Daily Rushes

Cineplex Shortens Window, Fantasia Widens Net, Ant-Man Shrinks Ads, and Woods Looks Back

July 9, 2015January 3, 2018Daily RushesAnt-Man, Cineplex, Fantasia, Grahame Woods

Screenwriter Grahame Woods (Glory Enough for All) looks back on his long career, including ” a film editing job at the CBC that was a stepping stone”, for Northumberland Today. Going straight to video —

Windsor International Film Festival Sets 2015 Schedule

June 25, 2015January 3, 2018Daily Rushesfestivals, WIFF, Windsor International Film Festival

(Via WireService.ca) The Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF) will run from Tuesday, November 3rd to Sunday, November 8th. Taking place at the Capitol Theatre, the Festival showcases not only some of the world’s leading films

Affecting Films, Effecting Change

May 19, 2015January 3, 2018Daily RushesAlberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts, Bell Media, Cannes, Kim Catrall, Kino Film Fest, Movie Central, Sensitive Skin, Sicario, The Movie Network

What difference would a guaranteed income make to Canadians living in poverty? Two filmmakers from the Yukon are going to find out and document it, CBC reports. Jayden Soroka and Vivian Belik plan to choose

Daily Rushes for First Tues in DST

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015Daily RushesClearcut, Juno Awards, low-budget productions, Ruben Östlund, Vancouver

Victoria, BC, needs to “build the kind of crew base that will appeal to the real Hollywood” says former film industry worker Marcus Handman, writing in the Times-Colonist. As of now, he says, the capital

Daily Rushes for First Mon in DST

March 9, 2015March 9, 2015Daily RushesArctic Mosque, Canada's feature film industry, Canadian Indie Film Series, Canadian Screen Awards, CSA's, final cut pro x, French-language films, Just Film fest, Kingston Canadian Film Festival, ProPalette Spotlight, Saira and Nilufer Rahman, The Valley Below

Also Commonwealth Day — who knew? Something else we didn’t know: The House of Commons’ Canadian Heritage Committee is taking a look at Canada’s feature film industry. Thanks to iPolitics.ca, here (scroll down to Today

Daily Rushes for First Fri in March

March 6, 2015March 6, 2015Daily RushesCanada Day Challenge, Canadian Indie Film Series, Cinema CNC Film Festival, Defensora, Egg Films, film technicians union, The Valley Below, Vancouver Web Fest

Defensora, a 2013 documentary about Canadian mining practises in Guatemala, screened in East York recently. The film has been making waves with its allegations against Skye Resources and its corporate successor, Hudbay Minerals — and