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Canadian doc makers slam cutbacks: “We are dropping like flies”

Award-winning Canadian documentary filmmakers John Kastner, Francine Pelletier, Daniel Cross and Kevin McMahon give their reactions to the recent doc funding cuts, and their predictions for the future of doc-making in Canada.

April 19, 2012

Telefilm’s Carolle Brabant receives CWC excellence in leadership award

Canada’s top film financier honoured Canadian women filmmakers as she accepted her tribute at the awards gala in Ottawa.

April 18, 2012

CRTC decides against regulating Netflix Canada, again

The regulator in an April 16 letter concludes so-called over-the-top digital platforms can continue to operate in Canada without subsidizing local content production.

April 18, 2012

Chloe Robichaud’s Herd Leader to represent Canada at Cannes

The Quebec filmmaker’s 13-minute short film, one of 10 selections in the category, will compete for the 2012 Short Film Palme d’Or in May in France.

April 18, 2012

Rogers ceasing national DVD/game rental services

The telecom company says that all rental stores will be repurposed, with their existing supplies of DVDs and games being liquidated by end of May.

April 17, 2012

Abigail Breslin toplines Vincenzo Natali’s Haunter genre pic shoot

Stephen McHattie, Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Nolden and David Hewlett are also cast in the indie pic shooting through mid-May in Toronto and Brantford, Ontario.

April 17, 2012