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Film
Hopscotch lines up Lakeshore titles for Australia, NZ
eOne’s new Australian distribution outfit follows the lead of its parent on a multi-year supply deal with U.S.-based Lakeshore Entertainment.
Lara Jean Chorostecki gets first feature film lead
The actor is set to star in the latest feature from Road Child Films.
The Whale picked up for U.S. release
Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit’s doc about a friendly orca whale has secured stateside distribution.
Bostick, Sutherland to star in Dead Before Dawn
The zombie pic from Wango Films has unveiled its main cast, including Devon Bostick, Martha MacIssac and Rossif Sutherland.
Familiar Grounds wins at L.A. Film Festival
Stephane Lafleur’s follow-up feature takes home the honour for Best Narrative Feature.
Red State to launch Montreal’s Fantasia festival
The Montreal genre film festival will launch July 14 with the Kevin Smith drama, which bowed at Sundance earlier this year.
Canada eyes greater film ties with Bollywood
Following the weekend’s IIFA Awards in Toronto, the Canadian film industry is looking ahead to greater opportunities with India under a future copro treaty.
Bronfman to Ontario gov: ‘You guys saved our proverbial butts’
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new William F. White Centre in west Toronto hears Toronto’s revived production scene might never have happened, if not for Ontario’s 25% all-spend film tax credit.
How Alliance Films turned the table on rivals to acquire Maple
Lionsgate’s sale of Maple Pictures to Alliance Films follows an industry shakeup and consolidation that has redrawn the Canadian film distribution sector.
Wango Films enters production on Dead Before Dawn
The film is the first fully Canadian 3D live-action project to be funded by Telefilm.
BlinkWorks Media brings it back to the people
Winnipeg’s Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky have used crowd-sourced funding to raise $35,000 in just over 24 hours to complete Indie Game: The Movie.
Larry Weinstein to direct Far To Go screen adaptation
Indie producer House of Films has optioned Alison Pick’s novel about the lead-up to the 1939 Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia for a big screen adaptation.
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