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Comic gets last laugh in Zaritsky doc

His main subject may be terminally ill, but Leave Them Laughing isn’t just another doc about dying

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Rush doc tops at Tribeca

McFayden and Dunn take $25,000 audience prize at close of New York fest

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Aging rockers and newborns open Hot Docs

Rush doc lights up opener of Toronto festival, charting rise of ‘awkward kids’ from suburbs to super stardom

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Releases roundup: Alliance goes Gunless

High expectations for Paul Gross’ latest, but will E1 and Brendan Fraser have Vengeance?

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Imax to release 20 Warner titles

Deal covers final Harry Potters and The Hobbit

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Maid cafés steal show in sassy doc Dish

Docmaker Maya Gallus takes a blue-collar look at the pink-collar syndrome — from Montreal to Paris and Tokyo

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New names at TIFF

Montreal film critic Martin Bilodeau among additions to Canadian programmers

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Veteran doc distrib Jan Rofekamp is officially named a ‘mogul’

Veteran doc distributor Jan Rofekamp is this year’s winner of the Doc Mogul Award, to be presented May 4 during the 17th annual Hot Docs bonanza (April 29 to May 9) in Toronto.

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3 Ttings you may not know about… Chris McDonald

Chris McDonald is executive director of Hot Docs

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Brits, Americans lead Rockies

The U.K. and the U.S. lead the race into this year’s Rockie Awards, followed closely by Canada on the strength of programs including Little Mosque on the Prairie, Til Debt Do Us Part and several pilots.

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Crocs tops at Sprockets

German feature heads home with two wins, including audience choice prize

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Releases roundup: Alliance boards GravyTrain

Newbie filmmakers Mullen and Doiron worked hand in glove with distributor on follow-up to Way of the Tosser