Film

Jonas Chernick and Sean Garrity re-team for My Awkward Sexual Adventure

The comedy is shooting in Winnipeg, and will be released in Canada by Phase 4 Films.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films – Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, 2011

Cafe de Flore slides into second place as Monsieur Lazhar takes over #1.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films – Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, 2011

Monsieur Lazhar
Monsieur Lazhar
Monsieur Lazhar breaks into the top 10 films of the week for the overall Canadian box office.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs – Oct. 17 to Oct. 23, 2011

The fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise fills the #1 spot in DVD sales for the week.

Paul Haggis: ‘It’s impossible to say no to Norman’

The Hollywood screenwriter and director tells Playback Daily he was honoured to be asked by Norman Jewison to be chair of film programs at the Canadian Film Centre.

Finalists for $15,000 short film competition at Whistler unveiled

Five filmmakers will pitch their projects to three judges on Dec. 3 at the Whistler Film Festival, with the winner to be announced a day later.

U.S. rights for Penthouse North, to be shot in Ottawa, sold

Dimension Films acquired the stateside rights to the Michael Keaton-starrer, to be produced by Jeff Sackman, Michael Baker and Jon Shiffman.

AFM 2011: VVS Films picks up trio of genre titles for 2012

Canadian indie distributors have been busy buying and selling film titles at the American Film Market.

Canadian Film Centre launches showrunner bootcamp

Bell Media is backing a lab to cultivate Canada’s next Hart Hanson and Tassie Cameron.

Gadon, McDowell named to Antiviral cast, shooting now in T.O.

More details about the Canadian theatrical mystery drama have been unveiled, including Alliance Films as its Canadian and UK distributor.

Reviewed! An Insignificant Harvey

Toronto’s critics praise Jordan Prentice’s performance as Harvey but question the quirky approach taken by director Jeff Kopas’ in his debut feature film.

NFB to mark Remembrance Day with Afghan war doc

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is marking Remembrance Day this month by making Claude Guilmain’s documentary The Van Doos in Afghanistan available online free-of-charge for 24 hours.