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Film
Weekly roundup: nominations, premieres and festival news
Included in this week’s briefs are Canadian nominations for the Webby Awards and news that B.C.-serviced U.S. production Bates Motel (pictured) has been renewed by A&E Network.
Jean-Francois Pouliot directs Dr. Cabbie
Vinay Virmani, Adrianne Palicki and Kunal Nayyar top-line the Canadian indie now shooting in Toronto.
B.C. NDP election promise includes expanding film, TV tax credits
Party leader Adrian Dix says that if his party wins the May 14 vote, the province’s labour tax credit would be boosted 7% to 40%.
Karen Bruce named ACCT’s membership director
Bruce, whose experience includes being TIFF’s director of Canadian Initiatives, takes the position immediately.
Giving Voice doc apprenticeship accepting submissions
Two of the program’s 2012 projects, The Ghosts in Our Machine and The Defector: Escape from North Korea (pictured) will screen at this year’s Hot Docs.
David Oland named Brightlight VP business, legal affairs
The news comes as the company regroups following the departures of co-founder Stephen Hegyes and former VP business and legal affairs Karyn Edwards (Oland pictured).
City Life pacts with Tribeca on pilot exchange program
The initiative will see three City Life Film Project filmmakers paired with three Tribeca Film Fellow students to pitch ideas, screen their films, and attend the 2013 Tribeca and TIFF festivals.
TARA awards handed out
Glass Eye Pictures’ The Path (pictured) dominated the Ryerson’s Radio and Television Arts program kudosfest.
L.A.-based DAX opens Toronto office
The entertainment-industry focused cloud computing company aims to tap into the expanding U.S. service and domestic TV and film productions based in Ontario.
The Calling starts principal photography
The thriller, toplined by Susan Sarandon and Ellen Burstyn, is being shot in the Hamilton, Ont. area.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Mar. 22 to Mar. 28, 2013
Sudz Sutherland’s Home Again is the top Canadian film for the week of Mar. 22 to Mar. 28, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Mar. 11 to Mar. 17, 2013
Rise of the Guardians is the top-selling DVD for the week of Mar. 11 to Mar. 17, 2013.
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