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Film
Cineplex to acquire 26 Empire theatres for $200M
As Cineplex expands its presence into the Atlantic region, Empire gets out of the film exhibition biz by separately selling 20 theatres to Landmark Cinemas.
Rick Campanelli honoured with ICFF award
The ET Canada host (pictured) will receive the Italian Contemporary Film Festival’s inaugural Award of Excellence.
Guy Maddin to turn seances for lost silent films into a feature
The partnership with the NFB and Phi Films will include an installation based on a 2012 live streaming of paranormal visits in Paris (Maddin pictured).
Female Eye Film Festival announces award winners
Canuck directors Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert and Shandi Mitchell are among the award winners at this year’s festival, which celebrates the work of female film directors (The Disappeared pictured).
New roles for McDonald, Hendrie at Hot Docs
Hot Docs’ long-serving exec director Chris McDonald (pictured) is to take on the newly created position of president within the organization, in a move that sees Brett Hendrie given control of the Toronto festival.
Continuum comes out on top at Constellation Awards
Also faring well at the awards event held June 22 was Primeval: New World, which took two prizes compared to Continuum‘s (pictured) three.
Kaleidoscope ups Aliy Brown
Brown (pictured) is appointed director of broadcast and digital sales at the Toronto-based distribution and entertainment company.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films June 14 to June 20, 2013
Sarah Prefere La Course is the top Canadian film for another week.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films June 14 to June 20, 2013
Man of Steel flies to the top box office spot for the week of June 14 to June 20, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs June 3 to June 9, 2013
Identity Thief is the top-selling DVD for the week of June 3 to June 9, 2013.
Women in the Director’s Chair gets boost from NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal is providing $75,000 to support the group’s various initiatives focused on getting more female-directed projects onto Canadian screens.
The Legend of Sarila to open south of the border
kaboom! Entertainment, the kids and family label of U.S. distributor Phase 4 Films, has picked up U.S. rights to the 3D animated feature from Quebec prodcos CarpeDiem and 10th Avenue.
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