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Hot Docs ’13: Ondi Timoner talks art and entrepreneurship
FILMTVDuring a keynote address at the Toronto festival’s industry conference, the Dig! and We Live In Public director (pictured) urged fellow documentarians to adopt a tech entrepreneur’s mindset.
NFB launches pay multiplatform service for docs
FILMThe National Film Board of Canada is launching the service for docs which it hopes will become “the Netflix of documentaries,” allowing filmmakers to be connected “almost instantaneously with their audiences.”
Indiecan takes Canadian rights to Oil Sands Karaoke
FILMThe feature-length documentary directed by Charles Wilkinson (pictured) about five Northern Alberta oil patch workers vying to win a karaoke contest had its world premiere at Hot Docs last week.
Wayne Brady to host Banff Rockie Awards
FILMTVWEBEntertainment Tonight co-anchor Rob Marciano will host the industry awards luncheon at the upcoming Canadian media confab (Brady pictured).
Restored Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz secures Cannes selection
FILMThe 1974 classic Ted Kotcheff film, starring Richard Dreyfuss (pictured), was restored in an initiative spearheaded by The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
Lithuanian remake deal for My Awkward Sexual Adventure
FILMThe option deal follows earlier agreements for remakes of Sean Garrity’s 2012 comedy for France and South Korea.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Apr. 19 to Apr. 25, 2013
FILMRob Stewart’s Revolution tops the box office for the week of Apr. 19 to Apr. 25, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Apr. 19 to Apr. 25, 2013
FILMJoseph Kosinski’s sci-fi flick Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise, tops the box office for the week of Apr. 19 to Apr. 25.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Apr. 8 to Apr.14, 2013
FILMTVThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the top-selling DVD for the week of Apr. 8 to Apr. 14, while Quebec film Les Peewee is #11.
Laurie May leaving eOne
FILMTVThe former Alliance Films EVP (pictured) is the latest executive to leave the company following its acquisition of Alliance Films in January.
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