Film

Planet in Focus honours the best in ‘green’ film

The annual festival in Toronto wraps by handing out a bevy of awards for environmentally minded films.

VIFF 2011: Anne Emond’s Nuit #1 wins top jury prize

Quebec films continue their Canadian festival competition dominance as Guy Edoin’s Wetlands is named first-runner-up in Vancouver.

Cloudburst rakes in the festival love

The unlikely audience pleaser about an aging lesbian couple on a rogue road trip is scooping up prizes on the Canadian festival circuit, to the delight of the film’s director, Thom Fitzgerald.

Monsieur Lazhar moves one step closer to Oscar race

The Quebec film is one of 63 international films to be screened in Los Angeles for the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Committee.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films

Breakaway leads the Canadian box office for the week of Sept. 30 to Oct. 06 , 2011, with Cafe de Flore at #2.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films

Breakaway cracks the Top 10 overall Canadian box office for the week of Sept. 23 to Sept. 29, 2011.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs

Bridesmaids is this week’s maid of honour in The Nielsen Company’s top 20 list of DVDs for the week of Sept. 19 to Sept. 25, 2011

Resident Evil 5 platform collapse sends zombie actors to hospital

UPDATED: The film’s coproducers issue a statement on the the accident, which sent 10 to hospital early Tuesday morning.

Marc-Andre Grondin top-lines L’Affaire Dumont

The $5 million film, directed by Quebec’s Daniel “Podz” Grou, tells the true story of a man jailed for a rape he insists he never committed, and a single mother who sets out to prove his innocence.

Sixteen injured in Cinespace stage collapse

The accident on the Resident Evil 5 set has sent 10 cast and crew members to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Hot Docs programmer Karina Rotenstein departing

The festival programming manager is leaving to pursue other opportunities after four years in the role.

Looking for ‘Euphoria’ in Manitoba

Production on the indie road film has just begun in the province, marking the first feature film for director Paula Kelly.