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Film
Rama Rau’s League of Exotique Dancers to open Hot Docs ’16
Other Canadian titles making their world bows include Matt Gallagher’s How to Prepare for Prison and John Bolton’s Aim For The Roses. (Exotique Dancers pictured.)
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films March 11, 2016 to March 17, 2016
Les mauvaises herbes is at #1 for the week of March 11 to March 17, with copros Brooklyn and Race at #2 and #3, respectively.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films March 11, 2016 to March 17, 2016
Zootopia is #1 for the week of March 11 to March 17, with 10 Cloverfield Lane at #2 and Deadpool at #3.
La passion d’augustine wins big at Le gala du cinema Quebecois
The feature (pictured) from director Lea Pool claimed six awards in all, with Felix and Meira, Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre and Brooklyn also picking up prizes.
In brief: La Guerre wins Guichet d’or; spring premiere dates
Emergency Room and Game of Homes to bow in April, more accolades for La Guerre des Tuques 3D (pictured) and other news.
IndieCan acquires Primary
The debut feature from Ross Ferguson is currently slated for a fall 2016 release.
PNP acquires Ten Thousand Saints
The indie distributor is planning a spring release for the coming-of-age drama from writer/directors Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Feb. 29, 2016 to March 6, 2016
Good Dinosaur tops the DVD chart for the week of Feb. 29 to March 6, followed by Creed at #2 and Spectre at #3.
Coming soon: Coconut Hero
How the Canada/Germany coproduction, which opens today in Toronto, stayed true to its Northern Ontario roots.
Deals: D360, Blue Ant, eOne
marblemedia’s Distribution360 scoops up 200 hours of unscripted content ahead of next month’s MIPTV, plus more deals of the week. (Tales by Light pictured.)
First Take Entertainment options The Hero’s Walk
The production company has acquired the film rights to Anita Rau Badami’s 2000 novel. (Badami pictured.)
In brief: eOne, Sony build Momentum; CFC honours McKellar
Don McKellar (pictured) wins the 2016 CFC Award for Creative Excellence, eOne and Sony Picture Home Entertainment strike up a new deal, and more news from the week.
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