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Film
Octavio is Dead to world bow at Inside Out
Sarah Fodey’s doc The Fruit Machine will also premiere at the Toronto LGBT film festival.
Canadian media consumption on the rise: report
GroupM’s “The State of Digital” report found Canadians consume nine hours of media daily, with half of those hours spent online.
Seville International picks up Denys Arcand’s latest
The Montreal-based eOne subsidiary has acquired the global rights to Arcand’s upcoming The Fall of the American Empire, as well as the doc Anthropocene.
Telefilm awards $13M across 10 Quebec projects
French-language projects selected include Sophie Deraspe’s Antigone and director Daniel Grou’s Mafia Inc.
Deals: Boat Rocker, TMN, Blue Ice, Kew Media
Boat Rocker Rights sells Bitz & Bob (pictured) abroad, Blue Ice Docs picks up Canadian rights to The Silence of Others, plus more.
Lena MacDonald’s Betrayal named Corus-Hot Docs Forum prize winner
Produced by Toronto’s Ferocious Films, the doc nabbed a $10,000 cash prize.
Bringing Indigenous voices to the forefront
In his keynote address at the Hot Docs Film Festival, Indigenous Screen Office director Jesse Wente laid out his goals for the newly launched office.
Mongrel Media nabs Canadian rights to Kayak to Klemtu
Produced by Daniel Bekerman and Sheryl Kotzer, Zoe Hopkins’ directorial debut will get a May theatrical release.
Polley, Filiatrault, Nealon among WGC Awards winners
Meanwhile, Mark Ellis (pictured) gave a moving tribute upon accepting the Denis McGrath Award for Service to the WGC.
Danis Goulet joins Gravestock on TIFF’s Canada team
The festival also announced a number of other programming and program changes.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films April 20 to 26, 2018
Indian Horse breaks the top 10, while Rampage nabs the top spot, followed by I Feel Pretty at #2.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films April 20 to 26, 2018
Indian Horse leads the pack, followed by La Bolduc at #2 and La Terre Vue Du Coeur landing at #3.
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