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MIPCOM preview: Market focuses on digital-age reality and green shows

The world’s largest audiovisual content market is set to begin Oct. 13 in Cannes, and the hottest item on the agenda is the future of TV.

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Quebec creatives line up with Liberals

MONTREAL: U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama may have Matt Damon and Oprah on his side, but Liberal leader Stéphane Dion has his share of celebrity support in the lead-up to the Oct. 14 vote.

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Tierneys team up on Trotsky

MONTREAL: Actor/director Jacob Tierney has recruited some of Canada’s biggest stars to paint the town red in his upcoming comedy The Trotsky.

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UDA leader looks beyond Quebec

Surprise move calls for protection of culture across Canada, and ‘one penny per dollar’ funding

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Montreal to fete Egoyan, Wenders

Directors on the guest list for Festival du nouveau cinéma, alongside John Boorman. Olivier Asselin’s A Sentimental Capitalism to open

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Long odds for would-be MPs

Actor David Sparrow and producer Mihkel Harilaid are running for the NDP and Greens, respectively. But can they catch a break in their Tory and Grit strongholds?

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Habs headed for big screen

100th anniversary of Montreal team to be marked with $6-million feature from Les Lavigueur team Sylvain Archambault and Jacques Savoie

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Pilon picked for Oscars

Quebec filmmaker’s The Necessities of Life is Canada’s submission for best foreign-language film

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Actors line up with Liberals

Quebec talent taking sides in upcoming election, blasting Tories over recent culture cuts

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Picard leads Christal copro

Popular film stars Luc Picard and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge are currently shooting Léo Huff, a $3.9-million film described by its producers as a cross between Blood Simple and Fargo.

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Tierneys team up on Trotsky

Jay Baruchel signs with father and son to lead comedy about rabble-rousing high-schooler. Domini Blythe and Anne-Marie Cadieux also on board

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Picard leads Christal copro

Crime story a cross between Blood Simple and Fargo, say producers