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Photo gallery: ACTRA Awards 2016
A selection of photos from the 2016 ACTRA Awards, held at The Carlu in Toronto.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Feb. 8, 2016 to Feb. 14, 2016
Spectre tops the chart for the week of Feb. 8 to Feb. 14, with The Last Witch Hunter at #2 and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at #3.
Brie Larson wins Oscar for Canada copro Room
Pakistani-Canadian director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy also won an award for her doc short, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (Pakistan). (Room pictured)
NFB to coproduce A Better Man
Production is underway in Toronto on the doc from co-directors Attiya Khan and Lawrence Jackman.
Deals: Quebecor Content, Discovery, Mongrel
Discovery Canada has acquired the broadcast rights to Steven Avery: Innocent or Guilty? (pictured), plus more deals of the week.
The Messenger’s reverse migration
After opening on more than 40 screens in the U.S., the wildlife doc is making its way north, beginning an 11-city Canadian theatrical run today in Toronto.
Family Channels preps Ice Girls
Everyone’s favourite ’90s figure skating champion, Elvis Stojko, will topline the March MOW.
In brief: VSC is Tickled, Tattersall’s CAS win, who got Dr. Who
Plus, latest crop of Canadian Screen Award presenters are revealed, and more news from the week. (Doctor Who pictured)
Pinewood Toronto to build new waterfront facility
The studio has leased 1.75 acres of additional land in order to build a new 135,000 square-foot production space.
Helga Stephenson to step down from ACCT
Playback salutes her industry-building career by inducting her into the 2016 Playback Canadian Film & TV Hall of Fame.
Mongrel Media acquires Gridlocked
The indie distributor has picked up the Canadian rights to Allan Ungar’s tribute to ’80s buddy-cop films.
Trailblazing filmmaker Don Owen passes away
Toronto-born filmmaker Owen, co-director of Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. Leonard Cohen, has passed away at the age of 84.
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