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NewsIranian director Jafar Panahi to lead Montreal's competition jury
Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi will preside over the competition jury of the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF). Panahi is best-known for such works as the Camera d’Or-winning The White Balloon, The Circle and Offside.
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NewsEgoyan's Chloe to world premiere at Toronto
Atom Egoyan’s psychological drama Chloe will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival while the North American premiere of Jean-Marc Vallée’s period biopic The Young Victoria will close the festival.
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NewsTIFF to host premieres from Coen brothers, Barrymore
Joel and Ethan Coen’s no-name black comedy A Serious Man will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
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NewsTelefilm, CFC, Just For Laughs pact for feature comedy lab
Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and Just For Laughs have joined to launch the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab, a program to develop theatrical feature-length comedies.
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NewsPoliakoff's Glorious 39 to world premiere in Toronto
UK writer-director Steven Poliakoff’s war-time thriller Glorious 39 will make its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, as TIFF added eight Special Presentations to its lineup today.
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NewsKINOSMITH to distribute Hot Docs titles on DVD in Canada
Toronto-based specialty distributor KINOSMITH has partnered with the Hot Docs documentary festival on an online DVD releasing deal targeting popular festival titles.
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NewsJennifer’s Body to open TIFF Midnight Madness
Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body, starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried, will open the Toronto International Film Festival’s cult-themed Midnight Madness sidebar.
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NewsClarkson to step down from Telefilm Canada at end of term
Telefilm Canada executive director Wayne Clarkson has announced he will step down at the conclusion of his five-year term in January 2010.
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NewsFather And Guns outdraws Bruno in Quebec
Quebec comedy Father And Guns (De Père En Flic) was the top film at the province’s box office over the weekend, earning an astounding $1.6m (C$1.8m). The sum was more than the combined grosses of the four other top five titles: Brüno, Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs, Transformers: Revenge ...
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FeaturesWhy is Canada so high on the IIPA's priority watch list?
Denis Seguin’s piracy report from Canada.
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NewsOntario plans to expand tax credit to foreign producers
The Ontario government plans to enhance the production tax credit for foreign producers.
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NewsQuebec to introduce blanket 25% tax credit
The province of Quebec has introduced an enhanced film and television production credit that will return 25% of all Quebec-based spending to foreign producers.
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NewsPatrick Huard takes the lead in disco-era Canadian drama Funkytown
Bon Cop, Bad Cop star Patrick Huard and an ensemble cast have begun principal photography on Daniel Roby’s $6.5m (C$7.3m) disco-era drama Funkytown.
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NewsMax Films rolls on Aubert’s A L’Origine D’Un Cri
Principal photography has begun on Robin Aubert’s A L’Origine D’Un Cri for Roger Frappier and Luc Vandal of Montreal-based Max Films. The $3.9m film shoots until July 12 in the Montreal region and the north coast of the St. Lawrence River.
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NewsStacey Donen named artistic director at Whistler Festival
Veteran film programmer Stacey Donen has been named the artistic director of the Whistler Film Festival (WFF).
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NewsUK actress Sienna Guillory cast in Canada’s Gunless
UK actress Sienna Guillory has been cast opposite Paul Gross in the Canadian western spoof Gunless.
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Canada pacts with French speaking Europe for film development fund
Public sector film funders in Canada have joined their counterparts from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland in creating a development fund for French-language films.
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NewsCanada's Cineplex to offer National Theatre performances
Canadian exhibitor Cineplex Entertainment will be offering satellite-delivered HD screenings of performances from the UK’s National Theatre.
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NewsQuebec producers unite to stimulate coproduction
Seven Quebec-based independent film producers are uniting to push the cause of Quebec as an international coproduction partner and lobby the Canada government to lower the barriers to potential foreign co-production partners.
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NewsE1 travels down Rue Des Ormes, adds sales
The Toronto-based sales outfit E1 International has acquired world rights on Eric Tessier’s thriller 5150 Rue Des Ormes (5150 Elm’s Way).
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