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Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

Micro-Budget, Proud to Be, and New Rules for Local News

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016Today's Top Storiescanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Canadian Race Relations Foundation, CRTC, local news, Lovely Witches Club, Proud to Be, Telefilm, Telefilm's Micro-Budget Production Program, tv, web series, Why Good People Do Bad Things

(Via CNW) The 18 finalist teams have been named for Telefilm’s Micro-Budget Production Program for 2016-2017. They represent every region of the country and include web content (a new category this year) like Lovely Witches

News Today (Video)

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016Today's Top StoriesAmazing Race Canada, Bell Media, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Felix and Paul Studios, Odd Squad, We Are Savvy

Today, talk about a new series for teen girls comes out, Bell Media announces the final teams for Amazing Race Canada, (via PRNewswire) a kid’s show about math solved CSI style is moving into its

Adjusting to TV, Advertising on Twitter, Award for Efforts

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016Today's Top StoriesAtlantic Film Festival, CRTC, Dramatic Television Incubator, Laura Mackenzie, Strategic Partners 2016, Twitter, Vehicular Romanticide

It can be a learning curve to transition from feature films to TV — even for experienced producers. Strategic Partners 2016, presented by the Atlantic Film Festival, offers help with its Dramatic Television Incubator. Returning

News Round II

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016Today's Top StoriesCultural Industries Ontario North, Dylan O'Brien, Fox US Productions 49, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, MFM, Sunny Side of the Doc

(For Round I, see Nick’s video post here.) WorksafeBC says Fox US Productions 49 is at fault for Dylan O’Brien’s injuries on the set of Maze Runner: The Death Cure in March of this year,

News Today (Video)

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016Today's Top StoriesBorder Security, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, MADD Canada, tv

(via Marketwired) MADD Canada has a new school program starting off with a film that explains the dangerous hazards of drinking and driving, and Broadcaster Magazine brings up the story of how a National Geographic

Festivals and More

June 10, 2016June 10, 2016Today's Top StoriesAircraft Pictures Canada, FeFF, Female Eye Film Festival, Guru Studio, He Hated Pigeons, Ingrid Veninger, Ingrid Veninger's He Hated Pigeons, Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF), Jane Siberry, Leslie Ann Coles, Quo Vado?, The Breadwinner, The Stuff of Dreams

At the Female Eye Film Festival in TO, the gala screening of Ingrid Veninger’s He Hated Pigeons will feature “a one-time-only live score improvised by Canadian singer/songwriter Jane Siberry“ reports Chris Knight in The National

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