Final season of Radio-Canada show takes six Gémeaux trophies
Radio-Canada’s director of television is swooning over her latest hire, André Béraud, who is returning from a stint in Paris to fill one of Quebec TV’s most important jobs: head of drama and feature films at SRC.
After attending yet another bizarre press conference launching Serge Losique’s once-reputed Montreal World Film Festival, I wondered if anyone atagencies SODEC and Telefilm Canada, or the federal government is paying attention.
The black sheep of Quebec TV is no longer.
David has bested Goliath in the protracted legal battle between the children’s producer formerly known as Cinar Corp. and the lone animator who accused the company of ripping him off.
While the federal politicians invited to the Montreal World Film Festival premiere of National Matters – a documentary that explores why Quebec isn’t independent yet – were no-shows, the province’s sovereignty movement had front-row seats.
Number one network changes strategy with rollout of five new dramas, facing re-energized and news-light competition
Montreal festival also fetes Quebec filmmaker Roger Cantin and thesp Pierre Lebeau at closing ceremony
Cop comedy closing in on $10 million mark, as province enjoys robust sales at the summer box
Popular character actor Ray Wise bolsters support for Canuck helmer’s debut feature
With his comedy The Trotsky, which premieres at TIFF, 29-year-old director Jacob Tierney provides a glimpse of a little-known piece of Canada’s cultural mosaic: English Montreal
Now that Xavier Dolan’s J’ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother) was the surprise hit of this year’s Cannes film festival and racked up $800,000 at the box office in its native Quebec, its distributor plans to use TIFF to gauge the boutique film’s potential in English Canada.