Michael Moore has had a special relationship with the Toronto International Film Festival, dating back to winning the People’s Choice Award for his breakthrough Roger & Me in 1989. So, it was only fitting that he would use Toronto as the launch pad for his latest, Captain Mike Across America, which preemed Friday night.

Opening night film Fugitive Pieces, a big-screen adaptation of the lyrical novel by Anne Michaels, appears to have been a labor of love by all who tackled the less-than-uplifting material that begins in the depths of the Holocaust and extends to the 1970s in examining the long term after-effects of such trauma.

Stars including Gorgeous George and Brad Pitt arriving on the red carpet in handpicked Audis, looking to boost next month’s rollout of its first-ever mid-engine sports car. Penn, Foster, Caine also in on the deal

What do you get when you cross 22 emerging Canadian filmmakers with directors John Sayles and Don McKellar and select TIFF guests for four days?

The eight Canadian films in Contemporary World Cinema are all looking for international distribution, with subject matter ranging wildly from gun addiction to gay ex-hockey players

SRC’s melancholic drama about night club bouncers took another seven wins at Sunday night’s French TV awards. Academy boss calls on Ottawa for funding, while René Lévesque star Emmanuel Bilodeau wins best dramatic lead and calls for Quebec independence

A newly formed lobby group wants the province to offer at least 50% back on labor costs, and is pleading its case directly to Premier Rodney MacDonald

Half-hour entertainment show will make a good ‘companion piece’ to eTalk Daily, says Susanne Boyce, and comes with on-demand content for online

Newly minted CEO George Burger looking to build the brand of the two-fisted digichannel

Pay-TV startup secures exclusive rights to theatrical releases and series including Saw III and Death of a President

Holocaust picture opens 32nd edition of festival, marking the fourth entry by director Jeremy Podeswa and the tenth from producer Robert Lantos