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Whistler Film Festival to pitch Canadian scripts to Chinese studios
There are Chinese production dollars buried in those mountains: The Whistler script competition aims to give Asian studios a bridge into the North American market.
andPOP.com goes Out to Lynch
The website is premiering a new online talk show, hosted by MTV and Much’s Ian Lynch, targeted at teens and featuring audience integration via social media.
Breakthrough taps Marina Cordoni to head up film distribution unit
The Breakthrough slate of films seeking worldwide distribution includes Marcel Grant’s Coffee, Sex, You, and Alexander MacKenzie’s Dancing on the Edge.
Rainmaker hires Circle of Confusion for digi platform expansion
The U.S. management company will mine the Canadian animation studio’s current slate of characters and storylines to develop new properties for online, mobile, gaming and social media.
Michael Shannon: Whistler is ‘like Sundance, only prettier’
Actor Michael Shannon accepts the Whistler Film Festival’s first-ever Spotlight tribute award ahead of the fest’s trademark gala.
Writer/director Peter Hedges on attaining ‘cool dad’ status in Whistler
The famed screenwriter tells Playback about leading three writers through the Canadian Film Centre’s Whistler workshop.
Marketing indies, hitting the white carpet: Whistler
The festival was in full swing Friday, with premiere Canadian indies screening, panels in full swing and a host of parties.
Russell Peters gifts CTV with 2.1 million viewers
The comedian’s Christmas special – featuring Pamela Anderson as the Virgin Mary – becomes the net’s most-watched Canadian holiday special ever.
Corus to promote ABC Spark with cross-channel preview
Corus channels YTV, W Network and CMT will preview Switched at Birth and Melissa & Joey starting Jan. 16
Baruchel tribute highlights day two at Whistler: blog
Parties, presentations and mountain turns mark the first full day of festivities at the 2011 Whistler Film Festival.
Canadian docs Indie Game: The Movie and Payback head to Utah
Playback Daily catches up with the directors of both films on being selected for the prestigious Sundance Film Festival this winter.
Less Than Kind’s third season to pay homage to the late Maury Chaykin
“The challenge for this season was to write a comedy and drama about a family recovering from sudden and tragic loss, as we experienced with Maury,” says series showrunner Mark McKinney.
Two NFB shorts move ahead in Oscar race
Patrick Doyon’s Dimanche/Sunday and Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby’s Wild Life are among the final 10 to be selected for the animated short films shortlist.
CBC looks for Redemption this winter
CBC execs Kirstine Stewart and Julie Bristow talk about courting controversy with the new reality show, Kevin O’Leary’s family appeal and why marketers aren’t averse to hot topics.
Bell Media acquires Kiefer Sutherland web series for Audi promotion
The broadcaster secures exclusive Canadian rights to The Confession for its CTV.ca, CTV Mobile and CTV iPad app platforms.
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