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Jihad comes to Toronto

Buzz-making doc about the intersection of Islam and homosexuality among the additions to TIFF’s documentary program. Latest by Dario Argento and Takashi Miike to play Midnight Madness

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Chabat to attend WFF

French actor Alain Chabat and his director Eric Lartigau will be in Montreal for a screening of Prête-moi ta main, ahead of its release from Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm

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Pay channels pick Branagh

The HBO-produced adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It is set to debut later this month on The Movie Network and Movie Central

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Summer still sizzling, say exhibitors

Reliable franchises and a few surprise hits have made up for the shortcomings of the season’s few flops, say exhibitors, keeping summer on track to set box-office records

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Whizbang makes drama, not war

Despite being set in a demilitarized zone and shot in Bosnia, the eight-parter ZOS isn’t really about war, according to executive producer Frank Siracusa

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Cineplex to screen David Gilmour

Exhibitor plans to run a concert by the Pink Floyd frontman on 54 screens this fall, getting back to its experiments with non-movie entertainment after the high season of summer

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Teletoon unveils fall plans

Studio B’s Ricky Sprocket to be sneak previewed online and via VOD in August

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Cochran heads east for CBC

Halifax-based maker of Pit Pony and Theodore Tugboat to replace Ron Crocker as regional head of the Maritimes

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Raymont on The Border

The CBC action drama will arrive in new year with costar Sophia Milos of CSI: Miami and an online component by Stitch Media’s Evan Jones, says Peter Raymont of White Pine Pictures

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Gray heads up A-Channel news

CTVgm has installed Baton veteran Richard Gray atop the newsrooms of its six-channel station group and Manitoba’s CKX

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CRTC weighs new CAB code

The federal regulator is looking for feedback on the CAB’s new policy on the portrayal of the sexes, minorities and other groups, looking to update a 15-year-old set of guidelines

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CBC signs Skate Canada

Four-year deal for figure skating includes multimedia and championship seen earlier this year on CTV and TSN