Film

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.

IFC gets Unauthorized

IFC Films has picked up the worldwide rights to Toronto documentarian Barry Avrich’s controversial Harvey Weinstein biopic, Unauthorized, excluding Canada.

Headtrip and Sienna add Stickup to slate

Indie producer Headtrip Films is adding to its scripted slate with a bank heist movie Stickup Men in development at Sienna Films.

New Franchise inks deal for Jeffrey Archer slate

Toronto-based New Franchise Media, headed up by former TEDCO boss Jeffrey Steiner, has unveiled a film and TV slate deal with popular British novelist Jeffrey Archer.

Teletoon bites its first feature

Spoofing the teen vampire craze, Teletoon is unleashing its inner bloodsucker with My Babysitter’s a Vampire, on Oct. 9.