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Film
CFC unveils first Comedy Exchange teams
Don’t Talk to Irene, Preggoland and True Patriot Love have been selected for the program that provides script feedback and marketplace expertise from comedy and business execs.
Sisters & Brothers dominates UBCP/ACTRA awards in Vancouver
Camille Sullivan won for best actress and Kacey Rohl took top honours for best newcomer for their star turns in the Carl Bessai feature (pictured), which earlier this year won big at the Leo Awards.
Weekly roundup: New four-screen offering, Grey Cup and screen SOCAN
Eastlink’s rollout of its Eastlink to Go offering includes access to Hollywood Suite’s VOD movie channels on four screens.
Toronto prodco backs film to shoot in Louisiana
Enriching Pictures has agreed to produce Thomasina, based on a children’s novel of the same name, with Seven Arts Filmed Entertainment Louisiana.
Norm Bolen, Louise Lore leave Hot Docs board of directors
Heading towards its 20th edition, the doc festival brought Barry Avrich (pictured), Charlotte Engel and Katarina Soukup into the boardroom.
The Interrupters wins audience award at Regent Park Film Festival
And Toronto artist Chase Joynt won the most promising filmmaker prize for a short film about an Orthodox Jewish mother and her transgender son (The Interrupters pictured).
Jason James’ That Burning Feeling starts shooting in Vancouver
The indie feature stars Paulo Costanzo, Tyler Labine and John Cho, and was groomed for the cameras by the Telefilm Canada/Canadian Film Centre comedy lab, in partnership with the Just For Laughs comedy festival.
Shirley Douglas to receive ACTRA Toronto excellence award
Known for her roles in theatre and TV, including long-running series Wind at My Back, Douglas will receive the award at the ACTRA Toronto Awards in February at The Carlu.
Reel Asian fest gives top audience prize to Richard Fung
Dal Puri Diaspora (pictured), a global search for the origins of roti by the Canadian filmmaker, impressed film-goers at the 16th edition of the Asian film festival in Toronto.
Lawrence & Holloman in production in Vancouver
Matthew Kowalchuk’s directorial debut about an optimist and a pessimist whose lives collide is shooting in B.C. until Nov. 30.
Kastner’s Disco Revolution heads to America
Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. theatrical rights to Jamie Kastner’s The Secret Disco Revolution (pictured), with a run in American cinemas planned for June 2013.
Super Channel backs doc on Canadians in Hollywood
Cameras are set to roll in the spring on Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood.
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