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Film
Film trio lands equity support from Harold Greenberg Fund
Whizbang Films’ Cottage Country is among three features receiving support through the Fund’s Equity Investment Program.
TIFF 2011: How to snag a European mate at the Producers Lab
Buffalo Gal producer Jean du Toit on festival matchmaking: “At the end of the day, it’s not only the project that has to appeal to coproducers, it’s also the personalities.”
TIFF 2011: Festival prizing kicks off with Emerging Filmmakers
Toronto filmmaker Jared Raab takes home $5,000 as the winner of the 2011 RBC Emerging Filmmakers competition’s audience award.
Benedict Carver joins eOne for film and TV development
The former Dark Hero Studios exec is joining the Canadian producer to identify business opportunities in filmed entertainment.
TIFF 2011: Calm, cool Polley on waltzing the red carpet
The Canadian actor-turned-director talks to Playback about why she’s not nervous about premiering her latest film, Take This Waltz, at Roy Thomson Hall.
TIFF 2011: Michael Dobbin on filling your copro dance card
The Quiet Revolution Pictures’ principal talks about international coproductions and seeking a European partner at the Producers Lab Toronto networking forum.
NFB uses security tech to create dance film ORA
Executive producer Rene Chenier talks to Playback about using Lockheed Martin’s infrared technology to create ORA, opening at TIFF.
Mehta to receive Canadian Centre for Diversity tribute
The award for veteran Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta will follow a sneak-peak preview of her big screen adaptation of Midnight’s Children at TIFF.
How festivals breathe life into a Bravo!FACT short
Judy Gladstone, executive director of Bravo!FACT, talks about TIFF and the drive towards critical recognition that can sustain a short film in the marketplace.
Cronenberg from Venice: ‘I’ve never had a better reception to a film’
Playback catches up with the acclaimed director from Italy, where his latest film, A Dangerous Method, premiered Thursday.
David Cronenberg and Pedro Pires represent Canada at Telluride
Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method and Pires’ Hope will receive sneak previews in Telluride before getting the red carpet treatment in Toronto.
Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar to close Festival du Nouveau Cinema
The Montreal festival’s 40th edition will be bookended by French director Valerie Donzelli’s La guerre est declarée and Falardeau’s feature.
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