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MTV orders Skins

E1 gets green light for imported teen drama amid flurry of film deals in Europe, Australia

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Shorts fest to include Twilight star

Robert Pattinson stars in 14-minute The Summer House, part of the lineup at CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival

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Passenger lands U.S. deal

Festival darling picked up by Strand Releasing

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ZedCrew: From cargo to Cannes

They didn’t go to Zambia in a cargo container. ‘We didn’t even have a script when we were on the plane to Lusaka,’ laughs debutant director Noah Pink when recounting the zany tale of how the no-budget ZedCrew got made and accepted into the prestigious Directors’ Fortnight at the 63rd Cannes film festival.

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More boys and branding

The success of children’s shows like Degrassi: The Next Generation boils down to context and consequences, according to TeenNick SVP Amy Friedman.

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Johns readies Dolly film

Mongrel Media will distribute the Prairie coming-of-age story from rookie Montreal director

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Hot Docs hotter than ever in 2010

Fest reports 10% increase in box office, names Thunder Soul as audience favorite

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Hot Docs honors Family

Shelley Saywell’s film receives best Canuck feature prize while international award goes to A Film Unfinished

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EyeSteel at it again with fruit doc

Chalk up another win for the Montreal shop, which wowed the crowd at TDF with Fruit Hunters. ‘Heart of Darkness meets fruit,’ says CBC

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Releases roundup: Summer lifts off with Iron Man 2

Paramount sequel arrives all but unchallenged, already well on its way to besting the 2008 original

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The sweet sound of pitching at TDF

Danny Iron and Interfilm both make a splash as two-day forum gets underway at Hot Docs

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D Films enters U.S. with Manus

Boutique distributor readies ‘limited platform’ release stateside for Norwegian Oscar hopeful