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Film
Anvil lands on Hot Docs
Festival to open with first-timer Sacha Gervasi’s look at the aging heavy metal band. Gunnarsson to debut his take on the Air India attack
Away from Her wins big at Genies 28
Unlike recent years, English Canada dominated the 28th Genie Awards, with Away from Her and Eastern Promises taking the lion’s share of the prizes, though Sarah Polley’s drama edged out the David Cronenberg thriller for most of the major awards, including best motion picture honors.
ACTRA applauds Beautiful City, Peterson
Actors Caroline Cave and Aaron Poole turned the ACTRA Awards in Toronto into a ‘Beautiful’ thing.
Gas, 22 Minutes lead CSA noms
Changes at the annual writing awards look to put sketch shows back in the running — by counting sitcoms as dramas. Farrell up twice for Corner Gas
Vivafilm dominates box office
French distributor leads the way with debut of Louis Choquette’s boxing drama La ligne brisée
Piracy bust in Toronto
Distributors are cheering and two people have been charged following a series of raids that netted tens of thousands of DVDs
CTV adds radio simulcast to Junos
Newly acquired CHUM stations added to mix of conventional, specialty and online coverage of annual music awards
Digital media events merge
The Canadian New Media Awards has struck a partnership with nextMedia, with plans to combine the events this fall
Christal in the red
Distributor of box-office hit Les 3 p’tits cochons says it needs a partner to stay in business
Borderline eyes English Canada
Past the $1-million mark, the picture is holding steady on 33 screens on word of mouth, with TVA considering expansion. Christal preps Young People Fucking
Awards show? What awards show?
Jutra organizer is miffed by the lack of coverage the annual gala gets in the English media
Will Alliance lose New Line?
The gobbling up of the minimajor by Warner and the coming together of rivals Seville and Maximum make for an uncertain future at Alliance
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