It might be a stretch to compare Slamdance to the Directors Fortnight but, then again…
Christine Haebler is living proof that those Telefilm-sponsored coproduction conferences are worthwhile…
It’s been four decades since Paul Saltzman got punched in the head by a Klansman…
‘Make it for $15,000. Sell it for $20,000. Repeat.’ Samir Mallal, co-director of Nollywood Babylon, is describing the business strategy…
Before Tomorrow is already on the radar screen — having won the best Canadian first feature prize at TIFF — but a World Dramatic Competition slot at Sundance…
Fasten your bindings, because Sundance 2009 presents an unprecedented moment for…
Corus Entertainment’s Made with Pay Fund has announced grants to 23 film projects…
You’ve heard of The Reader? Well, Paul Gross’ production company Whizbang Films has optioned the story…
Last month, as part of its platform in the recent Quebec provincial election, the Parti Québécois announced that, if elected, it would have moved to separate Quebec from the federal cultural agenda.
The hyphenate hero of the number one Canadian movie and its producer are teaming up again. Paul Gross will star in Gunless, a spoof western for Passchendaele producer Rhombus Media, about an American gunslinger who finds himself at home on the sedate Canadian range.
The Canadian distribution business in 2008 was pretty much the mirror of 2007. As of Nov. 20 (week 47), total box office stood at $808.9 million, on track to match last year’s total of $857.6 million. But on a corporate level, much has changed.
Marc-André Grondin is to star in 5150, rue des Ormes, the Québécois actor’s first film in Canada…