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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, 2018
Little Italy takes the top spot, followed by Ricardo Trogi’s 1991 at #2 and La Chute De L’Empire Americain lands at #3.
How to solve a problem like Canadian film viewership?
Industry players like Telefilm Canada and CBC are coming up with some new ideas to help solve an age-old problem.
TIFF ’18: Well Go USA takes Freaks
The U.S. distributor grabbed rights to Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein’s sci-fi thriller for multiple territories in a seven-figure deal.
CBC launches Films brand, funds new features
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy is one of four films to receive support through the Breaking Barriers Film Fund, which has been rebranded under CBC Films.
Red Square, Indiecan, Unstable Ground partner on LightVAULT
Aimed at distributors and indie filmmakers, the encrypted cloud server is designed to combat content piracy and unauthorized sharing.
TIFF ’18: The winning formula behind Akash Sherman’s Clara
The writer/director and producer Ari Lantos discuss bringing the sci-fi feature to screens, and their plans for more collaborations.
CFC teams with Netflix on five-year funding initiative
Meanwhile, the film centre partnered with Comweb Corp/William F. White to launch a new scholarship for Indigenous creators in Jay Switzer’s name.
Indie film: Zoe Hopkins on Indigenous-led content
In the final part of our indie filmmaking series, the Kayak to Klemtu filmmaker discusses fostering new voices and the need to deliver Indigenous content to Indigenous audiences.
Markham set for 400,000-sq-ft studio complex
Markham Movieland, which will include a 70,000-square-foot “super stage,” is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2020 and cost around $100 million.
Indie film: The industry’s new funding gaps
In part three of our indie filmmaking series, Wildling Pictures and director Robin Aubert discuss the decline in short-film funding and what it means for the next generation of creatives.
TIFF ’18: After 40 years, Tantoo Cardinal finally takes centre stage
The Canadian acting legend said playing the starring role in filmmaker Darlene Naponse’s Falls Around Her was an “absolute blast of freedom.”
Deals: CBC Radio-Canada, First Run Features, Cineflix Rights, JG Brothers
CBC & Radio-Canada Distribution lands Barry Avrich’s Prosecuting Evil, Cineflix Rights signs a first-look deal with Vancouver’s Mayhem Entertainment, plus more.
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