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Film
Weekly roundup: ideaBOOST and film and TV premieres
This pre-Easter edition of our briefs includes premiere news for homegrown TV series, as well as Canuck-made films at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (Jews and Money pictured).
Under Fire documentary wins Peabody
The project is among 39 honourees for the 72nd annual Peabody Awards, chosen to represent the best in electronic media for 2012.
Rouge Sang, The Disappeared win at Canadian Film Fest
Martin Doepner’s bloody thriller and Shandi Mitchell’s nautically-themed Nova Scotia-filmed drama (pictured) won two awards apiece at the fest, which wrapped Sunday.
Telefilm invests $6.2M in eight features
Mike Clattenburg’s Trailer Park Boys III and Sylvain Archambault’s La Garde are among the films receiving coin through the Canada Feature Film Fund.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Mar. 15 to Mar. 21, 2013
Sarila is #1 for another week.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Mar. 15 to Mar. 21, 2013
Oz stays at #1 for the week of Mar. 15 to Mar. 21, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Mar. 4 to Mar. 10, 2013
The final installment of the Twilight saga is the top-selling DVD for the week of Mar. 4 to Mar. 10, 2013.
David Cormican acquires rights to The Jane Austen Marriage Manual
Working with Tonya Lee Williams, the indie producer (pictured) will develop and co-produce the project under his recently-formed prodco Up, Up and Away, in association with Don Carmody Productions.
Cinetic Media’s John Sloss on dealmaking in Toronto, Sundance
The indie power broker told Playback it’s harder to get a lot of money for little-known discovery titles in Toronto where specialty distributors are distracted by having to launch star-driven films with media junkets.
Astral’s TMN Go expands reach to Rogers subscribers
The addition of Rogers means that the streaming service is now available to almost 75% of TMN subscribers.
Indiecan to distribute Skull World
The doc by Justin McConnell is to get a North American theatrical release followed by platform releases in select foreign territories.
Vic Sarin’s Desert Riders to compete in Buenos Aires
The Filmblanc documentary about the dark side of camel racing will screen in competition at the International Film Festival of Cinema Politico.
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