Film

Lazhar, Coteau Rouge, Cafe de flore top Jutra noms

The high-profile films earn nine, eight and seven nominations each, respectively, for the French-language film awards.

U.S. and U.K. producers focus of Strategic Partners 2012

As foreign producers increasingly target L.A. and London for film financing, the Halifax co-production conference will spotlight U.S. and U.K. markets.

Katrin Bowen shooting second feature in Vancouver

The Amanda Tapping and Zak Santiago-starring Random Acts of Romance is the follow-up to Bowen’s 2010 debut feature Amazon Falls.

Michel Brault to be honoured by Hot Docs

The filmmaker will receive the 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award and a retrospective during the festival this spring.

Report: Canadian live theatre, opera and dance troupes need to embrace digital technology

Canada’s performing arts community, the last holdout from the internet revolution, is looking to embrace new media platforms to remain in front of Canadian audiences.

Blog: Decoding the new distribution, talking transmedia at Rotterdam

Entertainment lawyer, producer and Playback blogger Anita K. Sharma shares her experiences from the Producer’s Lab at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Astral Media CFO Claude Gagnon to retire

The long-time finance boss will be replaced at the Montreal-based broadcaster by Robert Fortier, currently VP of finance.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films – Jan. 20 to Jan. 26, 2012

A Dangerous Method remains the top-performing Canadian film at the box office for its second week of release.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films – Jan. 20 to Jan. 26, 2012

The latest installment of the Underworld franchise takes the #1 spot at the box office in Canada.

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

Moneyball hits a homerun for the #1 spot on the DVD sales chart.

Blog: Speed dating, festival-style

Entertainment lawyer, producer and Playback blogger Anita K. Sharma shares her experiences from the Producer’s Lab at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

ACCT launches Genies ad campaign

Exclusive: A day ahead of its official launch, Playback has a sneak-peek at the Academy’s new spot promoting Canadian film and the March 8 Genies broadcast.