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Film
Syndicado expands digital content partnership
Toronto digital distributor gets more international docs and features like Oasis (pictured) via growing partnership with U.S.-based
Lifesize Entertainment.
Jeremiah Chechik lands Ryan Kwanten for next feature lead
The Montreal-born filmmaker (Benny and Joon) will direct Sex and Sunsets, featuring the True Blood star (pictured), for Serendipity Point Films in Banff and L.A. from late August.
Arne Olsen to do Captain Canuck screen adaptation
Mind’s Eye Entertainment tapped the L.A.-based Canadian screenwriter to turn Canada’s best-known masked crusader into a movie superhero.
Supreme Court: No royalties for music downloads online
The high court in a landmark decision said internet downloads of music should not mean extra compensation for copyright holders, as happens with radio play.
Weekly Roundup – awards, sales, premieres
Highlights include wins for SongbirdSOS (pictured), Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos, and Stargate Universe, a Locarno world premiere for Tower and sales for Cineflix.
Cameras roll on Odyssey Media’s Deception
Cuba Gooding Jr. (pictured) stars as an FBI agent helping a widow, played by Emmanuelle Vaugier, with Alliance Atlantis releasing in Canada.
Nominees revealed for 2012 DGC awards
On the list is past winner David Cronenberg (pictured), who picked up nominations for best direction and best feature film for A Dangerous Method.
75% of screen professionals to sell homes, exit Sask: survey
As well, 85% of respondents said they planned significant changes to their careers or businesses, according to the Saskatchewan Media Industry survey.
Cineplex completes acquisition of four AMC theatres
Three Ontario cinemas and a lone Quebec outlet will officially join the Cineplex brand Friday.
Fantasia books latest from Pascal Laugier, Rob Grant and Seth Smith
The Montreal genre festival plans a screening of Laugier’s The Tall Man (pictured), a Canada-France co-production shot last year in B.C., on opening night July 19.
Cindy Witten leaving NFB as head of English program
The former History Television exec came to the public filmmaker in 2008 and created its first digital studio.
CCI Entertainment expands movie slate with 12 titles
The company has added six original movies, including a 90-minute version of its Iron Road mini-series (pictured), and acquired worldwide distrib rights to six made-for-TV films.
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