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Montreal doc fest opens with Les Fros

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is to open its 13th edition on November 10 with Les Fros (The Foreigners), a film about northern Canadian logging camp workers by Stephanie Lanthier.

October 12, 2010

Satoru wins Dragons & Tigers Award at VIFF

The Vancouver International Film Festival has awarded its Dragons & Tigers Award for emerging Asian filmmakers to the Japanese drama Good Morning to the World!, by director Hirohara Satoru.

October 12, 2010

One million for Incendies

After less than three weeks in theaters, award-winning Quebec director Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies has pulled in one million at the box office, a major feat for an auteur film with hard-hitting subject matter.

October 12, 2010

Mehta, Lavis, Gibson land Harold Greenberg funding

The Harold Greenberg Fund has announced the latest round of funding for a slate of projects under its script development program, including Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children and The White Circus from Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski.

October 8, 2010

Crackle video network comes to Canada

Sony Pictures Entertainment’s video entertainment network Crackle is now available in Canada.

October 8, 2010

OMDC hosts Hollywood VIP tour of Ontario facilities

For location scouts, pictures speak louder than words, which is why they source potential shoot sites by researching location libraries’ digital pic archives. But Donna Zuchlinski, manager of industry development at the OMDC, insists seeing is believing.

October 7, 2010

eOne to distribute Tekken movie

Entertainment One will release the video game-to-live action Tekken movie in northern Europe and South Africa.

October 6, 2010

TIFF makes gaming in-roads

Films and gaming are a “perfect meeting of the minds” – at least, that’s how TIFF’s Shane Smith sees it. And now that the TIFF finally has the Bell Lightbox as its permanent home, the fest’s director of programs says there’s now a space to explore just how well the two industries go hand-in-hand.

October 5, 2010