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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Aug. 31, 2015 to Sept. 6, 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road is at #1 for the week of Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, with Walking Dead season five at #2 and Aloha at #3.
The 2015 New Establishment: Bron Studios
From Playback magazine: Our annual list of red-hot mid-career executives, entrepreneurs and behind-the-camera talents kicks off with Vancouver’s Bron Media Corp. (CEO Aaron Gilbert pictured.)
TIFF ’15: Closet Monster wins best Canadian feature prize
Several other Canadian or copro titles were also presented with awards as the 40th edition of TIFF wrapped Sunday, with Hurt winning the inaugural Platform prize. (Closet Monster pictured.)
Cineplex’s eSports play
The company is leveling up, acquiring U.S. platform WorldGaming and announcing plans for local and national tournaments.
Shaftesbury and Rainmaker’s proposed $20M tie-up
Shaftesbury CEO Christina Jennings on why the proposed acquisition – which would see both companies continue to operate independently – makes sense for the company she founded in 1987.
Gallery: Birks Diamond Tribute 2015
Nine Canadian women directors and actors were honoured at an event held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Toronto on Tuesday evening.
Deals: Raven Banner, Corus, Distribution360, 9 Story
Raven Banner Entertainment has acquired the Canadian rights to Mission to Lars (pictured), plus more deals of the week.
TIFF ’15: Making Mongrel House a film-festival home
How Mongrel Media turned Toronto’s Campbell House Museum into a week-long TIFF party, hosting seven events in seven nights.
After the Last River to open Planet in Focus fest
A doc will also close the 16th edition of the festival, Hui Wang’s Last Harvest. (After the Last River pictured.)
Super Channel invests $460K across 15 projects
Projects picking up coin in the latest round of funding from the Super Channel Development Fund include Raven Banner’s Jacqueline Ess and EyeSteelFilm’s Manic.
Canada Pension Plan takes 17.9% stake in eOne
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has signed a commitment to acquire 52.9 million common shares of Entertainment One.
Stephen Dunn named inaugural Len Blum participant
The residency, launched this July, gives one Canadian writer/director a chance to develop a film project via a program run out of the TIFF Bell Lightbox. (Dunn pictured.)
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