Film

Barney’s Version collects Telefilm’s Golden Box Office award

The top-grossing feature’s creative team were on hand for the tribute in Toronto Thursday.

Payback awards honour CFC volunteers

The Wednesday night event also featured the premieres of five projects from the 2012 short dramatic film program.

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Incendo’s The Perfect Surrogate in production in Montreal

The made-for-TV movie, starring Mia Kirschner, Rachel Blanchard and David Julian Hirsch, shoots through to June 21.

Produced By Conference: On the films that ‘won’t get made’

Blogging from L.A., Marc Almon listens in on producer Brian Grazer and producer/director Peter Berg’s discussion of making their films in the face of major challenges.

HBO doc Koran by Heart takes top jury prize in Banff

As the Banff Rockie Awards were handed out Tuesday, the best drama prize went to Five (pictured), a short film anthology for Lifetime in the U.S. market.

Movie Central, TMN unveil original production slate for fall

Returning series Call Me Fitz (pictured), Less Than Kind join lineup of copro miniseries Rogue and The Heretics, and docs including Ron Mann’s Altman.

Banff 2012: Sask producers ponder their next moves

“It’s not a load-up the wagon and head out of Dodge. It’s a slow ending of the industry,” SMPIA president Ron Goetz tells Playback.

Banff 2012: NFB launches branded channel in China

Local partner Pheonix New Media offers Chinese internet users access to films produced and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada.

TV subscription, license spending to hit $13B by 2016: PwC report

According to the report, consumer spending in Canada is projected to increase at 5.3% compound annual growth to 2016, versus 3.7% in the U.S.

CRTC at Banff 2012: Netflix Canada a problem? It’s the solution

“Let’s take advantage of these great new digital media to promote and export our Canadian content to the world,” CRTC commissioner Peter Menzies (pictured) told delegates on Monday.

Banff 2012: Canada Media Fund unveils Canadaonscreen.ca website

The online initiative aims to showcase and celebrate Canadian TV programming and digital content consumed widely at home and abroad.

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Movie Central, NSI launch Script to Screen partnership

The initiative, which replaces the Corus Made with Pay Fund, will provide up to five writers with a development advance of up to $50,000.