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Film
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Dec. 7 to Dec. 13, 2012
Esimesac tops the list for the week of Dec. 7 to Dec. 13, 2012.
Buffalo Gal and Entremedia Digital partner to form film, TV company
Buffalo Media Group will produce live action and animated feature film and TV projects and new media content, and provide VFX services out of its offices in Toronto and Winnipeg.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Dec. 7 to Dec. 13, 2012
Skyfall flies high for another week.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Nov. 26 to Dec. 2, 2012
Men In Black 3 is the top-selling DVD for the week of Nov. 26 to Dec. 2, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Nov. 19 to Nov. 25, 2012
Expendables 2 is the top-selling DVD for the week of Nov. 19 to Nov. 25, 2012.
Telefilm to take 11 Canadian short films to French market
As part of the organization’s Not Short on Talent initiative, films including Mike Clattenburg’s Cracking Down Hard (pictured), Patrick Boivin’s Dragon Baby and Bahar Noorizadeh’s Lingo will screen at the Clermont-Ferrand’s International Short Film Market.
Best of the year: Lionsgate
The Vancouver-based indie studio’s big year included acquiring Summit Entertainment, releasing the first Hunger Games installment, and extending its worldwide distribution network via multiple international output deals.
Indiecan Entertainment takes movies to mobile world
The smartphone and tablet app will allow consumers to order merchandise, including DVDs, and tap into Indiecan’s social media and corporate sites.
Jan Miller steps down as Strategic Partners director after 15 years
(UPDATED) The departure follows news last week that Lia Rinaldo is leaving the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax as festival director after 22 years in the post (Miller pictured).
Telefilm invests $11.2 million in eight features
The Right Kind of Wrong received a $6.7 million investment, while co-pros The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet and Shana – The Wolf’s Music also received funding.
Gearshift Films inks deal for Home Sweet Home
The deal covers all rights in Canada and the U.S., including pay TV, home entertainment and VOD, for the France-Canada co-venture thriller from the Toronto-based indie and France’s CountessFilms.
Weekly roundup: Award noms, renewals and premieres
Lionsgate’s B.C.-shot Cabin in the Woods (pictured) received a best sci-fi/horror movie category nomination in the Critics’ Choice Awards, and word comes that Film Nova Scotia is being overhauled.
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