Film

From seniors to millennials, how Canadians are consuming content

MTM’s large-scale survey paints a picture of how English-speaking Canadians engage with media.

Indiecan picks up a pair of features

After releasing its 100th film, there’s no slowing down for Avi Federgreen’s distribution outfit, which just took Canadian rights to films by two Vancouver directors.

Aircraft’s runway to the Oscars

Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen on building The Breadwinner and campaigning for the Academy Award.

Canadian Academy picks Ava as best first feature

Sadaf Foroughi’s coming-of-age tale has picked up eight other nominations for the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards.

Remembering film and TV icon Jay Switzer

Friends, peers and former colleagues share memories of the Canadian TV exec, recalling a brilliant mind and true champion of film and television creators.

Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Jan. 19 to 25, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to The Jungle takes the top spot, followed by The Post and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Buck wraps on sci-fi feature Astronaut

Written and directed by Shelagh McLeod, the Hamilton, ON-shot feature stars Colm Feore and Richard Dreyfuss.

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Jan. 19 to 25, 2018

Hochelaga: Terre Des Ames nabs the #1 spot, with Le trip a trois at #2 and Junior Majeur at #3.

HBO picks up Israel/Canada copro The Oslo Diaries

Produced by Medalia Productions and Montreal’s Intuitive Pictures, the doc had its world premiere at Sundance.

How J. Miles Dale helped sculpt The Shape of Water

The Canadian producer discusses Toronto’s role in the Guillermo del Toro feature, which leads all nominations for the 2018 Academy Awards.

In brief: Supreme Court shuts down Bell simsub appeal

Plus: Two Canadian shorts win special jury awards at Sundance, Le Trip a Trois hits a box office milestone, and more.

M/M from Drew Lint and Film Forge

Film Republic picks up Film Forge thriller M/M

The U.K.-based sales agent will shop the debut feature from Drew Lint at the European Film Market next month.