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DJ mock doc best in show
Director Michael Dowse left TIFF on a high note, taking $30,000 and the prize for best Canadian feature film for his club-hopping documentary It’s All Gone Pete Tong and the pic’s ‘funny, engaging and flawless portrayal of a flawed character as well as for its ability to capture the infectious rhythms of the club scene.’
Remembrance tops Pitch This
Emerging talents were given a chance to shine at Pitch This! 2004 held on Sept. 13 atop the Sutton Place Hotel. This year’s animated pitchers dazzled the audience with drag queens and topless men, not to mention a few monkeys, but it was the polished pitch for Remembrance that earned this year’s cheque for $10,000.
Strategic Partners brought $10M to East Coast
Halifax: Getting meetings with the top international producers, distributors and broadcasters is usually a challenge. But at Strategic Partners 2004, all you have to do is ask.
Frulla stresses cooperation, independence
Canada should not ignore filmmakers in the Prairies or the Maritimes if it is to boost the overall health of domestic movie production, according to Minister of Canadian Heritage Liza Frulla.
Jump Cuts
La Face cachee eyes Oscar
Gilliam talks up Tideland at TIFF
Toronto: Expect the phrase ‘Alice in Wonderland meets Psycho’ to turn up a lot in the entertainment press over the next few months, because it’s one of the few hints Terry Gilliam has offered about his latest picture Tideland. The famed director and former Monty Pythoner made a stop at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month to talk up his latest project – now shooting in Saskatchewan – but stayed coy about the details, remarking at a press conference that ‘to tell the story would ruin the whole point of the story.’
Broadcast
Cinepost youth series has international aspirations
Features
Fall brings four new features to Vancouver
Bright picture for Canadian TV
Gino Scapillati is the Canadian leader of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Canadian Entertainment and Media practice.
Comment
A year ago this month, it looked like true brand integration and cross-promotions in Canadian film and TV were having a hell of a time getting traction.
Correction
On the cover of the Sept. 13 issue, an image from the animated special Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest for Pappy was incorrectly credited to Decode Entertainment. The program is in fact produced by Mainframe Entertainment.
The shifting coproduction landscape
In today’s film and TV climate, an Alberta producer, a Toronto producer and a Montreal entertainment lawyer may each face very different challenges, but one thing they share is the desire to find the perfect coproduction recipe.
Canada, Germany, Israel join to make Metallic Blues shine
Structurally, the Canadian/German/ Israeli coproduction team behind the $2.8-million tragicomedy Metallic Blues is mind-bendingly complex.
Canuck casters map out MIP strategies
When Susanne Boyce strolls the trade-show floor at MIPCOM, Oct. 4-8 in Cannes, she won’t be worried about les Joneses.
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