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TIFF 2010 Gala: A Beginners Guide To Endings
Toronto director/writer Jonathan Sobol’s A Beginner’s Guide to Endings, featuring Harvey Keitel as an aging, exceedingly irresponsible patriarch, starts on a bit of a low note: one of the central characters commits suicide
TIFF 2010 Opener: Score: A Hockey Musical
They skated hard, and their work on the ice paid off with a first overall draft pick: the prestigious opening spot at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Movie Plus signs de Bont for Mulan
Christopher Brough’s production shingle Movie Plus Canada has signed up Hollywood director Jan de Bont to direct the English language co-production Mulan, to be shot in Shanghai this fall.
Carib Tales told at TIFF
Caribbean producers are piggy-backing on the Toronto International Film Festival to jump-start distribution of their product into the international market.
Angel starts Waiting For Columbus
Indie producer Angel Entertainment has optioned the film rights to the Thomas Trofimuk novel Waiting For Columbus.
Sales agents migrate to Lightbox
Credit Bell Lightbox with giving the Toronto International Film Festival something distinctly like what it has long discouraged: a central film marketplace.
Breakthrough signs Arquette for Living
Breakthrough Films & Television has signed up Rosanna Arquette to top-line The Signs of Living from director Gail Harvey, the indie TV producer’s latest movie outing.
Score has a solid road game
September on the Canadian festival circuit belongs to Michael McGowan.
Five vie for Feature Film Producer’s Award
Five producers have been shortlisted for the CMPA (nee CFTPA) Feature Film Producer’s Award.
Multiple Gemini nods to Flashpoint, Olympics (updated)
Canadian dramas grabbed the spotlight Tuesday as nominations for the 25th Gemini Awards were handed out, with CTV’s Flashpoint leading all comers with 15 nods.
House of Films and New Real go Girl Crazy
Bill House has partnered with fellow indie producers Jennifer Jonas and Leonard Farlinger to option and develop Russell Smith’s Girl Crazy novel for a movie adaptation
No flies on TIFF… or bedbugs
Like a script from B-movie horror flick, the Toronto International Film Festival has dodged a bedbug scare on the eve of its 35th edition.
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