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‘The rough cut was a catastrophe’

Director Denis Delestrac recalls the over-long and over-budget making of his Pax Americana at Montreal fest

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TIFF staff faces reorg

Moving into Lightbox could spell new duties or phasing-out for festival’s workforce. Festival getting up to $46 million from province

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CRTC chief is Playback’s Person of the Year

Deliciously blunt, delightfully unpredictable and the policymaker for the next era of broadcasting — Konrad von Finckenstein takes the top spot for 2009

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Releases roundup: A comeback for Boondock?

Early numbers in U.S. bode well for sequel to the DVD hit. E1 serves Beer in Hell, releases Antichrist

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Last Train rolls into RIDM

Latest doc from EyeSteelFilm opens Montreal festival with a bang, tracing globalization’s effects through a Chinese family

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Gemini send-off for comedies

Wraps of Corner Gas, Air Farce and Trailer Park Boys to get special salute at Saturday’s gala. ‘We’ll be sure to be liquored up,’ says Tremblay

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Douglas takes WIFT-T prize

Stage and screen vet cheered for appeal at home and abroad

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Claude Chamberlan shoots for film mecca in Montreal

It is debatable whether Claude Chamberlan is a lunatic or a genius.

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Arclight on board Wild Hunt

Los Angeles distributor picks up international rights to TIFF winner

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Releases roundup: Goats, Christmas Carol and Fourth Kind

Maple pushes George Clooney comedy and sci-fi thriller The Fourth Kind, up against Jim Carrey’s A Christmas Carol

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Rogers touts local TV

Toronto cable giant marks 40th birthday of community channel Rogers TV amid battle over fees to support local. Cable companies ‘the voice of local TV,’ argues Lind

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New Media nods to NFB, MyThum

National Film Board doc Waterlife recognized for its interactive website, while MyThum named in mobile marketing competition