All Canada articles – Page 24
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NewsWide Management posts raft of EFM sales (exclusive)
Paris-based company’s documentary arm Wide House also achieved deals on Hot Docs title Bloom Up.
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NewsWomen directors account for nearly half of 2021 online Hot Docs line-up
Programmers selected 219 films from 2,300 submissions.
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Reviews‘Islands’: SXSW Review
Tagalog-language SXSW Jury prize-winner is set inside Canada’s Filipino community
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NewsUniversal takes international as ‘Mr. Malcolm’s List’ starts Ireland shoot
Bleecker Street holds US rights, LevelFILM to distribute in Canada.
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NewsHot Docs Forum selects 20 documentaries from 16 countries
BIPOC and women film makers well represented in line-up.
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Reviews‘Jump, Darling’: Flare Review
The late Cloris Leachman delivers a touching swansong in this small-scale Canadian drama
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NewsHot Docs adds 13 more titles to Special Presentations section
The new entries include In The Same Breath, from One Child Nation director Nanfu Wang.
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Reviews‘Cuban Dancer’: Miami Review
Documentary tells the uplifting story of Alexis Valdes and his move to the US in search of ballet perfection
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NewsFinnish creature feature ‘The Creeps’ starring Christopher Lambert gears up for production start (exclusive)
Marko Mäkilaakso (Bordertown, War of the Dead, It Came From The Desert) directs.
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NewsAttraction sells ‘Felix And The Treasure Of Morgaa’ to UK, US
Animated feature also sold to France, Spain and Taiwan.
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NewsSyndicado boards Berlin Generation entry ‘Last Days At Sea’ (exclusive)
The Filipino-Taiwanese documentary is directed by Venice Atienza.
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FeaturesCanadian sellers talk new marketing strategies, pre-sales challenges, virtual markets
Canadian sales agents are looking to EFM as a barometer, and hoping for a return to physical markets later this year.
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NewsElle Driver EFM slate includes ‘Beautiful Minds’, new films by Guillaume Nicloux, Céline Devaux (exclusive)
’Beautiful Minds’ is inspired by the real-life experiences of co-director Alexandre Jollien who was born with cerebral palsy but overcame his disabilities to study philosophy
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FeaturesHow Telefilm Canada moved quickly to distribute Covid-19 relief to the industry
“It was about turning on a dime, being rapid, being agile,” says executive director Christa Dickenson.
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Reviews‘Night Raiders’: Berlin Review
A familiar dystopian tale is given a compelling indigenous twist
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Reviews‘Social Hygiene’: Berlin Review
Denis Cote delivers - or declaims - an oddity for Berlin’s Encounters
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NewsFrontières to run as virtual-only market, moves up dates (exclusive)
Forum to be folded into main market; will not take place right after EFM.
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NewsIndiecan acquires Raven Banner sales title ‘American Badger’ ahead of Frightfest premiere (exclusive)
Canaidn distributor also picks up Marc Price’s Nightshooters.
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NewsRaven Banner kicks off EFM talks on Taiwanese pandemic horror ‘The Sadness’ (exclusive)
Machi Xcelsior Studios produced.
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NewsGeorge Soros documentary drives fresh sales for WaZabi Films (exclusive)
Deals close in French-speaking Europe, Canada, UK.