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Matt Johnson
Nirvanna the Band film to debut at SXSW in March
Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry follow-up is based on the series Nirvanna the Band the Show.
BlackBerry, Seagrass lead VFCC’s Canadian nominees
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s annual awards to honour Canadian and international cinema take place on Feb. 12.
Playback Film Summit: Unboxing BlackBerry’s marketing campaign
Zapruder Films’ Matthew Miller and Elevation Pictures’ Adrian Love offered insight on the benefit of influencer campaigns.
Matt Johnson comedy among 13 films selected for Telefilm funds
The features will receive a shared $6 million from the Production Program’s low budget minority coproduction and big budget streams
Photo gallery: BlackBerry Canadian premiere
The Matt Johnson-directed biopic, about Canadian software company Research In Motion, held a screening and party in Toronto.
BlackBerry to world premiere in competition at Berlinale
Sanaz Sohrabi’s Sahnehaye Estekhraj will also have its world premiere at the festival, which runs from Feb. 16 to 26.
Matt Johnson, Adam MacDonald projects backed by HGF
This latest funding round closes out the Harold Greenberg Fund’s 2019 fiscal year, with 67 projects sharing a total investment of more than $1 million.
Indie film: Zapruder took on Telefilm. Now what?
In part two of our series on indie filmmaking in Canada, we chat with Matthew Johnson and Matthew Miller about Talent to Watch and reshaping the business from the inside out.
Telefilm selects 45 projects for Talent to Watch program
The revamped micro-budget funding program will fund projects from Madison Thomas, Reem Morsi and Thyrone Tommy, among others.
Looking ahead to tomorrow’s Telefilm
Industry stakeholders weigh in on areas for the national funder to focus on as it faces a leadership change and the continued shakeup of the film and media business.
In Brief: TFCA prize to be split; eOne’s new VP, int’l sales
The winner of the Rogers Best Canadian Film will share the $100,000 award, Danishka Esterhazy to get Sundance honour and more news of the week.
TFCA names best Canadian feature finalists
Matt Johnson’s Operation Avalanche is one of three films competing for the $100,000 prize at the Toronto Film Critics Association’s annual awards.
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