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Film
Greenwich acquires U.S. rights to Bonjour Tristesse
Durga Chew-Bose’s directorial debut will have a theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada next summer.
Le cyclone de Noël passes $2M at the box office
The film, inspired by the KOTV-produced series L’oeil du cyclone, released theatrically on Nov. 8.
The Apprentice up for three Independent Spirit Awards
The nominations include Best Director for Ali Abbasi and Best Lead Performance for Sebastian Stan.
In Brief: Blue Ant Studios ups Nick Solowski to VP role
Plus: Village Keeper wins at Regent Park and the DGC’s initial director observer placements are underway.
Lu Asfaha wins 2024 WIDC Feature Film Award
Asfaha won the award for her psychological thriller screenplay They Echo, which is slated for production next summer.
Blue Ice acquires Blue Rodeo, Broken Social Scene docs
Both films will make their Canadian theatrical debuts at Toronto’s Hot Docs Cinema in 2025.
Animated fantasy Fairyheart receives Eurimages support
The Hungary/Canada/Germany copro is slated to begin production in Q1 2025.
Tasha Hubbard wraps scripted directorial debut Birth of a Family
The B.C.- and Alberta-shot feature adapts Hubbard’s documentary of the same name.
Oksana Karpovych’s Intercepted wins for national feature at RIDM
Other Canadian winners include Kim O’Bomsawin’s Ninan Auassat: We, the Children, which won in the Magnus Isacsson Competition.
In Brief: Indigenous Cinema Alliance adds new fellows
Plus: Seneca Polytechnic creates Sony-funded financial awards and Telefilm and the ISO work with Sacred Earth on a sustainable filmmaking workshop.
Eight unions, guilds form FAIR coalition on industry policy
The group has called on Telefilm to amend its Production Program guidelines to require eligible companies to be in good standing with unions and guilds.
Natyf TV signs licensing deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment
Among the licensed films is the Will Smith-starring Seven Pounds and the 2014 remake of About Last Night.
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