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Film
Photo gallery: 2013 ACTRA Awards
This year’s awards, held on Feb. 23, recognized outstanding performances by Tatiana Maslany, Shawn Doyle and Shannon Kook-Chun, and honoured stage and screen vet Shirley Douglas with an award of excellence.
Less Than Kind, Flashpoint win, War Witch sweeps Screen Awards
Canadian industry execs, on- and off-screen talent gathered at Toronto’s Sony Centre for a glitzy gala celebrating the country’s achievements in film, TV and digital media.
Domestic TV production lifts Ontario to record activity in 2012
Local shoots like Rookie Blue and Bomb Girls to Lost Girl and Degrassi accounted for 68% of the $1.28 billion spent in the province on film and TV production.
Astral launches TMN Go
The video streaming service for subscribers will make more than 1,500 hours of TMN, HBO Canada and TMN Encore content available for viewing on iOS, desktop and, in the coming weeks, Android devices.
90 indie teams vying for $1 million CineCoup funding
The social media-driven film accelerator program is being supported by ads running in Cineplex theatres throughout March.
Weekly roundup: Awards, distribution sales and TV premieres
Among this week’s briefs is news of Yung Chang’s doc The Fruit Hunters (pictured) winning a top honour at the annual International Environmental Film Festival in Paris and TV season premieres for Continuum, The Next Step, Wingin’ It and Life with Boys.
Telefilm announces eight micro-budget program finalists
A total of eight projects will receive $120,000 apiece in funding towards a feature-length film that includes a multi-platform and digital release strategy.
Film, TV, video production sees boost in revenue and profit in 2011: StatsCan
Ontario, Quebec and B.C. led the charge in generating industry operating revenue, according to a recent report released by Statistics Canada.
Hot Docs to highlight “rule breakers and innovators”
Organizers of the upcoming Toronto doc conference and fest will spotlight tech-savvy filmmakers such as keynote Ondi Timoner (pictured) and will introduce a transmedia pitching contest, Connect the Docs.
Sandra Oh, Alan Thicke to present at Canadian Screen Awards
Adding star power to the inaugural industry event on March 3, the Canadian actors join the roster of previously announced presenters including Jay Baruchel, Alan Hawco and Meg Tilly (Oh pictured).
Ascot Elite signs pre-sale deal for Atom Egoyan’s Queen of the Night
The distribution deal for German-speaking Europe with Entertainment One comes as the thriller continues shooting in Sudbury and Toronto (Egoyan pictured).
James Stewart on bringing Daily Battles to TED 2013
The 3D director talks to Playback about using 3D in non-traditional ways, and why TED is a good market for storytelling in new mediums.
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