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Film
Bron reorganizes as Bron Media Corp, names COO
Daniel D. McClure (pictured) joins the Bron group of companies as president and COO, and will work out of the company’s new Toronto office.
Shaw Media-Hot Docs invests $120K across 5 projects
Five docs, including Nisha Pahuja’s Send Us Your Brother and Jay Cheel’s How to Build a Time Machine, have received a total of $120,000 in grants from the Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds.
Conquering Lion options The Golden Son
The Toronto-based prodco has acquired the screen rights to the upcoming Shilpi Somaya Gowda novel.
Trilight nabs Michael J. Fox to topline A.R.C.H.I.E.
Fox has signed on to be the voice of Archie, the robotic dog and lead character of the Trilight Entertainment family feature.
Beeba Boys, Into the Forest get VIFF gala screenings
Other films set to screen at the festival in either gala or special presentations include Hyena Road and This Changes Everything. (Into the Forest pictured.)
BravoFACT awards $570K across 13 projects
Molly Parker’s Bird and Matthew Hannam’s Paseo were among the shorts selected to receive funding in BravoFACT’s latest round.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Aug. 21, 2015 to Aug. 27, 2015
Le Mirage tops the chart for the week of Aug. 21 to Aug. 27, followed by Le journal d’un vieil homme at #2 and Turbo Kid at #3.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Aug. 21, 2015 to Aug. 27, 2015
Straight Outta Compton stays at #1 for the week of Aug. 21 to Aug. 27, with Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation at #2 and Hitman: Agent 47 at #3.
Michael Drabot joins William F. White
The former Production Services Toronto exec joins William F. White as the company’s new VP/general manager of Whites Winnipeg and national client services.
The Sabbatical, Nestor get Whistler world bows
Patterson’s Wager, The Sublet and FSM were also included in the first lineup announcement for the festival.
TIFF ’15: Subbing in Sudbury for LA in Born to be Blue
Filmmaker Robert Budreau talks to Playback about the strategies deployed to successfully shoot Born to be Blue in Sudbury and the partnerships formed to make the film a reality.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Aug. 10, 2015 to Aug. 16, 2015
Insurgent tops the DVD chart for the week of Aug. 10 to 16, with Hot Pursuit at #2 and Home at #3.
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