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A new beginning for King’s Endings
The final project from Allan King will not fade to black with the master documentarian’s recent passing.
Canwest keeping feds ‘in the loop’
Canwest Global Communications has established a hot line to the CRTC to explain its ongoing corporate restructuring – maintaining regular and high-level contact between the troubled broadcaster and the feds – but has not yet raised the thorny issue of complex foreign ownership structures.
Langlois, Lachance win with Telefilm
Telefilm Canada has granted funding assistance to 14 French-language screenwriting projects, totaling approximately $200,000, as part of its effort to foster screenwriting with strong box-office potential.
Big push for tax relief in B.C.
The B.C. production industry has high hopes that the provincial government is planning to level the playing field, and match Ontario and Quebec’s lucrative 25% all-spend incentives. And soon.
Net makes more gains on TV
Canadians spent more time online, while watching slightly less TV last year, according to the CRTC’s second annual Communications Monitoring Report.
New fund for interactive on the cheap
A new program at the Bell Fund is looking to back low-budget interactive projects. The Bell Low Budget Digital Media Production Pilot Program is aimed at projects with budgets that do not exceed $100,000 and which are connected to a licensed
Canada shares the red carpet with the world’s best
‘Intense’ is the word that Piers Handling chooses to summarize the ‘international complexion’ for this year’s TIFF, which unspools 335 films from 64 countries over 10 intense days, Sept. 10-20.
Gala: Young Victoria
Hands up anyone who imagined Jean-Marc Vallée’s follow-up to the gritty Quebec coming-of-age flick C.R.A.Z.Y. would be anything resembling the love story of a 19th century British monarch.
Gala: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Terry Gilliam’s fantastical The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is headed to TIFF for a gala premiere, and so far so good.
Gala: Chloe
When Ivan Reitman saw Natalie at TIFF in 2003, he didn’t care for the movie but he wanted to acquire the remake rights. ‘It seemed like a great idea that wasn’t realized.’
Gala: Cooking with Stella
For internationally acclaimed photojournalist Dilip Mehta, directing his first feature film, Cooking with Stella, wasn’t so daunting.
Special Presentation: Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Hugh Hefner’s image in the public mind is practically indelible. He’s the aging Lothario of the Playboy empire, an enterprise built on Bunnies, booze and the hedonistic lifestyle of the ’60s.
Special Presentation: The Trotsky
With his comedy The Trotsky, which premieres at TIFF, 29-year-old director Jacob Tierney provides a glimpse of a little-known piece of Canada’s cultural mosaic: English Montreal
Special Presentation: J’ai tué ma mère
Now that Xavier Dolan’s J’ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother) was the surprise hit of this year’s Cannes film festival and racked up $800,000 at the box office in its native Quebec, its distributor plans to use TIFF to gauge the boutique film’s potential in English Canada.
Special Presentation: Defendor
First-time feature director Peter Stebbings can surely thank star Woody Harrelson for landing a premium Special Presentations screening at TIFF, since most novice helmers see their films slotted in the Canada First! program.
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