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Blogging from Cannes: Market schedule efficiency
From the Cannes Film Festival, Scythia Films producer Daniel Bekerman (pictured) discusses juggling market meetings and spontaneous pitches.
TSN, RDS renews U.S. Open TV rights deal
The latest agreement with the USTA means the Canadian sport channels will offer exclusive coverage to the top American tennis tournament.
Markham Street taps Anita Doron to direct Sailor Girl
The theatrical feature based on the Sheree-Lee Olson novel will shoot in summer 2014 (Doron pictured).
Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films May 10 to May 16, 2013
Michael McGowan’s Still Mine is the top Canadian film for the week of May 10 to May 16, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films May 10 to May 16, 2013
Iron Man 3 tops the box office for the week of May 10 to May 16, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Apr. 29 to May 5, 2013
Silver Linings Playbook is the top-selling DVD for the week of Apr. 29 to May 5, 2013.
Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs May 6 to May 12, 2013
Big Bang tops TV for the week of May 6 to May 12, 2013.
Fire in the Blood wins top prize at DOXA
Antoine Bourges’ East Hastings Pharmacy picked up the Colin Low Award for Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver documentary festival (Fire in the Blood pictured).
Weekly roundup: OLN summer schedule, NSI program news
This week’s package of briefs include news of construction starting on a new Canadian Film Centre pavilion (VIP sod-turning pictured).
Foundation for WIFT-T names new chair
9 Story Entertainment EVP business development Natalie Osborne (pictured) takes over for outgoing chair Gaye McDonald.
Blog: The CW’s new digital strategy
Mindshare’s Lina Alles (pictured) on the network’s new digital studio CW Seed and its new slate of fall shows from the CW upfront.
NFB filmmaker named MIT visiting artist
Katerina Cizek will work with the institute’s OpenDocLab to develop the next production in the NFB’s multimedia Highrise project.
Mongrel Media takes Canadian rights to Inside Llewyn Davis
The indie distributor acquires the Coen brothers’ film ahead of its Cannes world premiere, and plans a winter theatrical release.
Image takes U.S. rights to Winnie Mandela biopic
The South Africa-Canada coproduction starring Jennifer Hudson (pictured) as the controversial ex-wife of Nelson Mandela will get a fall 2013 release in American theatres.
Study: Canadian writing rooms are mostly white and male
The Ryerson RTA School of Media study, which was based on 266 responses to a survey of the Writers Guild of Canada’s membership, found industry concentration is sending scribes to Toronto and Hollywood.
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