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Film
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, 2012
Omerta stays at #1 for another week.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, 2012
The Dark Knight Rises maintains its high for the week of Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, 2012.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs July 23 to July 29, 2012
American Reunion is the top-selling DVD for the week of July 23 to July 29, 2012.
Cameras roll on Denis Cote’s Vic and Flo Saw a Bear
The Quebec director’s (pictured) sixth feature will shoot in St-Antoine-sur Richelieu through Sept. 16.
Richard Dreyfuss signs onto starring role in Cas & Dylan
The film directorial debut by Jason Priestley also stars Tatiana Maslany in a drama about an ailing man who goes on the lam with a young woman (Dreyfuss pictured here).
TIFF announces Asian Film Summit programming
Harvey Weinstein will MC the closing banquet of the event, which is to include discussions on film policy and financing featuring North American and Asian industry heavyweights.
Production begins on Red Czarina’s H&G
The Winnipeg-based prodco is expected to wrap principal photography for its inaugural feature Sept. 2.
TIFF’12 Trailers: Canadian films
A selection of trailers from “The Eh Team,” including stories of harvested celeb viruses (AntiViral, pictured), kids war games, gender-bending love and political conflict.
Roller Town to get digital bow in U.S. market on VOD and iTunes
Duopoly has inked a deal with Gravitas Ventures for the Aug. 14 launch of the Canadian comedy by Andrew Bush that stars Halifax sketch comedy troupe Picnicface.
Premium ticket prices boosts profitability at Cineplex
The Canadian exhibition giant reports its conversion to digital projection is “substantially complete.”
Fantasia reports record attendance for 2012 festival
The Montreal festival says it improved upon last year’s performance by 7,000 people, and meanwhile, Jason Lapeyre’s Cold Blooded (pictured) won the prize for best Quebec or Canadian feature.
Toronto filmmaker releases Kickstarter guide e-book
Toronto-based Elijah the Prophet director James Cooper wrote the e-book to break down crowd-funding basics, after successfully fundraising for the film last year.
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