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Film
Villeneuve will get Oscar consideration
Telefilm Canada announced on Wednesday that Quebec director Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies, which picked up the Best Canadian Film award at the Toronto International Film Festival, is Canada’s Oscar submission in the best foreign film category for the upcoming Academy awards, which will be held February 27.
VIFF readies with distinct docs and a host of female directors
If you’re looking for films about the importance of recycling at this year’s Vancouver International Festival (Sept. 30 – Oct. 5), you won’t find them.
Cronenberg to shoot Cosmopolis in Toronto in April 2011
David Cronenberg will return to familiar ground when he shoots his next movie, an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s 2003 novel Cosmopolis, in Toronto next spring.
Netflix Canada to compete with on-demand content
The trumpets are sounded. The battle is on. Netflix has launched a Canadian movie and TV series subscription service at $7.99 a month, in competition with Canuck broadcaster and cable websites lately ramping up their free on-demand content.
Planet in Focus kicks off with Ron Mann Atwood doc
Ron Mann’s Margaret Atwood book tour documentary, In the Wake of the Flood, is to open the Planet in Focus film festival at Bell Lightbox on October 13, organizers said Wednesday.
Don Shebib is Down the Road Again
Kathleen Robertson, Anthony Lemke and Tedde Moore have joined the cast for Down the Road Again, the sequel to Don Shebib’s classic 1970s film Goin’ Down the Road from indie producer Union Pictures.
Indie Game: The Movie strikes new financing path
When Winnipeg’s James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot took home the top pitch prize at last week’s Westdoc Conference in Santa Monica, they realized that their pet project Indie Game: The Movie could speak to all audiences – not just gamers.
All-star producers line up for Breakaway
Move over Score: A Hockey Musical. Canadian film has another hockey drama in the works with Rob Lowe, Akshay Kumar, Russell Peters, Camilla Belle and Vinay Virmani top-lining Breakaway, from indie producers Don Carmody Productions, Hari Om Entertainment, First Take Entertainment, Productions Polytechnique RP and Whizbang Films.
High Cost Of Living named Best First Feature
Deborah Chow has taken TIFF’s Best Canadian First Feature prize for her first feature film, The High Cost Of Living.
Mongrel picks up Modra
Mongrel Media has picked up Canadian filmmaker and actress Ingrid Veninger’s debut feature Modra after it bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Maple will tell Little White Lies
Maple Pictures has picked up the Canadian rights to Guillaume Canet’s Little White Lies from EuroCorps.
Tattersall wins TIFF Emerging Filmmaker award
Jane Tattersall’s Hot Water has won the top prize at TIFF’s Emerging Filmmakers Competition, an accolade accompanied by a $15,000 prize.
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