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Christine St-Pierre
Quebec Culture Minister Christine St-Pierre has a reputation for speaking her mind.
3 things you may not know about… Marc Seguin
Marc Seguin, vice-president, feature film and new technology, CFTPA
Straight Up & Down
+ Quebec’s Xavier Dolan has won the inaugural $5,000 ’emerging talent’ award from the Toronto Film Critics Association for his breakthrough film J’ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother). TFCA president and Maclean’s film critic Brian D. Johnson says the 20-year-old writer/director/star’s ‘audacious, deeply personal and flamboyant style of filmmaking’ is exactly the kind of independent cinema championed by Jay Scott, the late critic for whom the prize is named.
Ellis sold for $2.82 million
Knightscove Media has sealed its deal for Ellis Entertainment, agreeing to pay $2.82 million for all shares to the Toronto-based producer/distributor and the rights to its library. Ellis has a 600-title library of wildlife and nature programming, which Knightscove will add to its own family-oriented films and programming. The deal is expected to close by the end of the month.
Can ads save the economy?
Study reveals rosy view of advertising among consumers
E1 looks to beat expectations
E1 looks to beat expectations. New deal to distribute River Road films
In other news…
Walsh fined over airline fracas, Young Victoria and Imaginarium up for BAFTAs
National Film Board goes 3D
Online ‘experiment’ adds handful of 3D and high-definition titles to growing online presence. Burns, Brown finishing work on future-minded docu-drama
Selling spree at Buzz
Factual and doc titles picked up across the Americas
The three types of visual effects jobs
Marko Forker of The Road breaks down his side of the biz to CASO members
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