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Film
Doc festival turns to Indiegogo to finance youth screenings
The Montreal International Documentary Festival is looking for $10,000 to be raised via the crowd-funding campaign to back a second year of film screenings for young audiences.
Hot Docs issues $266,000 in grants via Shaw Media, Blue Ice
Hot Docs has awarded grants to 16 documentaries, with $125,000 issued via its Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund, and $141,000 granted via the Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds.
Mychael Danna nets Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice nominations
The multi-award winning Canadian composer has secured the twosome this week for his scoring of Ang Lee’s Life of Pi.
Xbox Live rolling out new entertainment offerings in Canada
The apps, which are part of a major international expansion by Microsoft’s digital media service and console, include the CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, GameTrailers, CNET and VOD provider CinemaNow.
Best of the year: iThentic
“For us, 360 means not just looking at pure internet content, but also making sure that we are exploring all the potential for monetization,” says chairwoman and co-founder Catherine Tait.
German auteur Uwe Boll shooting Suddenly in Vancouver
The remake of a 1954 gangster thriller is shooting through Dec. 20, with Ray Liotta and Michael Pare starring (Boll pictured).
Best of the year: Mongrel Media
“Since we don’t have the market clout that a big company has, we have to be hungry at all times, so that we can grab whatever opportunities we see,” says company founder Hussain Amarshi.
Bruce McDonald movie starts shooting in Toronto
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, August Diehl, Sarah Allen and Jodi Balfour are top-lining Baby, How’d We Ever Get This Way, the latest movie from the indie director (pictured).
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, 2012
Quebec film Esimesac tops the box office for the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, 2012
007 stays the course as Skyfall tops the box office for the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, 2012.
Montreal’s Impact Future Media snags John McAfee life story rights
The Canadian producer said it is looking to exploit the embattled anti-virus pioneer’s (pictured) story across a range of media platforms, including film, TV and print.
Best of the year: Item 7
Playback‘s film producer of the year is behind Kim Nguyen’s Rebelle (War Witch) and the upcoming post-apocalyptic thriller The Colony.
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