MONTREAL: The president of Quebec’s TVA Films is trying to grease the wheels of English Canada’s sputtering star system by using a tried-and-true Quebec promotional tool: taking the talent to the people.

Montreal filmmaker retells the run-up to 1929’s Black Tuesday in his fantasy feature Un capitalisme sentimental

Global warming, market forces and prized underground fungi make Roy Dupuis’ life difficult in Kim Nguyen’s black comedy Truffe

The first winners of a Quebecor bursary for aboriginals and visible minorities have finished their training at Montreal’s INIS

Network asks for another 24 episodes of the teen drama from Epitome Pictures, while the remainder of season six moves to Wednesday nights after American Idol

New deal with 20th Century Fox provides on-demand titles including The Devil Wears Prada and Little Miss Sunshine

TVA Films is hoping a cross-Canada tour will help hype the April release of its dark comedy Young Triffie’s Been Made Away With, starring Mary Walsh

Looking to edge out the Liberals and the PQ at the polls on Monday, the right-leaning Action Démocratique du Québec has pledged $20 million for arts and culture funding

Dissenting report filed by members of the heritage committee says the troubled TV fund needs a fix, contrary to the official word filed Wednesday in Parliament

MONTREAL: The producer of Bigfoot’s Reflection says he was sure of the creature’s existence after wrapping the documentary in the wilds of British Columbia and Washington State earlier this year.

Four of Quebec’s top female stars will face off at this year’s Gala Artis, which has announced the nominees for its annual awards

The CRTC says its will not rethink its rules for mega-media buyouts until after it reviews the CHUM, Alliance and Standard Radio deals. Issue needs ‘proper’ attention, says von Finckenstein