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Film
Raven Banner picks up Crabs
The Toronto-based distributor has also signed on as a production partner for the remainder of the nearly finished feature.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Sept. 18, 2015 to Sept. 24, 2015
Paul a Quebec hits #10 overall at the Canadian box office for the week of Sept. 18 to Sept. 24, with Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials at #1.
CFC announces Slaight Music Residency participants
Three composers and three songwriters have been selected to take part in the creative- and business-focused program.
eOne, ICF Films expand partnership
Entertainment One has expanded its partnership with Ilana Frank’s ICF Films (ICFF), announcing a three-year extension to the existing deal. (Saving Hope pictured.)
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Sept. 7, 2015 to Sept. 13, 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road is in this week’s #1 spot, followed by Age of Adaline at #2 and Barbie in Rock ‘N Royals at #3.
Felix et Meira is Canada’s foreign language Oscar selection
The feature from Maxime Giroux won the Best Canadian Feature Film Prize at the 2014 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Coming Soon: Hellions
Whizbang Films’ Frank Siracusa talks about the distribution strategy behind Bruce McDonald’s Hellions, which hits theatres and iTunes Friday.
Deals: 9 Story, Radical Sheep, IndieCan, Vortex
Radical Sheep Productions options three new children’s properties ahead of MIPCOM, and more deals of the week. (9 Story Media’s Peg + Cat pictured.)
The 2015 New Establishment: April Mullen
From Playback magazine: After 15 years of acting and producing original IP through Wango Films, Mullen is establishing herself as a go-to director-for-hire.
Playback Canadian Film & TV Hall of Fame: Gordon Tootoosis
Playback’s latest inductee in the Posthumous category is Tootoosis, whose on- and off-camera work helped shift perceptions and create a new dialogue for aboriginal actors in Canada.
Joadie Jurgova, Steven Owad selected for WFF screenwriters lab
Six Canadian screenwriters were selected to participate in the lab, run by the Whistler Film Festival and Vancouver’s Praxis Centre for Screenwriters.
The 2015 New Establishment: David Cormican
From Playback magazine: One of Playback‘s 10 to Watch in 2012, producer David Cormican’s career has lit up in the three years since.
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