The Canadian distributor also picked up the Jean-Claude Van Damme-starring action film Enemies Closer at the European Film Market.
In all, five films will fly the Canadian flag at the prestigious SXSW music and film festival in Austin, Texas from March 9 to 18.
The refurbished venue will reopen March 14 with a week of special screenings and events.
Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation director Michael Levine tells Playback Daily about the late entertainment journalist’s mandate to create a star system in Canada.
The Canadian distributor inked a number of multi-territory deals at the European Film Market for films to program against Hollywood fare in core markets.
As recipients of the inaugural award, 12 screenwriters from across Canada will receive passes to the Toronto Screenwriting Conference on March 31 and Apr. 1.
The new crowd-funding service from Hot Docs will support documentary projects in development, the first of which is director Jay Cheel’s How To Build a Time Machine.
Monsieur Lazhar is again the top Canadian film at the box office.
The Woman in Black takes the top spot for the week of Feb. 3 to Feb. 9, 2012.