Danielle Ng See Quan

Dani is Playback's associate editor, and on the lookout for news tips and updates.

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Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Sept. 6 to Sept. 12, 2013

Mortal Instruments: City of Bones holds the top spot for another week.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Sept. 6 to Sept. 12, 2013

Riddick tops the overall box office, while Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is #6.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, 2013

Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby is the top-selling DVD for the week of Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, 2013.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Sept. 2 to Sept. 8, 2013

The Amazing Race Canada maintains its TV lead, while Rookie Blue is #14.

The Husband

TIFF deals inked for The Husband

A71 Entertainment plans a domestic theatrical release for the Bruce McDonald-directed feature from Phenomenal Films and Scythia Films, while XYZ Films and The Little Film Company picked up U.S. and international rights, respectively.

Strategic Partners: Noreen Halpern on building successful copros

The veteran TV exec outlines successful coproduction structures and opportunities in her keynote at the annual conference and networking event in Halifax, NS.

Big Coat adds ex-Corus exec Renee Skea as VP biz dev

The factual and unscripted indie producer branches out, also hiring Kirsten Scollie as head of production and supervising producer (Skea pictured).

Photo gallery: WIFT-T at TIFF – Sept. 10, 2013

Photos from the annual Women in Film and Television – Toronto reception during the Toronto International Film Festival.

CMF launches $350K digi copro program

The Canada Media Fund pilot program will fund eligible digital media coproduction projects up to $100,000 toward eligible costs.

News

Funders launch framework for int’l digital coproductions

Five Canadian funding bodies have pacted on a framework to address challenges producers have in structuring digital media copros.

Bell Fund launches OnLine to OnTV digital fund

Through the program, successful digital media projects will receive a maximum grant of $10,000 to develop pitch materials and strategies to adapt the projects for traditional TV.

TIFF13 Asian Film Summit: Local stories, global markets

An international panel of filmmakers discussed the business of cross-border filmmaking at Tuesday’s event, held during the Toronto International Film Festival.