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Film
Blue Ice Pictures Acquires Daniel Iron’s Foundry Films
The deal gets Steven Silver and Neil Tabatznik’s expanding film financing and production group deeper into international co-productions.
Cameras roll on Italian-Canadian feature comedy Mangiacake
Nate Estabrooks’ (pictured) feature film debut, a collaboration with co-writer, producer and actor Christina Cuffari, starts production in Ottawa Friday.
Weekly roundup: distribution, awards and funding news
Toronto-lensed NBC Universal series Hannibal has been renewed, and distributor Kaleidoscope has licensed several Canadian-made films (Cradle Will Fall pictured) to Shaw Media.
WFW Intl to exclusively represent FlyCam Canada aerial techology
The pact is the latest by the production equipment rental giant as it fends off competition from a newly-combined Sim Digital/PS Production Services.
Alberta to host movie slate production by XII Tribes Entertainment
The films, to be financed in part by Archeos Entertainment, will be distributed worldwide by Los Angeles-based Vision Films.
Behind-the-scenes with the CineCoup top five – part two
The teams behind Grade Nine, BAD and Alien Abduction talk leveraging social media and reaching global audiences.
Canadian OTT market to be worth $614 million by 2017: PWC
The consulting firm projects the North American electronic home video market will be $14.8 billion in 2017, bigger than the theatrical film market’s $13.5 billion.
Women underrepresented across Canadian film, TV industries: report
The finding comes from the Focus on Women 2013 report on the state of industry gender equity, released by the Canadian Unions for Equality on Screen on Tuesday.
Behind-the-scenes with the CineCoup top five – part one
The teams behind Wolfcop and Uprising discuss learning media savviness, how to pitch, implementing fan feedback and finding their audiences.
Brenda Greenberg named Frantic Films script development chief
An industry veteran, Greenberg’s (pictured) credits include series Kenny vs. Spenny, Being Erica and Street Legal.
CineCoup unveils top five projects
(UPDATED) The top five filmmaking teams will pitch their projects to a panel of industry experts at the Banff World Media Festival June 10.
Pre-production starts on Winnipeg shoot of Strings
The indie drama from U.S.-based Strings of Film, stars Lucas Till (Walk the Line), Kherington Payne (So You Think You Can Dance) and Maria Bello (A History of Violence, pictured).
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