After attending yet another bizarre press conference launching Serge Losique’s once-reputed Montreal World Film Festival, I wondered if anyone atagencies SODEC and Telefilm Canada, or the federal government is paying attention.

The 29th Atlantic Film Festival will kick off its 10-day event (Sept 17-26) with a world premiere of Mike Clattenburg’s Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day and one massive concert.

Strategic Partners is the international coproduction conference held during the Atlantic Film Festival which brings together producers, distributors, broadcasters and agents in an effort to create networks for future projects and secure financing for existing scripts. SP runs Sept. 18-20 this year, its 12th edition.

Veteran producer Roger Frappier will present the opening keynote address at Strategic Partners on Friday, Sept. 18 in Halifax.

Seven new ’emerging and mid-level producers’ from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick have been named as the lucky new CFTPA interns.

Jim Sherry and Tony Cianciotta are back in the distribution game. In advance of TIFF, the industry veterans launched D Films, a boutique releasing company that acquires and distributes feature films in Canada across all platforms. Sherry is president while Cianciotta heads up acquisitions. The investors in the privately held company were not disclosed.

Newcomer Flashpoint looks to command the stage at the 24th annual Gemini Awards after CTV’s hit cop series nabbed a record-setting 19 nominations, followed distantly by CBC copro The Tudors with 11.

Filmmaker John Greyson is taking his boycott of Israel to the Toronto International Film Festival.

While the federal politicians invited to the Montreal World Film Festival premiere of National Matters – a documentary that explores why Quebec isn’t independent yet – were no-shows, the province’s sovereignty movement had front-row seats.

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