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Film
David Suzuki drama debut rolls this weekend
In Tora, the 75-year-old scientist and host of The Nature of Things signed up to play a former WWII internment camp inmate looking to uncover what happened to his 9-year-old daughter.
Alliance and Miramax renew distrib deal
Under the new output deal, Alliance will continue to distribute library titles, and add upcoming films such as The Debt and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.
Sprockets opens with premiere of Pixar film
The Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children and Youth will open this year’s edition on April 8 with a Hollywood movie, the Pixar Animation Studio short Hawaiian Vacation.
IFTA indie list puts Canuck projects in top spots
LA’s Independent Film & Television Alliance has announced the worldwide box office grosses for the top-50 Independent films of 2010, and Canada has cast a long shadow.
Christina Piovesan to produce American English
Hot on the heels of The Whistleblower, Canadian producer Christina Piovesan has landed a new gig that puts her in royal company.
Stephane Lafleur comedy wins Berlin prize
Stephane Lafleur’s droll comedy about suburban dysfunction, En Terrains Connus (Familiar Grounds), has grabbed the Ecumenical Prize at the just-concluded Berlin Film Festival.
More cast confirmed for Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis
Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche and Mathieu Amalric will be joining Robert Pattinson in David Cronenberg’s thriller Cosmopolis, eOne announced Friday.
Michigan proposes ending film tax credit
The Canadian production sector received good news Thursday with word that Michigan is proposing ending its film tax credits.
TIFF appoints African and Middle Eastern programmer
The Toronto International Film Festival has tapped Rasha Salti to program African and Middle Eastern cinema.
Rendez-vous fest opens with Lafleur’s En terrains connus
North America’s largest showcase of Quebec film, the 29th annual Rendez-vous du cinema quebecois unspooled last night with the Canadian premiere of award-winning helmer Stephane Lafleur’s En terrains connus (Familiar Ground).
Karlovy Vary Fest books Denis Villeneuve film retrospective
As Villeneuve’s Incendies contends for Oscar bling in the best foreign language competition, Karlovy Vary booked the Quebec director to attend the 46th edition of the prestigious European film festival next July.
Canada has box office pull with Bieber biopic and Gnomeo and Juliet
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never grossed $29.5 million at the North American multiplex over the weekend, just behind the Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston comedy with $30.5 million in ticket receipts.
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