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Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

Easter Monday News (with Vintage Video)

March 28, 2016March 28, 2016Today's Top Storiesearliest Canadian colour film, Louis Pelletier, Miranda de Pencier, Russ Shepherd, The Grizzlies, The Liberation of Holland

A Hollywood film about a high school lacrosse team in Nunavut? It’s happening this month in Iqaluit as production begins on The Grizzlies, report CBC’s Liam Britten and Bob Keating. The film, produced by Miranda

UBC Next 100, Hot Docs, and Big Brother

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016Today's Top Stories#UBC100Film, Big Brother Canada, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Cari Green, Chandrasekhar Reddy, festivals, Fireflies in the Abyss, Greg Middleton, Hot Docs, Larry Kent, tephen Hegyes, UBC Next 100 Film Festiva

(via shawmedia.ca) Big Brother Canada is airing its double eviction tonight. A moment that fans have been waiting for, tonight’s 90-minute episode will feature the departure of guest Kelsey Faith. After a fake double eviction

Bad News, Good News, for Canadian Producers

March 24, 2016March 24, 2016Today's Top Storiesbuying of Shaw Media by Corus, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), Cinespace, Corus Entertainment, CRTC, Nick Mirkopoulos Canadian Content Initiative, Shaw Media, tv

(Via CNW) “Today’s CRTC decision [to okay the buying of Shaw Media by Corus Entertainment] sends a shiver down the spine of Canada’s independent producers,” says Reynolds Mastin, President and CEO, the Canadian Media Producers

More News: NSI, CBC, Etc.

March 23, 2016November 11, 2018Today's Top Stories2015 Guichet d'or, ACTRA, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, cbc, La Guerre des Tuques 3D (Snowtime!), Much Digital Studios, National Screen Institute (NSI), Telefilm Canada, Totally Television

(Via CNW) ACTRA’s not the only organization that’s glad to see the federal budget’s provisions for culture; CBC says in a media release that it’s “grateful”, especially considering the financial trouble it’s been experiencing. “We

Small Audiences, Drones, A Sequel, and Reinvesting in Culture

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016Today's Top StoriesACTRA, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Claude Jutra, Dead Men Tell No Tales, drones, Eric Goggin, Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Pirates of the Caribbean, Quebec Film Gala

Brendan Kelley of the Montreal Gazette writes about the Quebec Film Gala and the fact that fewer people tuned into it. Gala du cinéma québécois has reached only 531,000 viewers, unfortunately lower than last year’s rate of

Prism Prize, G-G Awards, and Basic Human Needs

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016Today's Top StoriesBasic Human Needs, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Canadian music videos, Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Art, Indiecan10K Canadian Film Challenge, Philip Hoffman, Prism Prize Top 20, Prism Prize Top 20 and Top Ten, Saskatchewan, SMPIA

(Via Wireservice.ca) The Prism Prize Top 20 and Top Ten best Canadian music videos of 2015 have been announced, with one more round of voting to go before the winner is awarded $10,000 at a

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