His main subject may be terminally ill, but Leave Them Laughing isn’t just another doc about dying
McFayden and Dunn take $25,000 audience prize at close of New York fest
Rush doc lights up opener of Toronto festival, charting rise of ‘awkward kids’ from suburbs to super stardom
High expectations for Paul Gross’ latest, but will E1 and Brendan Fraser have Vengeance?
Deal covers final Harry Potters and The Hobbit
Docmaker Maya Gallus takes a blue-collar look at the pink-collar syndrome — from Montreal to Paris and Tokyo
Montreal film critic Martin Bilodeau among additions to Canadian programmers
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.
Chris McDonald is executive director of Hot Docs
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.
German feature heads home with two wins, including audience choice prize
Newbie filmmakers Mullen and Doiron worked hand in glove with distributor on follow-up to Way of the Tosser