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Rutger Hauer shooting Shotgun

Feature version of mock exploitation trailer starts work in Nova Scotia — with Dutch star playing well-armed hobo

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Trailer Park Boys and Liquor kick off Atlantic fest

The 29th Atlantic Film Festival will kick off its 10-day event (Sept 17-26) with a world premiere of Mike Clattenburg’s Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day and one massive concert.

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AFF’s Strategic Partners has become a copro haven

Strategic Partners is the international coproduction conference held during the Atlantic Film Festival which brings together producers, distributors, broadcasters and agents in an effort to create networks for future projects and secure financing for existing scripts. SP runs Sept. 18-20 this year, its 12th edition.

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Canada First! Crackie

We all can recognize the Newfoundland dog. A hirsute, enormous beast, webbing between its pads and gentle in temperament. If you’re not from the province, you may not know about the crackie, however.

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Love and Savagery and The Trailer Park Boys

Romantic drama from John N. Smith takes gala slot at AFF. Also on tap, a ‘featurette’ by local hero Thom Fitzgerald

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Atlantic Canada: Film biz recovering nicely

‘If half of what is rumored to be [coming] here happens, we’ll be in pretty good shape,’ says Kris Gilbert, general manager at William F. White in Nova Scotia. Cautious optimism seems to be the flavor of the day – not atypical for Atlantic Canada.

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Undead doc staggers into U.S.

Sorcery Films has inked a deal with U.S. entertainment giant Starz to air and distribute Zombiemania

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TPB scores again with Telefilm

Telefilm Canada has invested almost $3.7 million in two Atlantic Canada features, paving the way for the new Trailer Park Boys and the feature debut of Newfoundland’s Sherry White.

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Trailer Park Boys score again with Telefilm

Telefilm Canada has invested almost $3.7 million in two Atlantic Canada features, paving the way for the new…

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Monster movie already a hit

Teaser for Jay Dahl’s There Are Monsters climbs to the top of the YouTube pile — sneak-peaking the horror feature he shot for $300,000

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Fichman working on Hobo

A feature version of the faux trailer Hobo with a Shotgun looks good to go with executive producer Niv Fichman, marking a change of direction for the multi-award-winning filmmaker behind Blindness and Passchendaele.

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Summit set for New Brunswick

Upswing in region’s industry on the agenda as media-makers gather in Fredericton. Summit joins with local festival