Film

Harold Greenberg Fund invests in 27 movie scripts

Deepa Mehta’s Secret Daughter novel adaptation, Patricia Rozema’s Via Dolorosa and Sarah Polley’s Alias Grace adaptation are among the latest Canadian film projects getting development coin.

Monsieur Lazhar wins Film Circuit audience award

Cinema-goers at the Toronto International Film Festival’s nationwide screening circuit voted Philippe Falardeau’s Quebec drama (pictured) as the top Canadian film.

CineCoup unveils top 10

President of distribution and sales Brad Pelman will travel to Cannes this week to shop the films to sales agents and international buyers.

RIDM to honour Marcel Ophuls

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is to honour the 85-year-old Franco-German director (pictured) with a major retrospective and a public discussion at this November’s event.

Continuum, Becoming Redwood topline Leo Awards nominations

The awards, which recognize excellence in B.C. film and TV, will be handed out on June 7 and 8 in Vancouver (Becoming Redwood pictured).

OUTtv pre-buys Sex & Violence

The six-part mini-series, written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald (pictured), will shoot through May in Nova Scotia.

Union Pictures names Ian Cooper chief operating officer

A lawyer by trade, Cooper (pictured) has spent more than a decade as a legal and strategic advisor to media, entertainment and technology companies.

William F. White buys Telescopic Camera Cranes

The deal gets camera operators to places they could not otherwise reach for shots, and specialized cranes into the reach of WFW customers.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films May 3 to May 9, 2013

The Colony is the top Canadian film for the week of May 3 to May 9, 2013.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 10 films May 3 to May 9, 2013

Iron Man 3 tops the box office for the week of May 3 to May 9, 2013.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Apr. 22 to Apr. 28, 2013

Django Unchained is the top-selling DVD for the week of Apr. 22 to Apr. 28, 2013.

BBC Worldwide Canada adds an exec

Ex-eOne VP TV and digital sales Michael Smith (pictured) joins the BBC’s Toronto-based arm effective immediately.