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Name filmmakers dominate TIFF’s Top Ten
But for Up the Yangzte! , which bowed to the crowds at VIFF, the judges stuck with titles that screened at the Toronto festival, nodding to Cronenberg, Podeswa and Maddin
Some gems, some not on CBC sites
Online versions of The Border and jPod boost mid-season series with fun, immersive games. Sophie and MVP? Not so much
Super Channel picks up Aussie, U.K. series
Deal with U.K. distributor includes BBC political drama Party Animals and Nine Network’s Sea Patrol
Buffalo Gal hosts $20-million Hessen Affair
Private funding from overseas and the successful shoot of The Box Collector has brought Brussels-based Corsan back to Winnipeg for World War Two-era thriller
Days dogged by hostile press
The first-weekend box office for Denys Arcand’s latest was decent, but reviews have been merciless. One box-office watcher thinks Days of Darkness could click — if only it can get a few kind words from Quebecers
APTN goes high-def
Aboriginal-aimed channel hopes HD spin-off due to launch in March will spur more high-end programming in other languages
Film competition crosses into Second Life
The 48 Hour Film Project is giving denizens of the online world a first-ever shot at its annual competition
SaskFilm vet joins NFB
Heritage minister names Mary-Lynn Charlton to board of trustees, while sending former SaskTel staffer Candice J. Molnar to work at the CRTC
Big-budget stop-motion wrapping in B.C.
Vancouver may be swamped with animators, but the makers of Edison and Leo had to fly in stop-motion specialists to shoot the $8-million feature, from Infinity Features and Perfect Circle
Growth spurt in cable, says StatsCan
Canadians are stampeding towards cable companies for phone services, according to new numbers that show rising profits among cable and satellite operators
Citytv slots Murdoch
Mystery series from Shaftesbury will run Sundays, Mondays or Tuesdays — depending on the station
Three tapped for Slamdance
Randy Cole’s latest, Real Time, to open alternative film festival next month, joined by Canadian-made horror pic and a canoeing drama
Darkness falls on Quebec
Alliance Vivafilm is pulling out all the stops for the Quebec release of L’Âge des ténèbres, Denys Arcand’s follow-up to Oscar-winner Les invasions barbares, while Clement Virgo’s Poor Boy’s Game receives a modest three-screen release through Seville
Peace Arch puts five in theaters
Two Sundance alums and a number of lesser-known titles due for theatrical and broadcast release from Toronto company, via deal with First Look
Global readies The Guard, Murder
Mid-season schedule moves up Vancouver-shot action series to January despite shooting stop; also on sked are domestic docu-series True Pulp Murder and U.S. series-in-waiting New Amsterdam and Swingtown
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