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Euro-Canuck lab coming to Toronto
Looking to boost coproductions between Canada and Europe, the Toronto International Film Festival will host the new Producers Lab Toronto this fall. The three-day event, a collaboration with European Film Promotion and the Ontario Media Development Corporation, will join select producers from Canada and Europe in a series of pitching sessions, roundtable meetings and case studies to exchange ideas and discuss potential future copro projects.
Funding cuts could jeopardize CBC primetime
CBC says its primetime shows may be in jeopardy following a $12.6 million drop in funding from the Canada Media Fund, which came into effect on April 1. The pubcaster’s envelope for the upcoming broadcast year totals $96.5 million, down from the roughly $109 million it received last year from the former Canadian Television Fund. That’s despite the fact that the total amount of money available has increased by $40 million to $350 million.
New hockey highs for CBC, TSN
CBC and TSN had a friend this year in BBM’s Personal People Meters, which helped grow audiences to new heights over the NHL’s 2009/10 regular season.
Adam Kane directing Haven
Suspense drama goes to camera as Syfy, Showcase set dates for July
History keeps on truckin’
Ice Road Truckers hangs on to its half-million viewers through third season
Releases roundup: Alliance boards GravyTrain
Newbie filmmakers Mullen and Doiron worked hand in glove with distributor on follow-up to Way of the Tosser
Pilon set for Discharge
Quebec helmer and producer Richard Lalonde join forces on follow-up to 2008’s acclaimed The Necessities of Life
Brightlight, Rhombus ready second Virk movie
Producers team up with Reese Witherspoon on tale of murdered teen, while a similar project takes shape at No Equal
Stranded Canucks angry at Telefilm
Agency under fire for lack of communication in wake of grounded flights
Chloe nears $1 million
E1 expects Atom Egoyan’s artsy thriller to cross mark in two weeks
Warner Bros. scoops up Rob Sheridan
Canuck screenwriter to collaborate with U.S. studio on half-hour TV comedy pilot
CIS VFX goes Down Under
Vancouver- and L.A.-based company takes over Australian visual effects studio Postmodern Sydney
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