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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Feb. 15 to Feb. 21, 2013

Mama tops the box office for another week.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Feb. 15 to Feb. 21, 2013

Identity Thief tops the box office for the week of Feb. 15 to Feb. 21, 2013.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Feb. 4 to Feb. 10, 2013

Hotel Transylvania is the top-selling DVD for the week of Feb. 4 to Feb. 10, 2013.

Mychael Danna wins Oscar for Life of Pi score

And Vancouver-based Guillaume Rocheron took honours for Life of Pi‘s VFX, while Jim Erickson of B.C. won for Lincoln‘s production design (Danna pictured).

Tatiana Maslany, Shawn Doyle win at ACTRA Awards

Shannon Kook-Chun won for outstanding voice performance, while Shirley Douglas received ACTRA Toronto’s 2013 Award of Excellence at the Saturday awards event (Maslany pictured).

Kazik Radwanski’s Tower release paired with short film screenings

The Royal’s cinema showcase of Toronto-made films is the latest bid to get shorts in front of Canadians at the local cinema (Tower pictured).

Weekly roundup: Festival lineups and doc broadcast premieres

This week’s roundup includes the list of industry folk taking part in the ACCT’s In Studio program on Mar. 2 (such as actor Gerry Dee, pictured) and Canuck titles screening at the Miami International Film Festival.

Production wraps on Odyssey’s Out of Reach

The feature, produced with L.A.’s Pulser Productions and The Cartel, stars Erin Karpluk (pictured on set), Lochlyn Munro and Jamie Luner.

Berkshire takes Canadian rights to How to Make Money Selling Drugs doc

And BFIdeas Productions has inked a deal with U.S. distributor Women Make Movies to release its Canadian female soldier documentary Sisters in Arms south of the border (How to Make Money pictured).

Multiple Media acquires Canadian rights to U.K. film City of Dreamers

The deal for writer/director Jamie Patterson’s romancer follows a successful run on the festival circuit.

Filmmakers Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart sign with CAA

The duo (pictured) are currently editing their first feature-length project, I Put A Hit On You.

Craft Truck premieres first series, more in the pipeline

The online entertainment site aims to reach the filmmaking industry with their niche-targeted content.