Film

Anchor Bay/Raven Banner take DVD rights to Manborg

The distributors will handle the home entertainment release of Steven Kostanki’s genre pic about a dead soldier reanimated as a cyborg killing machine.

Canadian Screen Awards adds a media partner

The new awards program has named Hello! Canada as its print partner, which will help to build hype in advance of the March 2013 event with pieces on the nominated stars and projects.

Former CRTC chair has a new gig

Konrad von Finckenstein (pictured) is starting at private law firm Jams as an arbitrator and mediator and will be based out of Toronto.

Trailer Park Boys sign on for third film

Mike Clattenberg will direct the third feature film installment, produced by Topsail Productions and Trailer Park Productions and featuring Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay and Mike Smith as the crude criminal trio.

Whistler Film Fest unveils plans for ShortWork Lab

The Dec. 1 workshop will include the short film award pitch, which sees five aspiring filmmakers vie for a $15,000 cash prize and ‘in-kind’ services of up to $100,000 to be used to complete their project.

TIFF sets dates for 2013

Next year’s festival will take place from Sept. 5 to Sept. 15, 2013.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Oct. 12 to Oct. 18, 2012

In Canadian films, Resident Evil: Retribution tops the box office for another week.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Oct. 12 to Oct. 18, 2012

Hotel Transylvania 3D, which received its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, tops the box office for the week of Oct. 12 to Oct. 18, 2012.

Hot Sheet

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Oct. 1 to Oct. 7, 2012

The Avengers tops DVD for another week.

News

eOne grabs North American rights to Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s

The doc about the famous luxury goods and fashion retailer is directed by Matthew Miele.

The saucy Soska twins’ remedy for Canadian film: shock and awe

“There’s a stereotype that we’re (Canadians) sweet and polite and love our hockey, which is true. But we’re also really weird. We have a really strange sense of humour,” Jen Soska tells Playback as American Mary plays the Toronto After Dark Film Festival.

American Mary cleans up at Screamfest Horror Film Fest

The film (pictured) from IndustryWorks took the top prize for best picture and earned Jen and Sylvia Soska the best director trophy.