Max Berdowski is the new Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Media Production Industry Association (SMPIA), the group announced on Friday. Coming from Interactive Ontario, he replaces interim Executive Director Ken Alecxe. Members can meet Berdowski
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Canadian Shorts at ICFF
(Via CNW) This year’s Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) “includes a bright spotlight on features and shorts by Italian Canadian filmmakers,” says Artistic Director Cristiano de Florentiis. With the Festival running for 11 days, June
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Afroglobal Launches Channel (with Video)
(Via CNW) Afroglobal Television is broadcasting on Rogers Cable as of Tuesday (Channel 708), with the goal of bringing viewers “exceptional programming focused on Africa and the Diaspora”, according to a media release. The 24-hour
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Stolen Path (Review)
Croatia, 1910 — a young lady in an elaborate riding outfit guides her horse past seemingly humble peasants, hard at work in the fields. Behind her back, they mockingly call her “princess” and look forward
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Awards and a Crowdsourced Day in Canada
(Via CNW) On one day later this year (date TBA), people all over Canada are invited to “shoot and submit video in any language that captures a moment in their life, on that day” says
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No Voices in the Sky, The Night Runner, and What Telecom Providers Owe You
Congratulations go out to Mark Hoffe of St. John’s, first-ever winner of the Daryl Duke Prize, for his feature-length screenplay No Voices in the Sky, reports The Telegram’s Tara Bradbury. The $25,000 cash award should
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