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Movie Distribution trustees buck CanWest buyout
Trustees atop Alliance Atlantis-controlled Motion Picture Distribution want a court injunction against AAC’s $2.3-billion sale and a say in which partner will run the distributor
Bob Clark 1941-2007
Famed director of Porky’s killed in car crash amid plans to remake his Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things and meetings with Quentin Tarantino
All is Go on Parfait
Teen suicide story Tout est parfait rolls cameras in Montreal under Go Films producer Nicole Robert and first-time director Yves-Christian Fournier
New money man at Imax
Former Loews Cineplex exec Joseph Sparacio takes over the troubled books of the large-format film company
Latin America lands Bruno
Monkey cartoon set to run later this year on region’s Discovery Kids
Venture, Opening Night among CBC shows axed
Sneak peek at next season on CBC shutters long-running series, brings back Dragon’s Den and reality specials
TVA trots out Triffie
The dark comedy and directorial debut of 22 Minutes mainstay Mary Walsh opens on an ambitious 44 screens following a cross-country tour by its stars
Playback parent changes hands
Founder and executive publisher Jim Shenkman steps aside as investors led by Russell Goldstein take over at Brunico Communications
CTV picks up Diana concert
Day-long show in honor of the late princess will air on Canada Day, marking what would have been Diana’s 46th birthday with performances by Elton John and Duran Duran
CBC and condom spots score Peabodys
Ottawa producer Firdaus Kharas is among the Canadian winners of this year’s Peabodys for his animated series of AIDS-awareness PSAs
Three new faces at Cineflix
Newly hired Rob Carey, Nick Godwin and Gavin McGarry added to management roster and dispatched to Toronto and U.K.
Brandino joins Minds Eye
Saskatchewan distributor and its new managing director ready for MIP trip
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