Former ThinkFilm topper takes his bows in letter to colleagues, though he expects to return to the industry

Raymond Phathanavirangoon joins programming team for fest’s Southeast Asian showcase

Shaftesbury’s Life with Derek comes out on top with $50,000 Shaw Rocket Prize

Prestige project from Niv Fichman and Don McKellar to be first Canadian film to open the festival in nearly 30 years. ‘Worth the wait,’ says distributor

Ontario town better known for stage performances hosts festival about docs and digital media. Organizer looks to bridge culture and technology

Writers Guild of Canada members saluted a passing generation April 14 when they gave the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Award for best half-hour drama to CTV’s Corner Gas.

Robert Lantos, Izzy Asper, Wayne & Shuster among inductees in second round of Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame

Giving away content on the popular site could sour new media deals, distributors tell makers of short docs

Sci-fi comedy beats out the U.S. competition, including Judd Apatow’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in its opening weekend in Quebec, and is hovering close to the $1-million mark after one week

Audience award goes to Kenya-set look at environment and human rights, while Canadian-made doc on the Congo wins prize for its take on international development

Alliance expects its stoner comedy sequel to beat the original, side-stepping Universal’s female-skewing Baby Mama and building on its recent DVD redux

Adoration will vie for Palme d’Or, the lone Canuck film amid the latest from Eastwood, Soderbergh and Wenders. Festival brings ‘tons of pressure and expectation,’ says director