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Film
Nineteen projects get Harold Greenberg Fund script support
Receiving backing in the latest quarter are Ian Harnarine’s adaptation of his short film, Doubles With Slight Pepper (pictured), Patricia Rozema’s adaptation of Paper Bag Princess and other projects.
Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart to direct I Put a Hit on You
The crowd-financed feature stars Sara Canning and Aaron Ashmore, and is set to start shooting in Toronto on Nov. 20.
Entertainment One sees first-half pre-tax profit fall
Revenues were up in film and TV production and distribution, but higher P&A costs for film releases and one-time items dented the bottom line.
Manitoba entertainment production industry marks 25 years
The organizers of the Saturday festivities note the Prairie province has made nearly $1 billion in screen productions in the last 10 years.
Round up: indie box office success, U.S retransmission fracas
Midnight’s Children (pictured) grosses $90,000 on its opening weekend; Zoink’d! season two and Wild Obsession TV premieres set and U.S. stations want Canadian compensation.
Sask industry social media blitz praised
The organizers of the Wednesday attention-raising event say it topped Twitter’s Canada trend and was backed by numerous industry organizations.
Lionsgate posts sharply higher Q2 earnings and revenues
Home entertainment revenue from The Hunger Games and the domestic release of Summit Entertainment titles were big drivers for the Vancouver-based mini-studio.
Imax expands China revenue sharing deal
The deal sees Imax boosting its China presence by 15 new giant-screen theatres.
House of Cool restructures
The Toronto-based pre-production animation studio is consolidating its services with those of Red Rover Studios, which it acquired in 2008, to form a creative digital lab.
Cineplex doubles Q3 profit, despite theatre attendance fall
Addition of four AMC theatres, record concession revenues and premium ticket pricing enabled the Canadian exhibition giant to drive up bottom line earnings.
AFM 2012: Phase 4 Films acquires Long Time Gone
The Canadian distributor plans a spring 2013 release for the Virginia Madsen-starring drama in theatres, and on VOD and digital platforms.
Shortsnonstop adds category, prize
The year-round festival will now include a web series category, and will discontinue the Audience Award, replacing it with development assistance from iThentic for one content creator per prize period.
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