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Film
VIFF looks to redefine the festival model
Jacqueline Dupuis (pictured), executive director of the Vancouver International Film Festival, discusses the fest’s new “film-plus” strategy.
Northern Banner acquires Hello Destroyer
The pickup comes ahead of the film’s world premiere in TIFF ’16’s Discovery program.
In Brief: Sausage Party problems, ImagineNATIVE galas
Vancouver’s Nitrogen Studios faces unpaid overtime claims, Angry Inuk (pictured) will open the imagineNATIVE festival, plus more news of the week.
UFE and Breakthrough sign distribution deal
United Front Entertainment has acquired the Canadian digital and home entertainment rights to seven horror films, including Bite (pictured).
Production underway on Remstar’s Replicas
The Canada/U.K. coproduction, starring Keanu Reeves (pictured), is currently filming in Puerto Rico.
TIFF ’16: Primetime, Industry programming revealed
Five television premieres will screen at the fest, plus TIFF addresses speculation surrounding Birth of a Nation.
Bron boards Friend of Bill
The Vancouver-based producer has partnered with Gloria Sanchez Productions on the dark comedy starring Lizzy Caplan (pictured).
eOne acquires full stake in Secret Location
The deal comes more than two years after eOne took an undisclosed equity stake in the Toronto-based digital studio. (Secret Location founder James Milward pictured.)
HBO Canada takes Wheeler’s Hip-Hop Evolution
HBO Canada has set an early September air date for Canadian filmmaker Darby Wheeler’s music docuseries Hip-Hop Evolution (pictured) from Banger Films.
CMF distributes $5.5M across 16 projects
Eyesteel Productions’ Anote’s Ark is one of the documentaries to receive funding through the CMF’s English POV program.
eOne promotes Patrick Roy to president, film, North America
On the North American TV side, Carolyn Newman has joined the company as VP, scripted programming. (Patrick Roy pictured.)
TIFF ’16: Two more Canadian films get special presentations
The festival unveiled more galas and special presentations, as well as its City to City, Contemporary World Cinema, Masters and Wavelengths programs. (Terra Long’s 350 MYA pictured.)
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