Film

Film Farm boards Amazing Factory’s next film

Film Farm’s Jennifer Weiss and Simone Urdl have joined Andrew Huculiak’s next film in a deal brokered at the Los Cabos International Film Festival.

TV, Peppa powering growth at eOne

The company’s six-month results show robust performance in the company’s TV and kids portfolios, with film performance down slightly year-over-year.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Nov. 2, 2015 to Nov. 8, 2015

Murdoch Mysteries is at #25 for the week of Nov. 2 to 8.

Elevation, ABMO Films ink multi-year output deal

The first film involved in the deal is February (pictured).

Justin Cutler named new Ontario Film Commissioner

The former TIFF Industry director takes over the reins from Donna Zuchlinski starting this week.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Nov. 6, 2015 to Nov. 12, 2015

Canada/Ireland copro Room climbs to #9 for the week of Nov. 6 to 12, with Spectre at #1, The Peanuts Movie at #2 and The Martian at #3.

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Nov. 6, 2015 to Nov. 12, 2015

Room tops the chart with Remember at #2 and La Guerre des Tuques 3D at #3.

How To Change The World gets cross-platform rollout

The Canada/U.K. copro documentary will debut in staggered windows across Bell Media properties.

La Guerre des Tuques 3D opens to 760K B.O.

The film opened wide in Quebec and on a handful of screens outside the province.

AMBI to remake Nolan’s Memento

The company will produce and finance a remake of Christopher Nolan’s iconic 2000 thriller.

Brightlight Pictures to produce Penance

The Canada/Iceland copro is set to go to camera in 2016. (Brightlight Pictures’ president Shawn Williamson pictured.)

Los Cabos ’15: Room captures two awards

The Canadian-Irish coproduction was one of the big winners on Saturday night.