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Marc Glassman
Stormy start for Hot Docs
With a rainstorm raging outside, the Hot Docs festival got off to a damp start at Toronto’s historic…
Feces to be pitched at doc forum
Acclaimed curmudgeon Christopher Hitchens will personally present one, while tabloid mainstay Angelina Jolie will produce one of the 30 projects…
A capital idea to move the Genies to Ottawa
In a wily pseudo-political move, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television is moving the 29th Genie Awards show live to the nation’s capital for the first time.
Genies’ red-carpet ride to Parliament Hill
The Genie Awards ceremony has played in Toronto since its inception in 1980, with the exception of a couple of botched road trips down Highway 401 to Montreal in the mid-’90s. If those moves were made to appease the French, they didn’t work.
Ontario productions are budding
Ontario took giant strides towards creating an ecologically friendly motion picture sector last year, and although production was noticeably down, the stage is set to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint this year.
HD raises the bar on quality
As broadcasters around the globe transfer to the HD format, stock footage companies scramble to fill the industry’s growing need.
Toronto critics fall for Rachel, Wendy and Lucy
Two edgy indie films, Rachel Getting Married and Wendy and Lucy dominated the year-end prizes…
Mehta, Pool, McDonald among Top Ten
Films by female and French-speaking directors took pride of place in the Canada Top Ten selections…
New deal for Filmport by new year
The future of Filmport will be decided by the end of the year, according to sources at …
Fifth Canuck for Sundance
A successful showing of Canadian films at the upcoming Sundance festival got better on Thursday…
Victoria Day among Sundance picks
A quartet of Canadian films will crash America’s most prestigious indie party…
Dazzling EyeSteel doc rethinks copyright
‘It’s nice to be at a festival like IDFA with a piece of art,’ says Brett Gaylor, the justifiably proud director of RiP…
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