The comedy feature, produced by CCI Entertainment, is the first theatrical production to emerge from Corus and Telefilm’s Family Feature Production Fund.
Six filmmakers, including Allan Hopkins and Phoebe Sutherland, will take part in the three-day business and creative immersion program at the December festival.
The Screen Composers Guild of Canada has also named a new VP following its board elections in September. (Welsman pictured.)
Thunderbird’s Soda Pictures has acquired all Canadian rights to the drama, which was executive produced by Angelina Jolie.
The Katie Holmes- and Luke Kirby-starrer will be released by Pacific Northwest Pictures day-and-date with the film’s U.S. bow.
The second feature film from Brett and Jason Butler (pictured left and right, respectively) is set for release in mid-2016, with VSC taking the North American rights across all platforms.
Brightlight Pictures and Sayaka Productions, the prodcos behind the Spain/Canada copro, also announced Dan Stevens (pictured) has joined the cast.
The Martian keeps the #1 spot for the week of Oct. 16 to Oct. 22, followed by Goose Bumps at #2 and Hotel Transylvania 2 at #3.
Hyena Road stays at #1 for the second week in a row, followed by Guibord s’en va-t’en guerre at #2 and new entry Beeba Boys at #3.
A selection of photos from the gala held Saturday evening at The Carlu in Toronto, where David Cronenberg, Kari Skogland (pictured) and Charles Biname took home prizes.
My Enemy, My Brother and the Canadian copro Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (pictured) have made the shortlist for Documentary Short Subject.