Articles for September, 2007

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Devil comes to Montreal

Bruce Dern pitted against killer tree in MOW for Muse and Superchannel

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Marshall concludes AIDS trilogy

Filmmaker looked to the example of Allan King when shooting last of three docu-shorts for the Stephen Lewis Foundation

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Thorne scores twice at AFF

Local darling ends Atlantic Film Festival with wins for best director for Just Buried and best original screenplay for Poor Boy’s Game, shared with Clement Virgo

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CFTPA launches own awards

Ten Indie Awards to be presented at opening of conference in February, looking to deflect criticism against Canadian shows and CTF

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Canada One, take two

The CRTC turned them down. Now the would-be digichannel claims the regulator misunderstood the original application

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VFS partners with Joost

Building on its already successful self-promotion on YouTube and other sites, the Vancouver Film School will provide student-made content to the Internet TV service, putting its cut of the coin towards a film fund

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Webb, Di Pasquale re-up at Peace Arch

Contract renewals at busy Toronto producer/distributor follow fresh deals with Distraction, Sony and CBC

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Weinsteins take a Walk

U.S. distributor picks up rights to the dominatrix-next-door thriller Walk All Over Me in post-TIFF deal

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Chuck faces Extinction

Will pratfalls and penguins beat out the third go-round of Resident Evil at the box office? Or will Universal take the top spot with its teen laugher Sydney White?

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Stroumboulopoulos to host Geminis

Host of The Hour and team to put their experience with the glitzy MuchMusic Video Awards to work for CBC broadcast from Regina

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Lévesque lives again

Second miniseries about legendary politician in production for CBC and SRC, revisiting the 1980 referendum. ‘This man had a huge impression on everyone in Quebec,’ says producer. ‘We knew there was going to be another’

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Entertainment One signs with Summit

Out-of-nowhere distributor to handle Summit titles in Canada and the U.K. into 2010, through Seville and newly acquired Contender Films