(Via Marketwired) “People tend to lose concentration within eight seconds — which is less than the attention span of a goldfish,” says a media release from the Dx3 conference and trade show — and this
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Crew Call in North Bay, Call for Submissions to AFF, and Filmmaker Memories
There’s a crew call out in North Bay for a set decorator and other art department jobs on the TVO series Hard Rock Medical. For more details and where to apply, see MFM. Louise Dallaire
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Lumiere Award, Trend Report, and What Film Students Can and Can’t Do
(Via Wireservice.ca) A Lumiere Award has gone to the producer and director of 40 Below and Falling, shot in native 4K 3D across Alberta. Director Dylan Pearce (recently nominated for a CSA) and producer Andrew
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French-Canadians in The Revenant, Capilano Grads in TO, Sesqui All Over
Not everyone loves The Revenant — actor Roy Dupuis, who turned down a role in the film, says it portrays French-Canadians as “horrible barbarians.” The National Post’s Tristin Hopper has more. Two of Capilano University’s
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Tough Times for Broadcasters
(Via Marketwired) “In Canada, 2015 was the first year that internet ad spending finally surpassed broadcast TV,” notes independent direct response agency Northern Lights Direct. Pippa Nutt, the agency’s Senior Vice President, Digital & Canadian
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Highlights and Low Dollar
TIFF has a couple of announcements today — the fifth annual digiPlaySpace exhibition will open on March 5th (“just ahead of March Break by popular demand”) and run for seven weeks at TIFF Bell Lightbox.
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