FILM Articles
Fire in the Blood wins top prize at DOXA
FILMAntoine Bourges’ East Hastings Pharmacy picked up the Colin Low Award for Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver documentary festival (Fire in the Blood pictured).
Weekly roundup: OLN summer schedule, NSI program news
FILMTVThis week’s package of briefs include news of construction starting on a new Canadian Film Centre pavilion (VIP sod-turning pictured).
Foundation for WIFT-T names new chair
FILMTV9 Story Entertainment EVP business development Natalie Osborne (pictured) takes over for outgoing chair Gaye McDonald.
NFB filmmaker named MIT visiting artist
FILMINTERACTIVEWEBKaterina Cizek will work with the institute’s OpenDocLab to develop the next production in the NFB’s multimedia Highrise project.
Mongrel Media takes Canadian rights to Inside Llewyn Davis
FILMThe indie distributor acquires the Coen brothers’ film ahead of its Cannes world premiere, and plans a winter theatrical release.
Image takes U.S. rights to Winnie Mandela biopic
FILMThe South Africa-Canada coproduction starring Jennifer Hudson (pictured) as the controversial ex-wife of Nelson Mandela will get a fall 2013 release in American theatres.
Study: Canadian writing rooms are mostly white and male
FILMTVUNIONS & GUILDSThe Ryerson RTA School of Media study, which was based on 266 responses to a survey of the Writers Guild of Canada’s membership, found industry concentration is sending scribes to Toronto and Hollywood.
Harold Greenberg Fund invests in 27 movie scripts
FILMDeepa Mehta’s Secret Daughter novel adaptation, Patricia Rozema’s Via Dolorosa and Sarah Polley’s Alias Grace adaptation are among the latest Canadian film projects getting development coin.
Monsieur Lazhar wins Film Circuit audience award
FILMCinema-goers at the Toronto International Film Festival’s nationwide screening circuit voted Philippe Falardeau’s Quebec drama (pictured) as the top Canadian film.
CineCoup unveils top 10
FILMPresident of distribution and sales Brad Pelman will travel to Cannes this week to shop the films to sales agents and international buyers.
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ACTRA Awards 2013 - Art Hindle and wife Brooke at 2013 ACTRA Awards in Toronto (photo: Lisa Blanchette)