Denis Seguin

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Festivals pick up Pool’s latest

San Sebastian and Pusan fest in South Korea to screen Mommy Is at the Hairdresser’s

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Victoria Day shapes up for Bezmozgis

Canadian short-story sensation David Bezmozgis is gearing up to shoot his debut feature Victoria Day. Judy Holm and Michael McNamara of Toronto production house Markham Street Films will produce alongside Bezmozgis under his Nada Films shingle. Bezmozgis honed the screenplay for the coming-of-age drama at the 2006 Sundance Screenwriters Lab.

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Egoyan gets candid about casting

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: ADORATION

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Gone in sixty seconds?

A very short film festival, the online Filminute aims to play to a very large audience

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Mehta’s Heaven on Earth lands major sales pacts

International Creative Management to rep U.S. sales, while Maximum takes international sales rights outside of Canada

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Victoria Day shapes up for Bezmozgis

Short-story sensation to shoot debut feature with Markham Street and Triptych Media

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Alliance reverses screening ban

Distributor quietly backs down after dust-up with Globe and Mail

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Alliance bans Globe critics

Scribes snubbed from screenings following scathing reviews of Sex and the City

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(Ex)communicating the message

Can Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a U.S. doc targeting faith groups, find box office heaven in Canada?

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Filmport awaits SAG breakthrough

Mostly finished but still unoccupied, the prospects for the long-awaited studio depend on talks with the U.S. union. Will go ‘down to the wire’ on June 30, says Ferguson

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Maximum sells German rights to Adoration

Add another major territory deal for Atom Egoyan’s Cannes festival hit

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Adoration draws adoring applause

Egoyan’s take on teens and terrorism, and its Toronto-heavy cast and crew, get warm reception in Cannes