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Matt Sylvain
Lionsgate expands Latin America distribution through joint venture
The Canadian mini-studio has extended its long-standing partnership with IDC, a joint venture between Summit Entertainment and NuVision.
Last Gladiators hockey doc lands distribution knockout
Toronto-based Phase 4 Films plans a Canadian theatrical release of Alex Gibney’s film about the game’s violence in October with a U.S. release set for 2013.
Actor Winston Rekert dies of cancer
Rekert recently received the Union of B.C. Performers’ Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award.
CMF partners with comScore to measure digital performance
Producers of projects with beta versions scheduled to start after last April 1 will be required to use comScore’s Digital Analytix tool.
NFB pioneer and IMAX co-inventor Roman Kroitor passes away
NFB chairman Tom Perlmutter calls Kroitor’s (pictured) death “a terrific loss to the NFB, Canada and the world of cinema.”
Sale of Rainmaker’s animation studio to Xing Xing Digital collapses
The maker of the big-budget sci-fi Escape from Planet Earth (pictured) says in a statement it will focus on existing business and explore alternative transactions.
Hall of Fame Revealed: Playback’s Fall 2012 issue
In addition to coverage of Playback’s Canadian Film & TV Hall of Fame and 10 to Watch, the issue features pre-event TIFF coverage and looks into the success of prodco Shaftesbury and genre specialty channel Space.
Revealed: The 2012 Playback Canadian Film and TV Hall of Fame
The inductees are: Piers Handling, Graham Greene, Colin Low, Rene Malo, Bob Culbert and Jackie Burroughs, with Gary Slaight, Sarah Polley and Sarah Gadon receiving special awards.
The 2012 10 to Watch
David Cormican, Cassie Steele, Mark De Angelis, Calum deHartog, Lisa Jackson, Michelle Ouellet, Xavier Dolan, Patrick Tarr, Dev Singh and Mark Montefiore are this year’s selection of up-and-comers poised for great things.
Tom Radford to get top Alberta screen industry award
The docmaker is to receive the Alberta Media Production Industries Association’s David Billington Award in late October.
Former NFB head Jacques Bensimon passes away
He headed the board from 2001 to 2006 when the agency was adjusting to $26 million in cuts sustained throughout the 1990s.
Eastlink TV unveils local programming shot in HD
The Halifax-based regional telecom’s HD channel offering comes online July 1.
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