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Film
Shaw Media-Hot Docs fund hands out coin
Shaw Media has has handed out $203,000 in grants and non-interest loans to eight promising indie documentary projects, including the latest work by Michael McNamara and Francine Pelletier.
Quebec box office slips in 2010
Despite the release of a number of potential hits last year, the box office for homegrown Quebec films in 2010 dropped to 9% from 13% the previous year, when cop comedy De pere en flic (Fathers and Guns) drew more than $10 million, boosting overall ticket sales for local films.
Uwe Boll movie set in B.C. rocked by propane explosion
An explosion on the set of the German filmmaker Uwe Boll’s In The Name of The King: Dungeon Siege 2 movie set in Maple Ridge, British Columbia has sent six crew members to hospital with minor injuries.
Decade in Review: TIFF… home at last
For TIFF, a decade-long quest comes to an end with a splendid success: a new space for a new decade; Canada’s home for film. TIFF is Playback’s Organization of the Decade.
Frankie & Alice’s Oscar potential grows
The Canadian film Frankie & Alice has become an Oscar contender on more lips this awards season after lead Halle Berry signed up as a presenter at the 83rd annual Academy Awards.
Telefilm backs 11 Quebec movies
Quebec’s French language directors have received a cash boost from Telefilm Canada for their latest projects.
Good Canadian Cinema? sees poor turnout
“Well, it didn’t go that well.” That was Nigel Agnew’s reluctant answer to the response to Good Canadian Cinema?, the week dedicated to just that at indie film house Toronto Underground Cinema.
Badouri and Lepage cut Bait
Yves Simoneau and Josee Vallee decided they couldn’t wait for co-pro money from France and went it alone, rebuilding quirky cop comedy L’Appat in a matter of weeks to get it ready for camera.
Giamatti and Spacey get Golden noms for Canuck films
Two American actors in Canadian films are in contention for the Best Performance by an Actor (Comedy or Musical) category at the upcoming 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
TIFF names top ten features and shorts
On Tuesday, TIFF announced its top ten Canadian features and top ten best shorts of 2010.
Brightlight on board Apollo 18
Indie producer Brightlight Pictures is on board the Weinstein Co’s sci-fi “found footage” feature Apollo 18, which will shoot in Vancouver.
Mordecai Richler biopic reopens old Quebec wounds
“(He) wasn’t seen as a Quebecker, because he spent all his time spitting on what Quebec represented,” observes documentary filmmaker Francine Pelletier.
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