Kevin Ritchie
Hot Docs 2012: Indie Game directors discuss strategic distribution
FILMFUNDINGDirectors Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky explained how they bypassed the buzz and opted for a D.I.Y. distribution strategy for Indie Game: The Movie during a panel discussion at Hot Docs’ Doc to the Future industry conference.
Hot Docs 2012: Reimagining the prison flick with Herman’s House
FILMINTERACTIVEThe relationship between artist Jackie Sumell (pictured) and jailed convict Herman Wallace becomes an imaginative springboard for exploring the ethics of solitary confinement in Herman’s House, a broadcast and interactive documentary by filmmaker Angad Singh Bhalla.
Hot Docs preview pt.2: Working the crowd
FILMElizabeth Radshaw, Hot Docs Forum and market director, talks about the festival’s audience-centric initiatives and cultivating crowd-funding in Canada.
Hot Docs preview pt.1: Forum to focus on feel-good flicks
FILMThe festival’s Forum and market director Elizabeth Radshaw talks about breaking ground with emerging technologies and projects to watch.
Directors Guild of Canada slams Telefilm documentary cuts
FILMFUNDING“This single drastic cut to a program that has been a major success feels like the wrong message to send,” DGC president and filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson said in statement.
eOne to produce Finding Marilyn reality series
TVThe series, a project in partnership with the estate of late actress Marilyn Monroe, will feature 12 women competing to attain icon status in Hollywood.
Citytv grabs Canadian format rights to global Secret Millionaire franchise
TVThe network will also air the third season of the series in simulcast with its premiere on U.S. network ABC later this year.
CRTC approves licences for Cottage Life TV, Discovery French
TVA partnership with Glassbox Television, Cottage Life TV is eyeing a 2012 or 2013 launch.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films – Nov. 11 to Nov. 17, 2011
NEWSMonsieur Lazhar is the top-grossing Canadian film this week.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films – Nov. 11 to Nov. 17, 2011
FILMMontreal-shot sci-fi fantasy flick Immortals is tops at the Canadian box office.
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Denis Villeneuve to shoot An Enemy in Toronto through mid-July
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DGC 50th Anniversary Open House - Feb. 24, 2012 - Telefilm Canada CMF Manager Helen Paul with DGC President Sturla Gunnarsson Photo Credit: Tony Zhao