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CBC again sweeps news Geminis

More hardware for National, fifth estate and HNIC as awards get underway. Touching speech from TSN analyst Pierre McGuire

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Moody’s downgrades Alliance

Heavy debt load and weak liquidity lead to lower rating, despite cash injections from Quebec and Goldman Sachs

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Passchendaele tops Alliance expectations

Paul Gross vehicle nears $1-million mark after a strong showing at the weekend box office. Alliance hopes film will hold on positive word of mouth

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FNC lauds documentaries

Festival ends on high notes for films about Montreal and the Internet

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Passchendaele faces crowded frame

Alliance splashes Gross’ mud ‘n’ blood epic across nearly 200 screens, narrowly leading Seville’s Sex Drive and Maple’s W.

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The Establishing Shot: Passchendaele straddles culture and entertainment

Alliance Films hopes Passchendaele will be one of the fall’s top date films.

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Who’s next? E1 eyes unsteady market

With financial markets imploding, the question arises, which Canadian media stock will next fall into the hands of an acquisitive Entertainment One?

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Financiers gloomy on film biz at VIFF Forum

It was doom and gloom among feature film financiers at the 23rd annual Vancouver Film and Television Forum (Sept. 24-27), the conference side of the Vancouver International Film Festival.

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Chihuahua to confront Lies

Disney flick fights to stay atop the box office amid new U.S. releases including Crowe-DiCaprio starrer. Maple prepares DVD of controversial YPF

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Kunuk brings two to imagineNATIVE

Far North filmmaker goes even further with story of families relocated in the Arctic. Wanted ‘to face them — Inuk to Inuk’

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Art imitates life in FNC opener

Montreal fest makes its bow with Olivier Asselin’s take of a stock market gone mad, Un capitalisme sentimental

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Newman, Gardner get special Geminis

CBC political chief gets nod for journalism, while thesp recognized for body of work