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The Tournament reborn in Britain
U.K. producer says she was an easy sell on the format rights to the short-lived CBC mockumentary series
TIFF 2008: TIFF shows off future home
Organizer Noah Cowan talks up everything from the cinemas to the bathrooms in walking tour of Bell Lightbox-to-be site
TIFF 2008: Steep climb for Canadian films
Subject matter doesn’t travel well to other territories, panel hears. Gross recalls budget scramble for Passchendaele
TIFF 2008: The branding of Che Guevara
The face of the famed guerilla is everywhere, but is harder to put on a movie poster than you’d think, says Soderbergh
TIFF 2008: Skogland recalls ‘secret meetings in dark places’
Cast and crew of Fifty Dead Men Walking got up close and personal with former members of the IRA while shooting in Belfast
Lang gets Cream-ed
Veteran writer/director of factual series put in charge of creative at Toronto prodco
Canwest, Hot Docs hand out $338,000
First round of cheques from new doc fund go to Baichwal project on lightning strikes, and a piece from Polley on storytelling
Maple grabs Goats
Distributor secures Canadian rights to Clooney project about military and the paranormal
TIFF 2008: Maximum signs outputs with Fortissimo, Cinetic
Separate, six-picture deals include Michael Caine-starrer Is There Anybody There?, Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles and Matt Aselton’s debut feature Gigantic
TIFF 2008: Mills wins Pitch This! with quirky comedy
Toronto filmmaker hopes to turn short Don’t Talk to Irene into feature with $10,000 prize
Tierneys team up on Trotsky
Jay Baruchel signs with father and son to lead comedy about rabble-rousing high-schooler. Domini Blythe and Anne-Marie Cadieux also on board
TIFF 2008: ‘Difficult’ road of Pride and Glory
Cop drama became a ‘problem film’ following New Line’s absorption by Warner Bros., says director
TIFF 2008: Lennon bus teaches filmmaking
Recording studio on wheels gives students a shot at making movies about their experiences at TIFF
Dragons’ Den puts products online
Inventions pitched during new season of Ceeb reality to be sold to public
TIFF 2008: Fox takes Wrestler for $4M
First major deal of the festival closes after all-night bidding war. Other sales for The Edge of Love, Soul Power and Maximum Films
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