All Toronto articles – Page 131
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Ebert inspires Twitter showdown
Film critic Roger Ebert will be at TIFF participating in a festival panel that conducts a “Twitter showdown.”
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King's Speech duo set to travel with The Lady Who Went Too Far
Gareth Unwin, one of the producers of Telluride and Toronto hit The King’s Speech, is now at work developing another period drama, about Lady Hester Stanhope, for his UK-based Bedlam Productions.
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Recreation, TFC move into Shapiro's Country
Recreation Media and The Film Collaborative have taken worldwide rights to Jody Shapiro’s How To Start Your Own Country ahead of its world premiere tonight.
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Martin Landau in talks for Canada black comedy Born Into This
Oscar-winner Martin Landau (Ed Wood) and actor Devon Bostick (Adoration) are in negotiations with Canadian producers David Miller and newcomer Darren Portelli to star in the heartbreaking comedy, Born Into This, by first-time feature director Emmanuel Shirinian.
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Moving Pictures Film & TV strikes sales on rom-com pair
Santa Monica-based Moving Pictures Film & TV has closed a string of sales heading into Toronto on its slate of romantic comedies.
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Canada opens co-production talks with India
Canada’s Heritage Minister James Moore announced that Canada is launching co-production talks with India.
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Denise Robert wins CMPA prize and gives cheque to Belanger
Oscar-winning producer Denise Robert says that being the first woman to win the Canadian Media Production Association award makes her feel “honoured … like one of the boys! And I’ve been waiting for that for a long time.”
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Lightbox footprint named for Reitmans
The footprint around TIFF Bell Lightbox has been named in honour of Leslie and Clara Reitman.
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Sarah McCarthy
Sarah McCarthy talks about The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical, which one Toronto programmer predicts will be a sleeper hit of the festival.
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Swipe Films boards Venice, Toronto title That Girl In Yellow Boots
UK-based Swipe Films has taken worldwide rights to controversial Indian film That Girl In Yellow Boots.
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Vancouver's Greenstone sparkles with launch funding of $25m
Financed partly through sunken treasure, the upstart Vancouver-based Greenstone Film Partners — named for the Queen Isabella Emerald — is launching its feature film production, distribution and international sales venture at TIFF, its CEO John Curtis told Screen.
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Max Winkler
The director of Toronto world premiere Ceremony talks about Jason Reitman’s advice, working with actors, and finding that sweet spot between funny and sad.
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Bankside and Killer strike first-look, co-development deal
First projects under the deal include Jeff Garlin’s Dealin With Idiots and Julianne Moore-starring Innocence.