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Being Erica ‘built to compete’
Temple Street bosses say time-traveling therapy series is designed to hold up against U.S. shows, drawing co-viewing men and women to CBC
Ripper’s latest bows at VIFF
Director expects activist celebs including Daryl Hannah and Danny Glover to boost high-minded doc Fierce Light. Distribs ready two-pronged campaign
CBC readies new hockey themes
Semi-finalists to show off handiwork at start of NHL season
Frantic expands into advertising
New outfit to turn out commercials and branded content
Bo goes to Britain
Decode closes three-pack of deals for preschool series
CIFF looks to fete mavericks
Alberta fest looks to boost profile next year by cheering cinematic groundbreakers
The Establishing Shot: Grits, NDP in the culture corner
The issue of supporting arts and culture was conspicuously absent on the federal campaign trail until recently, and now the two parties with the only shot of dethroning the incumbent are stepping forward as saviors.
New caster and categories as gala returns to T.O.
Change has become the norm for the Gemini Awards, and that’s a good thing, according to Sara Morton, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, which organizes the annual celebration of Canadian TV.
The Big Screen: New native films quash stereotypes
Our perception of movies about indigenous peoples is often one of troubled worlds not our own, and rarely of generational tensions typical of our own lives – between parent and child or elders and grandchildren.
MIPCOM preview: Market focuses on digital-age reality and green shows
The world’s largest audiovisual content market is set to begin Oct. 13 in Cannes, and the hottest item on the agenda is the future of TV.
Comment: Net neutrality should top CRTC’s list
While the recommendation that a levy be placed on Internet service providers to fund the creation of online television content will likely attract the greatest attention, the most compelling conclusion of a new study released by the CRTC is the underlying suggestion that the future of media exists online.
CTV proves it has the moves
The hugely successful international So You Think You Can Dance franchise now has a bona fide hit Canadian version as well. CTV’s homegrown installment of the competition show debuted on Sept. 11, not only winning its 8 p.m. ET timeslot, but emerging as the number one show of the night. It maintained the top spot in its second episode, averaging 1.23 million viewers.
Quebec creatives line up with Liberals
MONTREAL: U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama may have Matt Damon and Oprah on his side, but Liberal leader Stéphane Dion has his share of celebrity support in the lead-up to the Oct. 14 vote.
Tory-bashing at Ottawa toon fest
OTTAWA: Election politics dominated opening night at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (Sept. 17-21) when, speaking before a packed house at Ottawa’s legendary ByTowne Cinema, the fest’s artistic director Chris Robinson metaphorically criticized federal cultural funding cuts in a lengthy diatribe about ‘monkeys damaging the banana crop.’
2008 OIAF award winners
Following is the complete list of prize winners at the 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival:
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