Film
Reelworld selects Emerging 20 participants
Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu and The Breadwinner‘s Ali Badshah are among those selected for the development program.
Indigenous voices on the rise: Roxann Whitebean
Keep your eye on the Thunder Blanket writer/director/producer, who is boldly tackling the personal, political and otherworldly to build her body of work.
In Brief: Canadian Academy adds three to board
Plus: Bron secures $50M in credit and Brown Girl Begins gets world premiere.
Indigenous voices rising: Michelle Latimer
Following the world premiere of her short Nuuca at TIFF, the Rise filmmaker talks finding wide audiences for Indigenous content.
Indigenous voices rising: Rezolution Pictures
Following the success of Rumble: The Indians who Rocked the World, the Montreal prodco is looking for international opportunities and to expand its series slate.
A71 takes Canadian rights to Great Great Great
The second feature from Adam Garnet Jones will have a special theatrical release across 16 cities this October.
Quebecor Fund distributes $624K across four projects
New works from Denys Arcand and Les 3 P’Tits Cochons 2 producer Christian Larouche are among those to received coin.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Sept. 8 to 14, 2017
De Pere En Flic 2 continues to top the chart, with Le Probleme D’Infiltration at #2 and Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 at # 3.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Sept. 8 to 14, 2017
It takes the #1 spot, with Home Again at #2 and The Hitman’s Bodyguard at #3.
Indigenous voices rising: Eagle Vision
Taken exec producers Lisa Meeches and Kyle Irving talk staying ahead of storytelling trends, using critical acclaim to build opportunities and the work that still needs to be done.
Raven Banner pacts with 9 Light, Red Motion
The new production entity Hangar 18 Media aims to leverage the companies’ development, production and distribution businesses to create original content.
Landmark Cinemas sold to Belgium’s Kinepolis Group
Landmark’s 44 Canadian theatres will not be rebranded and its management team will remain in place.
DOC TIFF 2017 Brunch - Host Alfred Apps, DOC exec director Judy Gladstone
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