May 2015 – Page 7

Tout le Monde Wants French TV, TFO Survey Says

May 13, 2015May 13, 2015TelevisionCRTC, tv

(Via CNW) An Ipsos Marketing survey for Groupe Média TFO has found that “88 per cent of Canadians living in provinces with little access to French television programing say they strongly support offering more shows

Calgarians, Cannes, and the Candidate

May 13, 2015May 13, 2015Today's Top StoriesAlly Was Screaming, BUT CAN THEY ACT?, Chris Lloyd, City Cinema, MINI Canada, Movie Central Script to Screen, Music Icons in Film, National Screen Institute, nationwide film rating system

We don’t have a nationwide film rating system, but Ontario’s Minister of Consumer Affairs, David Orazietti, thinks we should, CTV reports. In fact, Orazietti “wants to change the Ontario Film Review Board into the Ontario

What Works and What Doesn’t: News for Today

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015Today's Top StoriesBeatriz's War, Canadian critics, Canadian film and TV, Canadian Film Institute, CFI, Cor-Ação, D.K. Latta, Hari Thapa, Heritage Minute Nursing Sisters, Nova Scotia film tax credit, Portuguese Language Film Festival, Sherpas the True Heroes of Mount Everest

A rally at the Nova Scotia legislature for a last-minute schedule change to the Financial Measures Act, which cut tax credit for the film industry in the province, apparently had no effect — the Act

Q&A with Ted Bezaire, Part II: Sub Culture of Birders

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015Interviewmaking of the birder, ted bezaire interview, The Birder, the birder director interview

Our interview with director Ted Bezaire continues: The Birder is very obviously set in Canada (for example, all the shots of the sign at the Park’s visitor CENTRE). What was the reasoning behind doing it

Q&A With Director Ted Bezaire, The Birder: Part I

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015Interviewmaking of the birder, Ted Bezaire, ted bezaire interview, The Birder, the birder director interview

The Birder, a sort of revenge-of-the-bird-nerds comedy set in Ontario, was recently released on DVD — you can read our review here. Director Ted Bezaire took the time to fill us in on the making

88: A Film Review

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015Canadian Independent FilmsApril Mullen's 88, canadian independent film, in-theatre, independent, review

The Canadian produced film 88 is labeled as an action movie and, going by the poster, was supposed to be the most intense amazing film ever. However it was a bit of a mixed result