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Moves & Signings
• Scripps Networks has placed original programming at its HGTV in the hands of HGTV Canada head Anna Gecan.
3 things you may not know about…Richard Stursberg
Richard Stursberg
Straight Up & Down
+ Montreal’s World Film Festival will close with the official film of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the doc The Everlasting Flame. There are 130 world premieres among the films to screen throughout the festival, which runs from Aug. 27 to Sept 7.
Playback Barometer
Who are we to question the long-term consequences of the tax-credit war between Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and B.C.? So long as it keeps Hollywood projects on this side of the border? Keep it up, provinces! We’re choosing to believe this won’t somehow go horribly wrong.
Maple Pictures: Number three with a bullet
Output deals may not grow on trees, but anything can happen in a Canadian distribution marketplace controlled by three main players.
A culturecrat liberated: Q&A with Danny Chalifour
When Danny Chalifour joined Telefilm in 1987 it was for a six-month contract. The young producer was looking to immerse himself in the business and Telefilm offered a prime spot to learn the trade from the inside out.
District 9: From South Africa by way of Canada
Though both are distinctly South African, the Sony Pictures release District 9 and its director Neill Blomkamp have history in Canada.
Part businessman, part culturecrat, all heart
Every family has its maverick – the one who travels the world looking for the meaning of life, who escapes the pressures to conform, who asks the hard questions and remains self-governed against all odds.
The TIFF must go on
Canadian film distributors and exporters have half the films in TIFF that they did last year – approximately 40 instead of 80 — because of soaring costs to launch pictures during Toronto’s red-carpet extravaganza.
Boys sequel to bow at AFF
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles will be back on home turf when Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day opens the Atlantic Film Festival. The follow-up to the TPB movie of 2006, itself spun off from the long-running Showcase series, will make its world premiere at the Halifax festival on Sept. 17, say organizers.
Profits triple at Cineplex
Is there really a recession out there?
Mad Men takes a pass on TV
Mad Men is breaking with convention and will bypass traditional broadcasters in Canada in favor of an exclusive online deal with Apple. Season three of the award-winning series will be available for download on iTunes Canada following a deal with distributor Maple Pictures, making it one of the most prominent shows to forgo a conventional broadcaster in favor of the Internet.
Bell drops case after CRTC blinks
Bell Canada has dropped its court case against the CRTC, now that the regulator says it will take a fresh look at fee-for-carriage this fall.
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