Big-budget stop-motion to open TIFF program, along with latest from Kari Skogland and Michael McGowan. Blindness and Mehta’s Heaven on Earth get special presentations

Growing conglom puts former Sony and Momentum exec atop worldwide acquisitions

Vivendi bows Kari Skogland’s adaptation of Margaret Laurence novel on six U.S. screens. Hellboy sequel and 3D Journey to duke it out for top spot at weekend box office

Festival books historical drama starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes, along with satirical doc from Larry Charles

The Toronto International Film Festival’s search is over for an opening-night Canadian movie not likely to be eclipsed by cross-town Hollywood premieres, and one that can match all festival-comers in both bulk and range.

At the halfway point of the exhibition year, ticket sales are up, thanks to blockbusters such as Iron Man and the latest Indiana Jones

Michel Côté-starrer Cruising Bar 2 beats Wanted and WALL-E in Quebec, pulling in more than $1.2 million for Alliance Vivafilm

Festival adds post-apartheid drama based on Nobel Prize-winning book, along with Cannes hit from Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, to lineup

The Patricia Rozema-directed dolly adaptation blew the roof off U.S. theaters, and has won praise from The New York Times and Variety, though it has been a sore point with some Canadian critics

Producers Robert Lantos and Roger Frappier, broadcaster Trina McQueen, and filmmaker Allan King were on-hand Wednesday night in Toronto to accept their inductions into the second annual Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame

BANFF: Canadians excel at producing nonfiction and interactive programs, if the results of the June 9 awards show at the Banff World Television Festival are any indication.