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Film
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films – March 16 to March 22, 2012
21 Jump Street jumps to the top of the box office in its first week of release.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – March 5 to March 11, 2012
Immortals is the top-selling DVD for the week of March 5 to March 11, 2012.
Peace Point Entertainment launches international distribution arm
Peace Point Rights will be led by Eric Muller and Julie Chang and be formally launched at MIPTV with a sales slate that includes Bake with Anna Olson and SuperBodies.
Exclusive: Avi Federgreen launches River Valley Films in Alberta
The veteran film producer and distributor has pacted with Edmonton-based producer Guy Lavallee to tap local talent to make Alberta films.
Uwe Boll to shoot The Bailout in Vancouver in April
The German filmmaker is back in business with Brightlight’s Shawn Williamson, who produced earlier Boll gorefests like In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, the BloodRayne trilogy and House of the Dead.
In the writer’s room with Graham Yost
Justified showrunner Graham Yost talks to Playback about his screenwriting style and bringing Raylan Givens to the screen, leading up to the Toronto Screenwriting Conference March 31 and April 1.
Shocked industry urges Saskatchewan to reverse film tax credit cut
The grassroots Save the Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit campaign has invited the media Monday to a local high school to see first-hand the impact on media students facing a devastated provincial film and TV production sector.
Canadian industry reacts to Saskatchewan film tax credit cut
Rogers Media broadcast topper Scott Moore tells Playback Daily he’s still committed to launching Citytv Saskatchewan, with a host of new shows from local producers.
Telefilm invests more than $9 million in feature films
The Black Marks from Darius Films, 13 Eerie from Minds Eye Entertainment and micro_scope-produced Whitewash all received more than $1 million each in the latest funding round.
Playback Summit: New speakers confirmed
Jennifer Dettman, Jason Chaney and Tony Walsh have joined the speaker lineup for the inaugural event, happening April 25.
Canadian Film Festival goes big and comes home
The fest is back after a three-year hiatus, with sponsors including Astral and TIFF Film Circuit, and a promotional multimedia campaign spanning print, TV and online.
Six Island co-production receives IDFA’s Jan Vrijman Fund
The Canada-Tunisia-France feature doc was one of 20 projects chosen for the international grant, which supports doc filmmakers in developing countries.
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