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Film
CFC launches $70,000 Screenplay Giveaway competition
The CFC is gearing up for its Worldwide Short Film Festival this June and it’s kicked off the 2011 Screenplay Giveaway.
Sarah Gadon gets big break on Cosmopolis
Now that’s a Hollywood break: Canadian actress Sarah Gadon has jumped on board David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis shoot this summer in Toronto.
Netflix signs Canadian deal with Paramount Pictures
Movie rental company Netflix has signed a deal with Paramount Pictures that would give it access to over 350 titles in the studio’s library, including Iron Man 2, Titanic and Wayne’s World.
Imax ramping up in China
Wanda Cinemas, China’s largest theater chain, has chosen Canada’s Imax Corp. to build 75 giant screens in its multiplexes over the next three years.
The Team makes Hot Docs without Canadian broadcaster
“This is the film no Canadian broadcaster wanted you to see,” says White Pines Pictures topper Peter Raymont about The Team, premiering at Hot Docs May 1.
Hot Docs boosts slate by 30%, sees return of Canadian Spectrum
The North American doc fest announces its full lineup, and will open with Morgan Spurlock’s POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.
Entertainment One co-producing Upstate with Philip Seymour Hoffman
Entertainment One is teaming up with Philip Seymour Hoffman to develop the HBO drama Upstate.
Hot Docs unveils Special Presentations
This year’s Special Presentations subjects at Hot Docs runs the gamut from funnyman Conan O’Brien, puppeteer Kevin Clash and chess whiz Bobby Fischer, as the fest reveals its 26 documentary features.
Original cast returns for Silent Hill sequel in Toronto
Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean and Deborah Kara Unger are returning and up-and-comers Adelaide Clemens and Kit Harington are joining Silent Hill: Revelation 3D.
Industry remembers Pratley’s contribution to Canuck cinema
At a time when there was a real hunger for film in Canada, Gerald Pratley fed it. The founder of the once-named Ontario Film Institute died Monday at age 87, according to reports.
Incendies dominates Jutras
Incendies swept the 13 annual Jutras Awards last night, picking up nine prizes, including for best film, best direction, best screenplay and best actress.
NFB returns to 3D doc making with The St. Judes
The NFB, which last made the 3D doc Transitions in 1986 for the Vancouver World’s Fair, is back with a film that combines archival footage, black-and-white recreations and 3D interviews to explore the director’s troubled family history.
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