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Film
Dinicol, Kash, Colantoni and Foley enter Servitude
Joe Dinicol, Linda Kash, Enrico Colantoni and Dave Foley have jumped on board Servitude, Warren Sonoda’s waiter rebellion comedy from Buck Productions and Victory Man Productions now in production.
eOne snags Canadian rights to two action pics
Entertainment One has secured the Canadian distribution rights to the Jason Statham action picture The Killer Elite and the action drama Tomorrow When the War Began as part of a two-picture deal with Inferno Entertainment.
Gross goes to Ghana
Paul Gross’ Passchendaele is one of several films that will screen during Canada Film Week in Accra, Ghana – an initiative between The High Commission of Canada to Ghana and the Goethe Institut-Ghana.
Look for diversity and audacity in RIDM program
Charlotte Selb, director of programming for the Montreal International Documentary Film Festival, says the changing direction of the documentary genre has resulted in a vibrant, varied program this year.
McMahon takes Tokyo
Director Kevin McMahon has won the Toyota Earth Grand Prix at TIFF – the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Daydream Nation to open Whistler Fest
The Whistler Film Festival is to kick off its 10th edition with Michael Goldbach’s Daydream Nation, which stars Kat Dennings and Andie MacDowell.
Montreal International Doc Fest unveils full program
With RIDM’s opening and closing films already announced, Stephanie Lanthier’s Les Fros and Lucy Walker’s Waste Land respectively, the remainder of the Montreal doc fest’s slate has been revealed along with a number of Canadian docs taking the spotlight.
Genius snags IDA nomination
Peter Raymont and Michele Hozer’s Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould is the only Canadian film nominated for the International Documentary Association Awards, to be handed out on December 3.
Canadian-financed pic launches Halle Berry Oscar campaign
Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies isn’t the only Canadian film to vie for Oscar bling this awards season.
Doc makers can’t find license fees to trigger CMF funds
The new Canada Media Fund is ready to hand out $3.5 million to 21 Canadian documentary filmmakers, but there’s a major hitch: many can’t find the broadcasters they need to get access to the cash.
FNC wraps with awards to Rowe and Redford
Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema awarded director Michael Rowe’s tale of a Mexican journalist who gets involved in S&M, Annee Bissextile (Ano Bisiesto), its top prize – the Louve D’Or – and selected Toronto-based filmmaker Ryan Redford’s film about war veterans, Oliver Sherman, as best Canadian feature.
Birchmount rolls on Separation
Toronto’s Birchmount Entertainment has kicked off principal photography on Separation.
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