Things are looking different for TIFF this year as David MacNaughton has stepped down from the TIFF board of directors. MacNaughton has now taken on an important international role as Canadian ambassador to the United States.
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4DX at Cineplex, Visuals in Songs, and Canada in Memphis
(Via Marketwired) Cineplex is bringing 4DX, an immersive theatre technology, to Canada for the first time. “Amplifying the experience from watching a movie to almost being in it,” is how a media release describes 4DX.
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Aiming for the Roses with Devil at Your Heels
(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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