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Film
AMPIA hands out Rosies
Seven24 Films and Clearwater Documentary win big Saturday night, taking home the most trophies at the 37th annual awards gala.
Entertainment One picks up 50 films in Cannes
The distributor has a busy festival, as it picks up rights to Paul W.S. Anderson’s Pompeii, and Taylor Hackford’s Parker, among others.
Friday Night Tights wins Shortsnonstop prize
An American short about a man’s hidden passion for dance has snagged the $1,500 Shortsnonstop cash prize from the CFC.
Cosmopolis enters production
David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Cosmopolis has kicked off its 40-day shoot in Toronto.
Telefilm Canada presents Golden Box Office Award to Splice
The creature feature grossed $2.1 million in Canadian box office last year, and $26.9 million at the worldwide cash register.
Telefilm invests in five French-language feature films
Telefilm Canada has invested in five Quebecois films, from auteur director Rafael Ouellet’s Camion to a more commercial effort, L’Affaire Dumont, by Daniel Grou.
A Little Bit Zombie kicks off production
Comedy/horror A Little Bit Zombie is beginning principal photography in Sudbury, Ontario, marking the feature film debut of director and producer Casey Walker.
Editors honored at first annual Canadian Cinema Editors Awards
The ceremony took place in front of a sold out crowd at the Capitol Event Theatre in Toronto, where awards in eight categories were doled out.
Vancouver’s Horizon Pictures swims with the sharks
The Vancouver-based indie distributor has acquired the worldwide sales rights to Lieven Debrauwer’s feature documentary Sharkwise.
Vincenzo Natali’s Neuromancer posts territorial sales in Cannes
The word out of Cannes is writer/director Vincenzo Natali’s Neuromancer, adapted from the William Gibson novel, will be a Canadian-European coproduction.
Phase 4 Films, Mongrel buy in Cannes for Canadian market
Indie distributor Phase 4 Films has acquired the Canadian rights to writer/director Kevin Smith’s Red State, and plans a country-wide theatrical release in the coming months.
Alliance Films continues buying movies in Cannes
Alliance Films is busily buying movies in Cannes this week to feed its Canadian, British and Spanish release pipelines.
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