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Film
Production wraps on Amy Jo Johnson’s sophomore feature
Dark comedy Tammy’s Always Dying is produced by JA Productions, Plainspeak Pictures and Prospero Pictures.
Canada copro The Kindness of Strangers to open Berlin film fest
Produced by Lone Scherfig’s Creative Alliance banner and Toronto’s Strada Films, the drama will have its world premiere in the festival’s international competition.
LevelFILM partners with Popp Rok
LevelFILM will work with the advertising and music video prodco to develop, package and launch film and TV projects in Canada.
In Brief: eOne, HBO to copro Taylor Kitsch drama, Halfire hires new SVP
Plus: Stephan James nabs a Golden Globes nom for his role in Amazon’s Homecoming and 10th Avenue Productions gets to work on its fourth animated film.
Zoe Dirse, Amar Wala win DOC Institute’s top honours
The veteran cinematographer won the Luminary Award while the In the Making director took home the Vanguard Award.
eOne to expand Patrick Roy’s remit following Alex Hamilton’s exit
Following the departure of U.K.-based Hamilton in March, Roy will take oversight of eOne’s theatrical distribution business across all territories including North America, Europe and Australia.
TIFF lifts the curtain on Top Ten
The Fireflies Are Gone and Mouthpiece are among the Canadian features in the new iteration of Canada’s Top Ten.
Five Canadian shorts headed to Sundance
Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland’s Throat Singing in Kangirsuk and Trevor Anderson’s Docking will world premiere at the Utah-based fest.
Sinking Ship partners with ROM for cross-promotion of film, new exhibit
In a bid to boost the promotion and discoverability of Dino Dana: The Movie (2020) and the ROM’s blockbuster new dino exhibit, the parties hatched a symbiotic multi-year strategy.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Nov. 23 to 29, 2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet is at #1, followed by Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald at #2 and Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Nov. 23 to 29, 2018
A Tous Ceux Qui Ne Me Lisent Pas tops the chart, followed by Ensemble at #2 and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch at #3.
WFF ’18: Distributors grapple with complexities of indie film market
Theatrical distribution heads at eOne, FunFilm and VVS discuss how the rise of streaming and the “Disney-fication” of the market is affecting business.
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