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Film
CFC names Reel Challenge contest winners
Timed to coincide with World Intellectual Property Day, the Canadian Film Centre on Tuesday awarded Toronto filmmaker Ace Billet a $10,000 cheque as its Reel Challenge content winner for his short film Big Gulp.
Denis Villeneuve to direct Hollywood vigilante thriller for Warner Bros.
The Los Angeles Times reports the Quebec director, still basking in Oscar glow from directing Incendies, is now set to helm the English language vigilante thriller Prisoners, to be produced by Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment.
Sprockets gives top audience award to A Cat in Paris
The film, which features Paris as a playground for Dino, a cat, has been a strong performer on the festival circuit after bowing at the New York International Film Festival.
CFC pacts with OCAD on graduate program
The OCAD program will earn graduating students a part-time diploma and a full-time master’s degree.
Festival de Cannes picks two Canucks
La nuit, elles dansent will screen in the Director’s Fortnight, while Ce n’est rien unspools in the Short Film Competition.
Hollywood expat Zanne Devine launches Canadian distrib outfit
Hollywood producer Zanne Devine has launched a new Canadian multi-platform distribution company, Pacific Northwest Pictures, to be based in Vancouver and run by Emily Alden.
Suzuki doc wins at Canadian Environmental Media Awards
Sturla Gunnarson’s Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie, a film based on the veteran Canadian scientist and environmental activist, earned the international award of excellence Saturday night at the Canadian Environmental Media Awards.
The High Cost of Living lands commercial theatrical rollout
Deborah Chow’s film heads into theaters on April 22 in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, with more cities to follow.
Alliance Films sells The Bay to Lionsgate for US market
Vancouver-based Lionsgate is taking the US distribution rights to Barry Levinson’s The Bay.
Remote takes A&E NSI short award
Marc Roussel’s thriller Remote sees a man trying to prevent the murder of a young woman living in his apartment thirty years before.
Copperheart to adapt Dragonriders of Pern
Indie producer Copperheart Entertainment is to adapt Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern fantasy book series for the big screen, with Entertainment One to take key international territories, including Canada.
Wilkinson newest Samaritan
Tom Wilkinson has joined Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby and Ruth Negga in the David Weaver-directed film The Samaritan. The film is currently shooting in Toronto before moving to Rio de Janiero in late April.
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