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All Canada articles – Page 71
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NewsBron Studios launches The Realm
Garrick Dion will head the new label focused on director-driven films across multiple genres, managing director Aaron L Gilbert of the British Columbia-based Bron announced on Monday.
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NewsProducers tee up Moe Norman golf biopic
EXCLUSIVE: David Carver Films and Scott Duncan are developing a feature based on the life of the man whom they claim was one of the most misunderstood golfers in history.
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NewsPatrice Théroux, Leif Bristow move ahead on Shakespeare series
The former head of eOne’s global film operation Patrice Théroux and Leif Bristow of Leif Films have hired My Left Foot screenwriter Shane Connaughton to write The Family Shakespeare.
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NewsDenis, Jia, Holland to lead first TIFF Platform jury
EXCLUSIVE: Festival selects trio to judge first competitive section, aimed at ‘auteur films’; Cameron Bailey talks strand.
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News108 Media acquires ‘Lawrence & Holloman’
EXCLUSIVE: 108 Media has picked up US rights to the award-winning Canadian comedy and plans a one-week theatrical run in August.
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NewsParamount, AMC in windows pact
In the boldest move yet by a studio and exhibition partner to challenge the traditional distribution structure, Paramount has struck a revenue-share deal with AMC Theatres and Canada’s Cineplex Entertainment that will see it roll-out two autumn releases digitally 17 days after the films dip below 300 theatres.
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NewsAndré Picard earns NFB stripes
The former director general of the National Film Board of Canada’s French Program has been named its director general, creation and innovation.
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NewsFantasia to close with 'Attack on Titan'
Montreal’s genre film festival to showcase 135 features and almost 300 shorts across its three-week run from July 14-Aug 4.
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NewsCatalyst Capital in $320m Relativity bailout
Ryan Kavanaugh will remain CEO and chairman of his embattled entertainment company after it emerged on Monday that he had struck a deal with the Toronto-based distressed asset specialist.
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NewsElizabeth Karlsen to deliver Strategic Partners keynote
The Carol producer will take centre stage when the 18th edition of the co-production market within Canada’s Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax opens on September 17.
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NewsMarina Cordoni to sell ‘The Tailor’s Apprentice’
Toronto-based Marina Cordoni Entertainment will represent international sales on Jeff Lehman’s The Tailor’s Apprentice.
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NewsOpen Road acquires Ricky Gervais' 'Life On The Road'
Worldwide sales agent eOne Features has struck a US deal on Ricky Gervais’ comedy charting the post-The Office life of mockumentary sensation David Brent.
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NewsTelefilm Canada unveils 15 Micro-Budget Production finallists
Executives today announced the 15 finallists in the Micro-Budget Production Program for 2015-2016 representing all regions of the country.
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NewsStrategic Partners to spotlight Latin America, US
The 18th edition of the co-production market within Canada’s Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax will run from September 17-20.
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NewsFantasia announces second wave of titles
Takeshi Kitano’s Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen, Sonny Mallhi’s Anguish, Ringo Lam’s Wild City and Miguel Angel Vivas’ Extinction among titles playing at Montreal’s genre film festival.
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NewsFrontières unveils complete line-up
New projects from Larry Fessenden, RKSS and John McNaughton among line-up at sixth edition, taking place July 23-26 in Montreal.
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NewsToronto Film Fest switches Telluride stance
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will return to their prior policy of allowing films that receive their world premiere in Telluride to screen in the opening weekend in Canada – with one big string attached.
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NewsAMBI Pictures bulks up ‘Rupture’ cast
Peter Stormare, Kerry Bishé, Lesley Manville and Ari Millen have joined Noomi Rapace and Michael Chiklis on the sci-fi adventure thriller that began shooting in Toronto on Tuesday.
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NewsAmplify Releasing picks up ‘Tom At The Farm’
Xavier Dolan’s psychosexual thriller has found a US home and will open on August 14.
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NewsBlue Ice Docs acquires ‘Dense City’
The distributor acquired Canadian theatrical, television and digital rights to the documentary in pitch form at the recent Hot Docs Forum.