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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Apr. 9 to Apr. 15, 2012

War Horse maintains its spot at #1 for the week of Apr. 9 to Apr. 15, 2012.

Hunger Games insider talks social media secrets

Marketing pros say that as consumers are increasingly empowered in the digital age, producers have to harness that power to promote their projects.

Awards round-up: Stag parties, mental illness and D-Day take top prizes

Canadian productions Stag, Passionflower, Wilderness and online interactive series D-Day to Victory all took home awards in the last week.

Sandra Oh and Nia Vardalos-starrer to be shot in Winnipeg

The phone sex comedy, slated to begin production as soon as June, also stars Emily Watson and Melora Hardin.

Why China is an ace in the hole for Canada’s Imax Corp.

The Toronto-based company is betting that a growing international network of theatres, especially in China, coupled with a slate of Hollywood tentpoles on its super-sized screens, will assure a profitable future for the Canadian company.

Canadians win big at Tribeca Film Festival

War Witch, The World Before Her, and the Rhymes for Young Ghouls script all took home cash prizes from the New York film fest.

B.C. producers urge province to follow Ontario to stay competitive

A consortium, including the Canadian Media Production Association, urged Victoria to develop a creative clusters strategy overseen by an umbrella agency like the Ontario Media Development Corp. to sustain growth in a converged digital world.

Dreamworks taps Ken Scott to helm Starbuck remake

The Montreal-based director will redirect and rewrite the Hollywood adaptation of his award-winning Quebec comedy.

Unleashing the dragons

Ted Boyd, Rebecca Shropshire and Stephen Jurisic put project pitches (one pictured here) through their paces at the first annual Playback Summit.

Quebec short film booked into Cannes sidebar

Avec Jeff, a moto from Marie-Eve Juste was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight parallel showcase at Cannes.

Hot Docs preview pt.2: Working the crowd

Elizabeth Radshaw, Hot Docs Forum and market director, talks about the festival’s audience-centric initiatives and cultivating crowd-funding in Canada.

Pat DiVittorio, Kristine Murphy elected to WIFT-T board of directors

The 2012-2013 board was announced Tuesday night at the organization’s annual general meeting.