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eOne breaks U.K. box office record with Twilight Saga release
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (pictured) this past weekend became the fourth highest grossing three-day weekend of all time in Britain, behind Harry Potter and newly-released Skyfall picture.
Ma vie reelle, 5 Broken Cameras win RIDM awards
The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) has wrapped with Magnus Isacsson’s Ma vie reelle (pictured) named best Canadian feature, and The Patron Saints awarded best new talent from Quebec/Canada.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Nov. 9 to Nov. 15, 2012
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D tops the box office for the week of Nov. 9 to Nov. 15, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Nov. 9 to Nov. 15, 2012
Bond climbs to the top of the box office with Skyfall, while The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 breaks the top 10 with one show.
Lionsgate surpasses $1 billion box office
The feat for the 2012 calendar year was attained with the worldwide opening of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (Part 1 pictured).
Mothballed Toronto Film Studios back in business as Revival 629
The 16-stage facility at 629 Eastern Avenue in Toronto has reopened under Ken and Linda Ferguson and partner SmartCentres.
Whistler Film Fest adds star wattage
The festival also named Canadian producer Martin Katz, actor/director Helen Shaver and actors Rachelle Lefevre and Liane Balaban to the Borsos jury for best Canadian feature.
Weekly round-up: Premiere dates and awards
Horses of McBride (pictured), starring Aidan Quinn and Kari Matchett, is a CTV original movie based on a true story of residents of a small B.C. town who rescue two starving horses that will premiere Dec. 16.
Telefilm’s annual meeting reveals industry growing pains
Michel Roy and Carolle Brabant aimed to reassure filmmakers that expressed fears they’re being left behind as the funding agency changes its evaluation criteria and makes a bigger push to the world market.
Production underway on Hard Drive
The film about coming of age in a digital millenium, written and directed by William D. MacGillivray, is shooting to Nov. 30 in Halifax.
David Cronenberg to voice Tales From the Organ Trade doc
The director of genre pics that feature body parts (pictured) will narrate the Associated Producers project about the shadowy world of black market organ trafficking.
Rainmaker Entertainment names Michael Hefferon as president
The film and TV vet moves over from Vancouver-based animation company Bardel Entertainment, where he was VP business development and exec producer.
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