(Via CNW) There’s an international casting call out for two young actors to star in the upcoming Netflix original series, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Characters are Violet, a “not-too-mature 14-year-old” (though
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Shortest Day is Long on Talent and Diversity
(Via CNW) We have some titles for The Shortest Day 2015, the free nationwide film festival that brightens the shortest days of the year with short films for everyone. Here’s a little of what’s to
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Films of Everyday Syria, Residential School Voices, and a 13-Year Commercial Break
The Vancouver Courier has a piece on Abounaddara, “an anonymous collective of volunteer, self-taught artists whose weekly short films offer a glimpse of the lives of ordinary Syrians.” The films offer an alternative view to the
Continue ReadingNorthern Casting and Discoverability
Apply now (by 2:00 today) if you’d like a chance to audition for Disorderly Conduct, a Hallmark movie about two urbanites doing community service in ranching country (and only making things worse while they “serve”).
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12 New Films Get Telefilm Funding
Telefilm Canada is supporting 12 new English-language film projects through its Canada Feature Film Fund, it announced yesterday. More than $8 million has been invested. Featuring several coming-of-age stories, the 12 films are: Hunting Pignut
Continue ReadingAnimators Needed, Depression-Busting Movies, Black Radical Imagination, and More
Gallus Entertainment needs animators — 2D, both junior and experienced — to work on its series Lazoo, MFM announces. The studio is located in Sudbury; get all the other details here. (Via WireService.ca) The right
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