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Film
PS Atlantic, SIM Digital close Halifax offices
Screen Nova Scotia has called for an emergency meeting with the provincial government following news of the office closures.
Deals: Space, Mongrel, Nelvana, DHX
Space picks up the intergalactic drama The Expanse (pictured), and more deals of the week.
Bell Fund distributes $3.5M across 27 projects
Shaftesbury and Radical Sheep are among the recipients of production funding in the latest Bell Fund round.
Coming Soon: Backcountry
D Films’ Michael Robson on his distribution strategy for Backcountry and its potential for screens and audiences in Canada’s more remote communities.
Soda Pictures makes pair of pre-TIFF acquisitions
The Thunderbird Films-owned distributor has acquired Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise (pictured) ahead of its world premiere at TIFF ’15.
The Sun At Midnight rises for NWT shoot
The project from Jill and Jackfish Productions is the first Northwest Territories feature film to receive production funding from Telefilm.
Natasha, The Saver to get world bows at AFF
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town will also get its world premiere at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax.
ImagineNATIVE announces opening, closing films
A short film from Jeff Barnaby (pictured) is among the titles announced for the festival, as well as a closing night gala screening for Adam Garnet Jones’ Fire Song.
Prem Gill named CEO of Creative BC
The current director of original production and programming at Telus takes the top job at Creative BC in September.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Aug. 14, 2015 to Aug. 20, 2015
Le Mirage tops the chart for the week of Aug. 14 to 20, with Turbo Kid at #2 and Ego Trip at #3.
TIFF ’15: Pedro Morelli’s Zoom added to lineup
The comedy will have its world premiere in September, the festival announced, as it also revealed additional films to be showcased in various programs.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Aug. 14, 2015 to Aug. 20, 2015
Straight Outta Compton goes straight to #1 for the week of Aug. 14 to 20, with Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation at #2 and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. at #3.
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