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NewsHannover plans innovative US release for The Wild Hunt
Alexandre Franchi’s The Wild Hunt is set for US theatrical distribution in May through new distribution outfit Hannover House.
NewsE1 to enter US theatrical distribution with Love Ranch
Canadian distributor E1 is wading into the US theatrical market following its acquisition of world rights on Taylor Hackford’s Love Ranch.
NewsHardwicke set to shoot Riding Hood in Vancouver
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has received the greenlight from Warner Bros for her next film, The Girl With The Red Riding Hood.
NewsOntario backs new projects from Cronenberg, Polley, Jewison
New projects from David Cronenberg, Norman Jewison and Sarah Polley are among 12 features receiving a combined $1.6m (C$1.67m) in investment from the Ontario Media Development Corp (OMDC).
NewsFish takes Grade Five to Sienna
Toronto-based production company Sienna Films, producers of hip-hop title How She Move, are putting together two pictures with two Canadian screenwriters.
NewsCarmody sets up Dowse’s Goon
It’s All Gone Pete Tong director Michael Dowse is setting up his next project, hockey comedy Goon, with Toronto-based super producer Don Carmody.
NewsTIFF adds Gitai’s Carmel, Ozon’s Refuge to world premiere line-up
Amos Gitai’s Israel-France-Italy co-production Carmel will make its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.
NewsMontreal World Film Festival unveils competition line-up
The Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF) has announced the complete line-up of its 33rd edition, including twenty features in each of its keystone World Competition and First Films World Competition.
NewsTIFF announces eight world premieres across Visions and CWC sections
Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film is one of eight additional world premieres showing in the avant-guarde Visions and the Contemporary World Cinema sections.
NewsReitman’s Up In The Air to world premiere at TIFF
Jason Reitman’s frequent flyer comedy Up In The Air, starring George Clooney, will make its world premiere as a special presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival, it was announced today (July 30).
NewsTelefilm Canada gives $6.4m to seven French-language projects
New projects from Max Films, Cinemaginaire and Cirrus Communications are among seven French-language feature to be backed by Canadian film finance agency Telefilm Canada.
NewsSilhol's Dominic wins best live action prize at Toronto's CFC short festival
French director Nicolas Silhol took the C.O.R.E Digital Pictures Award For Best Live Action Short with his psychological drama, My Name Is Dominic as the 2009 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival wrapped this weekend.
NewsCanadian documentary-maker Allan King dies at 79
Allan King, the veteran documentary-maker, has died aged 79 years old following a battle with brain cancer.
NewsOne Man Village, Invisible City take top prizes at Hot Docs
Lebanese documentary The One Man Village won the Best International Feature Award and Hubert Davis’ Invisible City won the Best Canadian Feature prize as the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival wrapped in Toronto over the weekend.
NewsCanadian producers and ACTRA reach new deal
Canadian actors and performers have secured a two per cent annual pay rise for the next three years after key industry bodies agreed to renew the Independent Production Agreement (IPA).
NewsCanadian locations fight stronger competition
The world may be in an economic crisis but you would not know it looking at the latest statistics coming from the Vancouver film and television industry. Hollywood’s northernmost suburb recently posted some jaw-dropping production statistics.
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McGowan's One Week passes C$1m mark in Canada
Michael McGowan's One Week has passed C$1.1m ($880,000) at the Canadian box office, the second English-language Canadian film to reach the threshold in the last six months after Passchendaele. Featuring Joshua Jackson as a man facing terminal illness who travels across country on his motorcycle, the road movie is currently ...
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E1 re-releasing Necessities Of Life in Canada following Genie wins
E1 Entertainment will re-release Benoit Pilon’sThe Necessities Of Lifein the wake of the film’s success at last weekend’s Genie Awards. The film goes back into cinemas inToronto and Vancouver on April 10.
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City of Toronto takes stake in Pinewood's studio deal
The City of Toronto has taken a 20% stake in the Pinewood consortium’s takeover of the city’s FilmPort megastudio.