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Film
Navigating through the maze of the modern film market
As the film industry contends with uncertainty around theatrical, experts look to strategic spending, creative releases and the rebounding festival circuit as a way forward.
Mariloup Wolfe’s Coeur de slush preps for action
Christian Larouche produces the drama, which was written by Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, based on her own novel.
Tehranto, Out in the Ring win Jury Film Awards at Cinequest
Michelle Kranot and Uri Kranot’s The Hangman at Home also won Best Animated Short at this year’s Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival.
Chanda Chevannes joins NFB’s Ontario Studio as exec producer
The Unfractured director has more than two decades of experience as a documentary filmmaker.
EXCLUSIVE: Garrity, Chernick go to camera on seventh feature
Director Sean Garrity and star, producer and co-writer Jonas Chernick roll cameras in Algonquin Provincial Park for Mockingbird ahead of the TIFF debut for their last collaboration The End of Sex.
In brief: Black Academy reveals Legacy Awards creative team
Plus: WFF elects new board members and hires a manager of operations, and Quebec will have a big presence at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival.
London, Ontario is making an offer filmmakers can’t refuse
The city is trying to lure productions by spoofing movies like The Godfather and Fargo on billboards across Toronto.
Spain taps TIFF to connect with Canadian producers
ICEX Trade and Investment and the ICAA have coordinated a delegation of more than 30 Spanish producers and filmmakers to pitch projects to potential partners.
NFB greenlights five documentary and animation projects
The slate includes the Quebec provincial election feature doc La Course from Montreal-based director Jenny Cartwright.
Filmmakers flag concerns over NFB head appointment process
The NFB says it “cannot comment” on the NFB/ONF Creation allegation that outgoing head Claude Joli-Coeur “is on the hiring committee to select his own replacement.”
Ontario Creates selects 42 features for 2022 Int’l Financing Forum
Canadian prodcos Amaze, Farpoint Films, Copperheart Entertainment and Compy Films are among the 42 producing teams selected for the annual two-day event.
VVS Films ups four staffers to drive Canadian content expansion
The promotions are part of the Montreal-based distributor’s plans to “become a home for top Canadian talent.”
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