Deepa Mehta will start work on her next feature in November, again putting Water star Seema Biswas in front of the camera, this time paired with Bollywood star Preity Zinta, seen recently in the TIFF selection The Last Lear. Heaven and Earth, set to shoot in Toronto and India, follows a young Indian bride who creates an alternate reality to escape her abusive marriage. Mehta directs from her own script, again teaming with producer David Hamilton and distributor Mongrel Media.

Liz Marshall says she looked to the example of Allan King and his doc Dying at Grace during the seven-week shoot for Women: The Face of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

Shooting is underway on Nurse. Fighter. Boy – the latest title from the Feature Film Project at the Canadian Film Centre – which went to camera around Toronto last month under writer/director Charles Officer (Hotel Babylon) and cowriter/producer Ingrid Veninger (Gambling, Gods and LSD).

The 20th anniversary of the popular 1987 vampire movie The Lost Boys is being celebrated with a sequel, Lost Boys 2: The Tribe, which shot last month in Squamish and Richmond, outside of Vancouver.

Three-year deal unveiled Tuesday hands Canadian rights for the indie and festival circuit heavy-hitter to startup Maximum Films

Retelling of Rwandan genocide falters in English Canada, but plays to stronger numbers in Quebec, thanks, most likely, to the star power of Roy Dupuis

Christal Films is living high on the hog with Les p’tits cochons, which has made more than $4 million at the Quebec box office, thanks to its principals and long-term marketing plan

New and returning series including Grey’s, the CSIs and Big Shots all played in the seven figures, but took a backseat to the record-setting return of Global’s resident crank

Outspoken organizer at Montreal festival sniffs at $249,000 cheque from Telefilm. ‘We would have preferred more. It’s not a lot for an international festival,’ says Cauchard

The longtime sportscaster and foil for Don Cherry has a new contract with Hockey Night in Canada into 2014

The broadcast of the annual television fete is entering a new era at CBC, which returns this year as the Gemini Awards’ main caster.