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Amal is the icing on Sheridan’s birthday cake
‘I think it’s one of Canada’s best-kept secrets,’ says director Richie Mehta of his alma mater, the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Mehta’s debut feature Amal premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival after special advance screenings in New York and Los Angeles.
Global spoils CBC Gemini sweep
Kevin Newman and Global Currents make off with two news wins, edging the Ceeb out of best newscast and doc series. The fifth estate wins for its lottery expose, while NHL on TSN takes prizes for commentary and analysis
Roy assumes chair at Telefilm
Former Radio-Canada producer Michel Roy takes over as chairman of the board, though details of his recent career remain cloudy
Crime-fighters in the middle of CRTC squabble
The CRTC says Quebec cable companies must carry Avis de Recherche, at six cents per subscriber head, but Quebecor is taking the case to cabinet, arguing that the crime-tip channel costs too much and contributes too little
TSN, CBC take turns on top with NHL broadcasts
Hockey Night in Canada enjoys slight boost in ratings for season’s Saturday night debut, narrowly edging out TSN
Sullivan, CTV unveil new Anne
After auditioning nearly 1,000 hopefuls, Sullivan Entertainment has found its new Anne Shirley and sold the rights for its Green Gables prequel to CTV
Unions honor Lepage
Film, stage and screen actors hail Le Confessional director at Quebec City conference
Enviro films win at VIFF
Audiences set a box-office record for the Vancouver festival this year, and gave top marks to environmentally minded titles including Garbage Warrior from the U.K. as well as the animated Persepolis
CTV forms promo department
In-house agency under Rick Lewchuk to handle promotions including on-air, advertising design and street-level marketing
Telefilm renews doc project
National funder puts another $1.8 million into effort to put non-fiction features into theaters
Storm brewing at Brightlight
B.C. production house reached Down Under to copro new live action sci-fi, looking to launch in 2009
Food Network preps new Iron Chef
Latest spin-off of the Japanese franchise set to air Sundays, leading into a new cooker with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
Global hopes for broad appeal with ‘da Kink
Global’s spunky new comedy looks for viewers on Sunday nights, where it joins The Simpsons in the net’s comedy block
Weirdsville producer guarantees laughs
Toronto producer Nicholas Tabarrok is so certain that his black comedy is funny that he’ll give any dissatisfied moviegoers their money back
Chefs doc gets Nouveau fest off to appetizing start
Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinéma opened with Guillaume Sylvestre’s culinary doc Durs à cuire, with 15 works slated for the Canada program
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