Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Investissement Quebec have put their stakes in Canada’s largest indie film distributor in play.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is the top-selling DVD for the week of Dec. 12 to Dec. 18.
The Hangover Part II is the top-selling DVD in Canada this week.
Eight French-language films will receive funding in the first round of the Canada Feature Film Fund.
The Vancouver-based studio is jumping into the Chinese-language pay TV market to extend its distribution footprint globally.
Monsieur Lazhar hits its seventh week in #1.
Tintin is tops in its first week of release.
The Smurfs is the top-selling DVD this week.
Thirty years into a storied career, this Canadian director is having one of his biggest years yet, making him Playback‘s Director of the Year.
Philippe Falardeau’s latest movie will screen at the southern California film festival just before Sundance.
The micro_scope-produced film, directed by Carlos and Jason Sanchez, is one of 36 projects vying for funding in Rotterdam’s copro market Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, 2012.
“Changes to the AMDF guidelines will revitalize our industry and get our cultural workers back to work, in front of and behind the camera,” said Tina Alford, Alberta branch rep for ACTRA.