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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Apr. 19 to Apr. 25, 2013
Joseph Kosinski’s sci-fi flick Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise, tops the box office for the week of Apr. 19 to Apr. 25.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Apr. 8 to Apr.14, 2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the top-selling DVD for the week of Apr. 8 to Apr. 14, while Quebec film Les Peewee is #11.
Laurie May leaving eOne
The former Alliance Films EVP (pictured) is the latest executive to leave the company following its acquisition of Alliance Films in January.
Merit Jensen Carr named Don Haig Award winner
The Winnipeg-based producer (pictured) of Special Ed, which world premieres at Hot Docs Apr. 29, is recognized for her creative vision and body of work, and receives a $10,000 cash prize.
Indiecan acquires The Ghosts In Our Machine doc
Liz Marshall’s feature documentary about animals caught up in a consumer economy (pictured) had its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto.
NSI announces New Voices participants
A total of nine students will participate in the 14-week training course for young Aboriginal adults who want to work in the film and TV industry.
Weekly roundup: nominations and awards
This weeks’ prize-heavy briefs include news of Inch’ Allah (pictured) taking a special prize at the Beijing International Film Festival and the Canuck nominations at the up-coming Monte-Carlo International TV Festival.
Canucks win in world competitions at Tribeca
Whitewash (pictured) director Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais won the best new narrative director award, while Stephen Dunn won the student visionary award for Life Doesn’t Frighten Me.
Heartland nets most AMPIA awards noms
Seven24 Films’ CBC family drama is vying for 13 prizes while Nomadic Pictures’ AMC western Hell on Wheels is vying for eight in the Alberta awards race.
Starlight – The Movie Channel makes final pitch to CRTC
Film director David Cronenberg told the regulator that Canadian broadcasters had chosen to focus drama dollars on episodic series, virtually excluding homegrown movies.
Hot Docs ’13: In a “Manor” of speaking…
Shawney Cohen (pictured, right) talks about his debut feature doc The Manor, which follows his family’s strip club business and kicked off the Hot Docs festival in Toronto.
Still Hot after 20 years
As North America’s biggest documentary festival celebrates its 20th anniversary, the team behind Hot Docs – which kicks off today in Toronto – talk about the Canadian event’s growth and the secrets of its success.
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