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Film
Harold Greenberg Fund: $3.6 million invested in 2010-11
The industry fund’s latest annual report reveals coin for 180 projects from early-stage inception to polish and packaging.
NSI announces shortlists for Features First and Drama Prize programs
Twenty-one films make the cut for the National Screen Institute’s features and shorts development programs.
Prom Night at the White House
Director/producer Paul Saltzman talks about the film’s continuing impact, screening this week at the White House and his upcoming Mississippi-based project.
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films – Dec. 2 to Dec. 8, 2011
Monsieur Lazhar tops the Canadian box office again this week. (Free content)
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films – Dec. 2 to Dec. 8, 2011
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn tops the list again in its third week of theatrical release. (Free content)
Telefilm and Rogers Group of Funds award $1.35 million for docs
A total of eight films are being supported through the Theatrical Documentary Program, including Patrick Reed’s Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Nov. 21 to Nov. 27, 2011
Deathly Hallows: Part II from the series about “the boy who lived” takes the top-selling DVD spot again this week. (Free content)
Astral Media on Canadian film acquisition: ‘Our business model has not changed’
The broadcaster responds to CAFDE’s assertion that its pay TV licence fees have declined in recent years, and refutes Alliance’s claim that it was not interested in carrying Breakaway.
Marisa Tomei and Joshua Jackson star in Ruba Nadda’s Inescapable
The project is Nadda’s follow-up to Cairo Time, which won the best Canadian feature prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.
First Weekend Club moves closer to Canadian Virtual Cinema
The non-profit organization’s president, Anita Adams, talks to Playback about securing the first round of funding for the beta launch of its VOD Canadian film project.
RedLab takes on Evil, new workflows
REDLABdigital president, Johnny Megalos, talks to Playback Daily about designing new workflows for the Toronto-shot 3D franchise flick, Resident Evil: Retribution.
Rainmaker’s Luna named Best Animated Short at CISF
The award is the first festival circuit win for the film, which will screen at the CISF on Dec. 17.
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