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CFC and NFB launch interactive dramatic feature
The Toronto International Film Festival makes history this year with the launch of what is being touted as North America’s first interactive dramatic feature, Late Fragment, wherein the audience is an active participant in the film, shaping its narrative with a simple click.
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Sayles, McKellar tapped for Talent Lab
What do you get when you cross 22 emerging Canadian filmmakers with directors John Sayles and Don McKellar and select TIFF guests for four days?
Toronto plans to fix film woes
Film commissioner and mayor expected to announce strategy for reviving Hollywood North on Tuesday, two days before the real Hollywood arrives for TIFF
Small audiences for Comedy Legend
Competitive laugh-off ended its inaugural run down slightly from its premiere, but is due to return, according to CBC
Palmer drafted at CTV, TSN
Former NFLer and star of The Bachelor will cover entertainment in New York for eTalk, and commentate on the gridiron for TSN
No smoking at TIFF, province warns
Ontario minister cautions Cowan that a repeat of last year’s flare up with Sean Penn could lead to charges
Winners integrated with Runway
The retail marketer has signed on as the second major sponsor lined up to hit Slice viewers on all platforms
CMT shakes its pom-poms
Short-run docudrama Cheerleader Nation joins home-made karaoke and video blog series on ‘fan-fuelled’ fall schedule
Vision has faith in drama, comedy
Plans for fall include the acclaimed BBC series Rough Diamond and the laugher Waiting for God
ACTRA to Rogers: Raise drama to 75%
Actors union asks for a bigger slice of benefits to be set aside at close of CRTC hearings into Citytv purchase. ‘We want them to go further,’ says Hardacre
TIFF films sneak previewed in U.S.
Shake Hands with the Devil, Amal and others screened for media in New York and L.A., looking to build buzz
Odeon bets on Balls
Distributor hopes the often-scant Labor Day audiences will connect with the dumb-but-fun ping-pong comedy, which faces the Halloween redux and Death Sentence
Gags goes to Germany
Just for Laughs series set to debut on RTL next week, following successful run on ABC in the U.S.
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