Film

Alliance Films hits the auction block

Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Investissement Quebec have put their stakes in Canada’s largest indie film distributor in play.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Dec. 12 to Dec. 18, 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is the top-selling DVD for the week of Dec. 12 to Dec. 18.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Dec. 5 to Dec. 11, 2011

The Hangover Part II is the top-selling DVD in Canada this week.

Telefim invests $9.2 million in French film

Eight French-language films will receive funding in the first round of the Canada Feature Film Fund.

Lionsgate strikes Asian partnership with Saban Capital and Celestial Pictures

The Vancouver-based studio is jumping into the Chinese-language pay TV market to extend its distribution footprint globally.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films – Dec. 9 to Dec. 15, 2011

Monsieur Lazhar hits its seventh week in #1.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films – Dec. 9 to Dec. 15, 2011

Tintin is tops in its first week of release.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, 2011

The Smurfs is the top-selling DVD this week.

Best of the Year: David Cronenberg

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.

Palm Springs film fest books Lazhar for Oscar Buzz sidebar

Philippe Falardeau’s latest movie will screen at the southern California film festival just before Sundance.

A Worthy Companion headed for CineMart in Rotterdam

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.

Alberta unions and guilds welcome film incentive program changes

“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.