Denis Seguin

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Canada keeps pace at Slamdance

It might be a stretch to compare Slamdance to the Directors Fortnight but, then again…

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Long shoot for complex Helen

Christine Haebler is living proof that those Telefilm-sponsored coproduction conferences are worthwhile…

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Saltzman returns to the South

It’s been four decades since Paul Saltzman got punched in the head by a Klansman…

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No training, no money, thousands of films

‘Make it for $15,000. Sell it for $20,000. Repeat.’ Samir Mallal, co-director of Nollywood Babylon, is describing the business strategy…

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Far North filmmakers complete trilogy

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…

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Canadian quintet set for Sundance

Fasten your bindings, because Sundance 2009 presents an unprecedented moment for…

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Chellas adapting Toews novel

Corus Entertainment’s Made with Pay Fund has announced grants to 23 film projects…

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Whizbang buys 100-year life story

You’ve heard of The Reader? Well, Paul Gross’ production company Whizbang Films has optioned the story…

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The Big Screen: A separate cultural agenda for Quebec?

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.

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Gross, Fichman go with Gunless

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.

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Corporate changes shake film biz

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.

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C.R.A.Z.Y. duo re-team in thriller

Marc-André Grondin is to star in 5150, rue des Ormes, the Québécois actor’s first film in Canada…