Articles for 2011

TIFF’s Producers Lab Toronto to return in September

The co-production forum, created by the European Film Promotion, and run in concert with the OMDC and TIFF, will bring Canadian and European film producers together to talk collaboration from September 7 to 10.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (March 28 – April 3, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 Programs (March 28 – April 3, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (April 2 – April 8, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian Films (April 2 – April 8, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (April 2 – April 8, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 10 Films (April 2 – April 8, 2011)

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (March 21 – March 27, 2011)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (March 21 – March 27, 2011)

Michael MacMillan buys controlling interest in GlassBOX TV

Blue Ant Media, which MacMillan controls as CEO, struck an agreement with GlassBOX Television co-CEOs Jeffrey Elliott and Raja Khanna to purchase an initial 29.9% of the cross-platform broadcaster.

Cuppa Coffee launches Lemon Squeezy Interactive

Its first project out of the gate is an iOS app based on its Bruno and the Banana Bunch property, which hits the App Store this spring.

Rusted Pyre to bow at Worldwide Short Film Festival

Daniel Audet’s screenplay was chosen from more than 4,100 submissions to the WSFF.

Gov’t and Langlois save Cinema Parallele and Ex-Centris

More than two years after software mogul Daniel Langlois shocked this city’s cinephiles by shutting down his rep cinema Ex-Centris, two levels of government and the software mogul’s own foundation have reached a deal to save the complex, which houses the venerated Cinema Parallele and two other theaters.

Distribution360 nabs rights to Olive the Ostrich

The storybook-style CGI animated series (52 x five minutes) comes from London, UK studio Blue-Zoo, and revolves around the titular character and her imaginary journeys.

Ratings: The Big Bang Theory pulls off a double win

The ratings winner pulls off a two-night win, as does Dancing with the Stars on CTV.

Nordin cast for Ecstasy

The $5 million dark romantic comedy is based on the controversial book Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, by Welsh.