Tom Perlmutter has been director-general of English programming at the National Film Board since 2001. Renowned as a clear-headed administrator and crucial creative force in the team that former NFB commissioner Jacques Bensimon assembled, many see Perlmutter as the natural successor for the post. Prior to starting his five-year term as the NFB’s 15th commissioner on June 11, he sat down with Playback to discuss his vision for the board and the challenges he faces.

Home video offers a potentially lucrative market for beleaguered Canadian filmmakers, but at Telefilm, the emphasis remains on theatrical

Erik Canuel has wrapped his latest, the dark comedy Cadavres, after a five-week shoot in Montreal with his Bon Cop, Bad Cop star Patrick Huard. The $5-million project stars Huard as a man whose life is drastically altered after his mother dies. Though emotionally traumatized, he connects with his sister and the two relive the innocence of their childhood. Meanwhile, corpses begin to collect in his basement, inexplicably.

Comic mystery reunites director with Bon Cop, Bad Cop star Patrick Huard as a man coming unhinged after the death of this mother

But the arrival of the $140-million project from Paramount is a symbolic, rather than economic, victory, says film commissioner

Denys Arcand’s latest has been pushed back to December, but its final cut will be ready for Cannes despite delays in post, according to producer Denise Robert

The Quebec distrib hits the streets with home-video releases of the popular feature Romeo et Juliette and the Patrick Huard series Au nom de la loi

Boxing melodrama underway in Montreal with stars David Boutin and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge and a deal with Vivafilm

Last year, he made the box-office record-breaker Bon Cop, Bad Cop. Now, with the stripper drama Serveuses demandées, producer Kevin Tierney is going ‘dark’ and ‘auteur’

Montreal – Documentary filmmaker Tracey Deer is examining issues of native status in her new film Club Native. The documentary, a coproduction between the National Film Board and Montreal-based Rezolution Pictures, is slated for the festival circuit this summer.

The venerable Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois festival celebrates 25 years with 250 films and special filmmaker appearances

Box-office star Bon Cop, Bad Cop and Un dimanche à Kigali, a tragic story of the Rwandan genocide, lead the pack with 12 nominations each in this year’s run-up to the Prix Jutra, which on Jan. 23 unveiled its contenders for the top Quebec film honors.