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Colony doc makes a buzz

TIFF film about the mass disappearance of bees to be handled worldwide by E1

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Morgan in for Gecan

Food and Fine Living exec to also handle original shows for lifestyle channel

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CFTPA kudos goes to Tierney

Producer of TIFF buzz-maker The Trotsky receives $10,000 producer’s award. ‘This is the happiest movie of my life.’

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Creation bows amid added glitz

Opening Toronto fest ‘fills my heart with pride,’ says producer, as organizers embrace controversy over 34th edition

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Video: Cruz on the red carpet

Broken Embraces star talks about being back in town with Pedro Almodóvar’s latest, amid the opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival

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Polley set for Queen epic

Canuck thesp will play 17th century Swedish monarch in copro scripted by Quebec’s Michel Marc Bouchard

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CRTC turns down Slice

Cancon and spending requirements will stay as is, Canwest channel told

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ThinkFilm-ers reunite under Urman

Distribution vet forms new company, picking up Teardrop Diamond ahead of TIFF

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Bank boosts Talent Lab

$15,000 prize added to program for new filmmakers at TIFF. Danny Boyle, Don McKellar to mentor

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Donovan astride Zebras

DHX exec set to copro Apartheid-era drama by Aussie director Bruce Beresford

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V skews young, TVA targets families

Number one network changes strategy with rollout of five new dramas, facing re-energized and news-light competition

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Peter Mortimer: 1937-2009

Industry insider worked at CFTPA, and on forming predecessor to Telefilm Canada

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Tough market for indies at TIFF

Glut of films financed in better times arrive while deal-shy distributors struggle, shrink or close their doors

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CHEK lives to see another day

Eleventh-hour deal with Canwest and $2.5 million from staff and local investors buys new lease on life for Victoria station

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Glee hits high note

Rerun of musical comedy’s pilot posts solid ratings for Global