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Dolan passed up at Golden Globes
Quebec filmmaker’s acclaimed J’ai tué ma mère fails to make the cut on the final five shortlist
Broadcast 2009: Bold Moves
It was a troublesome year for local television as advertising revenues plunged and conventional networks, especially Canwest Global, began taking drastic steps to diminish losses by closing less profitable small-market stations.
UN summons Canuck climate doc
Mark Terry never expected to get an official invitation to screen his ecological documentary The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The veteran docmaker merely hoped to get a pass to conduct interviews for a follow-up film. But within six hours of receiving Antarctica, organizers summoned Terry to present the film at the international event – being attended by climate groups and world leaders including U.S. President Barrack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Blades set for second season
Two days after it ended its first season, CBC ordered a second helping of hit reality series Battle of the Blades, to debut next fall. The 14-ep series, from John Brunton’s Insight Productions, emerged as a fall hit for the pubcaster, averaging 1.7 million viewers for performance shows on Sundays, while the Monday results episodes generated 1.3 million viewers. That’s despite tough fall competition from venerable U.S. shows including The Amazing Race and House, airing on CTV and Global, respectively. (All numbers 2+ and based on PPM data.)
Douglas calls for star system
Shirley Douglas urged the Canuck film and television industry to build a star system and support its actors as she was feted by Women in Film and Television-Toronto at its 21st annual Crystal Awards. Douglas, whose illustrious 30-plus-year career has spanned roles in Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita and David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers, also paid tribute to producers and creators of screen-based content in her acceptance speech, after picking up WIFT-T’s international achievement award.
Glee hot, Criminal Minds hotter
Despite solid showing, Global musical comedy loses Wednesday night to CTV crime drama
TIFF’s Lightbox nearing fundraising goal
Festival headquarters receives additional $5.2 million in donations
Revenues up at CTF
French production funding reaches five-year high according to annual report
Wild Hunt on a roll
Chalk up another one for The Wild Hunt — one of three Canuck titles headed to Slamdance
Releases roundup: E1 rolls out Welles
Nine-screen opening arrives next to Disney’s Princess and the Frog and Warner’s Invictus
ACTRA touts Australian model
Union says regulations Down Under lead to more homegrown shows in top 20 — though few of them are scripted
Olympics headed to big screen
Cineplex to project coverage of Vancouver Winter Games on 64 screens
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