Film

Thunderbird takes Entanglement sales rights

Production on the Thomas Middleditch-starrer wrapped last week in Vancouver. (Director/producer Jason James pictured.)

Highrise, Do Not Track land IDA award noms

How to Change the World (pictured) was also named the recipient of a special award presented by the International Documentary Association.

Centre Stage: Dance Camp steps into Vancouver

Director X is attached to direct the Canadian project, produced by Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm of Sodona Films. (Star Nicole Munoz pictured.)

Photo Gallery: Belgian copro primer at the Lightbox

A selection of photos from the event celebrating the latest winner of funds from the Canada-Wallonia digital media incentive.

Production wraps on Theater of Life

The feature documentary on food waste will air on Super Channel.

How the EB-5 immigration visa can aid film financing

Column: Immigration lawyer Lorraine P. D’Alessio discusses the U.S. visa program, which is designed to attract job-creating businesses and can also be used for film projects.

Melanie Joly named minister of Canadian heritage

Joly, the MP for Montreal’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville riding, ran for mayor of Montreal in 2013 and has also worked in both law and communications.

Seville Int’l takes sales rights to latest Dolan film

Les Films Seville and Entertainment One will also distribute The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Xavier Dolan’s English-language debut, in Canada. (Dolan pictured.)

MPAA forces Popcorn Time shutdown

Suits filed by the Motion Picture Association of America prompted the shutdown of both the Popcorntime.io “fork” and BitTorrent site YTS.

River, Le Mirage added to WFF lineup

The Canadian doc When Elephants were Young will also have its world bow at Whistler, with Jason R. Goode’s Numb to close the festival. (Le Mirage pictured.)

Jean of the Joneses shoot underway in T.O.

The low-budget feature from writer/director Stella Meghie (pictured) will film in both Toronto and New York.

CRTC, NFB to host pre-Discoverability Summit event

The two industry bodies have teamed up to present the first in a series of pre-Summit events aimed at promoting Canadian content in an age of abundance.