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Denis Seguin
Digital Media: D-cinema gives producers another shot
‘We had the world’s most public test-screening,’ says Niv Fichman. The producer of Blindness is laughing as he recounts the moment when the lights went up after the film’s world premiere in competition at Cannes. ‘The crowd was cheering, but [DOP] César [Charlone] was saying to [director] Fernando [Meirelles] and me, ‘I guess we have some work to do.”
Nitro to roar again in Valhalla remake
Nitro, the 2007 Québécois street racing hit, is to be remade in Hollywood. The film, which grossed $3.5 million at the local box office in 2007, has been optioned by Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Motion Pictures. Valhalla is behind such mega-hits as the Terminator films, The Abyss and Aliens.
CTV backing Burns on My Canada doc series
‘Frankly, I told colleagues that I could program a whole festival with docs this year,’ enthuses Terry McEvoy, Canadian Images programmer for the Vancouver International Film Festival. ‘That’s how many good ones crossed my desk,’ he adds.
TIFFG’s new headquarters takes shape
If you live in Toronto and you love movies, the construction site at the King and John Streets is more than just an expanse of concrete and exposed reinforcing rods. True, there is a condo involved, but the main space that is slowly rising is the Bell Lightbox, the much-anticipated new home of the Toronto International Film Festival Group.
TIFF 2008: TIFF shows off future home
Organizer Noah Cowan talks up everything from the cinemas to the bathrooms in walking tour of Bell Lightbox-to-be site
Vallée setting Shoe Business with Walton
Director considers coproducing his disco-era comedy about competing shoe salesmen
Anagram signs U.S. packaging deal
International Creative Management to rep upcoming sci-fi thriller Falling Awake
TIFF 2008: CFC to launch Actor’s Conservatory
Latest program will offer master classes from performers, directors and other creatives
TIFF 2008: Nitro to roar again in Valhalla remake
Company behind The Terminator, Aliens and The Abyss options Quebec street-racing smash
TIFF 2008: Control Alt Delete in Maximum’s hands
Sales wing takes international rights to Vancouver slacker comedy
TIFF 2008: Blindness recut since Cannes
The rise of digital cinema makes it easier for on-the-fly changes between festivals, but will critics stop for a second look at the Toronto version?
TIFF 2008: CTV backing Burns on My Canada doc series
Egoyan, Biname, McKellar, Rozema and others sign on to spotlight their hometowns. Cross-country features to unspool at Vancouver Olympics
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