Daily Rushes – Page 2

Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

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

Daily Rushes, First Thurs in March

March 5, 2015March 5, 2015Daily RushesA-list, Beginnings EP, ET Canada, Freeze Frame, Imagining Angels, International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, OzGoode, OzGoode Beginnings, Toronto Short Film Festival

How do we tell who’s on the A-list today, and is it even still a thing? Emily Yahr of the Washington Post (via our own National Post) has 10 new ways to figure out who’s

Daily Rushes for First Weds in March

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015Daily Rushescamera movement systems, Canadian Screen Awards, CSA, daily rushes, Freefly Systems, Golden Box Office, Guichet d'or, Mommy, MōVI, ReelWorld Film Festival, Stratford Festival's King Lear, Telefilm Canada, Traces of Sandalwood, TrackSaver, Xavier Dolan, youtube

“I obviously share this award [the Guichet d’or/ Golden Box Office] with all of the town [Montréal] involved in Mommy,” says Xavier Dolan via CTV — watch a clip here. This just in: Mommy wins

Daily Rushes for First Tuesday in March

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015Daily RushesCameron Thomson Entertainmen, daily rushes, DiverCiné, Don Carmody, Inception Media Group, Kyle Thomas, Regeneration on Main Street, Strange Empire, The Valley Below

The Valley Below is “a low-key indie feature film” — that’s being released in theatres in Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa on Friday. Read about this breakthrough for Calgary filmmaker Kyle Thomas in the Herald,

Back To Top