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Film
WFF ’18: A Colony wins three Borsos prizes
The debut feature from the Montreal filmmaker won the best Canadian feature prize, while The Fireflies Are Gone and Stockholm also claimed awards.
Deals: CBC, Kew Media Group, Thunderbird
Through a deal with Fremantle, CBC has picked up Red Production Company and AENON’s family drama Butterfly.
Shelley Thompson wins WIDC’s Feature Film Award
The Nova Scotia filmmaker behind Duck Duck Goose will use the $200,000 prize towards her first feature, Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor.
Network’s I Am Paul Walker goes to U.S. digital on poignant anniversary
CEO Derik Murray discusses the company’s “I Am” franchise and why it works.
Changes needed to sustain, support Ontario filmmakers: report
“Focus On Features: The Future of Filmmaking in Ontario” dissects challenges like audience behaviour, static funding structures and the need for more career opportunities.
Get your indie film a passport, but do your homework first
Whistler Film Festival: Execs from Rhombus, XYZ and Sepia dish on the pitfalls, politics and opportunities of coproducing in China, Europe and South Africa.
Northern Banner acquires This Is North Preston
Writer/director Jaren Hayman’s documentary about North Preston, N.S. is set to make its world premiere at the Whistler Film Festival.
Canadian doc, three coproductions among Sundance 2019 lineup
Anthropocene will screen in Sundance’s Spotlight sidebar and the other two copros are set to screen in the World Cinema Documentary competition.
In Brief: Carole Vivier named to Manitoba Business Hall of Fame
Plus: marblemedia hires Kelsey Aikman as director of marketing and communications, four local P.E.I. films share Film 4Ward funding, and more.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Nov. 16 to 22, 2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald scores the top spot, followed by Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch at #2 and Bohemian Rhapsody at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Nov. 16 to 22, 2018
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch comes in at #1, followed by Les Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin and L’Amour at #2 and #3, respectively.
‘Dragon’ sees exhibition opps in under-served Western markets
Guzzo Cinemas head Vince Guzzo says his role as a Dragons’ Den investor sparked interest in domestic expansion of his theatre chain.
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