✖
Film
Is Rupinder Gill’s ‘On the Outside Looking Indian’ sitcom material?
Amaze Film + Television, coproducer of Call Me Fitz, has optioned the Canadian comedic memoir for a possible page-to-screen adaptation.
Doc maker Ann Shin completes undercover shoot for The Defector
The Canadian director tells Playback Daily about avoiding detection by Chinese authorities as she and her crew follow five North Korean refugees seeking freedom in the West.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Nov. 14 to Nov. 20, 2011
The second part in the final adventure of the Harry Potter series is the top-selling DVD in Canada for the week.
Maddin’s Keyhole wins Borsos prize
The film is one of eight to win cash prizes in competition at the Whistler Film Festival.
Whistler Film Festival to pitch Canadian scripts to Chinese studios
There are Chinese production dollars buried in those mountains: The Whistler script competition aims to give Asian studios a bridge into the North American market.
Breakthrough taps Marina Cordoni to head up film distribution unit
The Breakthrough slate of films seeking worldwide distribution includes Marcel Grant’s Coffee, Sex, You, and Alexander MacKenzie’s Dancing on the Edge.
Michael Shannon: Whistler is ‘like Sundance, only prettier’
Actor Michael Shannon accepts the Whistler Film Festival’s first-ever Spotlight tribute award ahead of the fest’s trademark gala.
Marketing indies, hitting the white carpet: Whistler
The festival was in full swing Friday, with premiere Canadian indies screening, panels in full swing and a host of parties.
Baruchel tribute highlights day two at Whistler: blog
Parties, presentations and mountain turns mark the first full day of festivities at the 2011 Whistler Film Festival.
Canadian docs Indie Game: The Movie and Payback head to Utah
Playback Daily catches up with the directors of both films on being selected for the prestigious Sundance Film Festival this winter.
Two NFB shorts move ahead in Oscar race
Patrick Doyon’s Dimanche/Sunday and Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby’s Wild Life are among the final 10 to be selected for the animated short films shortlist.
Heidi Tao Yang wins WIFT-T 2011 CBC mentorship
Tao Yang will participate in a week-long workshop at CBC in February 2012 as part of the mentorship.
The definitive CDN broadcast and production resource.Over 5,000 company listings!
