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Film
Photo gallery: Tribeca Talks
Canadian writer/director Mary Harron was the subject of the in-conversation series “Tribeca Talks: The Journey inspired by Tumi,” which came to Toronto on July 9.
Creatives urge industry to take more chances on new stories
At TIFF’s Share Her Journey event, execs, writers and directors discuss filmmaking in the #MeToo era, support of underrepresented voices and building audiences DIY-style.
Deals: Peacock Alley, Stockholm, Bell Media
Season two of Peacock Alley’s A User’s Guide to Cheating Death has been acquired by Sky Vision, Robert Budreau’s Stockholm gets a U.S. theatrical release, plus more.
TIFF’s Share Her Journey launches new creator program
The fundraising campaign has named screenwriter Nikki Saltz as its inaugural Micki Moore Resident and announced new program ambassadors.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films June 29 to July 5, 2018
Franchises rule the charts, with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom at #1, The Incredibles 2 in a close second, and Sicario: Day of the Soldado at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films June 29 to July 5, 2018
Denys Arcand’s latest tops the chart, with The Accountant of Auschwitz at #2 and La Chute de Sparte at #3.
9 Story to buy Breakthrough’s kids and family slate
The acquisition expands 9 Story’s distribution library to more than 3,500 half-hours, and adds to its live-action offerings with titles including the Anne of Green Gables movie series.
Roundtable: Cross-territory common ground
In the first of an occasional series, producer-association heads from the U.K., Canada and Australia pinpointed points of divergence and opportunity in the disrupted TV landscape.
True Calling Media launches $150K grants program
In its first funding round, the Vancouver company, which specializes in short docs, has awarded 30 filmmakers from across Canada $2,500 each.
SK Films CEO Jonathan Barker dies
Barker, who launched SK Films in partnership with IMAX co-founder Robert Kerr, was a veteran producer and distributor in the giant-screen cinema space.
Telefilm distributes $3M across four Indigenous features
Michelle Latimer’s Forgotten and Loretta Todd’s Monkey Beach are among the selected projects.
Behind the NFB’s big jump in audience engagement
The producer’s various properties garnered 67.6 million views overall in 2017/18, up 13.6 million from the prior year.
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