drunken Birds’ Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Bird (Les Oiseaux Ivres) will represent Canada in the best international feature film category as its official Oscar submission. Telefilm Canada executive director and CEO Christa Dickenson said on Monday (October 4) that 10 films had been ...
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NewsOntario Creates iff participants report “diverse and rich” projects (exclusive)
Event ran September 12-13 concurrent Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsRaven Banner boards Fantastic Fest thriller 'Alone With You' (exclusive)
Dark Star Pictures acquires North American rights.
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NewsJoana Vicente leaving TIFF to become Sundance Institute CEO
Executive and producer says: ”I have always felt that Sundance was a home for me.”
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NewsKristen Figeroid rejoins Sierra/Affinity to lead daily operations, sales (exclusive)
Highly regarded executive previously worked at company from 2010-15.
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NewsNordic VoD platform Viaplay to launch in five new markets including UK, Germany and Canada
Viaplay will be in 16 international markets by the end of 2021.
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NewsArctic Indigenous Film Fund awards first development grants
Baltasar Kormakur, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Nukaka Coster-Waldau join as ambassadors.
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NewsKenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ wins 2021 TIFF audience award
Winner has earned Oscar best picture nomination in last 11 years.
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FeaturesCalifornia’s $330m incentives boost not enough, argue independent producers
Independent filmmakers in California have grown accustomed to using other incentive programmes across North America due to inadequacies in their own state.
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Reviews‘Drunken Birds’: Toronto Review
A Mexican migrant worker searches for his lover in Ivan Grbovic’s lush Canadian drama
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FeaturesJean Luc Herbulot on why TIFF title ‘Saloum’ is “a leap of faith for the audience”
Mercenaries, myth and mayhem in haunted Senegalese delta.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch on empathy, playing the banjo and what Dionne Warwick told him about ’Sherlock’
“Sometimes you need a form of therapy to shed the experience [of inhabiting a role] and step away back into your reality and truth.
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NewsToronto’s levelFILM picks up Canadian rights to TIFF selection ‘Scarborough’
School drama gets in-person, P&I premieres on Saturday.
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NewsTIFF reschedules P&I online screenings after opening day hitch
Locarno Golden Leopard winner Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash among three films moved to Friday.
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FeaturesQuiet TIFF market anticipated as industry leans into virtual engagement
While many marquee titles are spoken for, big sales are always possible with 2022 slots to fill.
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Features15 acquisition titles to look out for at Toronto 2021
Available titles include ’The Survivor’, ’Lakewood’ and ’Beba’, and Venice selections ’The Other Tom’ and ’Official Competition’.
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NewsWaZabi Films adds Guatemalan drama ‘Cadejo Blanco’ to sales roster (exclusive)
Film joins Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine, Maria Chapdelaine, Drunken Birds on sales slate.
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FeaturesHow TIFF co-heads navigated the pandemic’s “dark moments” to arrive at 2021’s hybrid festival
Relaxed Canadian borders mean fully vaccinated visitors can arrive without need for quarantine.
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FeaturesToronto 2021 preview: Screen’s guide to the Platform titles
The full line-up of world and international premieres in Toronto’s Platform line-up, with details on each title including sales contacts.