The comedy is shooting in Winnipeg, and will be released in Canada by Phase 4 Films.
Cafe de Flore slides into second place as Monsieur Lazhar takes over #1.
Monsieur Lazhar
Monsieur Lazhar
Monsieur Lazhar breaks into the top 10 films of the week for the overall Canadian box office.
The fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise fills the #1 spot in DVD sales for the week.
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.
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.
Dimension Films acquired the stateside rights to the Michael Keaton-starrer, to be produced by Jeff Sackman, Michael Baker and Jon Shiffman.
Canadian indie distributors have been busy buying and selling film titles at the American Film Market.
Bell Media is backing a lab to cultivate Canada’s next Hart Hanson and Tassie Cameron.
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.
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.