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In other news…
Jewison to be cheered down south, BET comes north, and the NFB takes two at the Canadian New Media Awards
Two Canuck titles headed for Sundance
IDFA winner Last Train Home and Grown Up Movie Star to play in competition
Scavenger hunt for digital dollars
Funders of interactive content are feeling the squeeze, making sponsorship deals an increasingly attractive option for producers
Early cheers for Habs film
Some 11,000 Montrealers turned out for a preview of Pour toujours les Canadiens. ‘The reaction was extraordinary’
Kalangis joins marblemedia
Toronto shop puts former CBC exec in charge of creative for its interactive division
MTV ups Graham
Branding exec to oversee Canadian-ized MTV and Nickelodeon
E1 to remake U.K.’s Skins
MTV okays pilot for American-ized teen drama, to be copro’ed with Britain’s Company Pictures. Acclaimed series has ‘a style all it’s own,’ says Barna. ‘It’s definitely not Disney’
Alliance to distribute CBS Films
Three-year deal with wing of U.S. network starts with Harrison Ford pic Extraordinary Measures
Indie Spirit nods for Amreeka
Copro up for three awards including best picture. Fifty Dead Men Walking and Anvil! also nominated
Profit? From online?
Canwest exec insists it can be done, but Barb Williams says only because her side of the business buys good shows
KinoSmith nabs Hefner doc
Doc to see Canadian screens in the spring
Knight merges with Magee TV
New company looking beyond production to ‘everything from merchandising and bobblehead dolls’
Festival, Film Board laud Carle’s legacy
Late Quebec filmmaker to be honored at next WFF — auteur made outstanding contribution to the province’s film industry, says Losique
Millions for Manitoba
Ottawa and the provincial government are putting $2.5 million into the Manitoba film industry in a bid to bolster competitiveness
Grey Cup hits 6.1 million on TSN, RDS
Sportscasters end season on a high note with record audience for Montreal-Saskatchewan thriller
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