(Via Wireservice.ca) The story of stuntman Ken Carter — aka the Mad Canadian — and his attempted leap over the St. Lawrence in a rocket car, aiming for a bed of roses on the U.S.
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Bypassing Hollywood, and Films from the Provinces
“The $3 TV program that bypasses Hollywood”: The National Post’s Robert Cushman writes about Horace and Pete, Louis C.K.’s web series that you can only (legally) get from his site. The fact that it’s made
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Up in the Air (With NJ Taylor Pop Army Video)
(Via PRNewswire) Entries are being accepted for the 10th annual Air Canada enRoute Film Festival from now till May 31. The airline is looking for the best in short films by emerging Canadian filmmakers (students
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TSC! WGC! CRTC! And More Ways to Bring Video to the Blind
(Via Wireservice.ca) The Toronto Screenwriting Conference (TSC) and the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) are getting together to present “one all-star weekend” with speakers, workshops, panels, and of course a celebration — 20th annual WGC
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NFB @ Hot Docs
Hot Docs 2016 got underway Friday in TO with City of Gold and The Brainwashing of My Dad (which David Berry says can be summarized “Have you ever heard of Fox News?”) Also on offer
Continue ReadingSmith Out on Bail, Film Industry Good for Sask, and Festivals in Cabbagetown and Thunder Bay
(Via PRNewswire) Trailer Park Boys’ Mike Smith’s arrest in Hollywood was based on a misunderstanding, says Georgia Ling, ” described as the victim in this incident”: “Mike and I did indeed have a heavy argument
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