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Film
IFC Midnight acquires U.S. rights to The Corridor
Evan Kelly’s sci-fi horror flick finds an American home with the U.S.-based genre distributor.
Sudz Sutherland’s Home Again to shoot in early 2012
The dramatic feature about three adults deported back to the country of their birth, Jamaica, will shoot for six weeks in Jamaica and Trinidad.
Telefilm unveils new Success Index
The new measurement tool will include awards and international sales, in addition to box office, when measuring a film’s performance.
Leone Stars receives Sundance grant
The doc, which follows the Sierra Leone Single-Leg Amputee Sports Club, was the winner of TIFF’s Pitch This! competition earlier this year.
Montreal’s Fantasia genre fest launches coproduction market
The Frontieres international coproduction market will look to get genre film concepts from Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and the U.S. into production.
Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund launches $40,000 short film program
The industry fund is looking to help underwrite two short films that will air on The Movie Network and possibly be expanded into feature films.
New Brunswick unwraps new tax credit
The new incentive, to cover up to 30% of eligible production expenditures, replaces a 40% tax credit cancelled in March 2011.
Avi Federgreen launches indie film distribution company
Indiecan Entertainment aims to release low-budget films by emerging filmmakers that otherwise get little commercial play after a festival circuit run.
John Kastner’s Life With Murder wins International Emmy
The lone Canadian entry in the International Emmy competition came away with the best documentary trophy.
Chaos and KarmaFilm shooting Ferocious in Saskatoon
The indie thriller stars Amanda Crew, Kim Coates and Michael Eklund, and will be in production through Dec. 14.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films – Nov. 11 to Nov. 17, 2011
Montreal-shot sci-fi fantasy flick Immortals is tops at the Canadian box office.
Breaking Dawn – Part 1 impresses at Canadian box office, but no record
Distributor Entertainment One did better in Britain, where the latest Twilight film broke opening weekend records for a U.S. film in that market.
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