FILM Articles
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.
RIDM to honour Marcel Ophuls
FILMThe Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is to honour the 85-year-old Franco-German director (pictured) with a major retrospective and a public discussion at this November’s event.
Continuum, Becoming Redwood topline Leo Awards nominations
FILMTVWEBThe awards, which recognize excellence in B.C. film and TV, will be handed out on June 7 and 8 in Vancouver (Becoming Redwood pictured).
OUTtv pre-buys Sex & Violence
FILMThe six-part mini-series, written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald (pictured), will shoot through May in Nova Scotia.
Union Pictures names Ian Cooper chief operating officer
FILMTVA lawyer by trade, Cooper (pictured) has spent more than a decade as a legal and strategic advisor to media, entertainment and technology companies.
William F. White buys Telescopic Camera Cranes
FILMTVThe deal gets camera operators to places they could not otherwise reach for shots, and specialized cranes into the reach of WFW customers.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films May 3 to May 9, 2013
FILMThe Colony is the top Canadian film for the week of May 3 to May 9, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films May 3 to May 9, 2013
FILMIron Man 3 tops the box office for the week of May 3 to May 9, 2013.
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ACTRA Awards 2013 - Kalista Zackhariyas, Clé Bennett and Grace Lynn Kung at the 2013 ACTRA Awards in Toronto (photo: Lisa Blanchette)